July 22nd, 2010 by Editor
Senate Democrats on Thursday gave up trying to pass a climate bill before their August recess that would have capped greenhouse gas emissions, citing a lack of time and Republican support. Instead Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) will pursue a drastically pared down bill next week.
By ClimateBiz Staff
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July 20th, 2010 by Editor
As I embark on designing an employee engagement program for JCPenney, I’ve found that workers view the environment in three ways: with their hearts, hands or heads.
By Yih-Wei Chien
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July 16th, 2010 by Editor
Will a one-degree change in the temperature at News Corp.’s printing plant bring energy savings and be accepted by employees?
By Jonathan Stone
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July 9th, 2010 by Editor
The number of environmentally-focused shareholder resolutions filed with public companies continued growing in the 2010 proxy season as investors sought more disclosure and action on risks related to climate change and energy.
By ClimateBiz Staff
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July 8th, 2010 by Editor
Greener buildings, less waste and assistance from an educated workforce helped Best Buy surpass its 2012 Climate Leaderes goal two years early. At the same time, the retailer is determined to boost the amount of used electronics it collects over the next five years.
By ClimateBiz Staff
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July 8th, 2010 by Editor
The head of Environmental Defense Fund won’t allow himself to believe that the long crusade to stop climate chage will fail, although he recently conceded that Congress won’t pass a cap on carbon emissions that covers most polluters, even though that’s what the science of climate change says is needed.
By Marc Gunther
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July 3rd, 2010 by Editor
The Outdoor Industry Association (OIA), a trade group representing more than 4,000 manufacturers, retailers, distributors and adventure companies, recently joined the business coalition BICEP to push for passage of comprehensive climate and energy legislation. These companies recognize that investing in clean energy and halting our addiction to emitting carbon pollution for free isn’t just good environmental stewardship, but also good economic policy.
By Mindy S. Lubber
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June 25th, 2010 by Editor
“Tilted” index ratings aim to help investors identify those firms and sectors facing the lowest and highest climate risks.
By James Murray
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June 15th, 2010 by Editor
Commercial whaling is at the forefront of our thoughts due to the possible reversal of the moratorium on whale hunting at the International Whaling Commission (IWC) meeting this month. Looking past the inhumane slaughter of innocent animals, another ding against industrial whaling has been revealed thanks to a study published in the British biological science journalProceedings of the Royal Society B.
According to theSydney Morning Herald, the study led by Australian biologists shows that Southern Ocean sperm whales are a key component in the fight against global warming. While it was previously believed that whales contributed to climate change due to the carbon dioxide which is released when they exhale, new data shows a bigger picture, one that includes the feces of the giant marine mammals.
Through fecal fertilization—which can be simply explained as whales pooping, the waste contains iron, the iron is used by marine plants near the ocean’s surface, and thanks to photosynthesis those plants absorb CO2 from the atmosphere—the Southern Ocean sperm whales are, in a roundabout way, removing an estimated 400,000 metric tons of CO2 each year.
If we look at the numbers, the whales in the southern waters are said to release 200,000 metric tons of CO2 through respiration while their fecal fertilization removes 400,000 metric tons of CO2, leaving us with the overall elimination of 200,000 metric tons of CO2 emissions. That 200,000 metric tons is equivalent to 41,841 passenger cars, according to theEPA.
An important note included in the study points out that prior to industrial whaling, those numbers could be multiplied by 10.
The report reminds us that, when left alone, everything on this planet works in an incredible synchronized system. When humans get involved—say through the mass slaughter of whales—things go awry and the system is thrown out of balance. One has to wonder where we would be with our climate change worries if we left the whales alone in the first place.
The fate of all whales will be determined through votes next week at the IWC’s annual meeting in Agadir, Morocco.
By Daelyn Fortney
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May 24th, 2010 by Editor
An analysis by American Businesses for Clean Energy finds that supporters of climate legislation include dozens of companies in the Fortune 100 and Fortune 500.
By Robert Kropp
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