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International Carbon Reduction and Offset Alliance Formed
Eight of the world's leading carbon reduction and offset providers have formed the International Carbon Reduction and Offset Alliance (ICROA), The Climate Group announced. According to the organization's website, ICROA will: Support ...
GM Signals Shift To Smaller Cars, Mulls Putting Hummer On The Block
General Motors' Chairman and Chief Executive G. Richard Wagoner Jr. announced the company's plans to undergo some structural changes, BusinessWeek reports. Wagoner said the changes include shutting four truck plants, eliminating 10,000 ...
Publishing Industry Writes Sustainability Story
Climate change, sustainable packaging and reducing paper use were among the workshop topics the book industry's recent annual trade show, BookExpo America, BusinessWeek reports. Publishers are increasing their use of recycled paper, ...
Outdoor Industry Climbing Toward Sustainability
Members of the Outdoor Industry Association Eco Working Group, representing over 50 brands, met recently to begin developing a framework for a "manufacturing index" it says will help the apparel, footwear and outdoor equipment ...
Supply Chain In Spotlight at Ceres Conference
At the recent Ceres conference, investors, environmentalists, and business executives came together to address a wide range of sustainability challenges from stakeholder engagement and corporate governance to resource scarcity and climate change. This year, though, ...
Sustainability Takes Center Stage At Packaging Summit
I was at the Packaging Summit, presented by the IOPP, in Chicago last week. "Sustainability" was present in nearly each and every booth. Here are some highlights from the show. An honorable mention goes ...
Nortel Green Ad Campaign Takes Shot At Cisco
Nortel has launched an ad campaign that claims its data networking products offer energy savings over Cisco products, BtoB reports. The company has put together a Website to go along ...
Green Meetings Don’t Have To Cost More Green
Corporate social responsibility mandates are one factor that is leading to more green, and, for planners, more complicated meetings, CNN reports. Some planners are asking for locally grown or organic food, or ...
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 Cleaner Tomorrow. ATA has produced a report (exec summary) and is making ...
Sustainability Is Watchword for Biomass Industry
Sustainability was on the minds of many of today's speakers at the World Congress on Industrial Biotechnology and Bioprocessing, an annual conference attracting more than 1,200 scientists, business leaders, and government officials that began in ...
Architect Norman Foster On Green Design
Architect Norman Foster discusses his own work to show how computers can help architects design buildings that are green, beautiful and "basically pollution-free." He shares projects from throughout his career, from the pioneering roof-gardened Willis ...
Major Aviation Industry Players Ink Climate Change Pledge
At the third annual Aviation and Environment Summit in Geneva April 22 and 23, 2008, airlines, airports, and aircraft makers pledged for the first time to cut their emissions. More than 100 airports ...
Green IT Loses Believers
There was an interesting turn in opinion about green IT at Gartner's Emerging Trends Symposium/ITxpo. Attendees at last week's Green IT Great Debate session were asked to vote before and after on ...
Oregon’s Clean Tech Industry Gets Showcased At InnoTech
On April 16, the Software Association of Oregon is hosting a full-day Clean Tech event as part of the upcoming InnoTech 2008 Conference. The event will benefit both technology ...
P&G, Hasbro, Stew Leonard’s Among NEEP Energy Efficiency Honorees
Northeast Energy Efficiency Partnerships has announced the latest group of Northeast Business Leaders for Energy Efficiency: P&G-Gillette in Boston, Massachusetts cut energy use 9.1 percent with an annual cost savings of $1,444,792. Stew Leonard's in Norwalk, ...
Airlines Fight Back On Climate Debate
At a conference on airline emissions in London, some of the world's biggest airlines accuse environmentalists of distorting the climate impact of commercial aviation.
FTC Sets Sights On Green Packaging Claims
The Federal Trade Commission has announced that the second in its series of public workshops being held as part of the agency's regulatory review of the Green Guides will cover green packaging claims. Last month, ...
Branson Calls For Climate ‘War Room’
At a UN climate meeting, Richard Branson, head of Virgin Group, offered to set up an "environmental war room" to combat climate change, Wired reports. He envisions a quasi-independent but UN-linked ...
Who Will Fund The Push For Clean Energy?
Due to volatile markets and plunging stocks, Wall Street is not so keen on funding renewable energy projects involving new technologies, Reuters reports. That's what Aaron Lubowitz, managing director of ...
The Battle for IT Standards
At Green Grid's first Technical Forum, many are calling for a ratings standard that would apply to their data centers, much like the LEED standard for buildings Computerworld reports. ...
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miggs on European Paper Industry Cuts CO2 Emissions by 42% since 1990
"Yet another example of the potential of combined heat & power to transform..."
Stevenson on News Corp. Taps Hara for Energy Efficiency, Environmental Management
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Trade Association on Trade Group on EPA Chemical Regs: ‘If Everything is a Priority, Then Nothing is a Priority’
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Gary Markowitz on Supermarkets Tackle Emissions Reductions, Fuel Efficiency
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peter in ireland on Ontario May Follow California’s Lead on TV Energy Efficiency
"Governor Schwarzenegger is shooting himself in the foot! 1...."
Environmental Leader on S. America Takes Most Urgent View of Copenhagen Talks
"The survey respondents (the PDF report mentions 4,000 respondents in 38..."
Jake on UPS Trying New Hydraulic Hybrid Trucks
"A point of clarification: the Reuters press release referenced herein reports that 20 UPS will purchase..."