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February 11, 2009
- Phoenix Suns Hosting Greenest NBA All-Star Event Ever
Basketball is getting a little bit greener with news from the NBA earlier this week that alternative energy credits will offset power use at the Phoenix, Arizona All-Star game.
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source: (GreenBiz.com Green Business News) - Foreign Pressure Driving China’s “Green Ink” Industry
Market pressure and foreign regulations are driving China toward more eco-friendly printing practices, announced consulting firm Frost & Sullivan.
Though regulations against petroleum-based inks on food packaging are non-compulsory in China, they are mandatory in the western market China sells to. These regulations and the appeal of “Green Packaging” are pushing the Chinese ink industry forward.
Printing [...]- 4 months
source: (Environmental Leader) - Celestial Sees Sales Bounce From Tree Planting Program
Celestial Seasonings has partnered with Trees for the Future to plant one tree in a developing country for every box of Celestial purchased, up to a maximum of 1 million trees.
The brand has also launched a microsite where consumers who register their name and e-mail address can plant a virtual tree. The campaign is “generating [...]- 4 months
source: (Environmental Leader) - ‘Climate Risk Profiles’ Released for Top Companies
A coalition of faith-based investors representing over $100 billion announced they have compiled “climate risk profiles” of over 150 corporations, using data from an independent company.
The companies’ profiles were developed by independent environmental data company Trucost, and noted whether a company reveals their greenhouse gas emissions, the percentage they deviate from their closest industry [...]- 4 months
source: (Environmental Leader) - Investor Interest in Climate Change Data Grows: CDP
<img src="http://www.greenbiz.com/files/imagecache/blog_landscape_large/0211CDP.jpg" alt="Business pen -- licensed by stock.xchng user greekgod" title="Licensed by stock.xchng user greekgod" />The number of investors seeking corporate climate change information through the Carbon Disclosure Project grew by nearly 25 percent this year over 2008, signaling the growing importance of the issue in institutional investment decisions.
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source: (GreenBiz.com Green Business News) - Alaska Cruise Industry Wants Strict Water-Pollution Rule Abolished
The Alaska cruise industry is having trouble getting traction with legislators to abolish a strict water-pollution rule approved by voters in 2006, Anchorage Daily News reports.
The cruise lines and some communities see the environmental rule as detrimental to tourism.
The 2006 law requires cruise ships to meet tougher pollution standards and puts new taxes, fees and [...]- 4 months
source: (Environmental Leader) - Northern Ireland’s Environment Minister Bans Climate Change Ads
Northern Ireland’s environment minister Sammy Wilson has banned British government’s TV campaign on climate change, denouncing the energy-saving message as “insidious propaganda,” AP reports.
Sammy Wilson has repeatedly raised eyebrows since winning the environment post in Northern Ireland’s power-sharing government last year. The hard-line Protestant, a leading light in the Democratic Unionist Party, argues that global [...]- 4 months
source: (Environmental Leader) - Pitney Bowes Reclaims 1 Million+ Pounds of Equipment in 2008
Pitney Bowes says it has recovered nearly 1.1 million pounds of U.S. equipment and parts in 2008 for recycling or remanufacturing.
Pitney Bowes uses a ‘Design for Environmental Quality’ standard in designing its products, and 95 percent of the company’s mailing equipment parts are [...]- 4 months
source: (Environmental Leader) - NBA Goes Green for All-Stars
The NBA is making efforts to green up the All-Stars in Phoenix, announced the Arizona Republic.
NBA plans include doubling the number of recycling bins; featuring Phoenix Suns guard Steve Nash and assistant coach Dan Majerle in a recycling public-service announcement to be aired at the events; and using post-consumer products to build a playground as [...]- 4 months
source: (Environmental Leader) - Green Companies Do Better During Downturn: Study
Thinking of curbing or curtailing sustainability efforts because of the troubled economy? Think again, says a new study by global management consulting firm A.T. Kearney, whose research indicates that firms with "true commitment to sustainability" outperform industry peers in the financial markets.
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source: (GreenBiz.com Green Business News) - Internet and E-Commerce Businesses Are A Long Way Off From Reducing Their Carbon Footprint
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Are you like millions of others who assume that an online business, just by virtue of being online, translates to having a lower carbon footprint? If so, then you are in for a shock. Although this is a fairly common assumption, the truth is that internet powered businesses often have a higher energy consumption requirements than offline businesses and so might have a long way to go before they can become green.
And the situation looks like it could get worse over the next few years. Get this….
- According to the EPA, over the next five years, power failures and limits on availability will stop operations at more than 90% of data centers
- Gartner predicts that early 50% of data centers worldwide will have trouble finding the electricity they need to cool and power their computing equipment
- 97% of respondents in a new survey conducted by the Business Performance Management Forum (BPM) said that it was important for internet and e-commerce businesses to reduce their carbon footprint.
