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27 Areas of Potential Job Growth In the Green Economy

By stephen_hinton on January 5, 2010 8 Comments (ARRA), accidental toxic releases, accounting, acid rain, alternative energy, architecture, Atlanta, atmospheric sciences, Atmospheric scientists, biofuels, biomass, building practices, cap-and-trade, carbon capture, Carbon Consulting, carbon credits, carbon dioxide, carbon emissions, carbon market, carbon trading market, Civil Engineering, Climate Change, climate controls, Computer Aided Design, construction, contaminated water, D.C., Department of Energy, e-waste, economy, Electrical Engineering, electrical grid, Emissions Trading, energy, energy consumption, Energy Management, engineering, environmental, environmental clean-up, environmental engineering, Environmental Information Systems, environmental investigations, environmental restoration, environmental scientists, EPA, Forensic Accounting, forestry, Geographic Information Systems, Geotechnical Engineering, Geothermal, GHG emissions, Government compliance, green jobs, green roof, green standards, Greenhouse Gas Auditing, greenhouse gas regulations, greenhouse gases, Hazardous Waste Managers, Hinton Human Capital, horticulture, HVAC, hydroelectric, Industrial Waste Treatment, infrastructure, Landscape Architecture, LEED certification, light rail, Mathematics, Mechanical Engineering, Mechanical engineers, Nitrogen Oxide, NOx, Nuclear Engineering, nuclear waste, offset, OR, ozone depletion, pollutants, Portland, power plants, recycled building materials, recycling, Remote Sensing, Resource Efficiency Managers, retrofitted, reuse, risk management, risk management service, rural broadband, Science, Sequestration, smart grid, solid waste, SOx, STEM, Stephen Hinton, Structural Engineering, Structural Engineers, Sulphur Oxide, technical professionals, technology, Trading, transit, waste, wastewater treatment systemsm, water infrastructure upgrade programs, water treatment systems, weather, wind, Xeriscaping

Stephen Hinton, provides a compilation of professionals that will see growth as the US economy goes green. He predicts that those in STEM professions (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) will experience the most job security.

Carbon Offsets: Deal or No Deal?

By peter.garvin on December 6, 2009 12 Comments additionality, Carbon, carbon credits, carbon dioxide, CDM, CO2, Copenhagen, emissions, Gold Standard, green, Offsets, offsetting, Trading

Carbon Offsets are responsible for a huge debate within the environmental and sustainability sectors. Do they help? Are standards adequate to achieve the goal of the scheme? Sould they be banned? This article presents an arguement in support of carbon offsetting, covering the basic theory and issues behind the idea.

US Catches Up with International Carbon Market

By Tracey de Morsella on August 19, 2009 1 Comment cap-and-trade, carbon credits, carbon market, carbon prices, carbon products, carbon trading, CDM, Clean Development Mechanism, developing countries, emission reduction projects, EU Emissions Trading Scheme, EU ETS, European Emission Allowances, kyoto protocol, New Energy Finance, Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, RGGI, trade emissions, United States, Waxman-Market

According to a new report release by New Energy Finance, the volume of carbon credits bought and sold in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) in the United States matched the entire volume of credits traded on the international carbon market in the second quarter of this year. The number of carbon credits sold under the CDM in Europe, in the second quarter of this year, increased by 25% on the first quarter. However the volume of credited traded on the secondary market decreased by 15% during this period. Most of this decline was due to reductions in the volume of future contracts, possibly in reaction to the higher volume of European Emission Allowances now on the markets as a result of the economic downturn. In stark contrasts, the number of carbon credits traded in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative in the Northeast region here in the States, increased by 319% over the first quarter of this year.