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Consumers Buying More ‘Green’ Since Start of Recession
Countering some other research, a new study shows that consumers in the United States, UK and Japan have placed more emphasis on buying so-called "green" items ...
73% of Americans Look to Technology to Solve US Problems
To help the United States achieve long-term success, investing in innovation and advanced technology is the key, according to 73 percent of Americans surveyed in March ...
Global Climate Coalition Ignored Own Scientists’ Advice
It's coming to light that for years the Global Climate Coalition, an industry funded group that has argued that global warming is a sham, ignored the ...
Seizing Power and the Moment
If there’s a sector of society that’s tied to the whipping post right now, it’s the business and financial community. And if that community has a ...
Politics Remains an Obstacle to Project Development
Energy: The Profit Angle from Institute at Golden Gate on Vimeo. Amory Lovins, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer at the ...
FedEx CEO: Tax Carbon, Don’t Institute Cap-and-Trade
FedEx Chief Executive Officer Fred Smith said he is in favor of a carbon tax, but that he does not agree with the Obama Administration's proposal ...
Economic Downturn Painful for the Environment
Olga Speranskaya, a Russian scientist and winner of the Goldman Environmental Prize, says the world economic downturn will hurt efforts to save the environment. A ...
IT Study: Virtualization, Video Conferencing Can Save Big Money
Looking forward, the IT industry can expect virtualization to dramatically reduce energy use and hardware outlays, and increased use of teleconferencing will result in less business travel, reducing companies' carbon footprint. The server virtualization software market ...
Global Warming Might Mean Fewer Warm-weather Clouds
Meteorologists in the Netherlands are using a virtual cloud laboratory to study cloud behavior and the interrelationship with climate change. Researchers are investing theories that warmer ...
The Smart Grid Faces Off Against Privacy Rights
It's hard to look at a Web browser these days without reading about how an online carbon calculator, smartly tied into the electrical grid, is the ...
Sustainable Food Packaging Grows Despite Economy
While many food and beverage companies are embracing recycled and sustainable packaging options, the sector faces its own challenges in economic sustainability because of the global ...
Potential IBM Takeover of Sun Microsystems May Have Green Fallout
IBM's potential takeover of Sun Microsystems has been making headlines since late last week. As the deal is further scrutinized, some pundits are wondering whether the ...
Analysts: Global Carbon Emissions Price 10-plus Years Away
Companies may not see standardized global pricing for carbon emissions for 10 or 15 years, said analysts at an industry meeting in Copenhagen. The analysts say too ...
Streaming Live From World Water Forum: Nations, Businesses Consider the Way Forward
What is the connection between water, energy and climate change? This is just one of the many questions that are being discussed this week at the ...
UK Scientists Warn Cutting Carbon Emissions by a Third ‘Not Enough’
Scientists in the United Kingdom are saying that a government plan to reduce carbon emissions by one-third by 2020 is not enough to prevent changes to ...
WSJ ECO:nomics Conference Roundup
ECO:nomics, a conference hosted March 4-6 by The Wall Street Journal in Santa Barbara, Calif., has generated much discussion. Here is a smattering of the coverage ...
White Paper: Corporate Boards Expected to Raise Profile of Sustainability
"The Responsible and Sustainable Board," a white paper from consulting firm Deloitte, highlights reasons why corporate boards are expected to pay more attention to risks and opportunities associated with corporate responsibility, sustainability and climate ...
Global Carbon Offsets Predicted To Grow 20%
In 2009, the global carbon offset market is expected to grow 20 percent in terms of volume, predicts Point Carbon, a provider of advisory services for ...
Business Group Lambasts Western Climate Initiative
In September of 2008, seven governors of western states and four Canadian provincial premiers established the Western Climate Initiative, with the goal to reduce regional greenhouse gas emissions to 15% below 2005 levels by ...
Total CEO Predicts Approach of Peak Oil
The CEO of Europe’s third largest energy group predicts the world will never be able to produce more than 89 million barrels of oil a day, ...
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