09.01.2009 - China's first ecological compensation trade licensed
From Chinacsr.com: A special commodity, carbon dioxide, has been licensed for trading on the China Beijing Environment Exchange. A reduction of 8,895 tons of carbon dioxide emissions is said to be the result of 81,670 Beijing citizens driving less from July 20, 2008, to September 20, 2008, during the Olympic Games. It is the first publicly listed ecological compensation item for Beijing. At present, there is no base price for the trading item, but it is expected that it will be sold for USD44,475..... Full Article: Source
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