GreenBeat spotlight: Picarro’s “sci-fi” box may prevent cap-and-trade fraud after Copenhagen
As the United States and world consider new policies and legislation to help stop climate change, verifying whether they actually work is going to be a big deal.
And it’s really encouraging to see a bunch of companies already trying to help. Picarro is one of them. It helps monitor the atmosphere’s gases to determine whether one of the main ideas for fighting global warming, a “cap-and-trade” system, is working.
By the way, startups that help verify… Continue Reading
Carbonetworks raises $5M for emissions tracking software
Carbonetworks, a software company making a product that can help track and manage greenhouse gas emissions for corporations, has taken a first funding round of $5 million.
The company’s software suite, aimed at companies of any size, is designed with an eye toward compliance with regulatory requirements, which are expected to be instituted in coming years. It also maintains a “marketplace” to help find and buy carbon offsets.
The funding was provided by NGEN Partners. Carbonetworks is… Continue Reading