$1 Trillion Market for Carbon Trading Predicted
Analysts are bullish on carbon offset trading, which has grown exponentially since its inception in the last few years. Buoyed by strong public interest and a stabilizing structure of certified offsets, things can only get better for the companies that deal in the most trusted types of offsets.

Of course, there are some caveats for consumers, but commonsense research into which type of offset a company offers should be done before investing, as it would be with any investment. More …

Biggest Electric Car Fleet is Created by TNT
Joining fellow British company Tesco, TNT, the business-to-business delivery service, has ordered a fleet of electric vehicles. The trucks are made by Smith Electrical Vehicles and will join 50 already online.

According to Peter Bakker, the CEO of TNT, the company’s goal is a zero emissions fleet, although that would of course depend on the charging source. More …

T. Boone Pickens Orders $2 Billion in Wind Turbines
Over a million homes in North Texas will be powered by the wind energy that will come from the wind farm he plans to build in the panhandle of Texas. The project will be the largest wind farm in the world when it’s completed.

The Texas oilman paid over $3 Million dollars for each GE turbine and installation is scheduled to start in 2010 and the first turbines will be online sometime in 2011. More …

Germany is Unlikely Leader in Solar Power Development
Q-Cell, which surpassed Sharp, the former leader in solar panel production, last year, is located in a desolate stretch of what used to be East Germany. Amidst the rusting factories and abandoned coal mines, under usually cloudy skies, other companies have joined Q-Cell in what has come to be called Germany’s Solar Valley. More …

Mon Dieu! Climate Change May Make Truffles Extinct!
Very expensive and already hard to find, the black truffle may be only a memory of high-class restaurants if global warming isn’t checked. According to truffle experts, production from Italy, France and Spain has already fallen to a mere 100 tons a year, down from 1,000 tons or more in the 19th century.

Drought is responsible, because the fungi can’t live for more than three weeks without rainfall. With temperatures predicted to rise, the future looks black indeed for this delicacy, its growers and the gourmands who savor it. More …

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