2008-06-02 – International – CSR
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Clorox and Herman Miller Leading Charge on Sustainable Design
Nike, Clorox, Steelcase and Herman Miller have infused sustainability into
their design processes in ways that have led to innovative products that
offer value to consumers. Business for Social Respon
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2008-06-02 – United States – policy
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for Nukes
With Wall Street unwilling to finance new nuclear plants, U.S. Senators
Joseph Lieberman of Connecticut and John Warner of Virginia have cooked up a
scheme to provide $544 billion – yes, with a &
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2008-06-01 – European Union – climate
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CO2 capture in ‘fossil future’
With hundreds of new coal-fired power plants planned within and outside
Europe in the coming decades, pressure is growing on the EU to commercialise
and export carbon capture and storage (CCS) technol
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2008-05-30 – International – CSR
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Chains Will Need Extensive Collaboration: Report
Suppliers and retailers will need to take advantage of collaboration to
develop sustainable supply chains, according to a report. Capgemini’s
“Future Supply Chain 2016” report looks at n
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2008-05-28 – International – energy
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Enthusiasm for an alternative fuel called biobutanol is heating up. Recent
studies by DuPont and BP show it can safely be blended at a higher level
than ethanol.
Biobutanol has a slightly
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2008-05-28 – International – CSR
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(and Greening) the Way We Travel
Perhaps the greatest shift fueled by the petroleum age is the mobility
revolution. Just over a century after the Wright Brothers’ “Flying Machine”
went airborne, we take for granted the
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2008-05-28 – International – CSR
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Deploy 100K HFC-Free Coolers
The Coca-Cola Co. plans by 2010 to have 100,000 hydrofluorocarbon-free
refrigerators and vending machines operating around the world. The
announcement came from CEO Neville Isdell at a Greenpeace-orga
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2008-05-27 – International – climate
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Climate Change
Global warming comes with a big price tag for every country in the world.
The 80 percent reduction in U.S. emissions needed to stop climate change may
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2008-05-27 – European Union – climate
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wrecking EU emissions law, NGO says
Environmental NGO Greenpeace has accused the European car industry lobby of
watering down vital emissions legislation in a report out Monday (26 May),
with six activists dressed as cavemen arrested in
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2008-05-26 – United States – CSR
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U.S. Capitol
Cafeteria stations feature fresh-made wraps and salads, hormone-free burgers
and mounds of fruit arrayed on bamboo mats. Food is served on compostable
sugar cane plates and beverages in cornstarch cup
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2008-05-25 – United States – technology
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material for fuel cells
MIT engineers have improved the power output of one type of fuel cell by
more than 50 percent through technology that could help these
environmentally friendly energy storage devices find a much broad
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2008-05-25 – International – climate
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tundra
What is the point of no return for the climate — the level of CO2
concentrations beyond which catastrophic outcomes are virtually unstoppable?
No one knows for sure, but my vote goes for the point at
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