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CEOs Call For International Climate Treaty

CEOs Call For International Climate Treaty
Ninety-nine companies say a new climate change treaty with incentives to capture and store CO2 is needed to fight ...

GE Says Renewable Energy Tax Credit Pays For Itself

GE Says Renewable Energy Tax Credit Pays For Itself
A study released by General Electric says the U.S. government should renew a tax credit for renewable energy ...

Toyota ‘Zero Emissions’ Ad Ruled ‘Misleading’

Toyota ‘Zero Emissions’ Ad Ruled ‘Misleading’
The Belgian advertising standards authority says an advertisement for the Toyota Prius in the European Voice newspaper was misleading, ...

VW Acquisition To Save Porsche $400M Euros In Emissions Penalties

VW Acquisition To Save Porsche $400M Euros In Emissions Penalties
After it takes over Volkswagen, Porsche will be able to offset the emissions of its high-performance sports cars with ...

WP&L Says It Will Offset Emissions From Proposed Coal Plant

WP&L Says It Will Offset Emissions From Proposed Coal Plant
Wisconsin Power & Light says it will offset the greenhouse gas emissions from a proposed c$777 million coal power ...

After Failure Of Senate Bill Lobbyists Turning To US House

After Failure Of Senate Bill Lobbyists Turning To US House
Since the failure of the US Senate global warming bill, environmental lobbyists are turning their attention to the US ...

Hungary Looks At Vehicle Restrictions To Cut Air Pollution

Hungary Looks At Vehicle Restrictions To Cut Air Pollution
Heavy air pollution in Hungary's capital city of Budapest has local authorities considering a green zone where access would be restricted according ...

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 ...

Today's News

Green Communications: 3 Strategies For Getting Past The Crunch

Green Communications: 3 Strategies For Getting Past The Crunch

It's a perfect storm for green communications. There are two industries traditionally considered first for the chop during an economic downturn: environment ... continue »

Beyond Tele-Conferencing: How the IT Sector Can Become a Legitimate Climate Solutions Provider
Navigating the Environmental Media Pt 4: Carbon Messaging
Ecolabeling – Bridging The Gap
The Green Chemistry Tipping Point
Consumers Pay Attention To Energy Star Labels

Consumers Pay Attention To Energy Star Labels

The "Energy Star" label is extremely or very important to 68 percent of consumers, according to the fourth EcoPinion Survey from ...

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Green Retailers Six Key Focus Areas
Half of U.S. Companies Going Green
64% Of Decision Makers Say Green Image Is Good For Business
SMEs and the Environment

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....

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Oracle CIO Mark Sunday On Project Sequoia
GM Shows Off Volt Production Model…Kind Of
Verdiem Takes Aim At Consumer Market With Edison
The Bottom Line

Marketing

Consumers Pay Attention To Energy Star Labels

Big Brands Tout Social Consciences On YouTube

Marriott To List Green Actions Of Individual Hotels

Emissions

CCX Trades RGGI Contracts

Merck Plans 7-Acre Solar Power System

Lite-On Tech to Reduce CO2 Emissions 10% by 2011

Hi-Tech

Fairchild Semiconductor Expands ‘Green’ Effort with Global Team

Oracle CIO Mark Sunday On Project Sequoia

IBM Launches Eco Data Center in Second Life

Efficiency

Commercial Kitchens Get Green Certification Program

IBM Launches ‘Green Sigma’ Consulting Service

Performance Management Systems Improve Energy Efficiency at Kodak

Manufacturing

Green Efforts Hampered by Broken Supply Chains

Recycling and Reuse Programs Top List Of Manufacturers Green Investments

North Face Announces more Green Initiatives

Carbon Offsets/RECs

American Assets Plans To Beat 2030 Challenge

Wal-Mart Facing Tough Green Questions

NY To Regulate GHG Emissions

CSR Reports

Most Companies Skip Getting CSR Reports Assured

Campbell’s Cuts 1.5 Million Gallons of Water Per Day

KB Home To Build Only Energy Star Standard Homes

Major Players

Sam’s Club Markets Solar Panels, Energy Efficient Products

Toyota Executive Calls for More Cooperation

Tesco Saves 2 Billion Plastic Bags

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