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Why did some cities nail top ratings in Siemens' new Green City Index for North America, while others tanked and still others weren't counted at all? NRDC's Kaid Benfield takes a deep dive into the scores.
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San Francisco bested contenders that included Vancouver, New York, Seattle, Denver and Boston in a study conducted by the Economist Intelligence Unit and commissioned by Siemens.
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California polluters won't have to comply with the state's emissions trading program until 2013.
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Seventy-two companies are calling for deeper carbon cuts in the EU, while a separate report questions whether U.K. companies are ready to tackle their own carbon footprints.
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In the environment, as in business, timing is critical. This is perhaps no more true than in the issue of anthropogenic climate change, and GreenBiz articles this week discuss the alarming news on carbon emissions and their impacts on cities.
by Rob Watson
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More heat waves and stronger storms are among the climate change risks being experienced by city governments across the world.
by Conor Riffle
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Boeing's major U.S. operations diverted 73 percent of their nonhazardous solid waste from landfill in 2010, according to the company's latest environmental report, which details improvements in five areas in the past four years.
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Although electric vehicles are flooding the marketing -- and shoppers are finally climbing on board -- but new research suggests that deploying Leafs in large numbers may swell your fleet's carbon footprint.
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The power of financial incentives to motivate behavior is virtually an unquestioned axiom of business. But what happens when the principle is applied to executive compensation and sustainability performance? Which businesses are the leading the nascent practice of tying executive pay to corporate performance in environmental, social and governance issues?
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The telecommunications giant began testing the new metric over the last year. The metric tracks the amount of carbon dioxide emissions produced while moving a terabyte of data.
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NASCAR is taking a shot at environmental change by pumping 15 percent ethanol into cars this season. Television news magazine energyNOW! heads to the track for the story and shares its video with GreenBiz.com.
by energyNOW !
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Air emissions have been on the decline for the electric power company since 1990, a time period during which its generation fleet has grown 249 percent.
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Record temperatures and an increase in business travel as the economy recovered crimped the outdoor gear company's plans to halve its 2006 carbon footprint by 2010.
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A measure that would have stripped the EPA of its authority to regulate emissions failed in the U.S. Senate by 10 votes.
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The nonprofit took its mission a step further this week with the unveiling of a new effort that asks companies to go beyond mere climate change disclosure and take action.
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The U.S. needs to change its game to accelerate EV adoption and infrastructure development. Automakers, lawmakers, capital investors and everyone else in the value chain could learn a lesson from true sports champions: It's rarely the best player who wins a tournament, but the team that executes the best.
by Brent Dewar
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The President gave a much-touted speech on energy security at Georgetown University yesterday, one that emphasized only the most pragmatic steps to move toward a low-carbon economy.
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A carbon footprint analysis of its value chain revealed that 40 percent of its overall emissions can be found in its supply chain, while another 40 percent are produced by customer use of its inhalers.
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A ruling last week finalizes a tentative decision in lat January that concluded that the state violated the California Environmental Quality Act when it approved a Scoping Plan to carry out the state's climate change law.
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SAP continues to innovate an already strong reporting platform to include creative use of social media to encourage active dialog.
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Green power, low-carbon employee commuting and energy efficiency are helping the business software giant shrink its carbon footprint.
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In its annual Environment poll, Gallup found that 51% of Americans worry a fair amount or great deal about climate change, just one percentage point higher than the poll's lowest mark in 1997.
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A supply chain carbon footprint analysis revealed that manufacturing is Sprint Nextel's largest hotspot. Now the company will engage these suppliers to manage their emissions -- before asking them to have their own suppliers do the same.
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Climate change carries serious implications for companies with business interests in the Arab region, yet very few are taking meaningful measures for mitigation or adaption.
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The short-term costs of this crisis are staggering and horrifying; the long-term impacts on low-carbon energy options may be just as bad.
by Marc Gunther