Voluntary carbon market reaches $576 m in 2011

Mongabay: The voluntary carbon offset market reached a three-year high in 2011, according to the State of the Voluntary Carbon Markets report released this week. Volume hit $576 million in 2011, trailing only 2008 when $776 million in voluntary carbon credits where traded. Two-thirds of 2011's buying was done by corporations seeking to voluntarily "offset" their emissions for corporate social responsibility programs and marketing purposes. "The markets' increase in value points to a continued demand,...

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