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Cargill Cuts CO2 Emissions with World's Largest Kite-Powered Ship
Cargill plans to use the world's largest kite-powered vessel to reduce greenhouse gas emissions associated with the shipping its products. Read More
Investing in Climate Change 2011, The Mega-Trend Continues
This report from Deutsche Bank examines how investors can manage the many risks driven by the potential physical impact of climate change on industry and society. Read More
How the ARPA-E 'Incubator' Helps Hatch Next-Gen Energy Projects
Arun Majumdar, the director of Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy, lays out the audacious goals and the tough budgetary realities of the U.S. Department of Energy unit that's best known by its acronym ARPA-E. Read More
IKEA to Build Swedish Wind Power Plant
The furniture giant's planned development would create 70 gigawatt-hours of electricity by next year, and will power 17 IKEA stores throughout Sweden. Read More
2011 Enterprise Energy and Carbon Accounting (EECA) Software Market Buyers Guide
An in-depth analysis of the rapidly expanding market for carbon and energy management software. Read More
Sales Rise as Emissions Fall at SAP
Preliminary data shows SAP AG's greenhouse gas emissions fell 4 percent in 2010, a year in which its business software sales grew 17 percent Read More
A Photo Tour of Masdar City
This week, I took a tour of Masdar City -- the audacious, carbon-neutral, zero-waste $15 to $20-billion planned development rising out of the Arabian desert. Here's the view from the ground. Read More
Kaiser Hospital in California's Silicon Valley Taps Solar Power
Kaiser Permanente's Santa Clara Medical Center will get almost 10 percent of its electricity from a recently installed solar power system. The facility is the first hospital among 15 California sites that will host installations as part of power purchase agreements between the managed care organization and Recurrent Energy. Read More
How Stakeholder Engagement Can Make or Break a Climate Strategy
A business that engages and communicates effectively with its stakeholders might be better prepared for climate change, and will certainly be better prepared to take advantage of the new opportunities arising from climate change. Read More
Empire State Building Turns to 100% Green Power
The Empire State Building, the New York City icon undergoing the largest green retrofit in the U.S., is purchasing wind power credits for 100 percent of its energy use in a deal that parties say provides more proof that sustainability can be achieved without paying premium. Read More