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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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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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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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It's fitting that the COP16 Climate Change talks are being held in a vacation resort, where people go to escape -- because only by ignoring what's happening in the rest of the world is it possible to take these U.N. negotiations seriously.
by Marc Gunther
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As always in the energy business, there are predictions aplenty about what will fuel the future, but two recent examples offer widely different takes on just what a role King Coal will play come 2030 or 2050.
by Marc Gunther
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At the Solar Power International conference and trade show, tens of thousands of people and some of the world's biggest companies, are showing why the future is -- finally -- bright for U.S. solar power.
by Marc Gunther
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At a remote outpost in what is known as the Urucu Oil Province, Brazilian energy giant Petrobas produces oil and natural gas -- an example of what it calls "sustainable development." The project may not be sustainable in the strictest sense, but it is surprisingly about as environmentally benign as an oil-drilling project in a rainforest can be.
by Marc Gunther
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In 1969, the Nixon White House asked a young assistant professor of engineering whether solar energy made sense for America. Absolutely, he replied. Four decades later, Fred Morse is still trying to persuade the government to put its muscle behind solar. Last week, he scored a big victory.
by Marc Gunther
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James Woolsey and Vinod Khosla are among many VCs placing bets on a growing number of biofuels startups that are working to move the U.S. to domestic, low-carbon energy production.
by Marc Gunther
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Although the environmental benefits of rail power that Union Pacific touts are significant, the company is also a big customer of the coal-mining industry and is opposing climate legislation in Washington.
by Marc Gunther
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If you like the BP oil spill, you're going to love carbon capture and storage...
by Marc Gunther
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<a target='_blank' href='https://www.pnc.com/webapp/unsec/Homepage.do?siteArea=/pnccorp/PNC/Home/Personal' style=''>PNC</a>, a big regional bank based in Pittsburgh, has become the bank that environmental activists love to hate because of its support for mountaintop removal mining.
by Marc Gunther
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It's that time of year again, when a number of companies try to persuade us that, in honor of Earth Day, we can shop our way to a cleaner, greener planet.
by Marc Gunther
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With a wide range of green products on the market or in development, huge output of green fuels, and deep pockets, Solazyme stands out among the hundreds of companies trying to capitalize on the power of algae.
by Marc Gunther
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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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A project that aims to harvest energy from a potentially disastrous situation in Rwanda's Lake Kivu aims to turn risk into reward, and bring much-needed power to a developing economy.
by Marc Gunther
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Why on earth would Houston, the city of "drill-baby-drill", the fossil-fuel capital of America, the city whose NFL franchise used to be called the Oilers, embrace the electric car? For good reason, it turns out.
by Marc Gunther
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Today, Walmart made its first major commitment to reduce greenhouse gases -- but in typical fashion, rather than set a tough goal that might affect its own growth curve, the company plans to turn up the pressure on its thousands of suppliers to reduce their emissions.
by Marc Gunther
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By most measures, wind energy has been a great business lately, but its supporters need to be honest about costs as well as the benefits, since both are substantial.
by Marc Gunther
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A coalition of big environmental groups and businesses that include Duke Energy and El Paso Corp. are part of a coalition that wants to use markets to protect the world's forests and curb climate change.
by Marc Gunther
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(Episode 103): Senior Writer Marc Gunther sits down with Jeff Horowitz to discuss Avoided Deforestation Partners, a coalition that aims to make it more profitable to preserve forests than to chop them down.
by Marc Gunther
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Long a taboo subject, altering the planet as a solution to climate change is now being talked about openly these days by scientists, environmentalists and policy thinkers. Will it work, and how can we avoid unintended consequences?
by Marc Gunther
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Corporate sustainability is like teen sex. Everybody talks about it. Nobody does it very much. And when they do it, they don’t do it very well. Friend and colleague Joel Makower likes to tell that joke, and it’s as good a way as any to introduce Greenbiz.com’s third annual State of Green Business report.
by Marc Gunther
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Did the stimulus package jump-start the economy? Will climate regulation create jobs? Are clean energy subsidies an efficient way to curb pollution? Is healthcare spending worth it? And how worried, really, should we be about budget deficits?
by Marc Gunther
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When Chris McKenna, who manages a fleet of trucks for Poland Spring, learned that the company’s drivers were racking up as much as 1,400 hours a month of idle time, he saw an opportunity to make a difference.
by Marc Gunther