Emissions

Emissions Intensity Falling Globally

Emissions intensity, the amount of carbon generated from fossil fuel use per unit of gross domestic product (GDP), fell globally in all but two years between ...

JohnsonDiversey Ups GHG Reduction Target to 25%

JohnsonDiversey plans to more than triple its original greenhouse gas reduction commitment, from 8 percent to 25 percent by the end of 2013. JohnsonDiversey made the ...

Carbon Trading Could Trigger a ‘Sub-prime Style’ Economic Crash

Plans to expand carbon markets at UN climate talks this December could trigger a second 'sub-prime' style financial collapse and fail to protect the world ...

BMW, Toyota, Ford Tout Eco-cars

More and more automakers are playing up their hybrid cars, and other environmental ...

China Pushes for CO2 Storage, Not Emissions Reductions

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, ...

McKesson to Save $300K Via Fuel-Efficient Vehicles

McKesson Corp. continues to gain a better understanding of its emissions, energy consumption and water consumption companywide. In the firm's 2008-2009 Corporate Citizenship Report, the ...

Yokohama Rubber Cuts GHG Emissions 13.4% in 2008

Yokohama Rubber Group's greenhouse gas emissions at operations in Japan were 13.4 percent lower in fiscal year (FY) 2008 than in the base year (1990), marking ...

Wal-Mart Adding LEDs to 650 Stores

Megaretailer Wal-Mart Stores Inc. plans to use LED lights inside 650 new and renovated stores. Cree Inc. has been selected to handle the installation, ...

One Committee Down for Senate Climate Bill, Five More to Go

All seven Republicans in the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee boycotted voting on the Senate climate bill, allowing the bill pass to pass ...

EU Poised to Give Heavy Industry Free Carbon Permits

European industries including metals, building materials, textiles and ceramics will benefit from free carbon permits, starting in 2013, under the EU's Emissions Trading Scheme. Operators in those ...

ResponsibleTravel.com Scuttles Carbon Offsetting Option

One of the first travel agencies to give fliers the option to offset the carbon emissions of their flights has ceased offering the program, calling it ...

U.S. Cap-and-Trade Creates Winners and Losers among Largest Emitters

Under the Kerry-Boxer cap-and-trade bill, ExxonMobil would face an annual charge of $5.9 billion to purchase carbon allowances, while electricity giants like Exelon and Pacific Gas ...

DOE Awards $155M to Make Industrial Sector More Energy Efficient

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is awarding more than $155 million in funding under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act for 41 industrial energy-efficiency ...

Xerox Cuts GHG Emissions by 20% from 2002

Xerox Corp. reports greenhouse gas emissions fell 20 percent from 2002 to 2008, and says it will deliver a 25 percent reduction in total GHG ...

Waste Management Landfill Gas Project Complete

A Waste Management Inc. landfill gas capture project at the Altamont Landfill near Livermore, Calif., has finally come into production, and now is powering 300 of ...

Partisan Bickering Puts Climate Bill in Jeopardy

A key U.S. Senate panel, controlled by Democrats, will begin debating a climate change bill this week despite a planned boycott by minority Republicans who demand ...

Canada Can Meet GHG Emissions Targets, While Growing Jobs, Economy

Canada can meet targets to reduce global warming pollution, while growing jobs and its economy, according to an economic modeling study commissioned by the ...

Climate Change Mitigation in Developing Countries Presents Financing Challenges

A new global deal on climate finance will significantly redistribute power, responsibility and accountability between traditional donor and recipient countries, according to a new study released ...

Forests Carbon Offsets Endangered by New UN CO2 Credit Plan

Some forest carbon-dioxide credits under a new UN forestry climate agreement may be worth less after text that protected forests was removed last month, according to ...