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May 29, 2007
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This Week's Top Climate Stories
Travel Industry Set to Launch Climate Change Lobbying Group Called Flying Matters, the coalition includes airports operator BAA, airlines British Airways, easyJet and Virgin Atlantic, as well as aerospace companies Airbus and Rolls-Royce. (The Independent) Read more... Microsoft Readies Greenhouse Gas Monitoring Software Microsoft is working with the Clinton Foundation to develop technology tools that will let cities monitor, compare and reduce their greenhouse gas emissions. (Environmental Leader) Read more... Sony Buys Geothermal for Tokyo’s Sony Building The company has signed an agreement for more than 10 million kWh of geothermal power per year to help power the building. (Environmental Leader) Read more... Turkey Coops’ Waste Will Power Electric Plant The 55-megawatt plant in Benson, Minn., will be the first poultry litter-fired power plant in the United States, tapping a novel source of renewable energy to produce enough power for 50,000 homes. (Associated Press via MSNBC) Read more... JPMorgan: Alternative Energy Push Requires a Lot of Imagination JPMorgan, seeking to capitalize on the boom in environmentally friendly technologies, has established an alternative energy investment banking unit and hired a former executive from General Electric to run it. (Financial Times via WBCSD) Read more... Videoconferencing Helps BT Slash Carbon Footprint BT cut CO2 emissions by at least 97,000 metric tons of CO2 thanks to videoconferencing, which eliminated the need for more than 860,000 face-to-face staff meetings, according to a company survey. (Press Release) Read more... Marks & Spencer Plans Greener Clothing Factories Britain’s largest clothing retailer says it is about to start development on three "eco-factories" in Sri Lanka and North Wales, which aim to be carbon neutral, use renewable energy, and send no waste to landfill. (Ecotextile News) Read more... UPS Expands Green Fleet with 50 Hybrid Delivery Trucks The new trucks will join the roughly 20,000 low-emission and alternative-fuel vehicles already in use by the company, which boasts the largest green fleet in the global shipping industry. (Press Release) Read more... New York's Yellow Cabs to Go Green by 2012 New York City's famed yellow taxi cabs will go green within five years under a plan that could serve as a model for other large cities, Mayor Michael Bloomberg has announced. (Reuters via Planet Ark) Read more... |
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