EcoSecurities Expands in US Climate Change Market through Acquisition of Trexler Climate + Energy Services



    EcoSecurities, one of the world's leading companies in the
    business of sourcing, developing and trading carbon offsets from
    greenhouse gas emission reduction projects, announces its acquisition
    of the business of Trexler Climate + Energy Services, Inc. ("TC+ES"),
    an internationally recognized leader in the emerging field of climate
    change risk management, specializing in climate change mitigation
    policies, technologies, and projects. TC+ES will be combined with
    EcoSecurities consulting division to form EcoSecurities Global
    Consulting Services and enhance the Group's capacity to expand its
    activities in the US market.

    TC+ES was founded in 1991 as Trexler and Associates by Dr. Mark C.
    Trexler. Dr. Trexler founded the firm after several years at the World
    Resources Institute in Washington, DC., where he developed some of the
    first carbon offset projects in the world. Today, TC+ES, based in
    Portland, Oregon, has more than 15 years of experience in the field,
    and has worked with numerous companies in the United States, Japan,
    and Canada, such as Southern California Edison, Tokyo Electric Power,
    and TransAlta. TC+ES has amassed unparalleled knowledge on how
    companies can most credibly and cost-effectively position themselves
    for a carbon constrained world. TC+ES has helped numerous companies
    gain competitive advantage through early action climate change
    mitigation efforts, and has played a leading advocacy role in ensuring
    the design of credible voluntary carbon markets in the United States.

    EcoSecurities, which has been operating in the greenhouse gas
    mitigation and carbon trading sector worldwide since 1997, will merge
    its award-winning consulting division with TC+ES to establish
    EcoSecurities Global Consulting Services. The combined group will play
    a leadership role in the global expansion of EcoSecurities operations
    internationally and into the expanding carbon markets of the United
    States.

    Bruce Usher, CEO of EcoSecurities, based in New York, announced
    that "This partnership is highly strategic to EcoSecurities' expansion
    in the market for consulting and project development services in the
    United States and the rest of the world. Dr. Trexler has been a key
    figure in the founding and development of the overall field of climate
    change mitigation strategies both in the United States and beyond. We
    are delighted to welcome the TC+ES team to form EcoSecurities Global
    Consulting Services and look forward to continue being at the
    cutting-edge of the market as it expands in the United States and
    internationally."

    Dr Mark C. Trexler, President of Trexler Climate + Energy Services
    and new Director of EcoSecurities Global Consulting Services, added
    that "We're very excited about becoming part of EcoSecurities. With
    the climate change issue gaining momentum in the United States, this
    will give us the platform and global network we need to stay at the
    head of this field. The combined forces of EcoSecurities and TC+ES
    will result in a strong market leader."

    Editor's Notes:

    About EcoSecurities:

    EcoSecurities is one of the world's leading companies in the
    business of originating, developing and trading carbon offsets.

    EcoSecurities has experience of developing carbon offset projects
    in the areas of renewable energy, agriculture and urban waste
    management, industrial efficiency, and forestry. EcoSecurities has
    been involved in some of the biggest milestones in the history of the
    international carbon market, including the first Kyoto project to be
    registered by the UN and the first project to receive Certified
    Emission Reductions (CERs). In 2006, EcoSecurities was voted 'Best
    Project Developer' by both Point Carbon and Environmental Finance
    Magazine.

    With a network of offices and representatives in over 20 countries
    on five continents, EcoSecurities has amassed one of the industry's
    largest and most diversified portfolios of carbon projects. Today, the
    company is working on 374 projects in 36 countries using 18 different
    technologies, with the potential to generate more than 163 million
    offsets. In the United States, EcoSecurities has offices in Los
    Angeles and New York and representatives in Portland and San
    Francisco.

    Utilizing its highly diversified carbon offset portfolio,
    EcoSecurities is able to structure carbon offset transactions to fit
    each buyer's needs, and has executed transactions with both private
    and public sector buyers in Europe, North America and Japan.

    With our wide range of expertise and broad insight into the
    international carbon market, EcoSecurities also has one of the largest
    dedicated advisory teams in the world relating to greenhouse gas
    accounting, climate neutral services and emission mitigation projects.
    Our experience in this area has been widely recognized, as evidenced
    by having been voted "Leading Greenhouse Gas Advisory Firm Worldwide"
    by readers of 'Environmental Finance' magazine for the sixth year in a
    row (2001-2006).

    EcoSecurities Group plc is listed on the London Stock Exchange AIM
    (ticker ECO.L). Additional information is available at
    www.ecosecurities.com.

    About Trexler Climate Change + Energy Services

    Trexler Climate + Energy Services, Inc. (Trexler) is
    internationally known as one of the first firms in the climate change
    field and as a provider of high-quality information and reliable
    consulting services. Trexler has worked primarily in the
    private-sector GHG risk-management market, and has actively supported
    voluntary mitigation efforts at the corporate as well as state and
    local levels, the development of "climate friendly" consumer markets,
    the identification and development of cost-effective GHG mitigation
    projects, and the design of credible emissions trading programs.

    Trexler provides a wide range of climate-related services, from
    corporate inventory support to mitigation investment due diligence.
    Trexler is an approved technical services provider for the California
    Climate Action Registry, and has worked with clients from operational
    to CEO levels, in capacities ranging from outside expert to task force
    support to regulatory expert witness. The company has a range of
    analytical tools and databases used to support corporate strategic
    planning, forecast GHG market outcomes, develop tailored reports for
    clients, and analyze GHG mitigation projects. The firm also has a
    standard array of other consulting products. Trexler has provided
    cutting-edge policy development support in several areas, including
    forestry and climate change, early action crediting, project-based
    emissions trading systems, and state and local climate change policies
    and measures.

    Trexler's expertise also includes sustainable development, power
    plant siting, energy efficiency, renewable energy, national and
    international environmental law and policy, energy research and
    development, water law, and environmental product development
    including green branding.