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Steel is a key element of any domestic emissions reduction scenario because the steel industry (including iron production) is among the largest energy consumers in the manufacturing sector. Purchasing renewable energy, investing in low-carbon technologies, working to improve energy efficiency, and offering new products and services aimed at reducing emissions are all meaningful strategies for the steel industry to undertake.
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A new trade group aims to reduce environmental damage from rare earth materials, but it likely won't increase the supply of the minerals -- which cleantech and IT firms depend on -- or check soaring prices....
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The race is on to establish supply chain standards capable of tackling Congo's conflict minerals ahead of new U.S. legislation....
More than 50 jewelers, including Tiffany & Co., Zale Corp., and Jostens, have now signed on to a campaign launched in 2008 to boycott gold from a controversial mining project in Alaska....
The materials are critical to a number of technology products, especially hybrid cars and cell phones; with China holding nearly all the world's stores of the materials, Hitachi aims to make......
For investors and financial institutions, water risks in the mining sector are difficult to track. But even though investors and financial institutions may not be fully aware of these risks, they......
This paper outlines potential water-related risks facing the mining industry and highlights important gaps in water-related disclosure....
The Recovery Act is spending big money in surprising places, including cleantech startups that have yet to find a market and a company that makes mining equipment for coal-fired power plants....
The financial reform law's requirements for conflict-free sourcing of electronics materials is a good step, but abandoning the DRC altogether is a knee-jerk reaction that won't fix the country's......
In spring, about the time the press coverage of the Gulf oil spill cranked into high gear, Shelton Group conducted a poll to see whether the event was affecting mindset of Americans on energy. The......
A number of big banks are under fire to stop funding mountaintop removal mining, and none more so than JPMorgan Chase, whose green talk doesn't match its stride....
A pilot project launched by some of the world's largest IT firms aims to establish the provenance of tin and other metals exported from the war-torn Democratic Republic of Congo....
Design software developer Autodesk, Vestas, the East Japan Railway and Henkel are among the firms that have made the Top 10 Green Companies list compiled by global mutual fund Portfolio 21....
The Responsible Jewellery Council's system represents more than three years of solid engagement with all levels of the diamond and gold industries....
All too often, behind the glitter of gold are ugly environmental and social costs: Unregulated mines creating toxic wastes, child laborers working under grim conditions, rivers and bays polluted......
Verizon Wireless takes heat for its sponsorship of a rally backed by coal interests. This item, news of Japan's $21B project for a giant solar-power generator in space and more are featured in......
As the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee wrestles over the draft climate change legislation proposed by Reps. Henry Waxman and Edward Markey, a new study has been released suggesting the......
A close look at the historical relationship between energy prices and U.S. production and consumption of energy-intensive goods suggests that energy-intensive manufacturers are likely to face only...
This report from KPMG reviews the business risks and economic impacts at the sector level.
Problematic reporting and collection systems mean the programs' accomplishments could be based on unreliable data. The EPA Office of Inspector General (OIR) found the 11 programs it analyzed could...
RHÔNE-ALPES, France, Dec. 15, 2006 - Alcan is launching an R&D initiative aimed at reducing the environmental impact of its aluminum smelting technology and has set a target of reducing energy......
Nippon Steel Corp. has announced it will launch a pilot project to process food waste into ethanol. The project is scheduled to begin April 2007....
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