While I had every intention of throwing the Green Mien a one-year anniversary party, the day (September 8th) slipped by unnoticed. One thing that hasn’t slipped by unnoticed? The European Union’s Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS), which was spotlighted on the Green Mien just over a year ago. The EU’s Directive 2008/101/EC, which requires airlines with [...]
Archive for the ‘Carbon Offsets’ Category
5 May
Environmentalists vs…Carbon Cap-and-Trade?
A recent Update from ML Strategies (a consulting affiliate of law firm Mintz Levin) tipped us off to an interesting case that pits California’s proposed carbon cap-and-trade system against two environmental justice groups. Environmentalists were largely united in their excitement over the passage of California’s Global Warming Solutions Act (more popularly known as AB 32), [...]
23 Mar
Carbon Neutral Coffee: May Both Your Beans And Your Marketing Claims Be Green
Like coffee? Well, duh. (I write this from Seattle, WA, so excuse my assumptions.) But most eco-conscious consumers know that every fragrant, tasty, and imported cup comes at an environmental cost. Last year, a Canadian coffee company commissioned a study that was used to calculate the carbon footprint of a single person’s coffee consumption (based [...]
