About BlueStar
BlueStar Energy Joins the Chicago Climate Exchange
Chicago Climate Exchange (CCX), launched in 2003, is the world's first and North America's only active voluntary, legally binding integrated trading system to reduce emissions of all six major greenhouse gases (GHGs), with offset projects worldwide.
CCX Members are leaders in greenhouse gas (GHG) management and represent all sectors of the global economy, as well as public sector innovators.
Reductions achieved through CCX are the only reductions made in North America through a legally binding compliance regime, providing independent, third party verification by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA, formerly NASD). The founder, Chairman and CEO of CCX is economist and financial innovator Dr. Richard L. Sandor, who was named a Hero of the Planet by Time Magazine in 2002 for founding CCX, and in 2007 as the "father of carbon trading."
CCX emitting Members make a voluntary but legally binding commitment to meet annual GHG emission reduction targets.
Those who reduce below the targets have surplus allowances to sell or bank; those who emit above the targets comply by purchasing CCX Carbon Financial Instrument® (CFI®) contracts.
Goals of CCX
- To facilitate the transaction of GHG allowance trading with price transparency, design excellence and environmental integrity
- To build the skills and institutions needed to cost-effectively manage GHGs
- To facilitate capacity-building in both public and private sectors to facilitate GHG mitigation
- To strengthen the intellectual framework required for cost effective and valid GHG reduction
- To help inform the public debate on managing the risk of global climate change
About BlueStar Energy Services, Inc.
BlueStar Energy Services is a retail electricity supplier operating in numerous deregulated markets. BlueStar is one of the fastest-growing energy suppliers in the country and is consistently recognized on Inc. Magazine's annual Inc. 500 list of fastest-growing companies. BlueStar also offers energy efficiency services and renewable energy products. Learn more at www.bluestarenergy.com.
