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Ontario May Follow California’s Lead on TV Energy Efficiency

Ontario May Follow California’s Lead on TV Energy Efficiency

Following California's decision earlier this week to require elevated energy efficiency standards for TVs, the Canadian province of Ontario is ...

November 20, 2009

EPA Is One Step Closer to New Ship Emissions Standards

EPA Is One Step Closer to New Ship Emissions Standards

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) delivered draft rules for new engine and fuel standards for the largest ocean-bound ships to the White House for review, ...

November 20, 2009

European Paper Industry Cuts CO2 Emissions by 42% since 1990

European Paper Industry Cuts CO2 Emissions by 42% since 1990

The European paper industry has reduced CO2 emissions per ton of paper produced by 42 percent since 1990, according to the Confederation of European Paper ...

November 20, 2009

CDP Launches Water Disclosure Project

CDP Launches Water Disclosure Project

The Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) has launched a global water disclosure project to help businesses and institutional investors understand the risks and opportunities associated with ...

November 20, 2009

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

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

Whirlpool Corp. is on track to cut its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 6.6 percent by 2012, according to the company's first global ...

November 20, 2009

National Grid Again Rejects High Costs of Offshore Wind

National Grid Again Rejects High Costs of Offshore Wind

National Grid for the second time has turned down a proposal from a Rhode Island offshore wind developer that wants ...

November 20, 2009

California City’s Green Building Ordinance Applies to Commercial Buildings

California City’s Green Building Ordinance Applies to Commercial Buildings

New commercial buildings in San Mateo, Calif., will have to be constructed to minimum environmental standards now that a previously ...

November 20, 2009

Agilent To Save $3.5M Over 10 Years With Solar

Agilent To Save $3.5M Over 10 Years With Solar

A new set of solar arrays atop buildings at Agilent's headquarters in Santa Clara, Calif., are projected to help save the company $3.5 million ...

November 20, 2009

S. America Takes Most Urgent View of Copenhagen Talks

S. America Takes Most Urgent View of Copenhagen Talks

People in South America view a global climate deal as having more urgency than people in other parts of the world. About 99 percent of South Americans surveyed ...

November 20, 2009

Texas, China Wind Partners May Build U.S. Factory to Appease Critical Lawmaker

Texas, China Wind Partners May Build U.S. Factory to Appease Critical Lawmaker

A massive West Texas wind farm that came under scrutiny for its plans to incorporate Chinese wind turbines - yet still qualify for federal ...

November 20, 2009

Volvo, Mack Engines First to Meet 2010 EPA Emissions Standards

Volvo, Mack Engines First to Meet 2010 EPA Emissions Standards

With heavy truck engines facing a 2010 deadline for new emissions standards from EPA and the California Air Resources Board, engines from Volvo and ...

November 20, 2009

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

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

Today's news from around the Web. Google Says It Doesn't Want to Be a Utility NY Times How Much of China’s Emissions Mess Is ...

November 20, 2009

Fossil Fuel Emissions Rose 29% since 2000

Fossil Fuel Emissions Rose 29% since 2000

A report (PDF) by scientists shows that emissions are outpacing the ability of ocean and land carbon sinks to soak up carbon dioxide from the ...

November 19, 2009

SEC Charges Four in ‘Green’ Investment Ponzi Scheme

SEC Charges Four in ‘Green’ Investment Ponzi Scheme

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged four people in connection with an alleged $30 million Ponzi scheme that targeted more than 300 elderly ...

November 19, 2009

No Sunny Skies for Two Solar Projects in Texas, California

No Sunny Skies for Two Solar Projects in Texas, California

Two major solar projects are at a standstill; one over contract renewals and the other due to environmental concerns. Meanwhile, New York lawmakers are making it ...

November 19, 2009

Canada Delays GHG Emissions Regs, Russia Ups Emissions Cuts

Canada Delays GHG Emissions Regs, Russia Ups Emissions Cuts

Add Canada to a growing list of countries that want to wait until a global climate deal is struck and the United States decides how it ...

November 19, 2009

News Corp. Taps Hara for Energy Efficiency, Environmental Management

News Corp. Taps Hara for Energy Efficiency, Environmental Management

News Corp. - owner of Fox News, the Wall Street Journal and numerous other media properties - is adding software to help manage its environmental impact ...

November 19, 2009

Rising Sea Levels Would Hit U.S. East Coast Hardest

Rising Sea Levels Would Hit U.S. East Coast Hardest

Miami would become an island city - and Miami Beach an underwater reef - if climate change projections of a one-meter rise in sea ...

November 19, 2009

Building an Energy-Efficient Data Center Using Virtualization Technology

Building an Energy-Efficient Data Center Using Virtualization Technology

Electrical power usage has always been a large and increasing cost of operating a data center. Over the last decade, as applications have grown more sophisticated and ...

November 19, 2009

Trade Group on EPA Chemical Regs: ‘If Everything is a Priority, Then Nothing is a Priority’

Trade Group on EPA Chemical Regs: ‘If Everything is a Priority, Then Nothing is a Priority’

As the U.S. House of Representatives considers how far the EPA should go in regulating chemicals used in everyday products, trade groups are cautioning against over-regulation. The ...

November 19, 2009

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