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The International Energy Agency on Tuesday called on world leaders to strike a deal to address climate change, warning that the current business-as-usual scenario is unsustainable and will lead to skyrocketing energy demand, price spikes and up to a 6 degree temperature rise.
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The Obama Administration has called on the United States’ 1.8 million civilian workers and members of the military to help carry out the president’s federal sustainability drive by participating in a brainstorming effort that’s intended to cull the best ideas on how to green the government. <br />
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Federal agencies must set 2020 greenhouse gas emissions reduction goals within 90 days and devise a string of action plans to size up and soften their environmental impacts, President Barack Obama ordered this week.
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Through a congestion charge levied on drivers in Stockholm, Sweden, IBM has managed to cut traffic by 18 percent, reduce emissions by more than 14 percent, and generate the equivalent of US$84 million in infrastructure revenue every year.
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Baxter International employees in 25 countries ventured out into their communities this summer to plant gardens and gathered internally to learn about the ways in which they could lighten their environmental footprints. <br />
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The roundup of items complementing our daily coverage this week also includes SIGG’s disclosure about its bottle liners, a new solar array for New Belgium Brewing.<br />
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The George Bush Intercontinental Airport will reduce emissions by 60 percent by replacing its gas-powered steam energy system with new solar panels, heaters and chillers.<br />
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The Delhaize Group, the Belgium-based international grocery chain that operates Food Lion and Hannaford supermarkets in the U.S., is disclosing its global carbon footprint and developing further plans to lighten its impact on the environment.
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The Weyerhaeuser Company reduced greenhouse gas emissions 10 percent in 2008 compared to its level in 2000, the forest products firm said. The company, whose lines of business range from paper and pulp products to building materials and real estate, has a goal of reducing GHG emissions from its operations 40 percent by 2020.
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A day after a widely-publicized McKinsey report drew attention to the untapped potential of energy efficiency, a new analysis suggests wise climate change policy and investment in energy efficiency could cut up to half of the recommended greenhouse gas emissions reductions through 2050 while also generating savings for consumers and businesses.
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The bottling, marketing and distribution arm of the beverage giant has set a goal to reduce CO2 emissions by 15 percent before 2020, as well as to recover 100 percent of its bottles for recycling.
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The world’s top two emitters of greenhouse gases will launch a research center to explore low-carbon technologies for green buildings, clean cars and carbon capture and storage.
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In 2005, chemical products and technologies like insulation, fertilizers and CFLs helped save more than two to three times as many greenhouse gas emissions than they contributed to emitting.
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Texas Instruments saved $5.1 million last year by undertaking 159 projects designed to save energy, water and other resources. Its efforts also trimmed energy use by 5 percent and water consumption by 7.3 percent.
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IBM and Cisco will join Accenture to help the City of Amsterdam in its quest to become the European Union’s first “smart city.” The pilot project will serve as a testing ground to prove that smart grid technologies can better manage energy use and transmission while also reducing electricity outages and congestion.
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IBM made strides in reducing energy use, greenhouse gas emissions, material sent to landfill and hazardous waste, according to the company's latest corporate responsibility report.
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The EPA announced plans to create tougher rules to reduce air pollution from U.S.-flagged ships Wednesday, the same day new fuel regulations for ocean-going vessels went into effect in California. A day earlier, the state finally received a long sought-after waiver that allows it to regulate vehicle tailpipe emissions in its efforts to address climate change.
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Banking giant HSBC has released a new report highlighting the performance of stocks in its climate change indices, and found that companies working on energy efficiency and energy management are taking the lion's share of global stimulus funds.
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Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P. has enlisted another group of its portfolio companies to participate in a year-old partnership with the Environmental Defense Fund through efforts that are designed to help businesses track and improve their environmental performance.
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Making good on U.S. President Barack Obama's promise to accelerate the greening of the federal fleet, the U.S. General Services Administration has ordered 14,105 fuel efficient vehicles this month and will use $210 million in Recovery Act money to pay for them.
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New partnerships with utilities in the United Kingdom, Germany, Sweden and Norway have boosted Dell's worldwide renewable energy power sourcing to 26 percent, the company said.
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The networking giant yesterday outlined a new IT solution to make the country's electrical infrastructure more energy efficient and responsive while creating thousands of new jobs.
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The carbon content of transportation fuels sold in California must be reduced 10 percent by 2020 under rules set by state regulators that also call for counting emissions generated by the business of producing and delivering fuel of all types to consumers in the Golden State.
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The city's 'Energy Smart Miami' project will put smart meters in every home and many businesses in Miami-Dade county, creating jobs and saving money and energy use at the same time.
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The Book Industry Environmental Council said today that it has set goals of cutting the U.S. book industry's greenhouse gas emissions 20 percent by 2020 -- and slashing them 80 percent by 2050.