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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
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 ...
Storage Businesses Tap Sun For Power
In Yuma, Arizona, AA Val-U-Stor owner Mike Perry recently finished installing a 56 kilovolt, direct current photo voltaic solar system by United Sustainable Energy on two buildings. Since the system went online in early September, ...
GE: Extend Clean Energy Tax Credits Or We’ll Go To Germany, China
General Electric Energy's John Krenicki recently pleaded with senators to extend tax credits for renewable energy (see transcript below), which are set to expire at the end of the year. If they ...
UK Lighting Industry Violates eWaste Laws
Despite an official warning from the government last August, manufacturers and wholesalers of fluorescent lamps in the UK continue to impose a 16p (about 28 cents) per unit charge on customers to cover compliance costs ...
Tesco Tackles Food Waste with Ethylene-Absorbing Strips
