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U.S., Home Builders Reach $4.3 Million Environmental Settlement

U.S., Home Builders Reach $4.3 Million Environmental Settlement
Four of the nation's largest home builders have agreed to pay civil penalties totaling $4.3 million to resolve alleged violations of the ...

Carbon Disclosure Project Calls For New Carbon Treaty

Carbon Disclosure Project Calls For New Carbon Treaty
Speaking to the UN General Assembly at a meeting on private investments and climate change, Carbon Disclosure Project Chairman James Cameron said ...

Air France: EU Emissions Trading Scheme Unfair

Air France: EU Emissions Trading Scheme Unfair
The French-Dutch Air France-KLM said the terms of the European Union's Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) are "discriminatory" and threaten ...

FTC Tackles Green Building, Textiles In Latest Green Claims Workshop

FTC Tackles Green Building, Textiles In Latest Green Claims Workshop
The Federal Trade Commission has announced the third in a series of public workshops being held as part ...

Senate Kills Climate Bill

Senate Kills Climate Bill
The Carbon bill died in the Senate on Friday after a vote that resulted in 48 senators favoring the ...

UK Floats Idea Of Carbon Allowance For Individuals

UK Floats Idea Of Carbon Allowance For Individuals
The chair of the UK's Environmental Audit Committee, Tim Yeo, says a personal carbon allowance is the best way ...

Dow Ordered To Clean Up Neighborhood Downstream From Headquarters

Dow Ordered To Clean Up Neighborhood Downstream From Headquarters
The EPA has ordered Dow Chemical to clean up high levels of dioxin in homes and yards downstream from its world headquarters ...

Climate Bill Would Get Veto From Bush

Climate Bill Would Get Veto From Bush
If the Lieberman-Warner global warming bill, being debated this week in the Senate, passes Congress in its current ...

Senate Kicks Off Global Warming Bill Debate

Senate Kicks Off Global Warming Bill Debate
With this week's Senate debate on the Lieberman-Warner global warming bill kicking off today, some doubt whether U.S. ...

Putting A Price On CO2 Could Mean 10% Cut in Emissions

Putting A Price On CO2 Could Mean 10% Cut in Emissions
A new analysis by researchers at Carnegie Mellon University's Tepper School of Business shows possible positive short-term ...

Cement Industry In Demand V. Emissions Battle

Cement Industry In Demand V. Emissions Battle
Cement plants have become more automated, integrated and efficient since Henry Kaiser founded the Kaiser Cement Corporation -- now ...

UN To Rule On Arctic Territorial Claims

UN To Rule On Arctic Territorial Claims
With climate change revealing more and more of the Arctic region's possibly energy-rich seabed, Canada, Denmark, Norway, Russia and the U.S., ...

States, Others Sue U.S. Government Over Smog Rules

States, Others Sue U.S. Government Over Smog Rules
Eleven states and other plaintiffs, including the District of Columbia, the city of New York and Pennsylvania's department of ...

G8 Pledges ‘Strong Will’ For 50% Emissions Cuts By 2050, Sets No Mid-Term Goals

G8 Pledges ‘Strong Will’ For 50% Emissions Cuts By 2050, Sets No Mid-Term Goals
Environment ministers from the Group of Eight nations, pledged "strong political will" toward cutting greenhouse gas emissions in half ...

Renewable Energy Tax Credits Pass House

Renewable Energy Tax Credits Pass House
Some advocacy groups worry that the Renewable Energy and Job Creation Act of 2008, passed last week by the ...

S.F. Bay Area Passes Carbon Tax

S.F. Bay Area Passes Carbon Tax
The San Francisco Bay Area Air Quality Management District's board of directors voted overwhelmingly (15-1) to charge area companies ...

Big Investors Call On U.S. Congress To Tackle Climate Issues

Big Investors Call On U.S. Congress To Tackle Climate Issues
More than 50 leading investors, including the nation's largest public pension fund and the world's largest listed hedge fund, ...

New Jersey Mandates New Regs For Chemical Plants

New Jersey Mandates New Regs For Chemical Plants
New Jersey environmental officials have mandated regular reviews for safety upgrades at the 89 most dangerous chemical plants, oil ...

CHEP Gives Employees $2K For Buying Hybrids

CHEP Gives Employees $2K For Buying Hybrids
A program of CHEP USA gives up to $2,000 to employees who purchase hybrid cars and trucks, Mobile Logistics ...

Polar Bears On Thin Ice, Listed As ‘Threatened’

Polar Bears On Thin Ice, Listed As ‘Threatened’
Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne today announced that he is listing the polar bear as a threatened species under the Endangered ...

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Industry Needs Energy Star For Servers - Now!

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 ... continue »

Parse The Greens, Pass The Spectacle
Timberland’s Journey to Quarterly CSR Reporting
Peak Carbon
Consumers Understand Greenwash, So Why Can’t The Communications Industry?
MIT Report: World Can Learn From European Cap-And-Trade System

MIT Report: World Can Learn From European Cap-And-Trade System

The EU cap-and-trade system has operated well and has had little or no negative impact on the overall EU economy, according to ...

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Fewer Willing To Pay Premium For Green
EIA Projects 50% Growth In World Energy Use By 2030
Fuel Prices, Environment Drive Consideration Of Hybrids
UK Facing Higher Green Taxes

UK Facing Higher Green Taxes

Political and business leaders are warning that Britain faces a sharp rise in its tax bill to fund the country's move to ...

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Climate Change And Public Health
Commute Program Helps Juniper Employees Reduce Trips
Clean Diesel Talked Up At Mid America Trucking Show
The Bottom Line

Marketing

New Video Shows Innovations In Textile Industry

Enterprise Rent-A-Car Says Thin Clients Will Save $500,000

Parse The Greens, Pass The Spectacle

Emissions

Ericsson Solar Cell Solution Deployed In South America

MIT Report: World Can Learn From European Cap-And-Trade System

Leaving Computers On Over Holiday Weekend Costs Big Bucks

Hi-Tech

Industry Needs Energy Star For Servers - Now!

Novomer Makes Sacrificial Binder From Recycled CO2

‘Old’ IT Doesn’t Have To Mean ‘Inefficient’

Efficiency

Logan Airport Wind Energy Excursion A Success

Ball Aims To Reduce GHG 16 Percent by 2012

Branson Plans Zero Carbon Resort, Launches Eco-Consulting Group

Manufacturing

Anaerobic Digestion Facility At Maker’s Mark Powers Distillery

EPA Web Site Provides Importing, Exporting Environmental Rules

GHG Emissions Up At Owens Corning, Energy Use Down

Carbon Offsets/RECs

Harrah’s Pitching Carbon Offsets

Denver International Carbon Offset Program Fails To Take Off

Passengers Will Pay For New EU Airlines Emissions Rules

CSR Reports

IBM Launches Green Consulting Service

Baxter Aims To Reduce GHG Emissions By 45% By 2015

JohnsonDiversey Saves Customers Over 1B Gallons Of Water In 2007

Major Players

P&W Geared Turbofan Engine Could Help Industry Cut Emissions

Dell Power Supply First To Receive ‘80 Plus Gold’ Certification

Dow Raising Prices, Again

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