Chips down for a green trade-off

Ben Rooth
25/ 9/2007
IT was a gamble that could be a winner for the planet, as eco-warriors used poker chips to discover how they could potentially sell their greenhouse gas emissions.

Manchester is leading the way with the country's first workshop in 'personal carbon trading'.

It explores how ordinary members of the public can help reduce global warming through buying and selling the amount of greenhouse gases they produce.

The government is considering a personal carbon trading scheme which would see every individual allocated a set amount of greenhouse gas emissions - known as `carbon credits'.

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