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2008-05-13 - sustainability - International
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| PICNIC Green Challenge ‘08 has started
The PICNIC Green Challenge ‘08, the international creative competition of the Dutch Postcode Lottery and cross-media event PICNIC, starts today. The PICNIC Green Challenge urges people to send i ...continue...
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2008-05-13 - communities - United Arab Emirates
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| Masdar to welcome first residents next year
Abu Dhabi’s $22 billion Masdar City is set to host its first residents as early as next year, a company executive told ArabianBusiness.com on Tuesday. Speaking at on the sidelines of Cityscape A ...continue...
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2008-05-13 - water - Africa
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| Source of Nile Privatized
In an amazing example of privatization of natural resources, news leaked from Uganda state that the source of the Nile River has fallen into the hand on an investor. According to a news article publis ...continue...
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2008-05-13 - energy - United States
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| Wind can produce 20% of U.S. electricity by 2030
Wind energy could provide 20 percent of U.S. electricity by 2030, the same share of electricity now generated by nuclear power plants, the U.S. Department of Energy said on Monday. In a report gauging ...continue...
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2008-05-12 - climate - Japan
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| Japan govt to seek 'up to 80%' emissions cut by 2050
In its measures against global warming, which are expected to be unveiled in June, the government may call for a 60-percent to 80-percent cut in domestic greenhouse gas emissions from current levels b ...continue...
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2008-05-12 - sustainability - United States
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| Goldman's green guru to head Nature Conservancy
US environment group The Nature Conservancy said on Friday it will appoint Goldman Sachs' green guru as its new president and chief executive. Mark Tercek, the head of the investment bank's en ...continue...
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2008-05-09 - waste - Rwanda
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| Briquettes - Building Blocks for a Clean Environment
When you cook, you create garbage. Now an association in Rwanda has found a way to use garbage for cooking. "At first, it was a bit hard to convince people to pay us for collecting their garbage, ...continue...
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2008-05-09 - transportation - International
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| Public Bike Programs Accelerate
A surge in public bicycle rental programs is giving cycling a shot in the arm in a growing number of cities around the world. Copenhagen, Berlin, and other municipalities in Europe have offered public ...continue...
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2008-05-08 - policy - European Union
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| EU defends biofuels target against 'media storm'
The EU's farm policy chief has strongly defended Brussels' bid to boost the use of the controversial renewable energy source, biofuels, saying they are being unfairly blamed for rise in food p ...continue...
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2008-05-07 - climate - International
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| Melting glaciers release toxic chemical cocktail
Decades after most countries stopped spraying DDT, frozen stores of the insecticide are now trickling out of melting Antarctic glaciers. The change means Adélie penguins have recently been expo ...continue...
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2008-05-06 - climate - United Kingdom
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| British Airways is big loser as public stay grounded
Nearly half the British public have vowed to fly less in the coming year to help the environment, according to a new survey that will alarm airlines struggling with record fuel prices and the fallout ...continue...
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2008-05-06 - climate - International
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| OECD backs green economy push
Competitiveness challenges associated with the shift towards a low-carbon economy are real but manageable, according to environment ministers from the 30 member countries of the Organisation for Econo ...continue...
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2008-05-06 - climate - International
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| Climate change could hit tropical wildlife hardest
Polar bears may have it relatively easy. It's the tropical creatures that could really struggle if the climate warms even a few degrees in places that are already hot, scientists reported on Monda ...continue...
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2008-05-05 - climate - European Union
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2008-04-29 - sustainability - International
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| Poor children main victims of climate change
Millions of the world's poorest children are among the principal victims of climate change caused by the rich developed world, a United Nations report said on Tuesday, calling for urgent action. T ...continue...
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Four years ago Lester Brown, president of the Earth Policy Institute in Washington, wrote a book documenting the ways that human demands are outstripping the earth‘s natural capacities – and how the resulting environmental damage is under
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‘Recyclable’ Is So Last-Century
Last fall, I used the term “greenwashing” in a panel discussion with business leaders in Austin, Texas. Though this is a phrase my business partner and I have been using since the early ’90s, some of these well-educated, high-profil continue..
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The business of transparency
The venture capital arm of sustainable banking specialists, Triodos, have invested in a business providing companies with a user friendly tool to develop comprehensive information about their entire supply chain. Historic Futures supports the develop continue..
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CSR Reporting: Rainbows Versus ROI
You’ve heard it all before*. Someone reviews a corporate social responsibility report and complains that there are too many pictures of rainbows and smiling children. There’s not enough hard data. It’s clearly a marketing piece.
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