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June 12, 2007
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TOP STORY: G8 Leaders Agree to "Substantial" Greenhouse Gas Cuts
World leaders have agreed to pursue substantial but unspecified cuts in greenhouse gases and work with the U.N. to clinch a new deal to fight global warming by 2009. BusinessGreen blogger Paul Murray sees confusion ahead for a global market in need of more clearly defined goals. (Reuters via Washington Post) Read more... More Stories from the Business Press Energy Efficiency Still Best Way to Cut Costs, Carbon Emissions Renewable energy sources like wind and solar are getting a lot of attention these days as a way to reduce the impact of energy use on the environment. But even enthusiastic supporters of alternative energy agree that the easiest way to cut carbon emissions and air pollution is to focus more on efficiency, less on pollution-free generation. (New York Times via StopGlobalWarming) Read more... IT Sector Carbon Emissions Tripled Over Past Decade, New Analysis Reveals Researchers point out the massive amount of carbon emissions the U.S. IT sector is creating abroad, something that is almost entirely overlooked by the current debate among G8 nations about how to tackle global warming. (VentureBeat) Read more... Airlines Set Long-Term Goal at Zero Emissions The aviation industry, taking heat from regulators and politicians for its contributions to global warming, has taken aim at the "big hairy audacious goal" of zero carbon emissions. (San Francisco Chronicle) Read more... Survey: Fund Managers Slow to Warm up to Climate Concerns The climate may be changing, but most institutional investors are not changing their investment strategies, according to a new survey of U.K. asset managers. (Environmental Finance via WBCSD) Read more... Energy Summit: U.S. CEOs Want Leadership on Carbon from Washington Some U.S. energy executives say Washington is merely paying lip service to growing public pressure to cut greenhouse gas emissions. (Reuters via Planet Ark) Read more... Wal-Mart Becomes Canada's Largest Commercial Purchaser of Green Power Wal-Mart Canada has announced it will purchase 31,000 megawatt hours of clean, renewable power to green the electricity of three of its Alberta stores. (Press Release) Read more... Top CEOs Release Energy "Blueprint" Business Roundtable, an association of 160 CEOs of leading U.S. companies, has released an energy plan calling for a more diversified and domestic-based energy supply mix, increased energy efficiency, and greater investment in new energy technologies. (Environmental Leader) Read more... Financial Sector to G8: Deep Climate Emissions Cuts Needed Now As the G8 Summit opened in Germany, the heads of 23 financial service companies urged the world's eight most industrialized countries to agree on deep cuts in the emissions of greenhouse gases responsible for the planet's rising temperature. (Environment News Service) Read more... Carbon Reporting Tools Head Toward the Corporate Mainstream The past week has seen a wave of new carbon reporting software modules hit the market, blogger James Murray reports. (BusinessGreen) Read more... Dell Aims to Take Products Carbon-Neutral Dell's new Zero Carbon Initiative will continue to maximize the energy efficiency of its products and over time offset their carbon impact, say company reps. (Press Release) Read more... |
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