Economics
Patagonia Pioneers Sustainability Legal Status
Outdoor clothing company Patagonia has become the first company in California to elect to be a "benefit corporation." The legal status affords a company's directors ...
Wind Towers Are Next Front in Trade War
Four U.S. manufacturers of wind turbine towers have filed a trade complaint against China and Vietnam, opening a new front in an ongoing trade ...
EU Holds Ground on Airline CO2 Cap; Trade War Coming?
The European Commission will move forward on its plan to include aviation in its emissions trading scheme, WSJ reports.
According to the plan, EU airlines will have specific CO2 allocations and will pay a ...
Can Trade Liberalization Be Aligned with Long-term Environmental Health?
Trade liberalization and free trade in their purest forms do little to encourage effective improvements in environmental quality. The goal of ...
IIRC Formed, Backs Combined CSR and Financial Reporting
The Prince of Wale’s Accounting for Sustainability Project (A4S) and the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) have formed the International Integrated Reporting Committee ...
Roundup – OPX-Bio, Strata Tower, Price Chopper
The green suits
The Economist
Hallandale Beach completing energy-efficient lighting project at municipal complex
Sun Sentinel
OPX-Bio Brings a High Tech Twist to ...
Mich Considers Raising Cap on Alt Energy
The Michigan state legislature is considering raising a cap on the number of electricity clients that can buy their power from alternative sources, a move ...
Roundup – Multi Packaging, GM, Long Island
Energy Bill May Cut Power-Plant Pollution, Reid Says
Businessweek
Liverpool Gets U.K.'s First Sustainable Palm Oil Plant
Washington Post
Multi Packaging Solutions Gets Greener ...
Commercial Buildings Guzzle 37% of CA’s Energy
Commercial buildings are responsible for 37 percent of California’s energy needs, according to a new report by Next 10.
The findings suggest a new, untapped ...
Biodiversity Loss a Significant Business Risk
The loss of biodiversity through the extinction of species poses a significant risk to business profits, according to a recent survey by PricewaterhouseCoopers.
According ...
Roundup – Isuzu, DoD, MLB
Cap and No More Trade
Wall Street Journal
Small subdivision to coexist with farm, equestrian center
Daily Herald
Geothermal Energy Could Make the Department ...
Roundup – Bridgestone, EIA, Germany
Western Climate group sees carbon cuts and savings
Reuters
Bridgestone to Partner with the World Agroforestry Centre to Assist Rubber Tree Farmers in ...
Roundup – Sysco, Energy Star, Danfoss
Delaware Raises $2.1 Million From Auction of CO2
Delaware Online
Grants Available for Phila. Business Energy Savings
Philadelphia Business Journal
Sysco Helps Fund ...
Gates, Immelt, Want $16bn for Energy R&D
Bill Gates, Jeff Immelt, and other CEOs, investors, and industry leaders lobbied the US to increase its level of spending in energy research and developing ...
Greenpeace – 95% Renewable Energy Without Slow Growth
Greenpeace outlined a scenario in which 95 percent of energy generation comes from renewable sources by 2050 while creating 12 million jobs, for a price ...
Roundup – Apple’s Solar iPhone, UK, CDC, Carbon Calculators
Apple Patents Solar iPhone
Inhabitat
CDC Invests $50m in Sustainable Forestry
New Energy World Network
Who Will Pay for UK’s Green Economy?
BBC
It’s Not Easy Being Clean
Control Global
Building Insulation for Sustainable ...
Consol Energy Taps Methane For Carbon Credits
Consol Energy will become the second coal miner to develop a methane capture and abatement system in the U.S., according to a company ...
E.U. to Debate Shift in Energy, Carbon Tax
The European Union is considering a change to its energy tax policy that could make renewable fuels cheaper than fossil fuels, according to a ...
Europe Attempts to Revive Carbon Trading
European regulators and businesses are making an attempt to revive carbon trading through the use of a supplemental “green bond” system that would function alongside the current cap-and-trade scheme, according to a report in the ...
Transportation Emissions Rise, Fall With Economy
The current economic crisis has caused greenhouse gas emissions by the transportation industry to decline on a global scale, according to a recent study by the International Transport Forum.
According to the ...
Texas Instruments Sustainability Report: Normalized Emissions Jump 23%
