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India Wants US to Cut Carbon Emissions Up To 40% But Fails to Promise Any Emission Cuts of Its Own
India Wants US to Cut Carbon Emissions Up To 40% But Fails to Promise Any Emission Cuts of Its Own
India’s climate change envoy Shyam Saran has said that his country would like the United States to set ‘high-end’ emission reduction goals . Leading the Indian delegation into a gathering of largest polluting nations in Washington, Saran said that United States should aim to emissions...
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Finding the Green in Today's Shoppers: Sustainability Trends and New Shopper Insights
Deloitte and the Grocery Manufacturers Association surveyed more than 6,400 consumers to better understand how sustainability influences shopping behavior and the resulting market opportunities for companies targeting these consumers. Here is the original post:  Finding the Green in Today's Shoppers:...
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Green Becoming a 'Tiebreaker' in Shopping Decisions, Survey Finds
Green Becoming a 'Tiebreaker' in Shopping Decisions, Survey Finds
Green product attributes are evolving into an important brand differentiator for consumers and can serve as a tiebreaker for shoppers evaluating similar products, according to results of a new study from the Grocery Manufacturers Association and Deloitte. Read more:  Green Becoming a 'Tiebreaker'...
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Cool New Recycled Shoes by Camper and Bernhard Willhelm
Cool New Recycled Shoes by Camper and Bernhard Willhelm
Image via: Camper Needless to say eco shoes have improved by leaps and bounds over the years. This spring, shoe company Camper & designer Bernhard Willhelm are launching their ready to wear Eco shoe line, made with recycled fibers & tire tread soles , as well as, “refurbished” leather...
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Teijin to Cut Back Plastics Development, Focus on Green Chemistry
Teijin to Cut Back Plastics Development, Focus on Green Chemistry
Teijin, a Japanese company with businesses ranging from plastics to aircrafts to pharmaceuticals, plans to halve its sales of polyester, PET and polycarbonate while increasing other business divisions like bioplastics and recycling. Read the rest here: Teijin to Cut Back Plastics Development, Focus...
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Mills College Earth CORPS Creates Campus Freecycle Store
Mills College Earth CORPS Creates Campus Freecycle Store
Image via: Mills College You know how every end-of-semester when students just toss everything big and small that they purchased over the year but can’t take with them, as they backpack across Europe? Know a few seniors who just ditch their toys (stereos, skis, futons, you know what I’m...
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Graphic Of The Day: US Primary Energy Use
Graphic Of The Day: US Primary Energy Use
Image credit: US Dept of Energy; Energy In Brief What is the most overlooked energy consuming sector in the USA? Industry. The industrial sector, consuming an estimated 21.4 quads of energy in 2007, uses energy to heat, cool, and light process equipment, warm buildings, run fork lifts, and so on. Strikingly,...
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7 Green Things Obama Should Do Over the Next 100 Days
7 Green Things Obama Should Do Over the Next 100 Days
Photo via NY Mag Yesterday marked Obama’s 100th day in office, but if you were within 50 feet of any sort of media yesterday, you already knew that. We marked the occasion with an Obama Timeline of his first 100 days in green . But those 100 days, while certainly filled with a slew of good first...
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Anvil Knitwear Introduces First Carbon-Neutral Recycled-Cotton Tee
Anvil Knitwear Introduces First Carbon-Neutral Recycled-Cotton Tee
Photo credit: Anvil Knitwear Anvil Knitwear has just launched a T-shirt that’s a complete zero. Not only is it made from 69 percent pre-consumer recycled cotton—and uses less energy and water during production—but it also has a net zero carbon footprint. Earning Carbonfund.org’s CarbonFree...
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New California Fuel Laws Have Alberta Reeling
New California Fuel Laws Have Alberta Reeling
One week ago the state of California adopted Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard , which calls for a 10% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions from fuels by 2020, with greater cuts thereafter. The legislation requires refineries, producers, and importers of fuels sold in...
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