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New Yorkers who only skim their electric bills probably don't notice that it contains a charge for something called SBC/RPS. And why would they? The Systems Benefits Charge only averages out to $1.08 per month for most New York City residents.
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At the end of this endless year of 2008, it seems nearly impossible to look to 2009 and beyond, but for investors that really is the only prerogative says Cary Krosinsky.
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A week before a recessionary Christmas, a new report urges companies to move beyond simply greening their products and services to making it a core of their operations. It's a tall order -- and is it one that companies are ready to hear?
by Joel Makower
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Even in a down economy, wealthy business owners plan to continue giving to environmental causes and feel it's a good time for green investments.
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Wells Fargo & Company's environmental financing has exceeded $3 billion, hurdling past its goal of providing $1 billion in commitments to Earth-friendly projects and doing so two years earlier than expected.
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Their CEOs' trips to the well brought GM and Chrysler $17.4 billion in credit from the U.S. government. The relief package saves the firms from falling into the abyss for now, but is hardly a kiss on the cheek, says Leanne Tobias, who points out the checks, balances and green points of the deal.
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The U.S. Department of Energy is awarding as much as $80 billion for 16 contracts covering energy efficiency, renewable energy and water conservation projects at federal facilities.
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Socially Responsible Investment in the Rockies is making presentations from its recent industry conference in British Columbia available as podcasts.
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What would you do to jumpstart the economy? Leanne Tobias looks at some of the green ideas including one from an investment manager and entrepreneur who proposes what he calls "Renew America Bonds."
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Business development centers in Idaho, Nebraska, Nevada and New York are receiving a total of $500,000 from the U.S. Small Business Administration to help fund energy efficiency projects.
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Community groups and civic leaders are furthering their drive to make the region a national model for green job development as a bridge to economic recovery.
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Co-Op America's Responsible Shopper program announced earlier today the year's worst corporate 'scrooges'— each of whom exhibited notable greed and lack of concern for others.
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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) knows that the guilty-conscience method of getting companies to stop polluting rarely works— that's why the agency is making polluters shell out $11.8 million for pollution controls and cleanup.
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Seemingly chastened, Big Three execs return to Capitol Hill to discuss an auto industry bailout — and get another frosty reception. Leanne Tobias lays out a green strategy to break the ice and move forward.
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Bank of America will phase out lending to companies that use mountaintop extraction as their primary means of coal production as part of a new coal policy.
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New investment group Earth Capital Partners launched this week with an announcement that it wants to raise $5 billion in five years for ventures involving climate change and energy security.
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A survey published today by Panel Intelligence, LLC, shows that 80 percent of North American corporate sustainability executives plan to maintain or increase 'green' spending in 2009 despite the recent economic downturn.
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Five major banks and insurers have agreed to adopt a new framework that will guide the sector toward addressing and managing climate change across their products and services.
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While there's little to like right now about what's happening to the global economy, or about the government's never-ending rescue efforts -- did you really want to become an owner of Citigroup? -- there is this: The possibility that Americans will at long last rethink our habitual consumption.
by Marc Gunther
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A new report envisioning a future with stricter environmental laws and policies shows how trends could impact the prices of common commodities.
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Van Jones, the author, activist and adviser who helped bring social justice issues to the forefront of the green movement, talks to GreenBiz about his highly acclaimed book, "The Green Collar Economy," and what inspired him.
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Media hype aside, sustainability as a corporate strategy is still suspect in some arenas. When change-resistant companies begin hearing green ideas, they start seeing red flags. Until we can sell sustainability in a conservative culture, we will miss a chance for real change. So where do we begin?
by Anna Clark
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With the global financial meltdown sending every company 'back to the blackboard,' a new report from the Economist Intelligence Unit finds that almost three-quarters of businesses with CSR programs in place are seeing financial benefits as a result of achieving environmental goals.
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A recent report on responsible business practices finds insufficient environment, social and corporate governance risk management and inadequate disclosure and advocates PRI involvement for responsible investors.
by Robert Kropp
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Wells Fargo & Company has doubled its commitment to high performance, LEED-certified buildings in the past 19 months, bringing its total financing of green structures to more than $2 billion, the firm said today.