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How FedEx is offering free carbon-neutral envelope shipping
Posted by ErkSat 35 days ago in Energy
The shipping giant's latest program to offset its environmental impacts provides a free benefit to customers who use the most popular FedEx Express product. ... [Read More]
 
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13 Governments That Embrace Voluntary Carbon Markets
Posted by ErkSat 80 days ago in Energy
A new global climate-change regime is years away, but governments around the world are leveraging voluntary tools developed by the private sector to incubate climate-change solutions. A new Ecosystem ... [Read More]
 
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How Governments Are Embracing Voluntary Carbon Markets
Posted by ErkSat 80 days ago in Energy
From Oklahoma to South Korea, local governments are taking climate change seriously, with practical and region-specific efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. ... [Read More]
 
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Why Super Bowl XLVI Will Be the Greenest Yet
Posted by ErkSat 108 days ago in Energy
Although it's a festival of excess in many ways, Super Bowl XLVI, taking place this Sunday, reveals how far the NFL -- and pro sports in general -- has come in considering and trying to reduce the... [Read More]
 
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Delta, Lufthansa to Pass EU's Carbon Costs on to Customers
Posted by ErkSat 138 days ago in Energy
New rules went into effect Monday forcing all airlines flying into the EU to pay for emissions from those flights. Delta and Lufthansa have responded with surcharges; Chinese airlines refuse to pay up... [Read More]
 
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3 Ways Businesses Can Pick Up Where COP17 Fell Short
Posted by ErkSat 159 days ago in Energy
As the UN's latest climate summit wraps up with still too little action taken to mitigate and adapt to climate change, businesses are likely to be the best hope for quick action on the scale the world... [Read More]
 
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PG&E Drops the Curtain on Struggling Carbon Offset Program
Posted by ErkSat 192 days ago in Energy
The utility's ClimateSmart program fell far short of the utility's initial expectations, with barely one-sixth of the anticipated 170,000 subscribers.... [Read More]
 
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Cap & Trade's Failure Means It's Time for a Carbon Tax
Posted by ErkSat 193 days ago in Energy
A new organization formed out of the Pew Center on Global Climate Change aims to address climate change -- like so many others before them, with so little success. But their launch event raised one so... [Read More]
 
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Canadian Truckers Can Now Earn Carbon Credits from Fuel Efficiency
Posted by ErkSat 223 days ago in Energy
In a first-of-its-kind deal, a group in British Columbia has reached a five-year agreement to sell carbon offsets created through the reduction of diesel fuel consumption by heavy trucks and equipment... [Read More]
 
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Chevy Invests in Offset Projects to Slash 4.6M Tons of CO2
Posted by ErkSat 224 days ago in Energy
Chevrolet announced today that it has chosen 16 projects to invest in as part of a plan to spend $40 million to avoid 8 million metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions.... [Read More]
 
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Dell Backs Away from Carbon Neutrality, Focuses on Efficiency & E-Waste
Posted by ErkSat 258 days ago in Energy
The company's latest CSR report downplays its green power purchases and highlights Dell's growing e-waste hauls and improved energy efficiency and performance-per-watt metrics.... [Read More]