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CEOs Sign Numerous Environmental Pledges At Global Compact Summit

A flurry of press releases have come out of the Global Compact leaders Summit that's finishing up in Geneva. Top executives of corporations such as Coca-Cola, Petrobras, Fuji Xerox, China Ocean Shipping Group, Tata Steel, L M ...

July 6, 2007

Top 10 Greenest Companies In The World

The Independent, along with Ethical Investment Research Services, has put together a guide to the greenest companies in the world. 1. Vestas Wind Systems has more than 30,000 wind turbines generating electricity globally ...

June 4, 2007

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April 2007 (via CEEP) Asia-Pacific Partnership on Clean Development and Climate U.S. & China Clean Water and Clean Energy Climate Change, Land Use Change and Invasive Species Photovoltaic Devices ...

May 3, 2007

AIG, Ben & Jerry’s, Citigroup, Alcoa, Intel, Timberland, Toyota and HP to Debate Climate Change Strategies

Environmental Leader is pleased to be a supporting partner of Ethical Corporation's Climate Change Strategies and Environmental Communication conference: With CEO after CEO now committing to act on climate change, big US brands are scrambling to ...

May 2, 2007

Green Marketers To Get Discovery Channel Dedicated to Green Topics

Discovery Channel is launching the first-ever 24-hour TV network dedicated solely to green lifestyle programming. The initiative, launching next year, includes a $50 million investment in new original content and a multi-platform offering with interactive ...

April 6, 2007

Nike Sells Carbon Credits to Entergy

Nike has sold emission reduction credits totaling 100,000 metric tons to utility company Entergy. Environmental Resources Trust verified and registered the credit as a result of Nike exceeding its carbon footprint goals with the ...

March 23, 2007

EU Leaders Agree: 20% Green Power by 2020

EU leaders agreed Friday that a fifth of the bloc's energy will come from green power sources by 2020, AP reports. No enforcement mechanism has been agreed on yet. The deal makes three main promises ...

March 9, 2007

EPA Seeks Comment on U.S. Greenhouse Gas Inventory

The EPA is seeking public comment on a draft report that analyzes sources of greenhouse gas emissions. The report, Inventory of U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks: 1990-2005, will be open for public comment for ...

February 23, 2007

Bush’s Budget Earmarks $24 Billion for Department of Energy

President Bush's $24.3-billion budget for the Department of Energy remains a tiny part of the overall $2.9-trillion budget plan for 2008. the Detroit Free Press reports. The proposed budget for the Department of Energy includes $42 ...

February 6, 2007

Utilities Fail to Respond to Investor’s GHG Emissions Questions

Less than half of all listed global electric utilities have responded to an investors request for information regarding their emissions of greenhouse gases, according to the Carbon Disclosure Project's Global Electric Utilities report (PDF). ...

January 30, 2007

Bush’s State of the Union Energy Plan Gets Mixed Reaction

President Bush set a goal of reducing U.S. gasoline consumption by 20 percent in the next 10 years during last night's State of the Union speech. The White House dubbed the program Twenty in ...

January 24, 2007

Westinghouse Wins China Nuke Reactor Contract

China's State Nuclear Power Technology Company will use the Westinghouse AP1000 as the technology basis for four new nuclear power plants to be constructed in Sanmen and Yangjiang. Westinghouse, with the world's largest installed base ...

December 18, 2006

Most Consumers Will Pay More for Renewable Energy

Seventy-six percent of Americans feel it’s extremely important that their electric utility offers power produced from renewable sources, according to Energy Pulse, a study from the Shelton Group, a marketing company. So important, in ...

November 15, 2006

GE, Hitachi Plan Global Nuclear Energy Alliance

GE and Hitachi have signed a letter of intent to negotiate the formation of a global alliance that will combine their new nuclear power plant and services businesses. The transaction will proceed through a cross-shareholding ...

November 13, 2006

Special Inspection Planned for Largest Nuclear Plant in U.S.

Nuclear Regulatory Commission officials will begin a special inspection of the Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station's core safety injection valves next week. NRC officials have scheduled a Nov. 20 meeting with the executives of ...

November 10, 2006

IAE Predicts Global Energy Demand Up 53% by 2030

The International Energy Agency has released The World Energy Outlook 2006, the latest edition of the IEA's annual flagship publication. The report's baseline vision of how energy markets are likely to evolve without new ...

November 9, 2006

Democrat Committee Head Lays Out Energy Priorities

Rep. John Dingell, the Michigan Democrat who will head the House Energy and Commerce Committee next year, said that cleaner cars powered by diesel and electricity, storing waste from U.S. nuclear reactors and probing offshore ...

November 8, 2006

Sustainable Energy Network Releases Blueprint On Energy

Last week, 145 businesses, environmental organizations, and other groups (representing 37 states) released the “Sustainable Energy Blueprint - a policy paper that outlines a “plausible strategy for achieving a no-nuclear, low-carbon, highly-efficient and sustainable energy ...

October 11, 2006

7 of 10 Americans Favor Nuclear Energy

Nearly seven of 10 Americans favor nuclear energy and 68 percent support building a new reactor at the existing nuclear power plant closest to where they live, according to a recent public opinion poll conducted ...

September 26, 2006

More Companies Concerned About Financial Implications of Climate Change

Climate change has become a major concern among leading US financial institutions and companies, according to a recent report by the Carbon Disclosure Project, a coalition of global investors with more than $31.5 ...

September 20, 2006

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