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CCX Trades RGGI Contracts

CCX Trades RGGI Contracts
The Chicago Climate Futures Exchange offered its first exchange-traded Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative contracts last week, Reuters reports. ...

American Assets Plans To Beat 2030 Challenge

American Assets Plans To Beat 2030 Challenge
American Assets Inc. announced plans for a redevelopment project in Novato, Calif. show carbon-neutrality could be achieved in ...

Wal-Mart Facing Tough Green Questions

Wal-Mart Facing Tough Green Questions
Wal-Mart has been taking strides to green its brand, installing solar panels on its roof tops, reshaping ...

NY To Regulate GHG Emissions

NY To Regulate GHG Emissions
New York's Environmental Board has approved regulations to enact a regional "cap and trade" program aimed at reducing GHG ...

North Face Announces more Green Initiatives

North Face Announces more Green Initiatives
The North Face is celebrating its 40th anniversary by celebrating mother nature, and is coming out with a ...

Europe’s Sports Car Makers Feel Endangered by New Regulations

Europe’s Sports Car Makers Feel Endangered by New Regulations
While European giant car makers are battling with environmentalist and lawmakers over emissions curbs, classic European sports cars like ...

EU & UN to Link Carbon Credit Register in October

EU & UN to Link Carbon Credit Register in October
The European Commission and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change agreed this week their carbon credit registries ...

Dell Reaches Carbon Neutral Goal 5 Months Ahead Of Plans

Dell Reaches Carbon Neutral Goal 5 Months Ahead Of Plans
Dell Computer announced this week that it reached its goal of becoming "carbon neutral" five months ahead ...

Method Provides Incentives for Supply Chain to Reduce Emissions

Method Provides Incentives for Supply Chain to Reduce Emissions
Method Products has teamed up with NativeEnergy to create a carbon offset model that gives financial incentives for Method's ...

Ski Industry Releases Environmental Report

Ski Industry Releases Environmental Report
The National Ski Areas Association has  released its 8th Sustainable Slopes Annual Report. Over 75 percent of resorts, ...

Burt’s Bees Sets Greenhouse Gas Reduction Goal

Burt’s Bees Sets Greenhouse Gas Reduction Goal
Burt's Bees has pledged to  cut its U.S. greenhouse gas emissions by 35 percent per dollar sales from 2006 ...

Results From Carbon Footprint Calculators Vary Widely

Results From Carbon Footprint Calculators Vary Widely
A recent University of Washington study found that when the same values were used with 10 different online carbon ...

Dell Releases Corporate Responsibility Report

Dell Releases Corporate Responsibility Report
Dell has released its corporate responsibility report for FY 2008 (PDF). Scope 1 and Scope 2 GHG emissions increased ...

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

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 ...

Sterling Planet Buys Voluntary Carbon Units

Sterling Planet Buys Voluntary Carbon Units
Sterling Planet recently agreed to purchase Voluntary Carbon Units (VCUs) from the Greenville County landfill gas utilization project, which is verified ...

CDW’s Wisconsin Hosting Centers Go Green

CDW’s Wisconsin Hosting Centers Go Green
Illinois-based CDW is turning two of its hosting centers green. The Wisconsin hosting centers, totaling 10,500 square feet, will now ...

Firm Adds ‘Renewable Energy Surchage’ To Customer Bills

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 ...

Branson Plans Zero Carbon Resort, Launches Eco-Consulting Group

Branson Plans Zero Carbon Resort, Launches Eco-Consulting Group
Richard Branson plans to turn his Mosquito Island in the British Virgin Islands into the most environmentally-friendly resort in ...

Harrah’s Pitching Carbon Offsets

Harrah’s Pitching Carbon Offsets
Harrah's has launched a program to sell carbon offsets to guests and employees. Initially, Harrah's plans to make carbon offsets available for meetings, ...

Denver International Carbon Offset Program Fails To Take Off

Denver International Carbon Offset Program Fails To Take Off
Denver International Airport's plans to implement a carbon offset program for travelers has been placed in an indefinite holding ...

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Environmental Supply Chain Planning – Expanding Accountability

Environmental Supply Chain Planning – Expanding Accountability

Regardless of where one stands on the subject of climate change, we are all impacted by rising energy prices. Carbon-based energy fuels ... continue »

Green Communications: 3 Strategies For Getting Past The Crunch
Beyond Tele-Conferencing: How the IT Sector Can Become a Legitimate Climate Solutions Provider
Navigating the Environmental Media Pt 4: Carbon Messaging
Ecolabeling – Bridging The Gap
Consumers Pay Attention To Energy Star Labels

Consumers Pay Attention To Energy Star Labels

The "Energy Star" label is extremely or very important to 68 percent of consumers, according to the fourth EcoPinion Survey from ...

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Green Retailers Six Key Focus Areas
Half of U.S. Companies Going Green
64% Of Decision Makers Say Green Image Is Good For Business
Wood Key Cards To Debut During DNC

Wood Key Cards To Debut During DNC

Sustainable Cards, producer of wood hotel key cards, says their cards will debut in Denver hotels during the Democratic National Convention. Sustainable ...

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SMEs and the Environment
Oracle CIO Mark Sunday On Project Sequoia
GM Shows Off Volt Production Model…Kind Of
The Bottom Line

Marketing

Automakers Introduce ‘EcoDriving’ Program

Ad Agency To Timberland: Environmental Causes Distracting From Products

Neenah Paper To Use Biomass At Whiting Mill

Emissions

In UK, Exporting Recovered Plastic Bottles, Paper To China Cuts Emissions

Environmental Supply Chain Planning – Expanding Accountability

CCX Trades RGGI Contracts

Hi-Tech

Fairchild Semiconductor Expands ‘Green’ Effort with Global Team

Oracle CIO Mark Sunday On Project Sequoia

IBM Launches Eco Data Center in Second Life

Efficiency

Blues Plans Incorporate Green Buildings & Policies

Commercial Kitchens Get Green Certification Program

IBM Launches ‘Green Sigma’ Consulting Service

Manufacturing

Lite-On Tech to Reduce CO2 Emissions 10% by 2011

Green Efforts Hampered by Broken Supply Chains

Recycling and Reuse Programs Top List Of Manufacturers Green Investments

Carbon Offsets/RECs

American Assets Plans To Beat 2030 Challenge

Wal-Mart Facing Tough Green Questions

NY To Regulate GHG Emissions

CSR Reports

Most Companies Skip Getting CSR Reports Assured

Campbell’s Cuts 1.5 Million Gallons of Water Per Day

KB Home To Build Only Energy Star Standard Homes

Major Players

Google & G.E. Want Cheaper Renewable Energy

Big Brands Tout Social Consciences On YouTube

Marriott To List Green Actions Of Individual Hotels

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