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U.S. Cap-and-Trade Creates Winners and Losers among Largest Emitters

U.S. Cap-and-Trade Creates Winners and Losers among Largest Emitters
Under the Kerry-Boxer cap-and-trade bill, ExxonMobil would face an annual charge of $5.9 billion to purchase carbon allowances, while electricity giants like Exelon and Pacific Gas ...

Canadian Boreal Forests Emerge As Viable Carbon Sink

Canadian Boreal Forests Emerge As Viable Carbon Sink
In northern Canada, an area twice the size of California stores the equivalent of 27 years worth of global greenhouse gas emissions. Now, Canadian ...

PacifiCorp Tries to Reduce Incentive for Small Wind Developers

PacifiCorp Tries to Reduce Incentive for Small Wind Developers
Companies that produce less than 10 megawatts of wind power may be denied the full rate that PacifiCorp pays other ...

U.S. Chamber of Commerce: Between a Rock and a Hard Place?

U.S. Chamber of Commerce: Between a Rock and a Hard Place?
With high-profile members – including PG&E, PMN, Exelon, and now Apple – leaving its organization, and Nike threatening the same, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce must ...

The North Face May be Fined $1M Over Unsubstantiated Product Claims

The North Face May be Fined $1M Over Unsubstantiated Product Claims
The EPA may impose fines of nearly $1 million on the parent company of The North Face for alleged sale and distribution of unregistered pesticides through ...

IBM Makes Cities and Utilities Smarter with New Technologies

IBM Makes Cities and Utilities Smarter with New Technologies
Moving forward with its strategy for a Smarter Planet, IBM is helping cities and utilities become smarter by providing new technologies and tools to help them ...

Nestle Nixes Bottling Plant Over Environmental Concerns

Nestle Nixes Bottling Plant Over Environmental Concerns
Nestle Waters North America has abandoned plans to build a water bottling plant at the site of an old mill property in McCloud, Calif., after a ...

Carbon Trading Market Undergoes Growing Pains

Carbon Trading Market Undergoes Growing Pains
As carbon trading grows in the U.S. -- estimated at a $60 billion market in 2012 -- new products and business opportunities are expected to emerge ...

Northrop Grumman To Pay $21 Million For San Gabriel Valley Water Cleanup

Northrop Grumman To Pay $21 Million For San Gabriel Valley Water Cleanup
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has reached a $21 million settlement with Northrop Grumman Space & Mission Systems Corporation that requires Northrop Grumman to clean up groundwater contamination at ...

McDonald’s, Margaritas Invest in Eco Strategies to Reduce Costs

McDonald’s, Margaritas Invest in Eco Strategies to Reduce Costs
Restaurants are making big investments in improving energy efficiency as well as adding conservation and sustainability measures to reduce costs. Some of these initiatives include "green" ...

Europe Leads the Way in Greener Airlines

Europe Leads the Way in Greener Airlines
The airline industry will be the first in the U.S. to face a cap on its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, as the European Union readies a ...

Emissions, Energy, Water Use Rise at Cliffs Natural Resources in 2008

Emissions, Energy, Water Use Rise at Cliffs Natural Resources in 2008
Cliffs Natural Resources, a mining and natural resource company, reports that the company's emissions, energy consumption and water use all increased in 2008, according to its ...

Do Firms Have a Role in Protecting Water as a Basic Human Right?

Do Firms Have a Role in Protecting Water as a Basic Human Right?
Before you answer, consider this:  No water, no life.  And certainly no business. With the exception of air to breathe, no other thing, which if deprived, can ...

Home Depot, Habitat for Humanity Pump $30M Into Energy Star Homes

Home Depot, Habitat for Humanity Pump $30M Into Energy Star Homes
The Home Depot Foundation is expanding its Partners in Sustainable Building program with Habitat for Humanity to the tune of $30 million. The program, which ...

Energy-Efficient Empire State Building Serves as a Model

Energy-Efficient Empire State Building Serves as a Model
When the Empire State Building was completed during the depths of the Great Depression, it quickly became an icon of progress and the indomitable spirit of ...

