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/2009/11/19/sec-charges-four-in-green-investment-ponzi-scheme/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/19/sec-charges-four-in-green-investment-ponzi-scheme/#comments Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:14:02 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=27583 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 and near retirement age investors who were seeking environmentally-friendly investments, reports the Philadelphia Business Journal. The SEC has accused Mantria Corp. and its principals Troy Wragg and Amanda Knorr of [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/19/sec-charges-four-in-green-investment-ponzi-scheme/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/17/mafia-tied-to-wind-fraud-in-italy/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/17/mafia-tied-to-wind-fraud-in-italy/#comments Tue, 17 Nov 2009 10:11:15 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=27403 Italian finance police have arrested two prominent businessmen — including one with ties to a former investor in the Cape Wind project in Nantucket — in the wind energy sector on charges of fraud. Arrested were Oreste Vigorito, head of the IVPC energy company and president of Italy’s National Association of Wind Energy, and Vito [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/17/mafia-tied-to-wind-fraud-in-italy/feed/ 2 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/12/green-building-sector-to-contribute-554b-to-gdp-from-2009-13/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/12/green-building-sector-to-contribute-554b-to-gdp-from-2009-13/#comments Thu, 12 Nov 2009 07:19:28 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=27191 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, that amount will more than triple to $554 billion, according to a new report from the U.S. Green Building Council and Booz Allen Hamilton. The return on energy savings is not near [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/12/green-building-sector-to-contribute-554b-to-gdp-from-2009-13/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/09/climate-change-will-harm-u-s-economy-economists-say/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/09/climate-change-will-harm-u-s-economy-economists-say/#comments Mon, 09 Nov 2009 07:14:10 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=26842 Almost all 144 top economists surveyed for a New York University School of Law report agree that climate change threatens the United States economy and that carbon regulation — whether it’s a carbon tax or a cap-and-trade system — will drive energy efficiency and innovation, reports the New York Times’ Green Inc. blog. The report, Economists and [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/09/climate-change-will-harm-u-s-economy-economists-say/feed/ 3 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/06/emissions-intensity-falling-globally/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/06/emissions-intensity-falling-globally/#comments Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:21:36 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=26858 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 1994 and 2006, according to a World Bank study, reports the New York Times’ Green Inc. blog. A key finding of the study indicates that reducing the amount of energy [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/06/emissions-intensity-falling-globally/feed/ 1 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/06/carbon-trading-could-trigger-a-sub-prime-style-economic-crash/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/06/carbon-trading-could-trigger-a-sub-prime-style-economic-crash/#comments Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:41:52 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=26830 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 from a global warming catastrophe, according to a report from Friends of the Earth. The trade in carbon permits and credits, primarily based in Europe, was worth $126 billion in 2008 [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/06/carbon-trading-could-trigger-a-sub-prime-style-economic-crash/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/05/u-s-export-import-bank-adopts-carbon-policy-to-support-renewable-energy/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/05/u-s-export-import-bank-adopts-carbon-policy-to-support-renewable-energy/#comments Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:01:50 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=26757 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 to help U.S. manufacturers produce renewable energy and climate-friendly technologies for the world market. The policy also includes a commitment to improve the bank’s transparency in the tracking and reporting of [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/05/u-s-export-import-bank-adopts-carbon-policy-to-support-renewable-energy/feed/ 2 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/04/u-s-cap-and-trade-creates-winners-and-losers-among-largest-emitters/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/04/u-s-cap-and-trade-creates-winners-and-losers-among-largest-emitters/#comments Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:34:54 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=26706 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 and Electric (PG&E) would emerge as financial winners, because they rely heavily on diversified, low-emission fleets, according to a new study from PointCarbon, reports the New York Times’ Green [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/04/u-s-cap-and-trade-creates-winners-and-losers-among-largest-emitters/feed/ 4 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/04/doe-awards-155m-to-make-industrial-sector-more-energy-efficient/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/04/doe-awards-155m-to-make-industrial-sector-more-energy-efficient/#comments Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:27:16 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=26699 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 projects across the country. These awards include funding for industrial combined heat and power systems, district energy systems for industrial facilities, and grants to support technical and financial assistance to [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/04/doe-awards-155m-to-make-industrial-sector-more-energy-efficient/feed/ 0