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Never heard of this business? Expect to. It's already a $48-billion industry in the U.S. and is forecast to zoom to $67 billion by 2015.
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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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A new UPS service aims to make music tours less carbon intensive.
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Smart companies have found that eliminating unnecessary packaging and increasing load factor cuts fuel costs, lowers shipping costs per unit, improves asset utilization and reduces emissions.
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Scott Wicker, the longtime VP of sustainability at United Parcel Service will today be promoted into the C-suite as the company's first Chief Sustainability Officer.
by Adam Aston
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Although 2010 will likely be remembered as the year of the rebirth of the electric car, green shipping innovations took place also on the land, in the sea and in the air throughout last year.
by Joel Makower
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A marketing war that has raged for several years between the makers of wood pallets and plastic pallets hit a new crescendo last month, when an outgoing U.S. Senator stepped in on behalf of the wood side.
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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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Taking a counterintuitive approach to its business, Maersk has found that slower is a better business when it comes to shipping.
by Adam Aston
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Maersk Line has become the first in its industry to independently verify its carbon emissions vessel by vessel -- a move that enables customers to track the environmental data along with other performance information about shipping line.
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Transportation and logistics remain a mostly overlooked area for potential climate risks and opportunities. Understanding impacts across this complex system will require a greater level of collaboration, but one part of the sector -- ocean freight -- has already begun promoting transparency and developing crucial common metrics.
by Raj Sapru
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Simple software solutions can help drivers and fleet owners significantly save on fuel costs and emissions, all while helping drivers spend less time on the road.
by Bob Denaro
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The Coalition for Responsible Trucking has teamed up with the Environmental Defense Fund to develop programs to reduce truck-related air emissions at the nation's ports, beginning with those in the Southeast.
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Biodiesel made from beef byproducts fuels rail operator's first green train, cutting carbon emissions and improving air quality.
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UPS yesterday released a new, on-demand shipping pickup service targeted at small to medium-sized businesses that promises to make shipping more efficient and to cut emissions along the supply chain.
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The billionaire's new NGO, Carbon War Room, puts the global shipping industry's massive carbon footprint under the spotlight, and spread the word about simple ways to shrink its impact.
by Marc Gunther
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Shipping companies around the world are going slower and slower, reaping the benefits of using less fuel and emitting less carbon.<br />
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While individual car buyers stayed out of showrooms with disastrous results, corporate and institutional buyers proved a bright green spot for the industry with increased purchases of hybrid-electric, diesel, biodiesel, electric and other so-called alternative-fueled vehicles.
by Joel Makower
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A new ICT Sustainability Index released by IDC ranks the G20 countries on how well they've incorporated technologies from smart grid to teleworking that can reduce greenhouse gas emissions by as much as 5.8 gigatons by 2020.
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A focused effort on making its distribution network more efficient has allowed Kraft Foods to save more than 50 million miles since 2005.
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A million-dollar research project just announced aims to bring computing power to bear on every aspect of airport operations, with the goal of cutting waste and pollution while reducing delays and speeding baggage handling.
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Tools, trainings and best practices for changing driver behavior and maximizing fleet performance are among the offerings the Environmental Defense Fund unveiled at the launch of the 2009 Green Fleets Conference today.
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The U.S. Postal Service unveiled goals to significantly curb its emissions and petroleum use Thursday, a week after President Barack Obama ordered federal agencies to set create action plans to reduce their environmental impacts.
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The company also launched a new contract service to calculate the carbon footprint of individual customers' shipping activities.
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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.