https://freerepublic.com/tag/fakemarkets/ en-us Sat, 29 Sep 2007 20:21:27 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1904189/posts RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil — Brazil's largest city sold millions of dollars worth of carbon credits at an auction Wednesday in a deal that experts said paves the way for developing countries to make money fighting global warming. Brazil's Mercantile and Futures Exchange called Sao Paulo's sale of $18.5 million in carbon credits to Dutch-Belgian Fortis Bank the first such sale to be held on a regulated stock market and a significant step toward institutionalizing the carbon market. Under the Kyoto Treaty on greenhouse gases blamed for global warming, companies that generate large amounts of polluting carbon dioxide and methane... cron.com https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1904189/posts#comment Sat, 29 Sep 2007 20:21:27 GMT