Europe
EU Industry Calls for SmartWay-like Program
Six European industry groups are urging national and European policy makers to establish a voluntary public-private sustainable freight transport partnership in Europe based on the best ...
Hoval Urges Sales Force to Drive Prius
Hoval, a UK supplier of renewable energy heating products, is encouraging its 30-some regional sales engineers to drive the Toyota Prius. Hoval executives say ...
PepsiCo Reveals Method for Calculating Carbon Footprint of Products
PepsiCo, which has been calculating the carbon footprint of its Walkers Crisps potato chips in the UK since 2007, revealed some of the secrets behind ...
Emissions Traders Oppose Senate’s Limits on Carbon Credit Imports
Restricting cheap carbon credits that can be imported from poor countries in a proposed U.S. cap-and-trade system will drive up costs for consumers, according to the ...
U.S., EU Want to Cut Cleantech Tariffs
In an effort to bring Beijing into a global climate deal ahead of the Copenhagen meeting in December, the European Union and the United States are ...
EU Proposes Emission Caps on Aviation, Shipping
The European Union will likely propose that aviation and shipping should cut their carbon dioxide emissions by 10 and 20 percent, respectively, below 2005 levels over ...
For Better Green Buildings, U.S. Can Learn from EU, Aussies
The United States can reduce its energy consumption and create more "green" jobs by adopting some of the strategies used by the European Union (EU) and ...
BMW, Mazda Top CO2 Emissions Cuts in 2008
Automakers BMW and Mazda cut their average CO2 emissions for cars sold in Europe in 2008 by 10.2 percent and 8.2 percent, respectively, according to ...
25% of UK Construction Projects Achieving Goal to Halve Landfill Waste
About a quarter of construction projects in the United Kingdom are projected to comply with an government objective to cut the industry's landfill waste ...
EU Slapping Cargo Vans With Carbon Tax
European companies using cargo vans in their operations could face higher costs after the European Union sets caps on carbon emissions for vans sold in the ...
SCA Sees Environmental Benefit From New Wastewater Treatment Plant
A wastewater treatment plant at SCA’s Munksund paper mill in Sweden went online in June. The mill produces paper mass and kraftliner, a starting material for packaging. SCA says that the new treatment plant will ...
More Carbon Market Fraud Unearthed
The biggest clean energy auditor in the world has been suspended by United Nations inspectors, the latest in a round of fraud headlines involving ...
Electric Marketing & Recycing Fleet Rolls In London
In London, electric recycling vans are promoting waste reduction and reducing carbon footprints.
Audi, Jaguar/Land Rover Gear Up for Luxury, Sustainability
Calling sustainability the new luxury, the president of Audi America said that Audi hopes to be the top luxury carmaker in the world by 2015, based ...
IPPR: Personal Carbon Rationing May Be Needed
A UK think tank has released a report saying that if at the end of the UK’s first carbon budget period in 2012, carbon emissions have ...
EU Proposes U.N. Climate ‘War Chest’
The European Union is proposing a "war chest" to help collect and distribute the billions of dollars undeveloped countries will be paid to curb their greenhouse ...
London Selects Low-Carbon Zones
The Mayor of London, England, has designated the first 10 "low-carbon" zones in the capital city that will receive more than £200,000 (approximately $327,700) to fund ...
Carbon Trading Market Undergoes Growing Pains
As carbon trading grows in the U.S. -- estimated at a $60 billion market in 2012 -- new products and business opportunities are expected to emerge ...
Japan, China, India Toughen Opposition to Emissions Cuts
China, India and Japan continue to reiterate their stance against aggressive carbon emissions reductions ahead of the Copenhagen talks in December that will decide a new ...
EU Pushes U.S. for Deeper Cuts in Carbon Emissions
The European Union is urging U.S. lawmakers to make deep cuts in carbon emissions, as the U.S. Senate drafts a new climate bill, reports the ...
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