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Plastic bags will now have to be thicker, making it too expensive for retailers to give them away at no charge, government and business officials said. The agreement serves as a benchmark for other countries trying to cut back on plastic bags.
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Your environmental management questions answered by two veterans of life in the trenches.
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The increasing cost of water is behind a push by business and industry to develop strategies aimed at minimising the financial impact of water use.
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How can businesses build successful partnerships with environmental organizations? Focus on a common goal. By Eban Goodstein
by Emily Rabin
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently released an online tool that checks for potential pervasive, bioaccumulative and toxic chemicals -- toxic substances that remain in the environment for long periods and build up, or bioaccumulate, in humans and animals.
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A UK company has launched a recycling scheme for mobile phones that will help solve the problem of the 15 million phones that are discarded every year in the country. It is the world’s first phone recycling scheme to have the backing of an entire nation’s network service providers.
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Ford dealer Sellers-Sexton of St. Robert, Mo., set a precedent when it became the first car dealership in the U.S. to receive ISO 14001 certification. Dealership president L.V. Sexton talks about EMS implementation, setting a national benchmark, and those darn dumpsters. By Emily Rabin
by Emily Rabin
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The demise of Ford's electric vehicles says more about Ford than about green consumerism. By Jacquelyn Ottman
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Health care giant Baxter Healthcare Corp. has become the first medical supplier to be deemed a 'Champion for Change' in the Hospitals for a Healthy Environment program, a landmark initiative to improve environmental performance in health care.
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A British company launched a programme on Tuesday to recycle some of the 15 million cellphones and phone accessories discarded here every year.
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Large purchasers have incredible power to push markets in socially beneficial directions. Yet harnessing this purchasing power often isn’t easy. By Jim Motavalli and Josh Harkinson
by Emily Rabin
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The Board of Commissioners for the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power have approved to markedly expand the Department's Solar Incentive Program.
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Lowes Foods has been honored by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for its efforts to reduce energy consumption. Five of the company's supermarkets have received the Energy Star label, which recognizes buildings that are among the top 25% in the nation in terms of energy performance.
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Hanging over 42nd Street in Manhattan's Times Square, where even never-look-up New Yorkers can't miss them, are huge billboards trumpeting British oil giant BP's (BP ) interests beyond fossil fuels. 'Bringing solar to over 160 countries,' reads one block-long sign. 'Solar, natural gas, wind, hydrogen. And, oh yes, oil,' reads another.
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The more it is seen as ideological, not scientific, the less credible it will be.
by Brad Allenby
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The U.S. Postal Service has rolled out the nation´s largest fleet of electric vehicles, with nearly 400 electric vehicles to distribute mail in the Los Angeles area.
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has developed an ENERGY STAR performance rating tool specifically for lodging properties of all types and sizes. For the first time, hotels can benchmark their energy performance against others nationwide.
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Madurodam, in The Hague, is full of movement and light. Windmills turn, tour boats ply the canals, trams and trains arrive, and more than 50,000 bulbs light up the evening sky; but Madurodam is anything but an energy-guzzling metropolis.
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To the dismay of environmentalists, a cruise ship docked off this picturesque city for the first time in five years after promises to keep the waters feeding the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary clean.
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The global well is running dry -- and the price tag could drown some companies.
by Emily Rabin
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Volkswagen AG has signed a cooperation agreement with BP Solar to equip both new and existing VW car dealerships with solar roofs.
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Has capitalism been responsible for the planet’s destruction, or will the markets save the Earth? An expert panel from the U.K.’s Royal Institution has concluded that while market failures may have caused planetary problems, businesses have the skills to steer environmental change -- but only with a periodic nudge in the right direction.
by Emily Rabin
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More and more investors are becoming convinced that best practice on a range of social, human rights and environmental issues, can boost a company's bottom line.
by Emily Rabin
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Commercial facility operators and building managers can significantly reduce their costs for electricity, fossil fuels and water by completing courses in building energy performance, according to a recent study released by Northeast Energy Efficiency Partnerships, Inc.
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It's time to get serious about sustainability, Gov. Gary Locke said Wednesday. The governor signed an executive order calling for sustainable environmental practices by all state agencies.