Archive for September, 2007
Bush Proposes International Clean Tech Fund
At today's meeting on climate change, President Bush outlined his climate change proposal which includes creating an “international clean technology fund,” to be supported by contributions from governments around the world, that would help finance ...
Pledge Rundown: Companies Pull Out Checkbooks At Clinton Global Initiative
U.S. Businesses have stepped forward with big pledges at the Clinton Global Initiative. Standard Chartered Bank, TreeHugger reports, has pledged $8-to-10 billion over five years to renewable-energy projects - wind, hydro, geothermal, solar, biomass, ...
Most Americans Think ‘Marketing Tactic’ When They Read ‘Green’
Seven in ten Americans either "strongly" or "somewhat" agree that when companies call a product "green" (meaning better for the environment), it is usually just a "marketing tactic," according to an Ipsos Reid study. Consumers appear ...
EPA Releases Climate Protection Partnerships Report
In 2006, EPA's climate protection programs prevented 70 million metric tons of carbon equivalent greenhouse gas emissions - up from 63 million in 2005, according to the Energy Star and Other Climate Protection Partnerships 2006 ...
Consumer Spending On Green Will Double, Reach $500 Billion In 2008
Consumers expect to double their spending on green products and services in the next year, totaling an estimated $500 billion annually or $43 billion per month, according to new findings from the 2007 ImagePower ...
TechSoup Launches IT Asset Management Program
TechSoup says it has launched a refurbished computer initiative that turns a corporation's unwanted IT equipment into effective corporate Green Philanthropy. The IT asset management program accepts all unwanted IT equipment (working or ...
Top U.S. Companies Face Impact Of Long-Range Energy Uncertainties
Energy was once managed as a cost, but companies in every sector increasingly see it as a strategic risk - and even as a source of new value and opportunity, according to a new ...
Chevron Launching $15 Million Campaign
Chevron is launching a global corporate campaign, themed "The Power of Human Energy," that aims to humanize the oil giant and its employees, AdAge reports. Roughly 10 percent of Americans "hate us and our industry ...
San Francisco International Airport Installs Solar Power System
San Francisco International Airport has completed the installation of a 500kW solar power system that consists of close to 3,000 Suntech solar modules. According to BASS Electric, the Terminal 3 solar energy system is estimated to ...
Yahoo Unveils New Green Icon
Yahoo's green icon challenge has ended and web visitors have picked a design, Earth Point!, by Leah Dickey, as the winner, TreeHugger reports. This is the icon that the search giant will use ...
Top GHG Emitters Meet At US-Led Climate Change Forum
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice opened a conference of the world’s largest greenhouse-gas emitters today, just a few days after a UN conference on the same subject, The New York Times reports. Rice said that ...
2nd UK Beverage Maker Claims 1st To Use 100% Recycled Plastic Bottle
Innocent Drinks is the second UK beverage maker in the last week to say it is the first company to put its drinks into 100 percent recycled plastic bottles, Sustainable Is Good reports. Innocent ...
60% Of Companies Worry About Compliance Costs Of Climate Change Rules
While U.S. businesses are concerned about compliance costs related to climate change legislation, those same companies still believe that the federal government should be doing more to combat global warming, according to a new ...
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Cox Touts Green Efforts On New Website
Media company Cox Enterprises has launched CoxConserves.com, a website detailing the company's environmental initiatives and offering environmental tips. Cox Conserves is a national corporate program that includes the company's six major subsidiaries. The program encourages ...
EPA Report Points To Fuel Efficiency Increase
Reversing a long-term trend of slightly declining fuel economy, EPA is reporting an increase in fuel efficiency for 2006 and 2007, an average of 20.2 miles per gallon for cars and light duty trucks. For ...
Kohl’s Installs First of 63 Solar Power Systems.
Kohl's has flipped the switch on a rooftop solar energy system at its Laguna Niguel store that it says is part of the largest planned U.S. photovoltaic solar rollout to date. The plan, ...
Tesco Reveals Plans For California Stores
British grocery chain Tesco, which prides itself on its green image, has revealed specific plans for its Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Market rollout in California's Inland Empire area of Riverside and San Bernardino counties, ...
Newspaper Publisher Provides MBTA With 200 Recycling Bins
Publishers of Metro Boston, a free daily newspaper, have purchased 200 recycling bins which will be distributed throughout the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority's commuter system. The bins will provide a spot for ...
Shortlist For $1 Million Alcan Sustainability Prize Released
Alcan and International Business Leaders Forum have announced the shortlist of candidates for the $1 million Alcan Prize for Sustainability for 2007. Ten organizations were selected from a field of over 155 entries from ...
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miggs on European Paper Industry Cuts CO2 Emissions by 42% since 1990
"Yet another example of the potential of combined heat & power to transform..."
Stevenson on News Corp. Taps Hara for Energy Efficiency, Environmental Management
"All of us should think of ways to save energy now. It is not a myth,..."
Trade Association on Trade Group on EPA Chemical Regs: ‘If Everything is a Priority, Then Nothing is a Priority’
"Seriously… that..."
Gary Markowitz on Supermarkets Tackle Emissions Reductions, Fuel Efficiency
"Supermarkets waste over 10 percent of their energy through improper..."
peter in ireland on Ontario May Follow California’s Lead on TV Energy Efficiency
"Governor Schwarzenegger is shooting himself in the foot! 1...."
Environmental Leader on S. America Takes Most Urgent View of Copenhagen Talks
"The survey respondents (the PDF report mentions 4,000 respondents in 38..."
Jake on UPS Trying New Hydraulic Hybrid Trucks
"A point of clarification: the Reuters press release referenced herein reports that 20 UPS will purchase..."