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Dean Foods' Environmental 2013 Roadmap is designed to achieve a 20 percent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions and 30 percent decline in water use by 2013, both metrics measured per gallon of product produced. The company also intends to slash its solid waste generation by 30 percent.
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A report from the Southeast Energy Efficiency Alliance suggests that, led by wind and biopower, a diversity of renewable energy technologies could help replace the region's reliance on coal as a power source.
by Robert Kropp
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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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Searching for opportunities to save energy may be a major challenge at your plants, especially if you find that the facilities run short on data and long on attitude. Identifying potential efficiencies can also be tough in some of the friendliest factories. Think not? Consider Santa's Workshop.
by Terry Foecke
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A battle with Congressional Republicans looms as the agency edges forward with an emissions crackdown scheduled to start next year.
by James Murray
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A startup company has developed technology to take CO2 from the air and put it to productive work in factories and greenhouses -- a potentially less-risky geoengineering solution to the climate crisis.
by Marc Gunther
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Amid increasing demands for verified information about products' impact on the planet, UL Environment will launch an environmental product declaration program in January. Building materials, lighting and textile makers are among the businesses that have already expressed interest in such a service.
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In its latest CSR report, Xerox detailed its progress over the last eight years, as well as improvements since the previous year, on its emissions reductions, water consumption, energy use, and recycling rates.
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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.
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Despite all the buzz these days about social networks, it's easy to forget that they're just part of the world's largest business -- energy -- and that the Googles, Apples and Facebooks of the world are just starting to exploit the green potential of the energy network.
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How did that get there? It's a question that I've found myself asking at lot these days. Goods movement, freight, logistics -- call it what you will. Regardless of name, it's the source of a lot of greenhouse gas emissions.
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Fireman's Fund Insurance Company will soon join eBay, Coca-Cola, Walmart and Google as early adopters of Bloom Energy technology with the installation of six of the company's high-tech fuel cells, the insurance firm announced today.
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The state's groundbreaking carbon market, which cleared its final hurdle yesterday, puts California on the front lines of the climate fight, although there are still areas that can make the law even more powerful.
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A recent conference worked to reframe the national conversation about energy, to move away from how to make dirty fuels more expensive, and instead talk about ways to make clean energy cheaper, largely by driving innovation.
by Marc Gunther
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The art and science of carbon footprinting is about to take a step forward with the upcoming release of guidance to help companies measure and manage Scope 3 emissions in supply chains, including products, travel, waste and distribution.
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Taking a page out of its playbook, the Department of Energy has replaced a roof at its headquarters in Washington, D.C., with a cool roof made from light-colored material that is expected to save taxpayers $2,000 a year energy costs.
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Most venture capital investors don't have a focus, but Physic Ventures is different. The San Francisco-based venture firm, with backing from corporate giants Unilever, PepsiCo and Humana, invests in "technology-enabled, consumer-facing companies that help people and the environment stay healthy."
by Marc Gunther
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More evidence that corporate sustainability efforts are advancing, despite goverment inaction: Deloitte, one of the Big Four accounting and consulting firms, said this week that it has acquired two sustainability consulting firms, ClearCarbon Consulting and Domani Sustainability Consulting.
by Marc Gunther
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The agreements that negotiators reached this weekend in Mexico are flawed and incomplete, but they still represent a historic breakthrough on fighting climate change.
by James Murray
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Blaming "Washington" for America's failing clean-energy leadership is easy, but the fact is much of the nation’s energy policy happens at the state level. Two new reports shine a light on how the states are doing.
by Joel Makower
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The climate talks in Cancun have taken on a different tone in its final days, with people continuing to wonder if the international community will be able to make enough progress to show that it can take on the challenge of climate change.
by Michael Oko
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Since adding recycling bins at its stores for the first time earlier this year, Target has finalized a set of company-wide goals covering emissions, water and more.
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Eight U.S. government agencies have teamed up to assist renewable energy and energy efficiency exports by providing new funding, easy access to resources and other support.
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The Post-Carbon Reader, a thoughtful new book published by Richard Heinberg and Daniel Lerch, aims to point the way to to a more resilient and sustainable world.
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For the first time ever, wind energy installations in developing countries this year, more than 22,000 megawatts, will outpace those in industrialized countries. There is, however, a silver lining in the U.S., where the governors in California, Colorado and Ohio are enacting policies that support renewable energy and clean energy jobs.