March 10th, 2010 by Editor
Medium-duty trucks, a mainstay for American fleets, produce more than 80 million metric tons of carbon dioxide annually. Environmental Defense Fund and PHH Arval are now offering fleet managers a framework for reducing emissions from the vehicles.
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March 9th, 2010 by Editor
In the midst of a gold rush of clean technologies, some observers believe we’re still years from making a dent in the national carbon footprint. But these three shovel-ready technologies show a low-carbon future is already within sight.
By Kelly Vaughn
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March 8th, 2010 by Editor
We’ve written about thepossibilities that carbon nanotubes can unlockbefore, and now, an intrepid team ofMITscientists have discovered a never before known phenomenon using the tubes, which are essentially rolled up sheets of graphene. The occurence, which researchers are calling “thermopower waves” causes powerful waves of energy to speed down the tubes. Michael Strano, MIT’s Charles and Hilda Roddey Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering says that the discovery “opens up a new area of energy research, which is rare,” andaccording to MIT, the new development could pave the road to a totallynew way of producing electricity.
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March 5th, 2010 by Editor
This report outlines the ways that broadband technologies and smart grids can create jobs, save individuals and businesses money, and cut the national carbon footprint.
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February 15th, 2010 by Editor
SOMrecently unveiled plans for a new urban center inBeijing’s Dawangjing District that will feature an integrated heating and cooling solution designed to reduce energy use and carbon emissions. The new development will include a central park that utilizes a geothermal heat-exchange system to help passively heat and cool all of the district’s buildings.
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February 8th, 2010 by Editor
How are companies considering carbon now that the Copenhagen summit is behind us? Did the event herald a new era of corporate carbon accounting, or will it be business as usual? These tools offer an insight into how companies are viewing carbon as a strategic issue.
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February 1st, 2010 by Editor
The Carbon Disclosure Project’s latest supply chain report found that, overall, suppliers to CDP members have a lot of work to do to improve their strategies and plans related to climate change and lowering emissions.
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January 31st, 2010 by Editor
It’s been a hive of activity at Davos as business leaders and politicians discuss some of the biggest global issues on the table in 2010. It’s clear from conversations and many of the sessions that carbon is still a burning issue here.
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January 27th, 2010 by Editor
Johnny Depphas lost his bid to turn a London school teacher’s book about climate change into a movie.Saci Lloydchose a UK production company to filmThe Carbon Diariesover Depp’s film-making company, Infinitum Nihil.
The Carbon Diaries 2015is a futuristic story set in London about one girl’s struggles in a world affected by climate change. The heroine of the story, 16-year-old Laura Brown, documents life in Great Britain after it became the first country to try carbon rationing. The book’s sequelThe Carbon Diaries 2017picks up the story two years later as the government is forced to tighten its grips on carbon rationing. Similar toHarry Potter, Laura Brown has developed a cult-like following among teenagers.
Depp was in negotiations to produce the film but was turned down because Lloyd wanted the film to be set in the UK rather than the US. “Much as I loveJohnny Deppand it was a wrench, it was a ‘maybe later, Jonny,’” said Lloyd. “These books are really about London. It’s a heightened reality, but the idea is it’s close to things that could really happen.”
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January 23rd, 2010 by Editor
Nike has brought its footprint for greenhouse gas emissions back to 2007 levels and reports progress in other climate and energy areas, but has revisited its carbon neutrality goals and no longer purchases carbon offsets, the firm says in its latest corporate responsibility report.
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