Posted by in Eco, Environment, Green on 03 10th, 2010 | No Comments
BP Still Ranked Greenest Oil Company by Greenopia - Citgo Brings Up the Rear
BP Still Ranked Greenest Oil Company by Greenopia - Citgo Brings Up the Rear
photo: BP Greenopia has updated their guide to the greenest oil companies –though it may seem like it, it’s not entirely an oxymoron–and BP is still on top. The other positions have shifted a bit, with Sunoco and Hess taking second and third place:… Read the full story on TreeHugger...
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Posted by in Environment on 03 9th, 2010 | No Comments
More Than Jobs, We’ve Outsourced Our Carbon Emissions
More Than Jobs, We’ve Outsourced Our Carbon Emissions
image: Carnegie Institution We’ve written about the phenomenon of outsourced carbon emissions a number of times, with the example of perhaps up to one third of China’s emissions coming from manufacturing goods destined for consumption abroad being most prominent. Well, a new study by scientists...
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Posted by in Earth, Eco, Environment on 03 6th, 2010 | No Comments
China’s Changing Economy
In Plan B 4.0: Mobilizing to Save Civilization, I have presented a plan to dramatically reduce carbon emissions by increasing energy efficiency and replacing fossil fuels with renewable energy. In the push to reduce emissions, all eyes are on China, the world’s most populous country and now also...
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Posted by in Environment on 03 2nd, 2010 | No Comments
Eight Of Ten Climate Registry Companies Reducing Carbon Emissions Regardless of Government Policy
Eight Of Ten Climate Registry Companies Reducing Carbon Emissions Regardless of Government Policy
all images: Climate Registry A new survey of Climate Registry members shows that over 80% of their 400 member companies are planning on reducing their carbon emissions regardless of any government regulation. A similar amount said the main driver of their climate mitigation plans was a desire to be...
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Posted by in Environment, Green on 03 1st, 2010 | No Comments
How Much Carbon Do Different Forests Store & What Size Offsets Your Driving For a Year?
How Much Carbon Do Different Forests Store & What Size Offsets Your Driving For a Year?
photo: Chor Ip via flickr. As any TreeHugger worth his or her epiphytes knows, preserving tropical rainforests is a major part of preventing the worst of climate change –deforestation itself causing nearly as many carbon emissions as the entire transportation sector. But over the past year…...
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Posted by in Environment on 02 26th, 2010 | No Comments
Whaling Increases Carbon Emissions… So Let’s Sell Credits Against It!
Whaling Increases Carbon Emissions… So Let’s Sell Credits Against It!
photo: Chris via flickr. One more on the connection between whales and carbon sequestration : Scientists from the Gulf of Maine Research Institute have determined that 100 years of whaling has released the same amount of carbon as burning 50,000 square miles of forest, BBC News reports:… Read...
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Posted by in Environment, Green on 02 25th, 2010 | No Comments
Walmart’s SVP of Sustainability Fills in a Few More Details on Their 20 Million Ton GHG Reduction Plan
Walmart’s SVP of Sustainability Fills in a Few More Details on Their 20 Million Ton GHG Reduction Plan
photo: D’Arcy Norman via flickr. Walmart today announced a major supply chain greenhouse gas reduction commitment of removing 20 million metric tons of emissions by 2015. Very good, but what does that actually mean for the company’s overall emissions, what areas of the supply chain will...
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Posted by admin in Earth, Eco, Environment, Green on 02 24th, 2010 | No Comments
E-Readers: Cute as a Button or a Real Page Burner?
E-Readers: Cute as a Button or a Real Page Burner?
E-readers are spineless compared with hardcover books, lacking the soulful carbon fingerprints of readers past. You cannot fold the pages of the wafer-thin gadgets, or make your mark with splotches of food or wine. And the idea of clutching the casing to your chest after reading the final line of a...
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Posted by in Environment on 02 23rd, 2010 | No Comments
How Australia Could Be Carbon Neutral in 10 Years
How Australia Could Be Carbon Neutral in 10 Years
Image via Beyond Zero Emissions As of late, Australia’s climate battles have mirrored those of the United States in some most unfortunate ways–despite having internationally respected, science-abiding, and climate action advocating leaders, neither nation can manage to pass energy reform...
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Posted by admin in Business, Environment, Green on 02 19th, 2010 | No Comments
What You Must Know about Flying Green
What You Must Know about Flying Green
Hopping on a plane can be unavoidable to meet the needs of your company; more than 60 million business passengers travel by air in the US each year. Unfortunately, this greatly increases your scope 3 emissions and packs a big punch to the climate. We gathered these tips to help reduce your company’s...
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