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Shipping Major Emissions Problem

Shipping Major Emissions Problem
A new study by Energy Futures finds that U.S. ports are a major source of pollution and ...

Carbon Disclosure Project Asks 3000 Companies for Eco-Info

Carbon Disclosure Project Asks 3000 Companies for Eco-Info
For 2008, The Carbon Disclosure Project has issued a request to over 3,000 of the world's largest corporations ...

Call2Recycle Reports 12% Increase In Battery Recycling

Call2Recycle Reports 12% Increase In Battery Recycling
The Rechargeable Battery Recycling Corporation reported a twelve percent increase in collection numbers with more than 6.3 million ...

Wal-Mart Canada Breaks Green Ad Campaign

Wal-Mart Canada Breaks Green Ad Campaign
In Canada, Wal-Mart has launched "Big Reduction" - a 30-second TV spot that touts some of the company's ...

Lower Tolls for Green Cars

Lower Tolls for Green Cars
Around the world, toll agencies are giving discounts to owners of green cars, reports the New York Times, ...

Online Eco-Label Directory Launched

Online Eco-Label Directory Launched
Canadian start up Big Room Inc.says it has launched the world's biggest independent directory of ecolabels. Available through ...

Alcoa Wants To Increase Aluminum Recycling

Alcoa Wants To Increase Aluminum Recycling
Alcoa announced a goal to raise the industry's used beverage can rate in North America from 52 percent ...

Mitsubishi CEO Takes On Role Of Chief Sustainability Officer

Mitsubishi CEO Takes On Role Of Chief Sustainability Officer
Mitsubishi has announced that President and CEO, Ryoichi Ueda, has also been appointed as Chief Sustainability Officer for the company's North ...

Alcoa, Shell, 52 Others Named Founding Reporters Of Climate Registry

Alcoa, Shell, 52 Others Named Founding Reporters Of Climate Registry
Fifty-four organizations, some governmental, have been named Founding Reporters of the The Climate Registry.  As Founding Reporters, they have voluntarily ...

Ceres Reveals Short List For Sustainability Reporting Awards

Ceres Reveals Short List For Sustainability Reporting Awards
The short list of finalists for this year's Ceres-ACCA North American Sustainability Reporting Awards has been announced. 87 reports were ...

Daimler Takes Orders From NYC, Ottawa For Over 1000 Hybrid Buses

Daimler Takes Orders From NYC, Ottawa For Over 1000 Hybrid Buses
Daimler Buses North America has received orders totaling 1,052 Orion VII Next Generation diesel-electric hybrid transit buses from some of ...

Toyota Releases Environmental Report, Plans 2.2 MW Solar Power System

Toyota Releases Environmental Report, Plans 2.2 MW Solar Power System
Toyota Motor Sales, USA has issued the first update on progress toward the goals and targets in the its 2011 Environmental Action ...

Cirque du Soleil Greens Its Act

Cirque du Soleil Greens Its Act
Montreal-based Cirque du Soleil's executive committee recently adopted an environmental policy, Sustainable Industries reports. With energy consumption accounting for nearly 70 percent ...

Study Finds Misleading Green Claims In 99% Of Products Surveyed

Study Finds Misleading Green Claims In 99% Of Products Surveyed
The Six Sins of Greenwashing, a report (PDF) by by TerraChoice Environmental Marketing, found that of 1,018 common consumer ...

Governors Sign GHG Accord, Ready TV Campaign

Governors Sign GHG Accord, Ready TV Campaign
Nine Midwestern governors and the premier of Manitoba have signed the Midwestern Regional Greenhouse Gas Reduction Accord. The agreement, signed at ...

Govt Science Panel: Emissions Cuts Likely Needed To Address Carbon Imbalance

Govt Science Panel: Emissions Cuts Likely Needed To Address Carbon Imbalance
The U.S. Climate Change Science Program, a U.S. government science panel, published a report today, "The North American Carbon Budget and ...

Stora Enso Releases Sustainability Report

Stora Enso Releases Sustainability Report
Stora Enso has released its North American Operations Sustainability Report 2006/07 (PDF). In 2006, the report states that: Stora Enso operations in North ...

Canon U.S.A. Receives ISO 14001 Certification

Canon U.S.A. Receives ISO 14001 Certification
Canon U.S.A. says that all of its facilities in the U.S. and Canada have received ISO 14001 Certification. Canon has established an ...

Alcan Releases Corporate Sustainability Report

Alcan Releases Corporate Sustainability Report
Alcan has released its 2007 Corporate Sustainability Report, CSRWire reports. The report builds on the 2006 report with updated 2007 content, ...

Universal Studios Tests Green DVD Packaging

Universal Studios Tests Green DVD Packaging
In Canada only, Universal Studios is releasing the Hollywood comedy Evan Almighty in a rail-thin, cardboard sleeve, the Winnipeg Sun ...

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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 »

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Lean And Clean With Green Purchasing
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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 ...

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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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