http://www.environmentalleader.com The Executive's Daily Green Briefing Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:16:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/20/cdp-launches-water-disclosure-project/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/20/cdp-launches-water-disclosure-project/#comments Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:41:20 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=27678 The Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) has launched a global water disclosure project to help businesses and institutional investors understand the risks and opportunities associated with water scarcity and other water-related issues, including greater demand for water, shrinking glaciers and changing precipitation patterns that are likely to result in drought and flooding. The organization also released [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/20/cdp-launches-water-disclosure-project/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/20/national-grid-again-rejects-high-costs-of-offshore-wind/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/20/national-grid-again-rejects-high-costs-of-offshore-wind/#comments Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:07:44 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=27681 National Grid for the second time has turned down a proposal from a Rhode Island offshore wind developer that wants to sell the electricity retailer energy from a yet-to-be-developed wind farm. National Grid says the price to purchase renewable energy from New Jersey-based Deepwater Wind is too high, reports the Providence Journal. Deepwater is seeking to [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/20/national-grid-again-rejects-high-costs-of-offshore-wind/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/20/agilent-to-save-3-5m-over-10-years-with-solar/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/20/agilent-to-save-3-5m-over-10-years-with-solar/#comments Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:18:12 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=27659 A new set of solar arrays atop buildings at Agilent’s headquarters in Santa Clara, Calif., are projected to help save the company $3.5 million in energy costs over the first 10 years of operation. The new 1 megawatt installation spans over three buildings, according to a press release. This is Agilent’s second solar installation. The first was [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/20/agilent-to-save-3-5m-over-10-years-with-solar/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/19/canada-delays-ghg-emissions-regs-russia-ups-emissions-cuts/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/19/canada-delays-ghg-emissions-regs-russia-ups-emissions-cuts/#comments Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:01:49 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=27594 Add Canada to a growing list of countries that want to wait until a global climate deal is struck and the United States decides how it will regulate emissions before they regulate their own greenhouse gas emissions. Earlier this week, New Zealand made a similar announcement. There also appears to be some widespread discussion over [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/19/canada-delays-ghg-emissions-regs-russia-ups-emissions-cuts/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/19/climate-change-doubter-fox-adopting-energy-efficiency-environmental-management/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/19/climate-change-doubter-fox-adopting-energy-efficiency-environmental-management/#comments Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:47:30 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=27596 News Corp. – owner of Fox News, the Wall Street Journal and numerous other media properties – is adding software to help manage its environmental impact and energy use. News Corp. is using software from Hara Environmental and Energy Management to begin collecting energy and emissions information from its hundred-plus facilities worldwide, according to a press [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/19/climate-change-doubter-fox-adopting-energy-efficiency-environmental-management/feed/ 1 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/19/rising-sea-levels-would-hit-u-s-east-coast-hardest/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/19/rising-sea-levels-would-hit-u-s-east-coast-hardest/#comments Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:48:30 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=27582 Miami would become an island city – and Miami Beach an underwater reef – if climate change projections of a one-meter rise in sea levels by century’s end hold true. Clean Air-Cool Planet presented new climate change models to Senate staffers Nov. 19. The projections are predicated on a one-meter rise in sea level caused by [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/19/rising-sea-levels-would-hit-u-s-east-coast-hardest/feed/ 3 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/19/by-scaling-back-catalogs-jc-penney-to-save-30-on-paper/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/19/by-scaling-back-catalogs-jc-penney-to-save-30-on-paper/#comments Thu, 19 Nov 2009 07:12:43 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=27571 J.C. Penney will cease publishing its twice-annual Big Book catalogs, instead focusing on its Christmas catalog and other niche catalogs. The move will save the retailer 25-30 percent in paper use, according to published reports. The company is not acting solely to save paper. Rather, consumers shopping on the Internet has made the giant, 1,000-page catalogs [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/19/by-scaling-back-catalogs-jc-penney-to-save-30-on-paper/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/18/intel-eyes-wind-electric-cars/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/18/intel-eyes-wind-electric-cars/#comments Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:25:57 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=27503 Seeing a fit for its processing prowess in emerging industries, Intel is considering getting into wind forecasting and even information management for electric cars. While Intel already sells microprocessors to wind turbine makers, John Skinner, Intel’s Director of Marketing for its Eco-Technology division, said there are good opportunities for moving into forecasting when, where and how [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/18/intel-eyes-wind-electric-cars/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/18/nike-tops-annual-climate-action-scores/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/18/nike-tops-annual-climate-action-scores/#comments Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:47:24 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=27485 Nike has topped Climate Counts’ third annual corporate climate performance scorecard with 83 points (out of a possible 100) for the second year in a row. Stoneyfield Farm followed closely with 81 points. Unilever received 80 points. The climate performance scorecard ranks 90 companies in 12 sectors. The survey finds for the first time that all [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/18/nike-tops-annual-climate-action-scores/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/17/solar-rebates-are-going-fast/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/17/solar-rebates-are-going-fast/#comments Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:25:05 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=27435 The popularity of solar rebates, which is causing shortages in some communities, is also the primary reason why rebate programs are being cut back across the nation. Solar rebates have done their job by significantly increasing solar installation projects across the nation. In Massachusetts alone, as a result of high demand, the number of solar installers [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/17/solar-rebates-are-going-fast/feed/ 1