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UK Energy Suppliers Rev Up Green Campaigns

September 10, 2007 by Paul Nastu

British Gas has launched a UK advertising campaign to trumpet its green credentials and position itself has having the lowest carbon emissions of any major energy supplier in the UK, Marketing Week reports. The campaign comes just as npower kicks of a green energy tie-up with the National Trust to promote its green product offering. The campaign...

EPA Wants BP To Finance Lake Michigan Cleanup

August 16, 2007October 4, 2009 by Paul Nastu

Insisting that they cannot stop BP from dumping more toxic waste into Lake Michigan, federal officials are trying to persuade the oil company to finance other projects to help clean up the lake, The Chicago Tribune reports. The move is a response...

Equistar Will Spend $125 Million To Address Environmental Violations

July 23, 2007October 4, 2009 by Paul Nastu

Equistar Chemicals LP, headquartered in Houston, Texas, will spend more than $125 million on pollution controls and cleanup to address air, water and hazardous waste violations at seven petrochemical plants in...

Ford, McDonald’s, IBM, Abbott, Time Inc. To Share Sustainability Strategies

July 17, 2007December 14, 2010 by Paul Nastu

With new sustainability initiatives being launched daily, U.S. companies are under increasing pressure to demonstrate their climate change credentials. Corporate Climate Response, a newly announced conference, is pulling together corporate sustainability leaders to talk about what works and what doesnÃ¢â‚¬â„¢t when it comes to responding to global warming. Big names like Ford, Wal-Mart, McDonaldÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s, Time Inc...

Florida To Cut Emissions

July 16, 2007 by Paul Nastu

Florida's Governor Crist has signed three executive orders directing cuts in Florida's greenhouse gas emissions and increases in energy efficiency, ENS reports. Under the new policy, the state government will work to reduce emissions 10 percent by 2012, 25...

ConocoPhilips Earmarks $25 Million For Water Sustainability Center

July 10, 2007 by Paul Nastu

ConocoPhillips will spend $25 million over the next five to seven years on a global Water Sustainability Center that will examine ways of treating and using by-product water from oil production...

CEOs Sign Numerous Environmental Pledges At Global Compact Summit

July 6, 2007October 28, 2008 by Paul Nastu

A flurry of press releases have come out of the Global Compact leaders Summit that's finishing up in Geneva. Top executives of corporations such as Coca-Cola, Petrobras, Fuji Xerox, China Ocean Shipping Group, Tata Steel...

Switzerland To Tax CO2 Emissions

June 29, 2007 by Paul Nastu

Switzerland will introduce a tax - which it likes to refer to as an incentive - on carbon dioxide emissions from January 1, 2008, China Daily reports. The tax will be applied to all imported fossil fuels, amounting to around $0.25 on each liter of heating oil and about $0.2 on a cubic meter of gas. According to...

Suncor Energy Releases Sustainability Report

June 26, 2007June 26, 2007 by Paul Nastu

Suncor Energy released its 2007 Report on Sustainability. It provides a five-year performance trend in a number of key areas. Highlights from that period include: A 14 percent increase...

Industries Criticize EPA’s Proposed Clean-Air Rules

June 22, 2007 by Paul Nastu

The EPA's move to toughen ozone clean-air rules isn't sitting very well with groups representing manufacturers, oil refiners, paper mills and other industries, The Hill reports. EPAÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s proposed standards seek to reduce ozone levels from 84 parts per billion, the current level, to between 70 and 75 parts per billion. The agency will take public comment for 90 days following...

Top 10 Greenest Companies In The World

June 4, 2007December 16, 2011 by Paul Nastu

The Independent, along with Ethical Investment Research Services, has put together a guide to the greenest companies in the world. 1. Vestas Wind Systems has more than...

ConocoPhillips Pledges $1 Million To Climate Change Group

May 22, 2007October 4, 2009 by Paul Nastu

ConocoPhillips has pledged $1 million to support an industry-university collaboration working to develop policies that address global climate change, according to Duke University President Richard Brodhead. The CCPP is...

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