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...them isn't. Green-minded airline passengers from as far away as the U.S. and New Zealand are stumping up $20 per plant, hoping the trees will absorb from the atmosphere an amount of carbon dioxide (CO2) equivalent to their share spewed out during a flight. To Ru Hartwell, project director of Treeflights.com, which offers the service, it's a "self-imposed green tax - something altruistic for the planet...
...than done. How can ordinary consumers be sure that their contributions toward, say, building solar greenhouses in the Himalayas is money well spent? Without global or even national regulators becoming involved, standards in the offset industry have become a free-for-all. It seems obvious, for example, that a project should reduce emissions below the level that would have occurred without that project, a condition known as "additionality." But that's not always the case. Thanks to hazy interpretations of that proviso, "at least half" of current projects wouldn't meet a uniformly strict assessment, says Michael Schlup, director...
...commit to screening out the "worst-offending’"companies from any current and future investments. In order to fall into this category, a company must meet all of the following criteria: They must have a business relationship with the Sudanese government or be involved in a government-created project, fail to benefit civilians outside of the government, fail to implement a substantial corporate governance policy regarding the genocide, and fail to respond to attempts at shareholder engagement. In other words, it is a high...
...he’s worried the building may continue to sit empty. “We’d like to see it used for anything, almost any sort of use is better than vacant building after vacant building,” he said. According to Boston Redevelopment Authority project manager Gerald Autler, it is questionable whether or not Harvard will have success in filling the space. “The property was available for sale because previous attempts to work with biotech tenants had failed,” Autler said. “I don’t necessarily...
...Compact has no dues, no officers and no headquarters, but more than 7000 people have signed up for the chat room - two-thirds of them in the past month. The one-year project has turned into a long-term phenomenon, with chapters across the country from Oregon to Maine. Compacters are posting from Brazil to Britain, while television stations from China and Poland have broadcast reports on the movement. "My impulse buying urges have subsided," says Rachel Kesel, 26, one of the founders. "I've tried to lighten my impact on the planet...