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Organic Cotton Supply Outpaces Demand

Organic cotton supplies in 2008 rose as global organic cotton production outpaced demand. Merchants, spinner and integrated mills also held more fiber inventories, according to Organic Exchange, ...

Chemical Industry Focuses on Energy Efficiency

Even with a growing recession, the chemical industry is continuing to focus on energy management and efficiency, according to ChemicalProcessing.com. A recent survey by AspenTech of Burlington, Massachusetts finds ...

BP Exec: We Need International Carbon Pricing

At this week’s World Economic Forum, British Petroleum's CEO Tony Hayward spoke out about the need for global carbon pricing. Carbon pricing promotes clean energy by either requiring companies to ...

Falling Carbon Prices Jeopardize Clean Energy Interest

The economic slump and new green technology are accounting for a significant drop in carbon prices, Wall Street Journal reports. And to cut down on costs for carbon-emission ...

EIA Releases ‘Annual Energy Outlook 2009′

The Energy Information Administration released their Annual Energy Outlook 2009, presenting a number of U.S. energy consumptions and production projections for the next few decades. Some ...

Economic Slowdown Continues To Drive Recycling Industry Down

Jerry Powell, editor of Resource Recycling magazine told Popular Mechanic that recycled materials have dropped about two-thirds to three-quarters in value. The price of recycled polyethylene terephthalate plastics plummeted from $396 ...

Dirty Coal A Likely Winner in 2009

As the financial crisis continues, most people think of the job cuts and profit losses, but the global environment may be one of the biggest losers in the current economic downturn, Newsweek ...

Green Business 2008 – Environmental Leader’s Most Popular Stories

With 2008 just out the door, it's a good time to look back at the green business issues and news items popular with top sustainability executives. Here are Environmental Leader's top green business stories for ...

Clif Family Winery Adds $0.25 Per Bottle To Offset CO2 Emissions

Clif Family Winery partnered with NativeEnergy to launch Green My Shipment, which adds $0.25 per bottle to help offset CO2 emissions generated by the packaging and shipment of orders. The winery says ...

U.K. Gov. Reaps $81 M in First Auction of CO2 Permits

Europe held its first auction of carbon dioxide permits last week. The U.K. government reaped about $81 million from sales of 4 million permits, which allow buyers to emit carbon under the ...

Alternative Energy Use For Manufacturers Promising, Cost Still A Hurdle

James Lee, an associate professor at the Rochester Institute of Technology, recently spoke with IndustryWeek about the pros and cons of alternative energy use in manufacturing. Lee says that manufacturers are investing ...

NY Proposes 6-Cent Surcharge For Plastic Shopping Bags

New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg is calling for a 6-cent fee for every plastic shopping bag given to shoppers, with 1 cent going to the retailer and 5 cents going to the ...

Financial Crisis Could Make Complying With EU Carbon Plan Easier

With EU firms cutting production and selling off excess carbon permits allocated by national governments, the global financial crisis may make it cheaper for corporations in Europe to comply with EU's ...

Credit Suisse To Offer CO2 Deal Worth About $200 Million

Paul Ezekiel, Credit Suisse's head of carbon trading, told a conference this week that the bank will offer a structured carbon emissions deal next month worth about $200 million. According Ezekiel, the ...

Drop In Oil Prices Dulls Enthusiasm For Renewable Energy

As oil prices soared, investors looked into renewable energy. But now that oil prices have dropped below $70 a barrel, from $147 in July, the key rationale for investors to pump cash ...

California’s Carbon Plan Moves Closer To Reality

California environmental regulators recently released a near-final version of California's plan to reduce GHG emissions to 1990 levels by 2020, which will go before the California Air Resources Board for approval ...

What’s The Price Tag For A Carbon Neutral U.S. Economy?

Greentech investment experts at GoingGreen discuss how much it will cost the U.S. economy to go carbon neutral.

RGGI Sells All Carbon Permits At First Mandatory CO2 Auction

The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) announced that all 12.5 million carbon permits were sold at its first cap-and-trade auction. Fifty-nine participants from the energy, financial and environmental sectors took ...

RGGI Holds First Mandatory CO2 Auction

The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI), the first mandatory cap-and-trade auction in the U.S., opens Thursday. It is expected reduce CO2 emissions by 10 percent in ten years, MarketWatch reports. CO2 ...

German Industry: EU’s CO2 Plan Brings Sky-high Carbon Taxes

Energy user's group VIK recently told Reuters that Germany must push for change in how financial burdens of tighter carbon trading rules set for 2012 should be shared among European countries. “The ...