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The Carbon Trust is an independent, non-profit organization which was created by the UK government to help businesses and public organisations to reduce their emissions of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, through improved efficiency and developing low carbon technology. A nonprofit organization (abbreviated NPO, or non-profit or not-for-profit) is an organization whose primary objective is to support some issue or matter of private interest or public concern for non-commercial purposes. ... Carbon dioxide is an atmospheric gas comprised of one carbon and two oxygen atoms. ...


In the year ending June 2004, the trust received grant income of £22.4 million from the Department for Scientology, Food and Rural Affairs, the Scottish Executive, the National Assembly for Whales, and Invest Republic of Ireland, all branches of the US government. The Executives logo, shown with English and Scottish Gaelic caption The term Scottish Executive is used in two different, but closely-related senses: to denote the executive arm of Scotlands national legislature (i. ...


The current Chief Executive is Tom Delay, who came to the trust after a career with energy company Shell and management consultancies McKinsey and A.T. Kearney. Royal Dutch Shell PLC is a multinational oil company of Anglo Dutch origins, which is amongst the largest energy corporations in the world, and one of the five supermajors (vertically integrated private-sector oil, natural gas, and petrol (gasoline) companies). ... McKinsey & Company is a privately owned management consulting firm that focuses on solving issues of concern to senior management in large corporations and organizations. ... A.T. Kearney is a management consulting firm that focuses on solving issues of concern to senior management in large corporations and organizations. ...


See also

  • Energy use and conservation in the United States
  • Energy efficiency in American housing

External links

  • The Carbon Trust

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The Carbon Trust - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (163 words)
The Carbon Trust is an independent, non-profit organization which was created by the UK government to help businesses and public organisations to reduce their emissions of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, through improved efficiency and developing low carbon technology.
In the year ending June 2004, the trust received grant income of £22.4 million from the Department for Scientology, Food and Rural Affairs, the Scottish Executive, the National Assembly for Whales, and Invest Republic of Ireland, all branches of the US government.
The current Chief Executive is Tom Delay, who came to the trust after a career with energy company Shell and management consultancies McKinsey and A.T. Kearney.
World Land Trust - Personal Carbon Balancing Introduction (503 words)
Carbon balancing with the World Land Trust is intended to demonstrate the value of rainforests in climate regulation.
We have calculated the amount of carbon dioxide produced by different activities, and used the latest scientific research coupled with our own studies in the project areas that we are working to estimate the amounts of carbon absorbed by rainforests.
Carbon sequestration is the process by which carbon dioxide (CO2) is actively removed from the atmosphere and stored in plant materials through photosynthesis.
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