CO2e and Cantor Environmental Brokerage Join Forces as CantorCO2e



    CO2e.com LLC (CO2e), a leading climate change specialist and
    Cantor Environmental Brokerage, one of the longest serving emissions
    brokerages in the world, announced today that they are joining forces
    to create CantorCO2e.

    CantorCO2e has been formed as a leading global provider of
    financial services to the world's environmental and energy markets,
    offering finance, consultancy, technology and transaction services to
    clients engaged in using energy and managing emissions across the
    world.

    The two businesses have come together to meet the challenge and
    opportunity of increasing integration in the world's environmental and
    energy markets. Global clients in the fast growing carbon trading and
    biofuels markets which CantorCO2e will service, are demanding a
    seamless approach from brokerages.

    Cantor Environmental Brokerage, established by Carlton Bartels in
    1992, was one of the first emissions brokerages in the world to create
    liquidity in the fledgling environmental markets in the USA - the
    world's first environmental markets. (Carlton was a visionary in
    environmental issues who was sadly killed in 2001.) Josh Margolis
    joined Carlton in 1995 and has been running Cantor Environmental
    Brokerage's North American operations since then.

    CO2e.com was formed in 2000 by Carlton and Steve Drummond to
    address the prospect of global greenhouse gas emissions trading
    created by the signature of the Kyoto Protocol in 1997. CO2e.com
    rapidly formed a strong reputation world-wide as a leading broker and
    adviser in greenhouse gas emissions trading. In 2002, CO2e.com LLC
    joined with Mitsui & Co. to expand its services in Asia and the
    business continues to grow, the latest addition being the opening of
    three offices in India in late 2006.

    The joining of two experienced teams means that CantorCO2e starts
    with an enviable pedigree. The combined business has been a leader in
    environmental markets for the last fifteen years and to date, has
    facilitated transactions valued at more than $10 billion. CantorCO2e
    has fourteen offices on five continents and will be jointly led by
    Steve Drummond (in London) and Josh Margolis (in San Francisco).

    Steve Drummond, Managing Director of CantorCO2e said, "The launch
    of CantorCO2e reflects the increasing importance of the environment as
    central to the allocation of capital and resources globally. We are
    delighted to be able to bring our clients around the world better
    access to the US markets and to bring new energy to the marketplace."

    Josh Margolis, Managing Director of CantorCO2e added, "We will be
    able to bring our legacy and broad experience of the US markets to our
    global team as we look to develop new opportunities. Whether building
    a carbon portfolio or reducing your carbon footprint, business will be
    able to benefit from CantorCO2e's global yet local expertise."

    About CantorCO2e

    CantorCO2e is a leading global provider of financial services to
    the world's environmental and energy markets, offering finance,
    consultancy, advice, technology and transaction services to clients
    engaged in using energy and managing emissions across the world. We
    are headquartered in London and San Francisco and have fourteen
    offices across five continents. This global yet local presence across
    the world, together with the unique experience of our staff, enables
    us to provide a level of service that few can match.

    CantorCO2e helps people and corporations across the world to
    manage the financial aspects of their energy and environmental
    choices. In North America and Europe, this means providing brokerage
    services to the energy and environmental commodity markets. Elsewhere,
    this means bringing expertise, finance and technology to projects that
    reduce emissions.

    CantorCO2e serves all of the world's principal emissions markets,
    including the Kyoto markets (CDM, JI and European emissions trading),
    the US compliance markets, and the voluntary carbon market. We help
    entities transact via electronic trading screens, recorded telephone
    lines, auctions and negotiated contracts. As well as emissions, we
    broker traditional energy products, and 'new' energy, such as
    renewable energy, ethanol and biodiesel. We advise equity investment
    funds on carbon finance, introduce investors to projects, and
    structure forward sales to enable project developers to fund their
    investments. We help 'clean-tech' technology developers to manage
    their intellectual property, to develop their licensing strategies,
    and to roll out their technologies through our global network.

    CantorCO2e offers an integrated suite of services to bring
    environmental commodities to market and to help our clients manage
    their energy and environmental risks world-wide.

    For more information please visit www.cantorco2e.com.