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Slower Trucks Could Save 31.5M Tons Of CO2 Emissions

The American Trucking Associations has launched the first-ever industry-wide environmental sustainability program under the banner Trucks Deliver a ...

CEOs Call On G8 To Act On Global Water Crisis

The CEOs of 19 of the world's largest corporations have called on G8 leaders to address the global ...

Large Emitters In Alberta Cut Emissions Instead Of Paying Fines

The Canadian province of Alberta received $25 million less from carbon-emissions fines in the past eight months than it ...

HP Partners With Calif. On Print Cartridge Recycling

HP and the State of California have teamed up to create a recycling tracking program for HP printing cartridges....

Stern Outlines Global Deal On Climate Change

British economist and academic Lord Nicholas Stern has published a set of proposals (PDF) for a global deal ...

Wal-Mart Weighs In On Packaging At FTC ‘Green Guides’ Workshop

Reducing the weight of Honest Kids organic juice drink pouch bulk packs sold at Wal-Mart is one of the ...

Russia Has No Plans To Cap Carbon Emissions

Russia says it has no plans to cap carbon emissions under a new climate regime, currently being negotiated to ...

LA Passes Green Building Rules

On Earth Day, the City Council of Los Angeles passed an ordinance requiring builders of large commercial and residential ...

U.S. Patent Office Swamped With ‘Eco’ Applications

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) saw a 10 percent increase in trademark filings last year for green-themed ...

EPA Insiders Report Widespread, Potentially Harmful Political Interference

Results of investigations by the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) paint the EPA as an agency under siege from ...

‘Recyclable’ Is So Last-Century

‘Recyclable’ Is So Last-Century

Last fall, I used the term "greenwashing" in a panel discussion with business leaders in Austin, Texas. Though this is a phrase ...

CDM Projects Prevent 135 Million Tonnes Of CO2

The Clean Development Mechanism has taken some heat lately, but here's some positive press. Projects to reduce carbon ...

No Emissions Goal At Major Economics Meeting

No fixed targets were set at the two-day Major Economies Meetings in Paris which brought together delegates from 16 ...

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 ...

Why Congress Is Avoiding A Global Warming Vote

Wall Street Journal Editorial Page writer Joe Rago speaking last week on whether Congress is avoiding a vote on global warming....

EPA: GHG Emissions Down In 2006

U.S. emissions during 2006 decreased by 1.1 percent overall from the previous year, according to the national greenhouse gas ...

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 ...

Dallas Adopts Green Building Ordinance

The Dallas City Council has adopted a green construction ordinance which aims to reduce energy and water consumption in ...

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 ...

Today's News

Companies Respond To Climate Change Shareholder Resolutions

Virtual Hotel Aims To Improve Industry Sustainability

Popularity Of Energy Efficiency Utilities Grows

Study: Builders Slow To Embrace Green

Starwood Going Green With Element Hotels

Environmental Throwdown At Duke Shareholders’ Meeting

U.S. Lags Behind On Green Consumption And Behavior

Tour Of Citigroup’s Green Skyscraper

Ford Racks Up Another Environmental First

Slower Trucks Could Save 31.5M Tons Of CO2 Emissions

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Using Green IT To Get Out Of The Red And Into The Black

Using Green IT To Get Out Of The Red And Into The Black

Dr. Albert Esser
Vice President of Data Center Infrastructure
Dell

Today's combination of dwindling natural resources, economic uncertainty, and the growing threat of global warming underscores the urgent need to embrace "being ... continue »

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U.S. Lags Behind On Green Consumption And Behavior

U.S. Lags Behind On Green Consumption And Behavior

The National Geographic Society and the international polling firm GlobeScan have unveiled a new mechanism for measuring and comparing individual consumer behavior ...

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Green Marketing Campaigns Not Sticking

eCommerce Goes Green

82% Of Execs Say Climate Change Will Alter Their Business Models

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Tour Of Citigroup’s Green Skyscraper

Tour Of Citigroup’s Green Skyscraper

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

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China’s Plastic Bag Crackdown Is Windfall For Cloth Bag-Makers

Customer CSR Expectations Top Of Mind For CEOs

DuPont On Sustainable Packaging

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The Bottom Line

Marketing

Adam Werbach’s Answer To Consumerism’s Global Warming Blues

Green Marketing Campaigns Not Sticking

Green-Themed Email Marketing Sees Big Bump

Emissions

Companies Respond To Climate Change Shareholder Resolutions

Starwood Going Green With Element Hotels

Environmental Throwdown At Duke Shareholders’ Meeting

Hi-Tech

Using Green IT To Get Out Of The Red And Into The Black

Cutting The Internet’s Carbon Footprint

Report: Data Center Energy Efficiency Needs To Double By 2012

Efficiency

Virtual Hotel Aims To Improve Industry Sustainability

Popularity Of Energy Efficiency Utilities Grows

EBay Tops List Of Largest Solar Installations In San Jose

Manufacturing

Ford Racks Up Another Environmental First

China’s Plastic Bag Crackdown Is Windfall For Cloth Bag-Makers

IBM, GSK, Herman Miller See Healthy ROI From Green Purchasing

Carbon Offsets/RECs

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

RGGI Cap And Trade To Go Online Sept. 10

NAM, ACCF: Lieberman-Warner Bill Will Cost U.S. Big

CSR Reports

Brazilian, Indian Companies Dominate GRI Reporting Awards

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

Colgate-Palmolive Improves Production Efficiency

Major Players

Tour Of Citigroup’s Green Skyscraper

Food Services Industry Hammered On Climate Performance

HP Partners With Calif. On Print Cartridge Recycling

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