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RentaBikeNow.com
A new online reservations network for renting bicycles in 144 cities across North America. The Web site allows travelers to reserve quality bicycles from comfort bikes like the Giant Cypress ST, to mountain and road bikes for about $40 a day. It also rents accessories like children’s trailers and... more
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Cap-and-trade system for greenhouse gas emissions and world's leading environmental futures exchange
Chicago Climate Exchange
Chicago Climate Exchange (CCX) operates North America’s only cap and trade system for all six greenhouse gases, with global affiliates and projects worldwide. CCX Members – including Chicago area entities such as Abbott, Baxter, the City of Chicago, and Motorola – are leaders in greenhouse gas management and represent all sectors of the global economy, as well as public sector innovators. Reductions achieved through CCX are the only reductions made in North America through a legally binding compliance regime, providing independent, third party verification. The founder and Chairman of CCX is economist and financial innovator Dr. Richard L. Sandor, who was named a Hero of the Planet by Time Magazine in 2002 for founding CCX, and in 2007 as the "father of carbon trading."
CCX emitting Members make a voluntary but legally binding commitment to meet annual greenhouse gas emission reduction targets. Those who reduce below the targets have surplus allowances to sell or bank; those who emit above the targets comply by purchasing CCX Carbon Financial Instrument® (CFI®) contracts.
The Chicago Climate Futures Exchange (CCFE) is a Commodity Futures Trading Commission regulated market which offers standardized and cleared futures contracts on emission allowances and other environmental products. CCFE is the leading futures exchange for mandatory environmental markets in the U.S. and the main price reference for sulfur dioxide (regulated by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency) and carbon in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative.
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Discussion
PraveenAugust 30th, 2009
i believe CCX is most innovative and timely intervention that could have happend to prevent climate change from happening. It has led to trading of gases and reduced the climate impacts. More importantly its not that much of hassles and procedure oriented and gives fair chance to all the emission reduction initiatives without compromise. We hope it will increase its ambit of influence and trade more on VERs/ VCM on afforestation and reforestation including biomass and renewbale energy including small scale projects.
Jack TzarfatiSeptember 4th, 2009
Markets have to be part of a realistic policy to address climate change, and here you have a world leader in providing a service to help companies that want to document reductions in energy consumption and emissions, but want to do so in a cost-efficient manner.
jonny12September 10th, 2009
Everything we do counts toward consumers and their products.
Juan carlosSeptember 14th, 2009
Think in the enviroment it´s think in the future of our family
Pat JohnsonSeptember 14th, 2009
It's very sad that Richard's transformational strategy and vision has been sullied by the White House's "current occupant" and his Chicago team. As such, I can no longer endorse what used to be free market economics.
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