The Carbon Counters

Forbes.com (Nov 3 2009) Monitoring , Cap and Trade , Carbon Footprint , Emissions , Fossil Fuel

1. Jan. 1, 2010, may someday be celebrated as the day the carbon economy began in earnest. An estimated 13,000 industrial polluters will begin measuring their carbon dioxide emissions and, a year later, start reporting them to the Environmental Protection Agency. But even as the EPA begins to forcibly monitor the largest smokestack emitters in a step toward the capping and trade of carbon emissions, a growing number of non-industrial companies are voluntarily exploring how they can use carbon foot-printing as a valuable tool to trim energy expense and boost profit. (Read Full Article)

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