But despite this, very little action is being taken by online businesses to reduce energy consumption.
- Internet and E-Commerce Businesses Are A Long Way Off From Reducing Their Carbon Footprint
<img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1302" src="http://go635254.s3.amazonaws.com/ecopreneurist/files/2009/02/diagram.gif" alt="" width="500" height="328" //>
Are you like millions of others who assume that an online business, just by virtue of being online, translates to having a lower carbon footprint? If so, then you are in for a shock. Although this is a fairly common assumption, the truth is that internet powered businesses often have a higher energy consumption requirements than offline businesses and so might have a long way to go before they can become green.
And the situation looks like it could get worse over the next few years. Get this….
- According to the EPA, over the next five years, power failures and limits on availability will stop operations at more than 90% of data centers
- Gartner predicts that early 50% of data centers worldwide will have trouble finding the electricity they need to cool and power their computing equipment
- 97% of respondents in a new survey conducted by the Business Performance Management Forum (BPM) said that it was important for internet and e-commerce businesses to reduce their carbon footprint.
But despite this, very little action is being taken by online businesses to reduce energy consumption.
- ITC's Green Power Express Brings Wind Energy from the Fields to the Cities
The new project announced by ITC Holdings represents a $10 billion investment in the type of energy infrastructure needed to bring renewable energy from wind-rich but low-population areas to major Midwest cities like Chicago and Minneapolis.
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source: (GreenBiz.com Green Business News) - Disneyland Resort Greens Transportation in Its Small World
In a move to reduce its carbon dioxide emissions, the Disneyland Resort is using compressed natural gas to fuel its 16 guest trams at the vast property and powering the Disneyland Railroad steam trains and Mark Twain riverboat with biodiesel derived from used cooking oil harvested throughout the complex.
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source: (GreenBiz.com Green Business News) - Dow To Power Headquarters With Wind Energy
Dow Corning plans to purchase more than 14,000 megawatt hours of wind power through Consumers Energy’s Green Generation program, making it one of the largest private purchasers of renewable energy in Michigan.
The amount of energy being purchased will meet nearly 100 percent of the electrical load required at Dow’s headquarters in Midland, Michigan - enough [...]- 4 months
source: (Environmental Leader) - Green Economic Stimulus Creates Jobs, Saves Taxpayers Money
Green components of an economic recovery effort can both create jobs now and offset costs to taxpayers through future energy savings, according to a report released by the Peterson Institute for International Economics and the World Resources Institute.
The chart above assesses potential green-program impacts per $1 billion of U.S. government economic-recovery spending.
“On average, the green [...]- 4 months
source: (Environmental Leader) - UN Chief Discusses GHG Targets At Summit
Speaking at the “Delhi Sustainable Development Summit 2009″ in New Delhi, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon said failure to combat climate change will destabilize many countries, Reters reports. He said global countries need to define their greenhouse gas emission reduction targets or risk increasing poverty levels and insecurity in many countries.- 4 months
source: (Environmental Leader) - Internet and E-Commerce Businesses Are A Long Way Off From Reducing Their Carbon Footprint
<img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1302" src="http://go635254.s3.amazonaws.com/ecopreneurist/files/2009/02/diagram.gif" alt="" width="500" height="328" //>
Are you like millions of others who assume that an online business, just by virtue of being online, translates to having a lower carbon footprint? If so, then you are in for a shock. Although this is a fairly common assumption, the truth is that internet powered businesses often have a higher energy consumption requirements than offline businesses and so might have a long way to go before they can become green.
And the situation looks like it could get worse over the next few years. Get this….
- According to the EPA, over the next five years, power failures and limits on availability will stop operations at more than 90% of data centers
- Gartner predicts that early 50% of data centers worldwide will have trouble finding the electricity they need to cool and power their computing equipment
- 97% of respondents in a new survey conducted by the Business Performance Management Forum (BPM) said that it was important for internet and e-commerce businesses to reduce their carbon footprint.
But despite this, very little action is being taken by online businesses to reduce energy consumption.
- Nissan Goes After U.S. Federal Loan
Nissan Motor Co. is the only Japanese automaker seeking a federal loan under a U.S. program for fuel-efficient vehicles. The company is vying for funds with General Motors Corp., Ford Motor Co., and Tesla Motors, Bloomberg reports.
The Energy Department funds are part of 2007 legislation that creates tougher fuel-efficiency rules. Any manufacturer can apply as [...]- 4 months
source: (Environmental Leader) - Boulder Aims To Become World’s First Smart Grid City
Boulder, Colo., is aiming to become the world’s first smart grid city by year’s end. The city has partnered with Xcel Energy on the $100 million effort, AP reports (via the Examiner.com)
Minneapolis-based Xcel, Colorado’s largest electric utility, has installed about 14,000 “smart” meters that provide information to the utility and to customers. Xcel and its [...]- 4 months
source: (Environmental Leader)
