North America
South Korea, Mexico to Set CO2 Reduction Goals
South Korea and Mexico have announced that they will set carbon emission targets ahead of the global climate meeting in Copenhagen this December. Industrialized nations could ...
New Group Aims to Cover All Recycling Interests
The Recycling Organizations of North America (RONA), a new group, plans to provide a larger umbrella to the recycling industry than that offered by the ...
Canadian Graphic Designers Adopt Sustainability Principles
The Society of Graphic Designers of Canada (GDC) has adopted a working definition of sustainable communication design, incorporating sustainability values and principles as key tenets of the Canadian graphic design practice. Key sustainability principles include: Encourage ...
Green Building Projects Thrive Despite Recession
What do an office building, an office and retail complex and an opera house have in common? Green features, including future LEED certification. Despite current economic ...
Study Predicts Market Dominance for Electric Cars by 2030
Electric cars could comprise 64-86 percent of light vehicle sales by 2030, provided that consumers don't have to buy the batteries themselves, according to a new ...
U.S. Adds Wind Farms, But Transmission Infrastructure Lags
The U.S. gets a solid "B" for its 2008 progress toward reaching the 20 percent of electricity supply from wind energy by 2030, but only a ...
G8 Summit Roundup: Climate Progress Hastens
The G8 Summit in Italy has resulted in a flurry of developments on climate change, including a pledge to cut global emissions 50 percent by 2050, ...
Point Carbon Pushes Into North America
Point Carbon, a leading energy and environmental market analysis firm, has launched its first power trading analytics tool for the North America market. This Web based ...
Mexico to Cut Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Mexico's President Felipe Calderon announced that Mexico will voluntarily cut its greenhouse gas emissions by 50 million tons a year by 2012 through the use of more ...
Vancouver to Offset 300,000 tons of CO2 at 2010 Olympics
Offsetters Green Technology Inc., a Canadian-based carbon asset management company and supplier of carbon offsets, will offset up to 300,000 tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions at ...
Toronto to get Mega-green Office Complex
The sprawling former headquarters of Sears Canada is about to undergo one of the biggest green building retrofits on record in North America. The government of Ontario, ...
Canada Slates $880M for Clean Energy Fund
The Canadian government has announced details of the C$1-billion (approximately $882 million) Clean Energy Fund, which will go to the development and advancement of clean ...
Montana Signs Carbon Storage Bill
Governor Brian Schweitzer of Montana signed a bill that creates regulatory guidelines for storing carbon dioxide underground in Montana, reports the Great Falls Tribune newspaper. The bill ...
Ford Shifting SUV Plant to Electric Vehicles
Ford is retooling a Michigan SUV plant to produce its more fuel-efficient Ford Focus, including an electric version in 2011. Ford is spending $550 million to transform ...
Canada, China, Germany Struggle to Reduce GHG Emissions
Although many countries are setting carbon reduction targets, many of them are still struggling with ways to reduce greenhouse gas emissions -- much of it from ...
U.S., Mexico Partner to Fight Climate Change
The United States and Mexico agreed to a new partnership to fight climate change and promote environmentally-friendly forms of energy production, reports Reuters. President Barack Obama and ...
Wal-Mart to Double its Solar Power Use
Retailing giant Wal-Mart aims to double the amount of solar power it uses over the next 18 months. BP Solar will install panels on rooftops of 10 ...
Deloitte Details Risks in North American Carbon Markets
As supply and demand for North American carbon credits develops, businesses need to react accordingly to these emerging U.S., Canadian, and cross-border carbon markets, according to the ...
Green Grid Launches “Free Cooling” Online Tool
North American data center and facilities managers now have a "free cooling" tool to help them lower their energy consumption and related costs. The ...
Canada, Mexico Considering Carbon Trading Markets
Carbon trading across North America may be a reality soon if Mexico and Canada move forward with plans to establish their own markets. By 2012, Canada will ...
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miggs on European Paper Industry Cuts CO2 Emissions by 42% since 1990
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"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..."