Costco Partners with Gazelle to Deliver Recycling Program

Costco Partners with Gazelle to Deliver Recycling Program
To drive responsible recycling of old electronic gadgets, warehouse store Costco has teamed up with Gazelle, an electronics trade-in company, to offer its customers a trade-in ...

Electronics Firms Face Off Against Mandated Recycling Programs

Electronics Firms Face Off Against Mandated Recycling Programs
From smaller electronics companies to national electronics organizations, a war is being waged against the various state regulations that mandate manufacturers provide recycling of consumer electronics. With ...

REI, Founding Farmers, North Face Win A.R.E. Sustainability Awards

REI, Founding Farmers, North Face Win A.R.E. Sustainability Awards
REI, Founding Farmers and The North Face are the inaugural winners of the Association for Retail Environments' (A.R.E) Sustainability Awards launched at GlobalShop 2009 to encourage excellence in sustainable retail design. Judges awarded the highest ...

Carbon Management IS Information Management

Carbon Management IS Information Management
For most organizations today, sophisticated carbon management is simply not possible. At best, gathering, assessing, and analyzing the necessary information is a considerable challenge. In some ...

House Narrowly Passes Climate Bill – Reaction Roundup

House Narrowly Passes Climate Bill – Reaction Roundup
The House narrowly passed landmark climate change legislation (H.R. 2454) with a 219-212 vote, delivering a major victory for President Barack Obama and House Speaker ...
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Energy Efficiency

CH2M Hill Cuts Paper Use by 21% from 2006 to 2008

Kraft Rolls Up 50M Miles Saved Through Transportation Efficiency

Retrofitted Exit Signs Can Save Up to 90% in Energy Costs

Ontario May Follow California’s Lead on TV Energy Efficiency

Emissions

Sobeys Aims to Reduce GHG Emissions 15% by 2013

Obama May Set Provisional GHG Reduction Targets at Copenhagen

Climate Scientists Alleged to Have Manipulated Data

EPA Is One Step Closer to New Ship Emissions Standards

Data Centers

Around the Web – Genan, CO Ski Resorts, Sainsbury, MillerCoors

Building an Energy-Efficient Data Center Using Virtualization Technology

Modular Liquid-Cooled Server Cuts Cooling Costs 93%

Around the Web – PG&E, API, FPL, IT, Climate Bill, Russian Nukes

Facilities

NY Acura Dealer Adds Solar

European Paper Industry Cuts CO2 Emissions by 42% since 1990

Whirlpool Cuts Water Use by Nearly 22% from 2004 to 2008

Subaru Touts Energy & Environmental Initiatives

Smart Grid

Around the Web – Climate Risk, GHG Reporting, Al Gore, U.S. Chamber

Around the Web – Nike, Google, Nissan, Bush’s Green Library, WWF

Utilities Face Cost and Implementation Challenges with Smart-Grid Upgrades

Smart Grid & Renewable Power – Opportunities for Utilities

Sustainability

Water Conservation A Target for Utilities, Investors

Sustainable Tips to Save Small Business Owners Money

Sam’s Club Testing Solar, Radiant Flooring

Best-in-Class Manufacturers Cut Energy Use by 24%, Study Shows

Conventional Energy

Artic Expedition Investigates Climate Change, Alternative Fuel

U.S., China Partner on Renewable Energy, Energy Efficiency

Around the Web – Net Impact, Sustainable Packaging, GE, Frontier Oil

Airbus ‘Sharklet’ Wingtip Design Reduces Fuel Use 3.5%

Waste & Recycling

Australia Considers E-Waste Law

Electronics Boom, E-Cycling Lags

Around the Web – Starbucks, EcoFactor, UPS, Brownfields, Eco-Labels

Around the Web – Health Care & Energy, Shell, NBC

Water

Construction Effluent Rule May Cost $1B Annually

CDP Launches Water Disclosure Project

Oceans May Trap more Carbon than Forests

Dry-cooling Challenges Notion of Water Intensity for Desert Solar

Carbon Finance

Government Intervention Required to Drive “Green” Technology

Corporate Jetsetters Can be Carbon Offsetters

Carbon Traders Adjust to New Copenhagen Expectations

Mafia Ties to Wind Fraud in Italy Investigated

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