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Offset Quality and the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009

By Alexia Kelly on April 21, 2009

Dear Climate Media: Don’t Forget the Midwest

By Franz Litz on February 11, 2009

Midwestern governors deserve greater recognition for what they have done to implement a regional cap-and-trade program.

While it is true that states in the Northeast and the West hav

Ten States Formally Begin Carbon Trading

By Franz Litz on September 24, 2008

On Thursday, for the first time ever, the United States will see a price on carbon emerge from a mandatory emissions cap-and-trade program.

MEDIA ADVISORY: Lunch Panel to Discuss Climate and Trade Links

May 19, 2008
Location: WASHINGTON, D.C.

WHAT: The World Resources Institute and the Peterson Institute for International Economics will hold a briefing to release Leveling the Carbon Playing Field, a timely book on the linkages between climate change and trade policy.

WRI Joins North America’s Largest Greenhouse Gas Reporting Partnership

May 14, 2008
Location: WASHINGTON, D.C.

The Climate Registry, which uses accounting methodologies created by the World Resources Institute, will name WRI one of its founding reporters next month.

Making the Carbon Offset Market Work

By Derik Broekhoff on February 13, 2008
Location: WASHINGTON, D.C.

There are two ways the U.S. government could bring consistency and credibility to the voluntary carbon offset market: endorse an existing program and provide guidance, oversight and/or enforcement.

Forests Finally Emerging as Climate Issue

By Fred Stolle on January 31, 2008
Location: BALI, INDONESIA

The representatives of more than 100 countries attending December’s U.N. climate conference in Bali, Indonesia, finally focused on the important role tropical forests play in global warming.