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The coal bubble is poised to burst as China and the United States plan to curb coal.
by Fred Pearce
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The EPA for the first time is asking power plants to slash greenhouse gas emissions. What are business sustainability leaders saying?
by Elsa Wenzel
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One government program in Virginia aims to help facilities meet their own goals rather than setting goals for them.
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All the news related to carbon fraud in Europe has received plenty of attention. Meanwhile, California hopes to circumvent these problems in its new cap-and-trade system.
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Don't let criminals steal the possibility of a U.S. carbon market, urges Enviance CEO Lawrence Goldenhersh. Price-distorting fraud is preventable, he argues, and companies should back cap and trade.
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Most supermarkets' refrigeration systems leak greenhouse gases into the air. Now some big companies, including Target and SuperValu, are partnering with the EPA to fix those leaks.
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New North American regulations affecting emissions from ocean shipping has already produced results, and is the latest step in reducing the carbon footprint created by the transportation industry. But not everyone is happy with the new rules.
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Preserving renewable natural capital is not a fringe issue for environmentalists. Just ask the 86 CEOs who have agreed to develop natural capital accounting methodologies to inform business decisions.
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One of the Big Three auto makers says sustainability is now a primary part of its marketplace strategy.
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Making sustainability central to logistics decisions requires closer collaboration and creative thinking by shippers, suppliers, packagers and retailers.
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The wife of Bill Niman, the name that launched a revolution in human cattle farming, is a vegetarian. But she's quick to say that eating meat is not a sin, although the meat that most Americans eat is a travesty.
by Marc Gunther
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The fundamental idea of preventing pollution, rather than fixing problems, is essential for efficient, economically viable manufacturing, providing services and addressing many environmental problems.
by John Harland
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The new rules are the third set of strict efficiency and emissions standards put in place by the Obama Administration to cover cars, light-duty trucks, and now heavy-duty vehicles.
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The EPA's Toxic Release Inventory gives us a good look at the 20 states with the most air pollution from power plants -- and brings home the reasons why clean energy is more important than ever.
by Pete Altman
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The power of financial incentives to motivate behavior is virtually an unquestioned axiom of business. But what happens when the principle is applied to executive compensation and sustainability performance? Which businesses are the leading the nascent practice of tying executive pay to corporate performance in environmental, social and governance issues?
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The agency's new rules aim to slash mercury emissions from coal-fired power plants by 91 percent.
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Laws introduced in California over the last 20 years for cleaner fuels and diesel truck engines has had an immediate impact on addressing black carbon, leading to an improvement of the state's air quality and climate benefits.
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A bill that would require Colorado's largest utility to switch coal-fired power plants to cleaner fuels such as natural gas is heading to the state Senate in the next week. The natural gas industry and environmentalists support the bill but the coal industry opposes it, arguing it will drive up electricity costs and cost jobs.
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A new, unpublished report from the United Nations calculates the actual cost of pollution from business operations as part of a long-term plan to make companies accountable for their environmental impacts.
by Tom Young
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We have not accepted the scale of the problem, nor have we established the political conditions necessary to fix the problem when we do. Yet Copenhagen does signify the shift between two eras, and if you watch carefully, you can see the new world emerging.
by Paul Gilding
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Kudos to John Kerry and Lindsey Graham for their <a href='http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/11/opinion/11kerrygraham.html'>op-ed in Sunday’s Times</a>, which points the way to a breakthrough in the climate change debate that’s desperately needed.
by Marc Gunther
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The rule will cover about 14,000 power plants, refineries and factories that produce large amounts of greenhouse gas emissions, requiring them to install the most up-to-date pollution control devices.
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The Clean Trucks Program at the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles has succeeded in getting more than 2,000 dirty rigs off the road in its first year. The program has also added more than 5,500 clean trucks, helping the ports cut truck emissions by nearly 70 percent.
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The case for transit-oriented developments is stronger in a downturn than during a bull market. Research suggests they provide more of a buffer against an economic downturn and can be more of a boon for the next boom.<br />
by Tali Trigg