Carbon Purging is a campaign group designed to increase public awareness of emissions trading. The organization was announced in 2008 by Mike Jewett.
The Carbon Purging website centers on the Emission Trading Scheme and the US's Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative and allows its members to campaign to reduce the number of permits in circulation and to purchase permits and cancel them. Large corporations (such as vehicle manufacturers) must obtain these permits from the EU and US if they need to emit greenhouse gases during production. The purchase of these permits by the public prevents their use by corporations.
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