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Waxman Wins Control of Energy Panel

House Democratic leaders voted 137-122 to oust auto-industry ally Representative John Dingell from his chairmanship of the House Energy and Commerce committee, replacing him with Representative Henry Waxman, Bloomberg reports. Waxman is ...
Former Clinton Administration Experts Fill Obama’s Environment Committee
A variety of experts from former Clinton administration environmental leaders to people from transition co-chairman John Podesta's think tank top the list of Barack Obama's advisory committee on the environment and natural ...
Most Efficient Data Center – The One That’s Not Built

Kenneth Brill, executive director of the Uptime Institute, told the New York Times that companies should build fewer data centers during tough times, and that the most efficient data center is ...
Cradle-To-Cradle: The Other Side of William McDonough

William McDonough has effortlessly moved from the world of "enviro-geek design" to the "soft spotlight of pop culture" and is well-known for his cradle-to-cradle manifesto. But there is an alternative narrative about ...
CEA Saving Energy With Expanded Telework Policy
The Consumer Electronics Association announced it will expand its formal telework policy to include all full-time employees and encourage staff to spend four days in the office and work one day ...
Silicon Valley Green Teams Push Eco-Friendly Initiatives
There is a growing trend in Silicon Valley of employees forming green teams to push peers and bosses to become more environmentally aware, Mercury News reports. Yahoo has 300 members in its ...
Gore Calls For ‘Civil Disobedience’ To Stop Construction Of Coal Plants

Al Gore is urging young people to stop the construction of coal plants without carbon capture and sequestration technology through acts of disobedience, Reuters reports. Speaking at the Clinton Global Initiative, Gore ...
Evolution of Corporate Social Responsibility
Edward Granger-Happ, the CIO at Save the Children and chairman of NetHope, writes at the Journal of New England Technology that the face of corporate social responsibility is changing – “it ...
Campbell’s New VP of CSR: David Stangis

Campbell Soup Company announced the appointment of David P. Stangis as vice president of corporate social responsibility, a new position at the company. Stangis, 43, will be responsible for designing Campbell's CSR ...
Raw Sourcing: Glass, Plastic or Aluminum?

As a former packaging manager of a large beverage company, when it came to beverages I always wondered which was more environmentally friendly. Much like the old "Paper or Plastic" argument at the grocery store, ...
SMEs and the Environment
A Telegraph Business Club Video MasterClass by Guy Beaudin the Head of Solutions for PC World Business on SMEs and the environment.
Patagonia Campagn Asks Customers to ‘Vote the Environment’
Patagonia launched its Vote The Environment campaign this week, in advance of the presidential election this November. The three-part campaign asks customers to register to vote, educate themselves on the ...
Data Centers and Carbon Pricing
Here in the U.S. the likelihood of an official "price of carbon" continues to grow. Both Sen. McCain and Sen. Obama favor a cap and trade system, which would put a hard cap ...
Gore Calls For 100% Clean Energy by 2018, Keeps Straight Face
Al Gore challenged America to make its electricity production completely carbon-free in 10 years, The Washington Post reports. "We are borrowing money from China to buy oil from the Persian Gulf ...
Ford On Difficulty Translating Sustainability Into Customer Benefits
Short clip from Cornell's eClips of Niel Golightly, director or Sustainable Business Strategies for Ford Motor Company, on how to translate the concept of sustainability into customer benefits....
Industry Needs Energy Star For Servers – Now!
The other day while out shopping for Energy Star rated household appliances with my wife, I got to wondering why we still do not have Energy Star rated servers. This really is not ...
Stern Helps Launch New Carbon Ratings Agency
The UK Government’s climate change adviser, Sir Nicholas Stern, helped launch an initiative aimed at illustrating how clarity and transparency can boost investment and increase chances of companies delivering effective emissions reductions. The Carbon Ratings Agency ...
Supply Chain Managers Are Architecting A Green Future

All along the supply chain, costs are skyrocketing and competition is intensifying. The focus on sustainability-focused supply chain strategies allows companies to combine a muscular set of strategic and tactical actions and processes aimed at ...
First USPS Corporate VP Of Sustainability Named
The United States Postal Service appointed 33-year USPS veteran Sam Pulcrano as the agency's first corporate VP of sustainability, DMNews reports. Pulcrano will be responsible for coordinating all of the agency's environmental ...
Pitney Bowes Making Green Strides
Over the past two years, Pitney Bowes' energy task force has been responsible for projects that have eliminated more than 380 tons of carbon dioxide emissions from its operations, according to ...
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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
"All of us should think of ways to save energy now. It is not a myth,..."
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Gary Markowitz on Supermarkets Tackle Emissions Reductions, Fuel Efficiency
"Supermarkets waste over 10 percent of their energy through improper..."
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..."



