Carbon TradeEx America Newsletter March 2009 Edition

More than 120 top level industry speakers
More than 1500 attendees expected
More access to senior Obama administration officials
More than 40 exhibiting companies

Carbon TradeEx America Leading The Way In Innovation And Reducing Our Carbon Footprint

As we were making plans for Carbon TradeEx America 2009, we realized that there was a huge amount of vital information that we wanted to share with all our attendees. The event was envisioned and designed to deliver the insight, innovations, networking and marketing opportunities necessary to make the most of the lucrative U.S. Carbon Market. We wanted to enable all attendees to customize their experience so that they would walk away with the tools and direction they needed the most. But we wanted to deliver that level of service in a way that would reflect the industry’s priorities.  We wanted to reduce our carbon footprint and produce less waste...

So we dramatically cut back on the printed pages of our show directory, and put the information online.  This also enables us to keep the information more current and be good environmental stewards.

To get all of the most up-to-the-minute details about our sponsors, exhibitors, speakers and special events from your web-enabled mobile device, look at the grid in the back of the show directory provided at the event.  Find the appropriate alphanumeric code for specific exhibitors or sessions on the grid. Then visit our mini-site listed in the book. Type in the code to access the information you need.  You can also search for attendees on the mini-site by last name or company name. By customizing your Carbon TradeEx America experience you’ll maximize your investment while helping us minimize our carbon footprint.

Carbon TradeEx America Conference Program Update

As the day approaches, we have many new, exciting and relevant conference sessions confirmed. Take a look at some of our sessions:

Session P-4: What Role for Offsets?
Experts examine the potential fit of offsets within emerging carbon regimes in the U.S.

Session M-4: Competitive Climate Strategy: Harnessing the carbon market for business advantage.
Profiting from corporate participation in the carbon market.

Session EO-2: Taking Credit: deriving carbon value from green building strategies.
A look at the relationship between green building investments and the carbon market.

See what else CarbonTradeExAmerica has to offer!

Side Events Schedule Announced

Koelnmesse, Inc. and the Carbon Markets & Investors Association (CMIA), organizers of Carbon TradeEx America, today announced details of their side events. The tradeshow and conference will take place from April 7-8, 2009 at the Washington D.C. Convention Center. The tentative list of side events can be found on our website at the following URL:
http://www.carbontradeexamerica.com/Participants/SideEvents.aspx

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Carbon TradeEx America is designed to serve the national education, networking and business needs of all current and future carbon market players. The 2009 Carbon TradeEx America full price registration is now open. Join Carbon Market industry leaders at this exclusive event. Register now.

Official Event Hotel - Special Discount Program

The official event hotel for Carbon TradeEx America is the Grand Hyatt Washington.

Escape to extraordinary elegance at Grand Hyatt Washington. Centrally located in Penn Quarter – with convenient in-lobby Metro Center access – this downtown Washington DC hotel is an ideal spot to explore the US capital. Stroll to concerts or sporting events at Verizon Center, historic monuments or the Smithsonian Museums. When you return to our captivating Washington DC Hyatt hotel, enjoy stylish guestrooms with plush Grand Beds™, indulgent amenities, multiple dining venues and recreation at Grand Slam. Utilize our full-service business center and 32 outstanding meeting rooms – just steps from Washington Convention Center. Relax by the lagoon in our lovely 12-story atrium. Experience the highest standard of luxury in our Hyatt hotel in downtown Washington DC.

Grand Hyatt Washington
1000 H Street,
NW Washington, DC 20001 USA
Tel: 1 202 582 1234
Fax: 1 202 637 4781
US $ 267 Single / Double per night
Call Now! Space is limited - act now and save!

 more info

New Carbon Finance, the Carbon Market & Investors Association and Carbon Trade Ex America is pleased to host our first webinar series.

These presentations will examine the future of the emerging U.S. climate markets. The next one will take place March 25th in advance of the Carbon TradeEx America event in Washington DC this April.

Registration is free, sign up today and reserve your virtual space to learn from these industry experts.

Wednesday, March 25th 4:00 GMT / 12:00 EST / 11:00 CST / 9:00 PST Webinar 2: Linking of Carbon Trading Register now https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/299093096

 

News Sponsored by Thomson Reuters

Geithner defends U.S. carbon cap-and-trade plan

Source: Reuter News on 05 March 2009.

WASHINGTON, March 5 (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner on Thursday defended the administration's plan to raise hundreds of billions of dollars in revenues from a carbon emissions cap-and-trade system, saying it would help wean America off imported oil.

Under grilling by Republican members of the U.S. House of Representatives Budget Committee, Geithner said President Barack Obama's plan was would necessary to change incentives for U.S. energy use.

"It is critically important for our country that we begin the process now of changing the incentives Americans face on how they use energy," Geithner said. "It's important for reducing our dependence on foreign oil, it's critical for climate change."

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Total-auction U.S. climate bill unlikely -lawmaker

Source: Reuters News on 05 March 2009.

WASHINGTON, March 5 (Reuters) - Any climate bill that passes the U.S. Senate is unlikely to adhere to an Obama administration plan that the government auction all of the permits to emit greenhouse gases because it would be too harsh on big industry, a key democratic lawmaker said on Thursday.

Instead, U.S. Senator Jeff Bingaman said any system capping and trading emissions developed by Congress will likely include a mix of carbon allowances that are given to polluters -- like cement factories and coal-burning power plants -- and the sale of permits.

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Downturn no reason to delay climate pact -expert

Source: Reuters News on 04 March 2009.

WASHINGTON, March 4 (Reuters) - Countries will face an even harder job of cutting greenhouse gas emissions if they delay reaching a deal this year because of the global economic downturn, a British climate change expert said on Wednesday.

"Putting things off in this area is really costly," Nicholas Stern, a former British Treasury economist said in a speech at the Peterson Institute for International Economics.

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