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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 ...

September 25, 2008

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 ...

September 17, 2008

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, ...

September 17, 2008

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 ...

September 15, 2008

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 ...

September 13, 2008

EPA Issues Tougher Emission Rule For Mowers

Beginning in 2011, new gas-powered lawn and garden equipment of less than 25 horsepower will be required to reduce emissions by 35 percent, and all gas-powered recreational boats must reduce emissions by ...

September 8, 2008

Shippers Make Changes To Counter Higher Fuel Prices

Increasing fuel prices have inspired - perhaps compelled - many companies to restructure their operations in order to diminish erosion of their profit margins, according to eyefortransport's "The Impact of High Fuel Prices on ...

August 25, 2008

Australian Carbon Plan Could Strangle Companies

According to “Modeling Success: Designing an ETS that Works,” a paper by the Business Council of Australia, three of the 14 firms studied may close if the government's proposed emissions compensation ...

August 22, 2008

80% Of IT Decision Makers Value Green IT, But Hurdles Remain

Four out of five IT decision makers across government and corporate sectors said implementing green IT solutions in their organizations is important, with almost half citing positive reputation as the main benefits ...

July 31, 2008

Will L.E.D.’s Light the Future?

Lighting Science Group Corp. announced it has acquired Lamina Lighting Inc., which develops light emitting diodes (L.E.D.) engines and modules for $4.5 million in cash. This comes just as the New York ...

July 30, 2008

Data Centers and Carbon Pricing

Here in the U.S. the likelihood of an official "price of carbon" continues to grow. Both Sen. McCain and Sen. Obama favor a cap and trade system, which would put a hard cap ...

July 27, 2008

Western Climate Initiative Unveils Draft Of 2012 Cap-and-Trade Program

The Western Climate Initiative, made up of seven U.S. states and four Canadian provinces, has released its “Draft Design of the Regional Cap-and-Trade Program” and its “Draft Essential Requirements of Mandatory Reporting ...

July 25, 2008

WM Unveils ‘Pay To Recycle’ CFL Program – Will Consumers Buy?

Waste Management has launched an online recycling service; mainly compact florescent lamps, which contains mercury and can be hazardous to the environment. (Some areas laws are in place against improper disposal of ...

July 17, 2008

Firm Adds ‘Renewable Energy Surchage’ To Customer Bills

Many businesses are forcing customers to pay fuel surcharges these days, but how about a renewable energy surcharge? San Francisco's Sherwood Design Engineers tacks on an extra 0.05% to bills in order to ...

July 10, 2008

Town Says Biodiesel ‘Way Too Expensive,’ Shelves Plan For Green Fleet

High costs have forced the town of Greenwich, Connecticut to abandon plans to run half of its fleet on a soy-based biodiesel fuel, Greenwich Time reports (via CT Environmental Headlines). The ...

July 7, 2008

Fewer Willing To Pay Premium For Green

According to a green survey from Rackspace Hosting (PDF), 44 percent of respondents are willing to pay more for green products and services this year; down significantly from the 59 percent of respondents that ...

June 30, 2008

Dow Raising Prices, Again

Dow Chemical says it is raising the prices of its products in July even more than the increases it announced in May -- by as much as an additional 25 ...

June 26, 2008

Electric Rates Soar

U.S. utilities are raising power prices up to 29% to counter rising fuel costs, USA Today reports. In Virginia, Potomac Edison plans to raise rates 29% on July 1. AmerenUE, Missouri's largest ...

June 16, 2008

IEA: $45 Trillion Needed To Cut CO2 Emissions 50% By 2050

The International Energy Agency says that it will take $45 trillion in additional clean technology investments between now and 2050 in order to reduce CO2 emissions to 50 percent. That's 1.1% of average annual global ...

June 7, 2008

Green Consumers Favor Warehouse Clubs

LOHAS and CONVENTIONAL consumers (a segment of the population driven to environmental sustainability by traditional means such as cost savings) spend more in warehouse clubs than other channels, such as grocery stores, drug stores, or ...

June 5, 2008

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