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Conservatives: It’s safe to support renewable energy

By jwatson | Published: October 6, 2017

Adam Aton, E&E News reporter Published: Friday, October 6, 2017 Republican activists and lawmakers gathered yesterday just off Capitol Hill to talk about folding low-emissions energy policy into the conservative playbook.The Conservative Clean Energy Summit, organized by the Christian Coalition, framed renewable energy policy in terms of how it can advance the right’s fundamental priorities.  Read more…

Also posted in Biodiversity, Conservation Banking, ecosystem services, Farmland, In-Stream Flow, Land Investment, Water rights, Wetland Banking | Leave a comment

The Carbon Offset Market continues to Gain Traction as a Landowner Conservation Finance Tool

By jwatson | Published: April 16, 2013

The California Carbon Offset Market is starting to move.  Just last month, The Land Investor reported the completion of a 500,000 Tonne Carbon Offset Sale by The Forestland Group to Royal Dutch Shell. Today Blue Source and The National Audubon Society announced the registration of the Beidler Improved Forest Management Project.   A legally binding conservation  Read more…

Also posted in Biodiversity, Conservation Easements, ecosystem services, Land Investment, Timberland | Leave a comment

Blue Source, The Forestland Group and Shell Complete 500,000 Tonne Carbon Offset Sale

By jwatson | Published: March 18, 2013

The announcement of the 500,000-tonne carbon offset sale by Blue Source and The Forestland Group to Royal Dutch Shell is an important transaction to gain attention from landowners and land managers nationwide.  Carbon markets and other ecosystem service schemes such as wetland mitigation banking and conservation (biodiversity banking) are an integral part of the new economy  Read more…

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