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The Power of 10: Group Turns 10/10/10 Into an Environmental Holiday
6:52PM 10/08/2010
Sunday, October 10, 2010 will be a banner day for the numerologically inclined. Aside from 10/10/10-themed sales and vacation specials, one event seems to have attracted particular attention: 7,000 community organizations have partnered to dedicate the day to environmental work across the globe.
Obama Clinches Non-Binding Climate Deal as Copenhagen Summit Ends
6:21PM 12/18/2009
In a political victory, Barack Obama emerged from the climate summit in Copenhagen Friday with a global deal to reduce earth-harming emissions. But greens were disappointed the cuts weren't binding while skeptics were sad there was any deal at all.
As the world's leaders converge for the global climate summit, the clouds over what had been deemed a fairly useless exercise in geopolitical stagecraft appear to be lifting. Most dramatic is a proposal that rich nations provide a $100 billion per year to help poorer nations cope with emission cuts.
In the future, America will harness cow farts to curb pollution and power the grid. What? It sounds like a joke, but it's actually a real promise. By 2020, dairy industry emissions will be reduced by 25%, largely by persuading dairy farmers to capture methane gas, U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom...
Copenhagen climate summit: Nations fiddle while business learns
4:45PM 12/10/2009
Energy, Columns, Coca-Cola Enterprises, Coca-Cola Company, Wal-Mart Stores, Green
The eyes of the world are turned to Copenhagen and the pivotal environmental summit taking place in that quaint, lovely Scandinavian city. The task faced there by the leaders of the world is simple to articulate: Save the planet from the carbon menace and all the ills associated with the curse of...
Looks like that Climategate thing is about to kick into high gear again. Refuting the claims of global-warning critics, the World Meteorological Organization today released findings showing that the past decade was the hottest recorded in the 150 years that scientists have collected global...
This new stock index aims to track green efforts in emerging markets
12:30PM 12/07/2009
Until now, green companies in the developing world have lacked a yardstick to track their stock performance versus the rest of the market. The newly introduced "carbon-efficient index" fills that gap -- just in time for the Copenhagen climate meetings.
Coca-Cola (KO) is apparently getting into the Copenhagen spirit. As next week's United Nations summit on climate change approaches, the world's largest soft drink company -- and its bottling partners -- announced that 100% of their new vending machines and coolers will be hydrofluorocarbon-free...
Why China can't make bold carbon pledges: Rogue provinces
2:30PM 11/27/2009
During his recent visit to China, U.S. President Barack Obama pushed hard for a firm target for cutting carbon emissions from the Chinese government. He had hoped to secure a concrete, detailed proposal from the world's largest emitter of greenhouse gases ahead of the pending Copenhagen Climate...
Brazil to rich countries: Pay up, or the rainforest gets it
11:00AM 11/11/2009
In the run-up to the big Copenhagen Climate Talks next week, the battle lines are already being drawn as the developed world and developing world square off over who should bear the burdens of slashing carbon output in order to halt the growth of greenhouse gases. Brazilian Finance Minister Guido...
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