Pricing
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
80% Of IT Decision Makers Value Green IT, But Hurdles Remain
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Dow Ups Prices In Response To Rising Energy Costs
Dow Chemical Co. says that, beginning June 1, it is raising its prices by up to 20 percent, based on products' exposure to rising costs, to offset the soaring cost of energy, ...
34% Of Biz Travelers Seek Out Green Lodgings
U.S. business travelers are increasingly making daily choices to reduce their environmental impact, and they have specific expectations about the green practices hotels should be adopting today, according to a recent survey commissioned by ...
Price Sensitivity of Environmentally-Friendly Products
According to Natural Marketing Institute’s 2007 LOHAS Consumer Trends Database, price is still a very important factor for determining purchase propensity. As shown in the figure above, nearly 60 percent of U.S. consumers admit ...
Recession Or Not, Consumers Pay More For Green Products
Air New Zealand Launches Carbon Offset Program
Air New Zealand has launched a voluntarily carbon offset program. It's only for New Zealanders at this stage, but will be rolled out for world-wide customers later this year. A poll of New ...
Renewables Briefing: World’s Biggest Offshore Wind Farm, 1.3 MW Solar Installation at Navy's SPAWAR
