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With $100M, Duke Energy Joins Rooftop Solar Movement

May 13, 2008 by Paul Nastu

Duke Energy has invested $100 million in commercial-scale rooftop solar panels, VentureBeat reports. The Charlotte, N.C.-based electric utility will tap into the market that has seen large investments in recent months from major utilities. It joins major solar investor Southern California Edison, which announced plans in March to invest $875M ... Read more »

Environmental Throwdown At Duke Shareholders’ Meeting

May 11, 2008May 15, 2008 by Paul Nastu

Duke Energy’s plans for new coal and nuclear plants did not please all who attended the company’s recent shareholder meeting, Charlotte Business Journal reports. While Duke Chief Executive Jim Rogers responded to at least a dozen questions on global warming, air pollution and other environmental issues, the Carolina’s Clean Air ... Read more »

Duke’s Sustainability Report Includes 50% CO2 Reduction Scenario

April 14, 2008October 13, 2009 by Paul Nastu

Duke Energy, the third largest emitter of CO2 in the U.S., has released its 2007/2008 sustainability report (PDF). According to the report, Global CO2 emissions rose from 105,200 thousand tons in 2006 t0 111,600 thousand tons in 2007, U.S. sulfur dioxide emissions dropped from 812,600 tons in 2006 to 684,000 ... Read more »

Duke’s Carbon-Constrained Future

February 22, 2008October 5, 2009 by Paul Nastu

Duke Energy is the nation’s third-largest corporate emitter of carbon dioxide – after American Electric Power and Southern Co. Depending on what controls Congress passes on carbon emissions, that’s a potentially crippling threat for Duke, Forbes reports. If utilities are required to buy credits for all their CO2 emissions in ... Read more »

Duke Energy Plans To Sell Carbon Offsets

February 19, 2008October 5, 2009 by Paul Nastu

Duke Energy plans to offer customers the chance to buy carbon dioxide offsets, The Charlotte Observer reports. Duke’s program would expand on an existing NC GreenPower program, which allows N.C. utility customers to contribute through their power bill payments to renewable energy. The cost to customers of the new program ... Read more »

UK’s Brown Calls For Green World Bank

January 25, 2008 by Paul Nastu

At the World Economic Forum in Davos, Prime Minister Gordon Brown called for the World Bank to assume an environmental role capable of taking on the global challenges posed by climate change. “I can’t see why we should not move immediately to the World Bank becoming a World Bank for ... Read more »

Fifty Sustainability Experts To Speak At Sustainable Manufacturing Summit

January 21, 2008January 21, 2008 by Paul Nastu

Sustainability experts are looking forward to sharing their carbon reduction strategies on April 8th and 9th at the upcoming Corporate Climate Response – Sustainable Manufacturing Summit in Chicago. ‘The organizations involved in the Sustainable Manufacturing Summit are outstanding and Kimberly-Clark is excited to be participating among this group of leaders ... Read more »

Alcoa, Shell, 52 Others Named Founding Reporters Of Climate Registry

January 17, 2008January 16, 2008 by Paul Nastu

Fifty-four organizations, some governmental, have been named Founding Reporters of the The Climate Registry. As Founding Reporters, they have voluntarily pledged to measure, independently verify and publicly report their GHG emissions. The Climate Registry was established by thirty-nine U.S. States, five Canadian provinces, three Native American tribes, two Mexican states ... Read more »

Ceres Reveals Short List For Sustainability Reporting Awards

January 3, 2008January 9, 2008 by Paul Nastu

The short list of finalists for this year’s Ceres-ACCA North American Sustainability Reporting Awards has been announced. 87 reports were received, and 21 were selected for further consideration by the panel of judges set to convene next month. Over the past six years, entries into the Ceres-ACCA North American Awards ... Read more »

Environmental Activists Get Media To Run Bogus USCAP Story

December 5, 2007October 21, 2009 by Paul Nastu

Rising Tide North America, a loose-knit group of students and workers for nonprofit organizations, posed as phony public relations officials and targeted energy reporters around the world on Monday with e-mails and telephone calls claiming that a legitimate group of 33 businesses and environmental groups, the United States Climate Action ... Read more »

Global Companies Issue Climate Change Roadmap

November 12, 2007December 5, 2007 by Paul Nastu

In advance of the upcoming climate change negotiations in Bali, Indonesia, 3C, or Combat Climate Change, the organization formed in January by companies that include ABB, Vattenfall, Bayer, Duke Energy, GE and Siemens, has issued a climate roadmap (PDF) recommending specific action steps that the group feels world governments should make a priority. Ã¢â‚¬Å“Industry can and should be an ally,

Pledge Rundown: Companies Pull Out Checkbooks At Clinton Global Initiative

September 28, 2007November 26, 2007 by Paul Nastu

p>U.S. Businesses have stepped forward with big pledges at the Clinton Global Initiative. Standard Chartered Bank, TreeHugger reports, has pledged $8-to-10 billion over five years to renewable-energy projectsÃ¢â‚¬â€?wind, hydro, geothermal, solar, biomass, and so onÃ¢â‚¬â€?in Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. Florida Power and Light...

With $100M, Duke Energy Joins Rooftop Solar Movement

Environmental Throwdown At Duke Shareholders’ Meeting

Duke’s Sustainability Report Includes 50% CO2 Reduction Scenario

Duke’s Carbon-Constrained Future

Duke Energy Plans To Sell Carbon Offsets

UK’s Brown Calls For Green World Bank

Fifty Sustainability Experts To Speak At Sustainable Manufacturing Summit

Alcoa, Shell, 52 Others Named Founding Reporters Of Climate Registry

Ceres Reveals Short List For Sustainability Reporting Awards

Environmental Activists Get Media To Run Bogus USCAP Story

Global Companies Issue Climate Change Roadmap

Pledge Rundown: Companies Pull Out Checkbooks At Clinton Global Initiative

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