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Some companies claimed some types of data to be collected under the EPA's Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program was sensitive business information that threatened their competitiveness if disclosed publicly.
December 21, 2010 by ClimateBiz Staff
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The utility giant revealed today it would invest nearly $5 billion through 2015 on a range of clean energy and efficiency projects as part of a broader effort and strategy dubbed Exelon 2020, which revolves around "reducing, offsetting or displacing" 15.7 million metric tons of emissions annually by 2020.
November 16, 2010 by ClimateBiz Staff
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The U.K. government released carbon accounting guidance last year to help organizations measure and disclose their greenhouse gas emissions, but just one in 10 companies in a recent survey is actually using it.
November 9, 2010 by ClimateBiz Staff
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The Volvo Group, whose brands include Mack Trucks, Volvo Trucks, Renault Trucks and UD Trucks, has become the world's first vehicle manufacturer to join the WWF Climate Leaders program. Volvo truck companies have vowed to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions produced over the lifetime of the trucks they manufacture through 2014 by 13 million tons.
November 5, 2010 by ClimateBiz Staff
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Climate change is a top concern globally, but the worry is even more acute in developing countries, which are also more optimistic that it can be prevented, according to the latest Climate Confidence Monitor from HSBC.
October 29, 2010 by ClimateBiz Staff
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Shareholders have filed resolutions with three oil companies asking for their respective boards of directors to review political spending and policies in light of their support for overturning California's climate change law.
October 14, 2010 by ClimateBiz Staff
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The EPA announced it will redesign its label for new cars to make it easier for consumers to buy the cleanest, most fuel efficient models. But in a recent poll, the two label designs proposed by the EPA confused consumers, who cared more about gas mileage and fuel costs than the new environmental information the EPA now wants to include.
September 30, 2010 by ClimateBiz Staff
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Global postal operators cut emissions 7 percent last year, putting the sector on track to meet its 2020 climate goal of reducing its carbon footprint by 20 percent.
September 27, 2010 by ClimateBiz Staff
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The number of U.S. and global companies reporting their greenhouse gas emissions continues to grow, despite a still-shaky economy and the chances for a global climate agreement more uncertain today than many would have expected a year ago, according the latest data analyses from the Carbon Disclosure Project.
September 19, 2010 by ClimateBiz Staff
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The country's climate-related revenues in 2009 have put China among the top 10 countries for the first time, according to HSBC's third annual review of its Climate Change Index. Fueling the momentum is a 30-fold increase in private sector investment and targeted climate-related stimulus spending.
September 17, 2010 by ClimateBiz Staff
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The Tennessee Valley Authority plans to begin idling nine coal-fired power generation units in the next fiscal year as it moves toward cleaner sources of energy.
August 30, 2010 by ClimateBiz Staff
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A controversy is brewing over whether some chemical companies are abusing a program that gives them carbon credit revenues for destroying a potent greenhouse gas created as a by-product in their operations.
August 24, 2010 by ClimateBiz Staff
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Deutsche Bank is taking its green investment dollars to China and Western Europe, citing a lack of regulatory certainy in the U.S. following Congress's failure to pass federal climate change legislation.
August 13, 2010 by ClimateBiz Staff
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The transport sector generates 13 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions, but a new study suggests the industry is in the slow lane when it comes to dislosing their carbon footprints and setting plans to shrink them.
August 13, 2010 by ClimateBiz Staff
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The software maker also shrank its carbon footprint by improving the energy efficiency of its buildings and data centers, but an uptick in business growth means SAP is keeping a wary eye on its business travel.
August 9, 2010 by ClimateBiz Staff
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Between 2011 and 2025, Xcel wants to replace coal-fired generating units with cleaner natural gas and wind energy, while also boosting customer energy efficiency.
August 3, 2010 by ClimateBiz Staff
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The U.S. government is funneling more than $100 million to six projects that will turn carbon dioxide (CO2) into fuel, plastics, cement and other products.
July 26, 2010 by ClimateBiz Staff
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A day after the Senate pulled the plug on a comprehensive climate bill, a new report shows the U.S. could reduce greenhouse gas emissions 14 percent below 2005 levels by 2020 by aggressively using existing state and federal policies.
July 23, 2010 by ClimateBiz Staff
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Senate Democrats on Thursday gave up trying to pass a climate bill before their August recess that would have capped greenhouse gas emissions, citing a lack of time and Republican support. Instead Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) will pursue a drastically pared down bill next week.
July 22, 2010 by ClimateBiz Staff
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The number of environmentally-focused shareholder resolutions filed with public companies continued growing in the 2010 proxy season as investors sought more disclosure and action on risks related to climate change and energy.
July 8, 2010 by ClimateBiz Staff
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A webcast convened by GreenBiz.com explores how companies and municipalities are measuring resource use at the macro level -- and finding huge savings in the process.
July 7, 2010 by ClimateBiz Staff
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Pacific Gas and Electric Co. and Exelon are the nation's fifth and 35th largest power producers yet they boast the lowest carbon dioxide emissions rates of the top 100 electric utilities in the U.S., a new report shows. On the other end of the spectrum is Big Rivers Electric, the Kentucky-based cooperative that is the nation's 79th largest power producer but holds the highest CO2 emissions ranking.
July 2, 2010 by ClimateBiz Staff
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The value of the voluntary carbon market shrunk 47 percent to $387 million in 2009 as the recession shrank the amount of offsets purchased for corporate social responsibility purposes.
June 14, 2010 by ClimateBiz Staff
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Data is beginning to roll in for the pilot test of an eagerly anticipated new standard for supply chain greenhouse gas accounting from the World Resources Institute and World Business Council for Sustainable Development.
June 1, 2010 by ClimateBiz Staff
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Carbon dioxide emissions from burning fossil fuels will soar 43 percent by 2035 globally if worldwide efforts to address climate change fail, driven by increasing coal consumption in developing countries.
May 26, 2010 by ClimateBiz Staff