Carbon Trading: Environmental Godsend or Giant Shell Game?

Discover Magazine by Jennifer Barone | Dec. 4, 2008 (Special Report)

Mainstream financial institutions including Merrill Lynch, J.P. Morgan, Deutsche Bank, and Goldman Sachs are joining the booming carbon market, which continues even through the current economic jitters. According to the World Bank, global trades in this market in 2007 were valued at more than $64 billion, more than doubling since 2006. Full Story »

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 by Derek Hawkins - Dec. 5, 2008

This was the kind of article on this topic I've been waiting to see. Discover does a fair examination of the benefits and problems of carbon trading, using a range of qualified sources to help move the story along. Impressive writing on a topic that tends to be oversimplified in media.

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