http://www.environmentalleader.com The Executive's Daily Green Briefing Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:16:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/20/around-the-web-nike-google-nissan-bushs-green-library-wwf/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/20/around-the-web-nike-google-nissan-bushs-green-library-wwf/#comments Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:02:10 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=27653 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 Really Ours? WSJ Benchmarking Tool Aims to Help Semiconductor Facilities Improve Energy Efficiency IndustryWeek Plans for the Green George W. Bush Presidential Center Released inhabitat Nissan chief: Electric car adoption to be gradual AP How Nike Considered Uses Innovation and Collaboration [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/20/around-the-web-nike-google-nissan-bushs-green-library-wwf/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/18/u-s-china-partner-on-renewable-energy-energy-efficiency/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/18/u-s-china-partner-on-renewable-energy-energy-efficiency/#comments Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:39:17 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=27527 President Barack Obama and China’s President Hu Jintao have agreed to a wide ranging package of programs and initiatives (seven in total) to strengthen the two countries’ cooperation on renewable energy and energy efficiency. One key program establishes a U.S.-China Clean Energy Research Center, supported by $150 million in public and private funds over the [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/18/u-s-china-partner-on-renewable-energy-energy-efficiency/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/16/around-the-web-green-jobs-nam-pg-nuclear-reprocessing/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/16/around-the-web-green-jobs-nam-pg-nuclear-reprocessing/#comments Mon, 16 Nov 2009 07:01:15 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=27308 What British business wants from Copenhagen The Times Mass. struggles to turn green tech into green jobs Chicago Tribune NAM Speaks Softly on Climate — Does It Carry a Big Stick? NY Times ColdWater Tide: Provoking the Ah-Ha Moment at Procter & Gamble TriplePundit Australia excludes farms from carbon scheme Reuters Rainforests could be traded on world market BBC China and U.S. Energy Giants [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/16/around-the-web-green-jobs-nam-pg-nuclear-reprocessing/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/09/study-finds-more-value-in-peat-co2-credits/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/09/study-finds-more-value-in-peat-co2-credits/#comments Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:36:39 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=26940 Carbon-rich peatlands may trap more greenhouse gases than first thought, driving up their potential value on the carbon market, according to a new study, reports Reuters. Huge amounts of greenhouse gases are released when peatlands are logged or drained for agriculture, and even more when the dried bogs catch fire and release toxic haze into the [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/09/study-finds-more-value-in-peat-co2-credits/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/06/china-pushes-for-co2-storage-not-emissions-reductions/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/06/china-pushes-for-co2-storage-not-emissions-reductions/#comments Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:59:38 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=26787 The head of the U.S. delegation at U.N. climate talks in Barcelona this week says China should cut its greenhouse gas emissions in half by 2050, reports Reuters. Jonathan Pershing told Reuters that China should cut its GHG emissions by about 50 percent, which would allow for lower targets for poorer countries and give them room [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/06/china-pushes-for-co2-storage-not-emissions-reductions/feed/ 1 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/10/30/u-s-auto-sector-lags-in-sustainability-performance/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/10/30/u-s-auto-sector-lags-in-sustainability-performance/#comments Fri, 30 Oct 2009 07:25:56 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=26452 North American automakers are at the bottom of the pack when compared to sustainability performance of global peers, according to the Queen’s University Belfast, in Northern Ireland. The study, “Sustainable Value in Automobile Manufacturing,” looks at the sustainability performance of 17 major car manufacturers worldwide from 1999 to 2007. Asian carmakers are taking the lead when it [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/10/30/u-s-auto-sector-lags-in-sustainability-performance/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/10/23/kyoto-cdm-offset-spending-fell-12-in-2008-more-to-come/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/10/23/kyoto-cdm-offset-spending-fell-12-in-2008-more-to-come/#comments Fri, 23 Oct 2009 14:43:21 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=26113 The 12 percent drop in purchases of carbon offsets under the Kyoto Protocol’s Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) in 2008 may be just the tip of the iceberg, considering the global economic turndown and growing skepticism about the future of the program. Investment in CDM offsets fell 12 percent in 2008, after peaking at $7.4 billion in [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/10/23/kyoto-cdm-offset-spending-fell-12-in-2008-more-to-come/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/10/20/solar-ferry-gaining-users/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/10/20/solar-ferry-gaining-users/#comments Tue, 20 Oct 2009 15:43:47 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=25731 A type of solar ferry already in use in Sydney, Australia, soon will be in use in Hong Kong, which is adding four new solar-powered hybrid ferries using a design from Australian company called Solar Sailor. The vessels are being purchased by the Hong Kong Jockey Club as part of a $45 million effort to [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/10/20/solar-ferry-gaining-users/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/09/29/u-s-eu-want-to-cut-cleantech-tariffs/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/09/29/u-s-eu-want-to-cut-cleantech-tariffs/#comments Tue, 29 Sep 2009 15:21:14 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=21736 In an effort to bring Beijing into a global climate deal ahead of the Copenhagen meeting in December, the European Union and the United States are in talks to form a pact with OECD countries and China to eliminate duties on green goods, reports Reuters. EU diplomats told Reuters that under the plan, the 30 nations [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/09/29/u-s-eu-want-to-cut-cleantech-tariffs/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/09/23/un-climate-summit-long-on-rhetoric-short-on-substance/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/09/23/un-climate-summit-long-on-rhetoric-short-on-substance/#comments Wed, 23 Sep 2009 14:50:11 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=21462 World leaders threw about lofty notions for reducing carbon emissions – but little in the way of concrete proposals – at the Sept. 22 United Nations Climate Summit. Here’s a roundup of some of the best coverage from around the Web. With about 70 days until the Copenhagen climate talks, there is too little of substance being [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/09/23/un-climate-summit-long-on-rhetoric-short-on-substance/feed/ 1