Postal Industry Targets 20% Emissions Reduction by 2020
The global postal industry targets a 20 percent reduction in carbon emissions by 2020, based on 2008 levels, reports the International Post Corporation (IPC). IPC, an association of 24-member postal...
View ArticleCopenhagen Talks Resume After 130 Nations Temporarily Walk Out – Day 8 Roundup
Representatives of some 130 nations temporarily walked out of the Copenhagen climate talks, reports the Wall Street Journal, but the talks have resumed after the three-hour delay, which centered on the...
View ArticleBoeing, Nordea, MRI Achieve LEED Certification
Boeing and Midwest Research Institute buildings have received LEED certification from the U.S. Green Building Council. Nordea will receive a LEED plaque for its 14 LEED-certified buildings. The Boeing...
View Article10 Steps To Reducing Emissions at the Office
The Association for Chartered Certified Accountants, a UK-based group, has developed 10 tips for making a workplace more sustainable and accountable for its carbon emissions. “Getting the office that...
View ArticleAround the Web – Auditing, CSR, Selling Credits, CFLs, Shipping, China
US launches audit to cut carbon AFP Making the most of corporate social responsibility McKinsey Quarterly Australian Firm Hopes to Cash In by Giving Away Light Bulbs NY Times Russia To Cut Emissions...
View ArticleCOP 15, Day 8 Science Highights
Al Gore presented data on melting Arctic ice at COP 15.
View ArticleU.S. Energy Consumption to Grow 14% from 2008 to 2035
U.S. energy consumption is projected to grow 14 percent from 2008 to 2035, while the share of energy consumed via fossil fuels will drop from 84 percent in 2008 to 78 percent in 2035, according to an...
View ArticleKodak Gets $9.5M for Water Treatment Facility
Eastman Kodak Co. is selling an upstate New York water treatment facility to the Monroe County Water Authority for $9.5 million. Kodak expects to finalize the sale by the second quarter of 2009,...
View ArticleClimate Registered Program Recognizes Voluntary GHG Cuts
Eastman Kodak, Allergan, Pacific Gas & Electric and Sierra Nevada Brewing Co., among others, have signed on as charter members of the new Climate Registered program from the Climate Registry. Much...
View ArticleWind Power Could Offset 65% of Industrialized Nations’ Pledged 2020 GHG Cuts
As developed nations try to reduce their emissions, wind power can help achieve as much as 65 percent of the cuts pledged by 2020, according to the Global Wind Energy Council. Yet, the further adoption...
View ArticleAppliance Industry Delivers Smart-Grid Guidelines
The Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers (AHAM) has laid out guidelines for establishing a smart grid in a newly released white paper at the Copenhagen Climate Conference. The U.S.-based trade...
View ArticleCalpine Uses Varied Approach to Tackle Emissions
While Calpine‘s new combined-cycle power plant uses advanced air emissions control technology, the utility also is using mobile emissions credits gained by retrofitting older vehicles to reduce the...
View ArticleBristol-Myers Squibb, Sanofi-Aventis Tops Pharmaceutical Sustainability Report
Bristol-Myers Squibb and Sanofi-Aventis earned the two highest scores in the pharmaceutical sector for sustainability reporting, according to a report from the Roberts Environmental Center (REC) at...
View ArticleTurning CO2 into Plastic Packaging
A new technology from Novomer promises to use carbon dioxide as a feedstock for producing packaging and coating applications. Novomer says the the process uses half as much energy as traditional...
View ArticleCopenhagen Negotiators Make Up for Lost Time After Walk Out: Day 9 Roundup
When talks resumed on Dec. 14 after a delegation representing developing nations walked out of a meeting over sidelined discussions on the Kyoto Protocol, negotiators worked into the night to make up...
View ArticleAround the Web – Exxon, Green IT, Pratt, Carbon Trading
Exxon’s natural gas bet may draw environmental ire Reuters Green data center allows virtualization growth for Congress TechTarget Our Gas Will Soon Have More Ethanol Wired Will carbon trading work? CNN...
View ArticleCOP 15 December 15 Press Briefing
In a joint press briefing, COP 15 President Connie Hedegaard and UNFCCC Executive Secretary Yvo de Boer stressed that talks have reached an important phase, with the High Level Segment of the...
View ArticleREDD in Copenhagen: Picking the Low Hanging Fruit vs. Saving the Tree
Talks on REDD and “REDD plus” are moving forward at the Copenhagen climate treaty conference of parties (COP 15). The basic idea of REDD (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation) is to...
View ArticleDOE Adds Comprehensive Energy Web Site, Building Energy Use Lab
As the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory dissects the possibilities of building energy efficiency, a government Web site is making energy data and resources more available to the public. Both...
View ArticleU.S. Smart Grid Market Projected to Double by 2014
By 2014, the U.S. smart grid market is expected to double from its 2009 value of $21.4 billion to $42.8 billion, according to research from Zpryme. Smart metering hardware and software is the sector...
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