Decarbonization

Businesses are tapping a wellspring of employees who may not sit on a green team or sustainability committee at their company, but are eager to roll up their sleeves and make pointed suggestions about reducing energy consumption, improving recycling efforts, or boosting water conservation. Read More

Norway imposed a carbon tax some 17 years ago but emissions have shifted in the wrong direction: Greenhouse gas emissions grew 15 percent. Read More

Xcel Energy will invest as much as $70 million on a biomass power plant project in Wisconsin that will be the Midwest's largest. Read More

The financial services firm plans to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 20 percent below 2007 levels by 2012. Three areas will be targeted: travel, workspace and commuting. Read More

This 46-page report details the work of the Noisette Company LLC and its project with North Charleston, S.C., to restore and revitalize 3,000 acres of the city's historic urban core to create a community that is socially, economically and environmentally sound. Read More

The latest findings from the Carbon Disclosure Project analyzed responses from Global 500 and U.S. Standard and Poor’s companies. The findings revealed a big gap between awareness and action on the part of U.S. S&P 500 companies: Only a third of these respondents to the annual survey have emissions reduction goals in place despite 81 percent acknowledging climate change is a risk. Read More

Seventy-seven percent of Global 500 companies responded to the CDP, with the majority viewing regulation as a key risk. Regulatory uncertainty, however, hindered many companies from making strategic investment decisions as they took a wait-and-see approach. Seventy-four percent of Global 500 companies responding to the CDP survey disclosed emissions reduction targets. Read More

This report by the Climate Group highlights the opportunities available for the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) sector to play a key role in creating a low carbon society. Read More

Builders have crafted a full-scale model home from recycled shipping containers for the West Coast Green tradeshow and hope their work will help fuel a market for commercial construction that uses refurbished steel cargo cubes. Read More

The leaders in bringing nature to design have announced a partnership with the architecture giant HOK to incorporate innovations from nature into the places where we live and work. Read More