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Sterling Planet Buys Voluntary Carbon Units

Sterling Planet Buys Voluntary Carbon Units
Sterling Planet recently agreed to purchase Voluntary Carbon Units (VCUs) from the Greenville County landfill gas utilization project, which is verified ...

CDW’s Wisconsin Hosting Centers Go Green

CDW’s Wisconsin Hosting Centers Go Green
Illinois-based CDW is turning two of its hosting centers green. The Wisconsin hosting centers, totaling 10,500 square feet, will now ...

Firm Adds ‘Renewable Energy Surchage’ To Customer Bills

Firm Adds ‘Renewable Energy Surchage’ To Customer Bills
Many businesses are forcing customers to pay fuel surcharges these days, but how about a renewable energy surcharge? San Francisco's ...

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, ...

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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 -- ...

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Sustainability is Not a Color - Sustainability is Transparent.

Sustainability is Not a Color - Sustainability is Transparent.

Green was an obvious color to hang the environmental renaissance on. It was a reclaiming of the old pejorative “greenies” and “treehuggers.” ... continue »

An Eco-Stimulus Package for Our Economy
Sustainability – Businesses’ Best Defense Against Recession
California’s Leadership in 21st Century Energy Technology
Moving Beyond ‘Carbon Neutral’ to ‘Carbon Healthy’
92% Of Organizations Working To Make Facilities More Sustainable

92% Of Organizations Working To Make Facilities More Sustainable

Ninety-two percent of respondents to The Global Facility Management Association's recently released Green Practices Study (PDF) say that they are ...

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Green Building Could Hit $140 Billion By 2013
ICT Could Cut U.S. Emissions By 13-22 Percent
Consumers Loyal To Brands That Support Good Cause During Recession
‘Green Car Of the Year’ Unveiled

‘Green Car Of the Year’ Unveiled

Sit in on the Green Car of the Year Award presented at the 2008 LA Auto Show (via AutoNetwork)....

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Patagonia’s Rick Ridgeway Discusses Corporate Sustainability
California Clean Tech Open Awards
How ICT Can Reduce Carbon Footprints And Enable Sustainable Growth

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Marketing

Sustainability is Not a Color - Sustainability is Transparent.

Greenbuild Conference News Roundup

Green Consumers Have Different Purchasing Motives

Emissions

‘Green Car Of the Year’ Unveiled

Owens Ups Recycled Content in Fiberglass Insulation, Cuts Energy Use, CO2

Wal-Mart To Buy 226 M kWh Wind Energy To Help Power 350+ Stores

Hi-Tech

ICT Could Cut U.S. Emissions By 13-22 Percent

California Clean Tech Open Awards

Dell: OptiPlex Desktop Customers Cut 29 M Tons of CO2 Since 2005

Efficiency

92% Of Organizations Working To Make Facilities More Sustainable

Xerox Says New Toner Cuts Digital Printing Devices’ Power 15-30%

Big Brands Form Climate Change Business Coalition

Manufacturing

Patagonia’s Rick Ridgeway Discusses Corporate Sustainability

Mitsubishi Targets Sales Of $13.3 B From Cleantech Products

Jeffrey Immelt Discusses GE’s CSR Efforts

Carbon Offsets/RECs

Hyundai Unveils Carbon Offset Program For Genesis Sedans

Best Buy Pushes Renewable Energy Credits

New Carbon Standard Set for Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Use

CSR Reports

Want To Win Awards? Write Longer Corporate Responsibility Reports

U.S. Army Releases First Sustainability Report - Big Move To LEED Standards

HK Companies Top CSR Disclosure Among Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand

Major Players

Aluminum Assoc. Sets Ambitious 75% Aluminum Can Recycling Target

How ICT Can Reduce Carbon Footprints And Enable Sustainable Growth

UPS Moves To Paperless Sorting Labels

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