Ruby Canyon Engineering President to Speak at Carbon Conference

April 12, 2011

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

For more information:
Michael Coté, President
Ruby Canyon Engineering
970-241-9298
mcote@rubycanyoneng.com

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. – Ruby Canyon Engineering President Michael Coté is speaking at the 2011 Navigating the American Carbon World (NACW) Conference http://www.nacw2011.orgin Los Angeles on April 13. 

“It’s an honor to speak at such an event,” Coté said. “This is the largest carbon event in North America, where business leaders, environmentalists and policy makers all come together to discuss the impacts of climate change policy and the future of North American carbon markets.”

Coté will participate in a panel discussion on the role of carbon offsets from the point of view of Ruby Canyon Engineering’s project verification experience, specifically for ozone depleting substances (ODS) and livestock manure protocols. These offset types have been accepted by the Air Resources Board (ARB) under AB32 (California’s Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006). The bill establishes a timetable to bring California into compliance with greenhouse gas emission reduction goals by 2020 through a cap-and-trade program.

Other presenters alongside Coté are Charles Purshouse, Camco; Jeff Cohen, EOS Climate; and Rajinder Sahota, California Air Resources Board.

About Michael Coté and Ruby Canyon Engineering

Michael Coté is the President of Ruby Canyon Engineering Inc. (RCE), an experienced environmental engineering firm, who works extensively in the climate change industry. Since 2005, RCE has completed corporate GHG inventories, baseline methodologies, offset project evaluation and feasibility studies, and third-party validation and verifications. During 2009, Coté led RCE’s effort to become an ANSI-accredited ISO 14065 verification body and manages RCE’s GHG validation and verification activities.

Prior to RCE, Mr. Coté worked as an environmental engineer for environmental and energy-related consultants in western Colorado. He works closely with RCE’s industrial clients in the mining, manufacturing, oil & gas, ozone depleting substances, and nitric acid/ammonia sectors, and has authored several coal mine methane related studies for the U.S. EPA.