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GreenBeat spotlight: Picarro’s “sci-fi” box may prevent cap-and-trade fraud after Copenhagen

Source: VentureBeat

Oct 20, 2009

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As the United States and world consider new policies and legislation to help stop climate change, verifying whether they actually work is going to be a big deal.

And it’s really encouraging to see a bunch of companies already trying to help. Picarro is one of them. It helps monitor the atmosphere’s gases to determine whether one of the main ideas for fighting global warming, a “cap-and-trade” system, is working.

By the way, startups that help verify compliance with legislation are just one group we’re hoping to court for our “Innovation Competition” at GreenBeat next month. We’re looking to showcase any entrepreneur who is working on technology that is disruptive in the Smart Grid arena. We’ve invited Picarro to come, because they’re aiming high — trying to solve one of the globe’s biggest problems.

Here’s why Picarro (see VentureBeat profile) is doing something really meaningful. There’s urgent need to act if we’re going to save the planet, and the Obama administration and Congress are scheduled to tackle major climate change legislation in a few months. The bi

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