Cashing in on cutting carbon at home FEATURE 03/21/2010

Cashing in on cutting carbon at home FEATURE 03/21/2010 CHICAGO — Can the promise of a free cupcake or some cold hard cash work better than dire predictions of dying polar bears and rising sea levels at getting people to cut their carbon footprint? Two US-based startup companies certainly hope so. Energy brokers in White Plaines, New York have launched what they hope will be a global exchange platform for selling carbon offset credits based on cutting home energy use. They sold the first credit in January for $21.50 — yielding a $4.30 brokerage fee — and expect to sell the second in the coming weeks..... MORE Source:  The Daily Tribune ALTERNATE URL: http://www.tribune.net.ph/commentary/20100321com7.html

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