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Audi launches Facebook causes page to benefit Nature Conservancy

In conjunction with the launch of its diesel engines in the U.S., Audi has created a Facebook Causes page to benefit the Nature Conservancy. For every person that joins the cause, Audi has committed to donating a dollar to the Tensas River basin project where the Nature Conservancy is conducting a carbon offset program. The Tensas project involves reforestation of private lands and restoring natural habitats that have been shrinking due to human activity. Audi has committed to donating up to $25,000 to the program. The project will buy land, ... Read more →

Hyundai to offset CO2 emissions of 2009 Genesis sedans Sam Abuelsamid

Hyundai took a big step upmarket in 2008 with the launch of its new Genesis luxury sedan. For now, the Genesis is only available with a choice of V6 or V8 engines but in keeping with Hyundai's new ...

Land Rover keeps on chuggin with carbon offset program Sebastian Blanco

While Land Rover does make some concept vehicles that would be cleaner than their current production vehicles (see the LRX and the recently-unveiled Freelander 2 TD4_e), one of the company's ...

Carbon Catalog, an offset directory site, opens today Sebastian Blanco

Today is the launch day for Carbon Catalog, an independent website directory that means to centralize information on carbon offset projects and providers. If you're looking for a nearby carbon offset ...

Video: World's first carbon neutral rally Lascelles Linton

Aquacity Resort sponsored the world's first carbon neutral rally. AquaCity donated its carbon saving surplus from the use of geothermal and solar energy to offset the race. That helped get the race ...

Survey of TerraPass members finds they're not buying away their guilt 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

As always, we need to at least put on our slightly skeptical hat when we get survey results about a group released by that group. Keeping that small caveat in mind, it appears that people who are part of the TerraPass community are not doing so because they want a green ticket excuse for their ...

The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall have gone carbon neutral 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

While many debate the merits of offsetting carbon in ways such as planting new trees, Prince Charles has reportedly gone carbon-neutral. We have reported a few times already on some of the methods that allowed the royal household to reduce its carbon footprint by 9 percent in the last year, and the ...

The diference between this and that carbon offset program 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Carbon offsetting is one of the more popular ways to be green these days, especially for companies. And why not, you don't actually have to change your lifestyle, you just buy away the guilt of emitting CO2. Not that carbon offset programs are bad, they're not. But it's important to figure out ...

DrivingGreen personal carbon offset calculator. Offset Thanksgiving for $8 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

If you were inspired by Sunday's post on "carbon neutral" being selected as Word of the Year but didn't know how to bring the idea to your own life, how about checking out DrivingGreen? Goes beyond driving, DrivingGreen lets drivers, flyers and people hosting events figure out their carbon ...

Is carbon trading obscene? Kevin Smith of Carbon Trade Watch thinks so 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

Growing faster than smoke from a tall brick chimney at a busy factory, carbon trading (which includes carbon offsetting, something we write about here on AutoblogGreen a lot) has become a verifiable trend with news out every other day it seems about journalists or bands who want to invest in wind ...

Ease your guilt by offsetting your air travel 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

Just in time for the Labor Day Weekend, two on-line travel agencies, Travelocity and Expedia, have recently launched carbon offset programs for their travelers. Expedia teamed up with the carbon offset experts at Terrapass. The program allows a traveler to pay his/her offset fee anytime before ...

BP continues to push its "better petroleum" image 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

BP recently announced the launch of a carbon offset program available to UK motorists called targetneutral. On the website, a driver can estimate his/her CO2 emissions and the cash value associated with its neutralization. Most people will find that the cost of offsetting their carbon emissions will ...

Land Rover's carbon offset program 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

I didn't give this the attention it deserved when it was announced in the middle of July, but I didn't want to miss it completely, so here's a belated note about the new CO2 offset program offered by Land Rover in the UK. The offset program was established specifically for Land Rover and will ...

TerraPass blog thinks about thinking about carbon offset programs 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

We've talked about TerraPass a bit recently, so it's only fair to let them get a few words in edgewise. Over on their TerraBlog, Adam writes a good piece on the four ways people can talk about carbon offset programs (Adam bases his piece on the four ways first identified in Malcolm Gladwell's ...

Daryl Hannah: From Hollywood star to green activist. 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

I admit, I am writing this so I can post the picture of Daryl Hannah drinking a glass of biodiesel. After years of quiet green living, Daryl Hannah speaks out about her life-long environmental activism in a San Francisco Chronicle article. Her two houses have been off the grid for a dozen years, she ...


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