The British Columbian government is developing a carbon-credit program for individual residents of the province.  Once enacted, the program will allow citizens to offset their carbon footprint by investing in provincial-sponsored initiatives.  Apparently these measures are the first of its kind in Canada that allows an individual to purchase carbon credits and have the funds re-invested in your own backyard.  It’s nice to see a form of government move into this fairly-new industry as there is some need for proper forms of regulation to insure that individual funds invested are being properly directed to eco-friendly projects.

I’ve provided the link to the article:

http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/story.html?id=77f91ca0-a6b8-4555-8f38-330d45ddb1db&k=67640