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CDP Launches Water Disclosure Project

CDP Launches Water Disclosure Project

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 ...

November 20, 2009

SEC Charges Four in ‘Green’ Investment Ponzi Scheme

SEC Charges Four in ‘Green’ Investment Ponzi Scheme

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged four people in connection with an alleged $30 million Ponzi scheme that targeted more than 300 elderly ...

November 19, 2009

Mafia Ties to Wind Fraud in Italy Investigated

Mafia Ties to Wind Fraud in Italy Investigated

Italian finance police have arrested two prominent businessmen -- including one with ties to a former investor in the Cape Wind project in Nantucket -- in ...

November 17, 2009

‘Green’ Building Sector to Contribute $554B to GDP from 2009-13

‘Green’ Building Sector to Contribute $554B to GDP from 2009-13

While the green building industry added $173 billion to the U.S. gross domestic product from 2000-08, that's just the beginning. From 2009 to 2013, ...

November 12, 2009

Climate Change Will Harm U.S. Economy, Economists Say

Climate Change Will Harm U.S. Economy, Economists Say

Almost all 144 top economists surveyed forĀ a New York University School of Law report agree that climate change threatens the United States economy and that ...

November 9, 2009

Emissions Intensity Falling Globally

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 ...

November 6, 2009

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

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 ...

November 6, 2009

U.S. Export-Import Bank Adopts Carbon Policy to Support Renewable Energy

U.S. Export-Import Bank Adopts Carbon Policy to Support Renewable Energy

The Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im Bank) says it is the first Export Credit Agency (ECA) to adopt a comprehensive Carbon Policy ...

November 5, 2009

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

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 ...

November 4, 2009

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

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 ...

November 4, 2009

System Upgrades Power Up Energy Savings for Hotels

System Upgrades Power Up Energy Savings for Hotels

For hotels, going green translates into energy-saving projects with some very tangible results. These include the Hilton New York's energy fuel cell installation that is nearly ...

November 4, 2009

Despite Critics, Gore ‘Proud’ to Invest in Green Firms

Despite Critics, Gore ‘Proud’ to Invest in Green Firms

Responding to criticism that his investments profited richly from the stimulus package, Al ...

November 4, 2009

Metal Recyclers Spar Over Ship Recycling Site

Metal Recyclers Spar Over Ship Recycling Site

A proposed California ship recycling venture to revamp nearly 17 acres of waterfront, including two massive historic dry docks, as a ship recycling, repair and building ...

November 4, 2009

IT Bolstered by U.S. Energy-Efficiency Agenda

IT Bolstered by U.S. Energy-Efficiency Agenda

Information technology departments are focused on greater energy efficiency and using more renewable energy sources now more than ever as the Obama Administration pushes its energy-efficiency ...

November 3, 2009

Partisan Bickering Puts Climate Bill in Jeopardy

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 ...

November 3, 2009

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

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 ...

November 3, 2009

Climate Change Mitigation in Developing Countries Presents Financing Challenges

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 ...

November 3, 2009

Certified Sustainable Palm Oil Trade Exceeds 250,000 MT

Certified Sustainable Palm Oil Trade Exceeds 250,000 MT

More than 250,000 tons (metric tons) of certified sustainable palm oil have been purchased (PDF) since its availability late last year, marking the first stages ...

November 2, 2009

Global Climate Talks Set Carbon Offsets in Motion, Market May Quadruple by 2015

Global Climate Talks Set Carbon Offsets in Motion, Market May Quadruple by 2015

The success of the emerging global carbon market rests on the outcome of the Copenhagen Climate Conference in December, according to a report from market researcher ...

November 2, 2009

DOE Awards $338M for Geothermal R&D

DOE Awards $338M for Geothermal R&D

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded $338 million in Recovery Act funding for geothermal research and development. The grants were awarded to 123 ...

October 30, 2009

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