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Branson Plans Zero Carbon Resort, Launches Eco-Consulting Group

Branson Plans Zero Carbon Resort, Launches Eco-Consulting Group
Richard Branson plans to turn his Mosquito Island in the British Virgin Islands into the most environmentally-friendly resort in ...

Harrah’s Pitching Carbon Offsets

Harrah’s Pitching Carbon Offsets
Harrah's has launched a program to sell carbon offsets to guests and employees. Initially, Harrah's plans to make carbon offsets available for meetings, ...

Denver International Carbon Offset Program Fails To Take Off

Denver International Carbon Offset Program Fails To Take Off
Denver International Airport's plans to implement a carbon offset program for travelers has been placed in an indefinite holding ...

Passengers Will Pay For New EU Airlines Emissions Rules

Passengers Will Pay For New EU Airlines Emissions Rules
An airlines industry lobbyist says passengers will be the ones paying for pollution credits that all airlines arriving or ...

Stern Helps Launch New Carbon Ratings Agency

Stern Helps Launch New Carbon Ratings Agency
The UK Government’s climate change adviser, Sir Nicholas Stern, helped launch an initiative aimed at illustrating how clarity and transparency can boost ...

California Unveils Ambitious Emissions Plan - 30% Cut By 2020

California Unveils Ambitious Emissions Plan - 30% Cut By 2020
California's Air Resources Board has released a draft plan to reduce California's greenhouse gas emissions by 30 ...

Virgin’s Branson Says Airlines, Other Industries Should Pay

Virgin’s Branson Says Airlines, Other Industries Should Pay
Virgin chairman Richard Branson says he is willing to pay a carbon tax on his aviation business, Business Week reports. He said ...

Cascades Buys RECs

Cascades Buys RECs
Cascades will offset all the electricity used to manufacture Cascades' North River brand of commercial towels and tissues for ...

Tokyo To Pass Cap-And-Trade Emissions Plan

Tokyo To Pass Cap-And-Trade Emissions Plan
Tokyo is the first city in Japan to pass legislation that, by fall of 2010, will require a cap-and-trade ...

BeGreen Announces Carbon Calculator For Green Builders

BeGreen Announces Carbon Calculator For Green Builders
A carbon calculator unveiled by BeGreen, is designed to help designers and builders meet green standards, The Dallas Morning News ...

James Hansen: Try Fossil Fuel CEOs For ‘High Crimes Against Humanity’

James Hansen: Try Fossil Fuel CEOs For ‘High Crimes Against Humanity’
James Hansen, one of the world's leading climate scientists, told the House Select Committee On Energy Independence And Global ...

Will Carbon Caps Damage Industry?

Will Carbon Caps Damage Industry?
Economists who are assessing the risks to industries from various carbon tariff proposals are finding they're not always as ...

VW Acquisition To Save Porsche $400M Euros In Emissions Penalties

VW Acquisition To Save Porsche $400M Euros In Emissions Penalties
After it takes over Volkswagen, Porsche will be able to offset the emissions of its high-performance sports cars with ...

WP&L Says It Will Offset Emissions From Proposed Coal Plant

WP&L Says It Will Offset Emissions From Proposed Coal Plant
Wisconsin Power & Light says it will offset the greenhouse gas emissions from a proposed c$777 million coal power ...

Horizon Shipping Line Launches ‘Horizon Green’

Horizon Shipping Line Launches ‘Horizon Green’
Horizon Lines a domestic ocean shipping company, announced an environmental initiative called Horizon Green (PDF) to better ...

Hulk Tries For Green Connection, Launches Carbon Calculator

Hulk Tries For Green Connection, Launches Carbon Calculator
The marketing folks at Universal Pictures are trying to create a relationship between the green star of its latest ...

Strategic Energy Supplies Offsets For Clean Air Business Competition

Strategic Energy Supplies Offsets For Clean Air Business Competition
50 MWhs of renewable energy credits (RECs) were provided by Strategic Energy in conjunction with the Great Race for Clean Air -- ...

Companies Turn To Coal In Face Of Rising Oil Prices

Companies Turn To Coal In Face Of Rising Oil Prices
In a classic Catch-22 scenario, rising oil prices are leading power companies to switch to cheaper, dirtier coal power, ...

Carbon Disclosure Project Calls For New Carbon Treaty

Carbon Disclosure Project Calls For New Carbon Treaty
Speaking to the UN General Assembly at a meeting on private investments and climate change, Carbon Disclosure Project Chairman James Cameron said ...

IE Expanding ‘Carbon Grove’ To France

IE Expanding ‘Carbon Grove’ To France
Windows' Internet Explorer is expanding the campaign it launched last month called "Carbon Grove," which reminds IE users of the things they ...

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Industry Needs Energy Star For Servers - Now!

Industry Needs Energy Star For Servers - Now!

The other day while out shopping for Energy Star rated household appliances with my wife, I got to wondering why we ... continue »

Parse The Greens, Pass The Spectacle
Timberland’s Journey to Quarterly CSR Reporting
Peak Carbon
Consumers Understand Greenwash, So Why Can’t The Communications Industry?
MIT Report: World Can Learn From European Cap-And-Trade System

MIT Report: World Can Learn From European Cap-And-Trade System

The EU cap-and-trade system has operated well and has had little or no negative impact on the overall EU economy, according to ...

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Fewer Willing To Pay Premium For Green
EIA Projects 50% Growth In World Energy Use By 2030
Fuel Prices, Environment Drive Consideration Of Hybrids
UK Facing Higher Green Taxes

UK Facing Higher Green Taxes

Political and business leaders are warning that Britain faces a sharp rise in its tax bill to fund the country's move to ...

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Climate Change And Public Health
Commute Program Helps Juniper Employees Reduce Trips
Clean Diesel Talked Up At Mid America Trucking Show
The Bottom Line

Marketing

New Video Shows Innovations In Textile Industry

Enterprise Rent-A-Car Says Thin Clients Will Save $500,000

Parse The Greens, Pass The Spectacle

Emissions

Ericsson Solar Cell Solution Deployed In South America

MIT Report: World Can Learn From European Cap-And-Trade System

Leaving Computers On Over Holiday Weekend Costs Big Bucks

Hi-Tech

Industry Needs Energy Star For Servers - Now!

Novomer Makes Sacrificial Binder From Recycled CO2

‘Old’ IT Doesn’t Have To Mean ‘Inefficient’

Efficiency

Logan Airport Wind Energy Excursion A Success

Ball Aims To Reduce GHG 16 Percent by 2012

Branson Plans Zero Carbon Resort, Launches Eco-Consulting Group

Manufacturing

Anaerobic Digestion Facility At Maker’s Mark Powers Distillery

EPA Web Site Provides Importing, Exporting Environmental Rules

GHG Emissions Up At Owens Corning, Energy Use Down

Carbon Offsets/RECs

Harrah’s Pitching Carbon Offsets

Denver International Carbon Offset Program Fails To Take Off

Passengers Will Pay For New EU Airlines Emissions Rules

CSR Reports

IBM Launches Green Consulting Service

Baxter Aims To Reduce GHG Emissions By 45% By 2015

JohnsonDiversey Saves Customers Over 1B Gallons Of Water In 2007

Major Players

P&W Geared Turbofan Engine Could Help Industry Cut Emissions

Dell Power Supply First To Receive ‘80 Plus Gold’ Certification

Dow Raising Prices, Again

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