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Climate Action Reserve Wants Piece Of Voluntary Carbon Market

Climate Action Reserve Wants Piece Of Voluntary Carbon Market
The California Climate Action Registry has launched Climate Action Reserve, which hopes to create standards for the voluntary ...
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Senate Extends Renewable Energy Tax Credits, Hurdles Remain

Senate Extends Renewable Energy Tax Credits, Hurdles Remain
The U.S. Senate has voted to extend tax credits for wind-power and solar-energy projects, adding them to a major ...
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Ford Details Plans To Cut Emissions, Shareholder Activists Back Off

Ford Details Plans To Cut Emissions, Shareholder Activists Back Off
Ford has become the first U.S. auto company to spell out how it plans to reach the goal of ...
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First RGGI Trades Point To Billion-Plus Regional Carbon Market

First RGGI Trades Point To Billion-Plus Regional Carbon Market
The first two trades of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative allowances were announced in the past month, establishing the ...
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UK Pushes For Mandatory Emissions Reporting

UK Pushes For Mandatory Emissions Reporting
A new amendment added to the UK's Climate Change Bill will make it mandatory for companies whose stock ...
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Do Corporate Execs Need A ‘Climate Change’ Oath?

Do Corporate Execs Need A ‘Climate Change’ Oath?
Managers "need to break away from misleading and simplistic ideas that caricature managers as the hired hands of shareholders," ...
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Clean Energy Windfall In Texas

Clean Energy Windfall In Texas
Channel 4 News is in Roscoe, Texas where a new clean energy boom is providing hard up farmers with a real windfall. ...
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Swiss Re Buys ERCs In 2008 To Go Carbon Neutral Since 2003

Swiss Re Buys ERCs In 2008 To Go Carbon Neutral Since 2003
Earlier this year, Swiss Re bought and decommissioned emission reduction certificates equivalent to 230,000 tons of CO2 emissions, which ...
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BofA Adopts Carbon Principles, CEO Voted Fossil Fool Of The Year

BofA Adopts Carbon Principles, CEO Voted Fossil Fool Of The Year
Bank of America says it will adopt The Carbon Principles, a set of guidelines issued by J.P. Morgan ...
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EPA Temporarily Bars IBM From New Federal Contracts

EPA Temporarily Bars IBM From New Federal Contracts
IBM has been temporarily barred from receiving contracts with all federal agencies while the Environmental Protection Agency reviews concerns raised about potential ...
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U.S. Split Between Environment And Economic Growth

U.S. Split Between Environment And Economic Growth
Even with high gas prices and the general perception that the U.S. is in a recession, Americans continue to say (by a ...
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Hillwood Makes Big Renewable Energy Purchase

Hillwood Makes Big Renewable Energy Purchase
Hillwood has signed a 100-percent renewable energy contract for its properties in North Texas. With the contract, Hillwood ...
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New Financial Models Make Solar Power More Economical

New Financial Models Make Solar Power More Economical
Solar companies are becoming financial intermediaries, leading companies to install solar power that wouldn't otherwise be able to afford ...
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‘Radical Greening’ One Of Top Strategic Business Risks

‘Radical Greening’ One Of Top Strategic Business Risks
"Radical greening" is one of the top 10 strategic business risks for 2008, according to a new study (PDF) by Ernst ...
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Banks Want ‘Carbon Principles’ Extended To Municipal Utilities

Banks Want ‘Carbon Principles’ Extended To Municipal Utilities
Bankers are discussing the development of lending guidelines - similar to the carbon principles issued by J.P. Morgan ...
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Will Recession Derail Your CSR Efforts?

Will Recession Derail Your CSR Efforts?
Two major corporate social responsibility questions will be faced during the economic downturn, according to Ethical Corporation. Will consumers ...
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NYMEX Starts Trading Emissions Contracts

NYMEX Starts Trading Emissions Contracts
The New York Mercantile Exchange and Evolution Markets opened The Green Exchange yesterday with futures trading based on ...
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Big Business Talks Green At WSJ’s ECO:nomics Conference

Big Business Talks Green At WSJ’s ECO:nomics Conference
The Wall Street Journal held its CEO-level "ECO:nomics - Creating Environmental Capital" conference in California last week. Here are ...
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Battle Over Smog Rules Ramps Up

Battle Over Smog Rules Ramps Up
The chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, Rep. Henry Waxman (D., Calif.), plans to hold a ...
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UK Green Budget Draws Fire

UK Green Budget Draws Fire
UK Chancellor Alistair Darling's highly anticipated "green" budget didn't please everyone, with many feeling that it fooled at ...
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‘Green Car Of the Year’ Unveiled
‘Green Car Of the Year’ Unveiled

Sustainability is Not a Color - Sustainability is Transparent.
Sustainability is Not a Color - Sustainability is Transparent.

92% Of Organizations Working To Make Facilities More Sustainable
92% Of Organizations Working To Make Facilities More Sustainable

London 2012 Publishes Sustainable Sourcing Code
London 2012 Publishes Sustainable Sourcing Code

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

Austin Retailers Report 40% Reduction in Plastic Bag Use
Austin Retailers Report 40% Reduction in Plastic Bag Use

Minnesota Paper Recycler To Power With Biogas
Minnesota Paper Recycler To Power With Biogas

Waxman Wins Control of Energy Panel
Waxman Wins Control of Energy Panel

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

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

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Sustainability is Not a Color - Sustainability is Transparent.

Sustainability is Not a Color - Sustainability is Transparent.

John Rooks
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The SOAP Group

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
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California’s Leadership in 21st Century Energy Technology
Moving Beyond ‘Carbon Neutral’ to ‘Carbon Healthy’

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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

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‘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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