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Environmental Benefit Of CDM Questioned, Again

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 ...

More Than 70% Of Public Aware Of Energy Star Label

More Than 70% Of Public Aware Of Energy Star Label
Public awareness of the Energy Star label has grown to more than 70 percent in 2008, an increase of about 20 percentage ...

NYC To Install Solar On City-Owned Buildings

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, ...

Manufacturers Spent $26 Billion On Pollution Prevention In 2005

Manufacturers Spent $26 Billion On Pollution Prevention In 2005
The U.S. manufacturing sector spent $5.9 billion dollars on capital expenditures and $20.7 billion dollars on operating costs for ...

DNCC Challenges Delegates To Buy Carbon Offsets

DNCC Challenges Delegates To Buy Carbon Offsets
Delegates to the Democratic Convention with the highest percentage of members offsetting their carbon emissions will be recognized in their seating section ...

UK Pushes For Mandatory Emissions Reporting

UK Pushes For Mandatory Emissions Reporting
A new amendment added to the UK's Climate Change Bill will make it mandatory for companies whose stock ...

Apple Challenges NYC’s Green Logo

Apple Challenges NYC’s Green Logo
Apple has filed a formal complaint (PDF) with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office opposing the "GreeNYC" logo ...

Climate Registry Releases GHG Reporting Protocol

Climate Registry Releases GHG Reporting Protocol
The Climate Registry has released its General Reporting Protocol (PDF), an agreement among its member states ...

18 States Sue EPA For Failing To Act On Greenhouse Gases

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 ...

Carbon Tariffs Could Bring Manufacturers Back From Asia

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 ...

EPA Temporarily Bars IBM From New Federal Contracts

EPA Temporarily Bars IBM From New Federal Contracts
IBM has been temporarily barred from receiving contracts with all federal agencies while the Environmental Protection Agency reviews concerns raised about potential ...

‘Kyoto II’ Delegates Warned That Clock Is Ticking

‘Kyoto II’ Delegates Warned That Clock Is Ticking
The UN Bangkok Climate Change talks got underway on Monday, the first major United Nations-sponsored meeting on climate change ...

Norway’s Carbon Neutral Pledge Lacks Meaningful Emissions Cuts

Norway’s Carbon Neutral Pledge Lacks Meaningful Emissions Cuts
Not too long ago, Norway announced that it would be carbon neutral by 2030. Now, it's becoming apparent that ...

Chrysler Tests Wind Potential At Chelsea Proving Grounds

Chrysler Tests Wind Potential At Chelsea Proving Grounds
Chrysler is erecting a 26-story meteorological tower at its Chelsea Proving Grounds to determine if high-level winds are suitable ...

Green Groups Get Wrist Slap Over Misleading Ads

Green Groups Get Wrist Slap Over Misleading Ads
The UK's Advertising Standards Authority has told two environmental agencies, Airport Watch and enoughsenough, to alter an ad campaign ...

Dow’s Liveris On High Energy Prices And USCAP

Dow’s Liveris On High Energy Prices And USCAP
Dow Chemical CEO Andrew Liveris discusses high energy prices and USCAP at WSJ's ECO:nomics conference....

CEOs Take to Airwaves to Support Cap on GHG Emissions

CEOs Take to Airwaves to Support Cap on GHG Emissions
A new national advertising campaign features Robert Lane, CEO of Deere ...

EU To U.S. Airlines: Buy Carbon Credits Or Face Fewer Flights

EU To U.S. Airlines: Buy Carbon Credits Or Face Fewer Flights
U.S. airlines must join the EU emissions trading scheme or an equivalent system in the U.S. or they could ...

Battle Over Smog Rules Ramps Up

Battle Over Smog Rules Ramps Up
The chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, Rep. Henry Waxman (D., Calif.), plans to hold a ...

UK Green Budget Draws Fire

UK Green Budget Draws Fire
UK Chancellor Alistair Darling's highly anticipated "green" budget didn't please everyone, with many feeling that it fooled at ...

Today's News

Recycle To Save Energy–The Sooner The Better

Recycle To Save Energy–The Sooner The Better

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

Using Green IT To Get Out Of The Red And Into The Black
Measuring, Managing, Saving: Making Energy Efficiency Visible
Lean And Clean With Green Purchasing
‘Recyclable’ Is So Last-Century
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
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
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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