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Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich announced a statewide goal yesterday to slash the production of heat-trapping greenhouse gases to 1990 levels by 2020 and 60 percent below 1990 levels by 2050. On the same day, New Jersey's Governor Jon Corzine signed an Executive Order to adopt goals for the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions in New Jersey . That order calls
The Live Earth concerts will be distributed on the Internet as they happen through a partnership between MSN and Control Room, MarketingVOX reports. They've dubbed the event "Live 8 for the Earth." Control Room's Internet broadcast of Live 8 in 2005 reached an estimated 90 million people, and its quality was considered superior to broadcast competitors' such as MTV's and
Investors and customers are calling upon companies to provide proof that their business decisions consider issues involving climate change, The New York Times reports. Service Employees International Union has filed a shareholder’s resolution asking Wells Fargo to specify how it is addressing both the risks and market opportunities presented by global warming. The New York City Comptroller’s Office feels the
The heads of AMV BBDO, JWT, Ogilvy, RKCR/Y&R and Saatchi & Saatchi have told the Financial Times that they believe green advertising will grow in the next 12 months. They predict a wave of green marketing campaigns as businesses compete on their environmental claims - some even arguing that it could become a matter of their very survival. Advertisers that
Wells Fargo and Verde Energy have partnered to provide solar power financing options to residential and commercial customers nationwide. Customers provide their project information using an online survey. Verde staff conducts a free project consultation with each customer, and delivers their request to prescreened, experienced renewable energy contractors in the area who provide bids on the projects. "Many of our
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Premier healthcare alliance's supply chain unit, Purchasing Partners, has signed group contracts for computers and electronic devices from Dell and Gateway that use green manufacturing, use and end-of-life processes. Premier says its the first major healthcare alliance to integrate a contracting process based on the Green Electronics Council's Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool. The EPEAT system of product rating encourages
CoStar is adding the energy star rating of commercial properties to its online database, which currently contains more than 2 million commercial properties of all classes and types. "I believe adding the Energy Star rating to properties throughout our database, including those that have earned the Energy Star label, will heighten awareness about the connection between asset values and energy
Travel industry transaction processing and data integration services provider TRX has launched a carbon emissions model to provide corporations with data detailing the impact of employee travel on the environment. Corporations can learn how much CO2 their specific global air travel program has emitted, as well as how their program compares to industry averages. The model also allows companies to
InterfaceFLOR Commercial has announced that 100 percent of its products are third-party certified as carbon neutral, Meaning that InterfaceFLOR Commercial has invested in clean energy projects projects that “zero out” the greenhouse gas emissions associated with the entire life cycle of the company’s carpet tile products. Dubbed Cool Carpet, the program applies ... Read more »
Raleigh, North Carolina is experimenting with cutting energy consumption and maintenance costs by replacing conventional public light fixtures with ones based around LEDs, CNET reports. Raleigh - with LED manufacturer Cree - has already replaced high-pressure sodium lights in a downtown parking garage with LED lights. Early projections indicate that initial expenses will get recovered in cost savings in two
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Air travel, which makes up less than three percent of man-made CO2 emissions, has become the whipping boy for environmentalists, The Christian Science Monitor reports. Two factors have placed airline travel in the center of the global-warming debate: The number of airline tickets sold per year could double to more than 9 billion by 2025. In addition, experts see no
The Rezidor Hotel Group says it's the first hotel company worldwide to offer all guests a carbon offsetting program. Rezidor Hotel Group is partnering with The CarbonNeutral Company to offer all its guests the opportunity to offset greenhouse gas emissions from their stay at a Rezidor hotel, including their travel. Guests must first join...
Deutsche Telekom has released its 2006 Human Resources and Sustainability Report with the theme Leading change. The company says that employees are the driving force behind its sustainability courses. To illustrate this, it presents five employees in the 2006 report. According to the company, the five very diverse case studies illustrate clearly the results of this change for each individual
The PGA Championship Tours' Toshiba Classic is using renewable energy credits and greenhouse gas emission offsets to help the tournament be a carbon neutral event. The move has been coordinated by FirmGreen Energy which is providing the RECs and offsets and will be a sponsor of the event, being held in Orange County, California March 5 - 11. "We are
Komatsu Ltd plans to market the world's first hybrid hydraulic excavator in Japan and overseas this fall, Forbes reports. Its goal is to sell 1,500 units in Japan and overseas in fiscal 2010. Komatsu also plans to release hybrid versions of...
The Rocklin, California Police Department has a new 143kW AC dual solar energy system and carport structure at its new facility. The system has the potential to offset approximately 3,803 tons of greenhouse gas emissions over the next 25 years. The Police Department will earn credits at the utility’s retail electric rates, reducing about 40 percent of their annual electricity
Sir Richard Branson and Al Gore have set up a new global science and technology prize – The Virgin Earth Challenge - which will award $25 million to the individual or group who are able to demonstrate a commercially viable design which will remove at least 1 billion tons of atmospheric carbon dioxide per year for at least ten years
More than 3,200 top performing buildings have earned the Energy Star for cuts to their energy bills and greenhouse gas emissions, the EPA reports. These buildings represent almost 575 million square feet, save an estimated $600 million annually in lower energy bills, and prevent almost 11 billion pounds of greenhouse gas emissions, equal to emissions from almost 900,000 vehicles. Buildings
Austin has announced an aggressive climate protection plan that will cut its carbon dioxide emissions to almost nothing by 2020, the American Statesman reports. The broad goals proposed by Mayor Will Wynn do not include cost estimates, details or timelines. That information will come incrementally as the City Council considers individual proposals. The plan will eliminate carbon dioxide emissions from
Senior executives at HP think that the European Commission is approaching a milestone in its attempts to improve energy efficiency and that strict new legislation could be in place within two years, Green Business News reports. HP predicts that the new proposals would result in wider adoption of energy efficiency specifications in public procurements because inefficient products could be discontinued,
Newport Harbor Corporation, a hospitality company located in Newport, RI, has converted its electrical needs at all of its hotel, restaurant, corporate, real estate and event spaces to wind power. It's making the purchases through Sterling Planet. Newport Harbor Corporation will purchase 2400 Megawatt hours in 2007 to supply power to all of its hospitality businesses. The corporation's estimated annual
Al Gore is involved in planning a series of concerts "bigger than Live Aid" in a bid to put the subject of climate change before an audience of a global audience, Financial Times reports. The goal is to get people to take action, likely in the form of personal pledges to reduce emissions. Although not stated in the article, sponsorship
Some school districts are blaming clean diesel fuel for school-bus breakdowns that left thousands of kids stranded in the extreme cold this week. On Monday, when temperatures dipped below zero in East Allen County, Ind., 36 of the county's 155 school buses stopped running because the new fuel thickens in the cold. Near Pittsburgh, Hempfield area schools had the same
Hewlett-Packard says new print cartridge packaging for North America will reduce greenhouse gas emissions by an estimated 37 million pounds in 2007 - the equivalent of taking 3,600 cars off the road for one year. The emissions savings are the result of smaller, lighter packages that both reduce the total carbon footprint of each cartridge and the truck and freighter
Vermont Rep. Peter Welch is going to pay to support two renewable energy projects in Vermont to offset the emissions from his offices and the fuel used for staff travel, the AP reports. Welch estimates that the electricity used by his offices in Vermont and Washington and his travel and that of his staff produces 56 tons of carbon dioxide