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Global Warming Could Cost U.S. $3.8 Trillion Per Year By 2100

Global Warming Could Cost U.S. $3.8 Trillion Per Year By 2100
Doing nothing on global warming will cost the U.S. economy more than 3.6 percent of GDP -- or $3.8 trillion annually (in ...

Long-Term Sustainability Depends On The Green

Long-Term Sustainability Depends On The Green
Companies realize that environmental initiatives can create great PR, but they're also realizing that those initiatives must be profitable ...

WaMu Targets IT ‘Energy Hogs’

WaMu Targets IT ‘Energy Hogs’
Data centers are electricity hogs, and when you add to that the PCs, copiers, printers and phones, "...the smarter ...

Big Investors Call On U.S. Congress To Tackle Climate Issues

Big Investors Call On U.S. Congress To Tackle Climate Issues
More than 50 leading investors, including the nation's largest public pension fund and the world's largest listed hedge fund, ...

Fireman’s Fund Launches Green Coverage For Manufacturers

Fireman’s Fund Launches Green Coverage For Manufacturers
Five months after announcing it would offer green homeowners insurance, Fireman's Fund Insurance Co. has announced a ...

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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 ...

Voluntary Carbon Market Tripled In 2007, Hit $331M

Voluntary Carbon Market Tripled In 2007, Hit $331M
Ecosystem Marketplace and New Carbon Finance have released a report, "State of the Voluntary Carbon Markets: Forging the ...

Westpac Demands Sustainability From Suppliers

Westpac Demands Sustainability From Suppliers
Australian banking company Westpac will ask more than 10,000 of its suppliers to meet its new Sustainable Supply Chain ...

Tour Of Citigroup’s Green Skyscraper

Tour Of Citigroup’s Green Skyscraper
Joe Sprouls gives a tour of Citigroup's $310 million Green Skyscraper.

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

Enel Buys $232 Million Of Carbon Credits From China’s Wuhan Steel
Enel SpA, Italy's largest power company and the biggest single buyer of carbon credits in China, signed a deal ...

RGGI Cap And Trade To Go Online Sept. 10

RGGI Cap And Trade To Go Online Sept. 10
The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) expects to go online September 10, News.com reports. The blind online ...

Mobile Carriers Seek Lower Emissions

Mobile Carriers Seek Lower Emissions
Mobile carriers are looking for ways to improve energy efficiency, PCWorld reports. Reducing the cost of running mobile networks ...

State Farm, Others Revamping Fleets And Business Practices To Save Money

State Farm, Others Revamping Fleets And Business Practices To Save Money
As gas prices rise, companies are driving for bigger energy savings in every corner, USAToday reports. Companies and business ...

WaMu Switches 1M Accounts From Paper To E-Statements

WaMu Switches 1M Accounts From Paper To E-Statements
Through its year-long "Make A Statement, Plant A Tree" campaign, Washington Mutual Inc. has raised $1 million for ...

Mexico’s First LEED Gold Rating: HSBC Tower

Mexico’s First LEED Gold Rating: HSBC Tower
The HSBC Tower in downtown Mexico City is the first building in Latin America to receive LEED Gold certification from the Mexico ...

Solar Tech Financiers In Race To Keep On Crest Of Solar Wave

Solar Tech Financiers In Race To Keep On Crest Of Solar Wave
A growing number of young companies are spending their brain power on software and financing, rather than photovoltaics, GreenTechBlog ...

First Federal Savings Bank Touts Green Design

First Federal Savings Bank Touts Green Design
Interesting tour of the green features of First Federal Savings Bank in Mishawaka, Ind....

Mortgage Company Offers Incentive To Buy Green

Mortgage Company Offers Incentive To Buy Green
Countrywide Home Loans, a division of Countrywide Bank, has launched a Green Incentive Program, Danielle Johnson of GreenWorksRealty.com ...

Merrill Lynch Launches Client-Based ‘Climate Change Solution’

Merrill Lynch Launches Client-Based ‘Climate Change Solution’
Merrill Lynch has launched "Green & Gold," what it describes as "a full-service climate change solution with a strong focus on ...

JPMorgan Targets 20% Emissions Cut

JPMorgan Targets 20% Emissions Cut
JPMorgan Chase says that by increasing energy efficiencies in its facilities worldwide, purchasing energy from renewable sources, and educating ...

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Portugal Points The Way For Renewable Energy Adoption

Portugal Points The Way For Renewable Energy Adoption

As the world reels at the high price of fossil fuels, business and governments are increasingly casting about for renewable energy models.  ... continue »

Raw Sourcing: Glass, Plastic or Aluminum?
Environmental Supply Chain Planning – Expanding Accountability
Green Communications: 3 Strategies For Getting Past The Crunch
Beyond Tele-Conferencing: How the IT Sector Can Become a Legitimate Climate Solutions Provider
Green Govt Initiatives Grow, Implementation Lags

Green Govt Initiatives Grow, Implementation Lags

Green government is viewed as an important federal initiative by managers, ranking ahead of efforts related to performance improvement and IT security ...

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Automakers Fall Behind On EU CO2 Targets
Shippers Make Changes To Counter Higher Fuel Prices
California Businesses Campaign Against AB32
Workings Of China’s Solar Wall Discussed

Workings Of China’s Solar Wall Discussed

One of Beijing's new additions is the GreenPix Zero Energy media wall, the largest solar powered LED display in the world, ScribeMedia ...

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Organic to Go CEO Discusses Green Economy
Pitney Bowes On Design Of Eco-Friendly Products
“Virtual Water” Content Of Products Measured
The Bottom Line

Marketing

Workings Of China’s Solar Wall Discussed

Burnes’ Aims to Cut Waste 25% in 3 Years

Smart Companies Stay Ahead Of Green Trends

Emissions

Xcel to Disclose Climate Risks

World Bank: CDM Slow and Expensive

12 States Sue EPA Over Refinery Emissions

Hi-Tech

Uptime CEO: Low PUE Numbers ‘Scientifically Meaningless’

Environmental Supply Chain Planning – Expanding Accountability

Fairchild Semiconductor Expands ‘Green’ Effort with Global Team

Efficiency

USDA Awards $35M for Renewables and Energy Efficiency

Cray Unveils Energy Efficient Cooling Tech

Wal-Mart Canada Stores to Cut Energy Use 30%

Manufacturing

ExxonMobil Says New Tire Material Increases Fuel Efficiency

Borealis and Uponor Study Water Footprint Of Plastics Industry

“Virtual Water” Content Of Products Measured

Carbon Offsets/RECs

Tacoma Power Buys $15M in RECs

Constellation NewEnergy Supplies US Open With RECs

ConAgra Buys RECs, Joins Climate Leaders

CSR Reports

Coke Rolled Out ‘Green’ Coolers At Olympics

IBM Launches Eco Data Center in Second Life

Most Companies Skip Getting CSR Reports Assured

Major Players

Microsoft Recycling Program Halves Redmond HQ’s Waste

Vestas Launches $100 Million Consumer Ad Campaign

Samsung Criticized for Lack of Recycling Programs

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