Are Regional Initiatives Ushering in the Forestry Age? (Third in the Series REDD in the USA)
Regional and state climate efforts are putting forestry offsets on a fast track toward guiding US regulations aimed at reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD). With the results of Thursday's regional auction of allowances due out Monday, the Ecosystem Marketplace examines the role of forestry in two leading initiatives.
Sept. 15, 2008

Feds Grapple with Forest Carbon Offsets (Second in the Series REDD in the USA)
The United States looks set to implement a cap-and-trade regime for greenhouse gas emissions regardless of whether the next President is named Obama or McCain – and all signs point to a significant role for forestry offsets. The Ecosystem Marketplace has been asking project developers for their take on the debate.
Sept. 1, 2008

California Flirts with Regulatory Standards on Voluntary Carbon Offsets
California legislators say they just want to make sure voluntary carbon offsets purchased by individuals deliver the promised benefits, but one of two bills on the table has offset providers nervous.
May 31, 2008

Phil Burgert is a freelance editor and writer with more than 20 years of experience in business, technology and general journalism. He specializes in coverage of metals and other material, environmental coverage and manufacturing technology control and industrial networking topics. He has been based in Oak Park, Ill, for the past decade after spending five years as a daily trade newspaper foreign correspondent in London and Düsseldorf. He has also worked on other technology publications in New York and Chicago and has had other reporting positions in Texas, Missouri, Kansas and Georgia. Burgert has both bachelors and masters degrees in journalism from Northwestern University, Evanston, Ill.

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