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Hilton Efficiency Program Saves $9 Million

Hilton Hotels says it has delivered energy savings of over 10 percent last year across more than 80 hotels ...

Carbon Labels On Tesco Products Next Month

Carbon labels will be tested on Tesco-brand products next month, The Guardian reports. The retailer will put carbon ...

Bush Delivers GHG Emissions Goal, Skips How To Reach It

In a Rose Garden speech today, President Bush acknowledged the need to put curbs on greenhouse-gas emissions and set ...

Bush To Give Speech On GHG Emissions Goal Today

On Wednesday, President Bush will lay out specific goals for limiting greenhouse gases, making a commitment to other ...

China Emissions Underestimated, Top US

A report to be published next month in the Journal of Environment Economics and Management by researchers from the ...

White House Floats Idea Of Emissions Cap To GOP Lawmakers

The White House held a meeting with Republican lawmakers to gauge the reaction to the idea of supporting a ...

Duke’s Sustainability Report Includes 50% CO2 Reduction Scenario

Duke Energy, the third largest emitter of CO2 in the U.S., has released its 2007/2008 sustainability report (PDF). According ...

Environmental Benefit Of CDM Questioned, Again

U.N. regulators who administer the Clean Development Mechanism have objected to dozens of developing-world projects in recent months, questioning ...

Shipping Industry Floats Emissions Tax

Transport costs for raw materials are likely to rise due to a new marine fuel tax planned by the ...

NYC To Install Solar On City-Owned Buildings

New York City's Department of Administrative Services plans to issue an RFP for private solar developers to purchase, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Keys To Greener Supply Chains

Companies are rushing to create green supply chains, basing purchasing decisions not only on the value that vendors deliver, ...

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," ...

SunChips Solar Coming-Out Party

Frito-Lay is planning a major ad campaign to tout that one of the factories that makes SunChips is ...

18 States Sue EPA For Failing To Act On Greenhouse Gases

Eighteen states are suing the EPA in an attempt to force it to comply with a Supreme Court ruling ...

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 ...

Wal-Mart Launches Green Mega-Push

Wal-Mart’ is offering a line of fair trade certified coffee as part of a green push for Earth ...

Carbon Tariffs Could Bring Manufacturers Back From Asia

Imposing carbon tariffs on China could drive some manufacturers back to North America, according to a new CIBC Coming ...

Should CFOs Take A Seat At The Sustainability Table?

More than half of finance executives believe their companies are "very likely" or "somewhat likely" to increase revenue, ...

Today's News

Mars Snackfood Unwraps Landfill Gas Project

Avis To Print Less, Save More Trees

Fireman’s Fund Launches Green Coverage For Manufacturers

Honeywell, Airbus, JetBlue, IAE Developing Aviation Biofuel

EnerNOC Buys Offsets To Remain Carbon Neutral

EPS Developing Energy Use Monitoring System

TNT To Replace 100 Diesel Delivery Trucks With Electrics

Restaurants Explore Sustainability With ‘Conserve’ Initiative

REI Tries Solar Power On For Size

Dupont, Genencor Invest $140M In Cellulosic Ethanol Joint Venture

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Recycle To Save Energy–The Sooner The Better

Recycle To Save Energy–The Sooner The Better

Greg Wittbecker
Director Corporate Metal Recycling Strategy
Alcoa Inc.

Recycling rates in the U.S. are low and getting lower. The U.S., by far the world's biggest consumer of aluminum ... continue »

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Environmental Initiatives Top Of Mind For Financial Services Execs

Environmental Initiatives Top Of Mind For Financial Services Execs

Nearly three-quarters (73 percent) of financial institution executives say they plan to build new or undergo a major remodel of an existing ...

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Consumers Want Brands To Solve Climate Crisis

Belief In Global Warming Slips

U.S. Lags Behind On Green Consumption And Behavior

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Restaurants Explore Sustainability With ‘Conserve’ Initiative

Restaurants Explore Sustainability With ‘Conserve’ Initiative

This promotional video features restaurateurs discussing sustainable solutions and Conserve, the environmental initiative of the National Restaurant Association....

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Polar Bears On Thin Ice, Listed As ‘Threatened’

HP Exec On Product Takeback

Sony, Mohawk Bring Greener Products To Market

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The Bottom Line

Marketing

Consumers Reward Good Corporate Behavior - Unless There’s A Big Sale

Green Meetings Don’t Have To Cost More Green

Green Marketing Campaigns Not Sticking

Emissions

Mars Snackfood Unwraps Landfill Gas Project

Honeywell, Airbus, JetBlue, IAE Developing Aviation Biofuel

EnerNOC Buys Offsets To Remain Carbon Neutral

Hi-Tech

EPS Developing Energy Use Monitoring System

Dell To Increase PC Energy Efficiency 25% By 2010

HP Exec On Product Takeback

Efficiency

Restaurants Explore Sustainability With ‘Conserve’ Initiative

ASHRAE Best Design Practices Could Cut Warehouse Energy Use 30%

Environmental Initiatives Top Of Mind For Financial Services Execs

Manufacturing

Dupont, Genencor Invest $140M In Cellulosic Ethanol Joint Venture

Smart Papers Installing Honeywell Biomass Co-Gen Plant

Ford Racks Up Another Environmental First

Carbon Offsets/RECs

Voluntary Carbon Market Tripled In 2007, Hit $331M

Enel Buys $232 Million Of Carbon Credits From China’s Wuhan Steel

RGGI Cap And Trade To Go Online Sept. 10

CSR Reports

Starbucks Plans Renewable Energy Buy, Green Building Standards

Brazilian, Indian Companies Dominate GRI Reporting Awards

CSR: Chevron To Invest $2.5B in Alternative, Renewable Energy Tech

Major Players

Recycle To Save Energy–The Sooner The Better

With $100M, Duke Energy Joins Rooftop Solar Movement

Sony, Mohawk Bring Greener Products To Market

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