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Sixteen Climate Change Consultants Evaluated in New Report
A Verdantix report looks at how 16 consulting firms with climate change offerings stack up against 74 criteria. Read More
G8 Climate Scorecards 2008
The G8 Climate Scorecards 2008 found that the U.S. has done the least among the world's eight largest economies to address global warming. The study also said none of the eight countries are making significant enough improvements to prevent temperature increases that would cause catastrophic climate changes. Read More
Dow: Reaching 'Stretch Goals' for Energy Efficiency
The business case for energy efficiency at Dow is simple: Saving energy makes the company money. Dow benefits from wider uptake of energy efficiency standards through less upward price pressure on the hydrocarbons it uses as feedstocks, and greater demand for its efficiency-related products. Read More
Florida's Disney Hotels All Achieve State's Green Lodging Designation
All 24 Walt Disney hotels have earned the Florida Department of Environmental Protection's (DEP) Green Lodging Program designation for their energy-efficiency and facility management efforts. Read More
Starbucks Sets New Goals for Renewables, Green Building
Starbucks wants to slash energy consumption in its stores by 25 percent and buy enough renewable energy certificates to satisfy half of its stores’ energy needs, all by 2010, the company said Wednesday. All new construction will incorporate green building principles. Read More
Patents for Crop Genes Tolerant of Climate Change Tops 530
A report on patents related to "climate-ready" crops looks at which companies are filing the patents and how such crops, while providing food in extreme conditions, could hurt certain countries and people. Read More
State and Trends of the Carbon Market 2008
A look at where the global carbon markets were in 2007, what drove their growth and what is expected to happen in the coming years. Read More
Greener Pastures for America’s Homebuiders?
A look at the current state of green homebuilding: who is leading, who is lagging and what they can all do to make homebuilding more sustainable. Read More
Merrill Lynch Enters the Carbon Offset Business
Merrill Lynch launched a full-service carbon offset service Wednesday, with assistance from ICF International, to help companies develop and manage climate-related strategies. Read More
Swapping PCs for Thin Client Terminals Slashes Enterprise's Energy Use, Emissions
Enterprise Rent-a-Car will finish switching out PCs for thin client terminals in its rental locations to streamline car rental transactions and slash energy consumption and emissions. Read More