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U.S. Industrial Emissions Up 0.6% Thanks to Coal Use

U.S. greenhouse gas emissions from large industrial facilities were 0.6 percent, or 20 million metric tons, higher in 2013 than the previous year, driven primarily by an increase in coal use for power generation, according to new data provided by the... View More

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Southwest Agrees to Purchase 3 Million Gallons of Biofuels Annually

Southwest Airlines has signed an agreement with Red Rock Biofuels (RRB) to purchase approximately three million gallons of low carbon renewable jet fuel per year.The biofuels are made using forest residues that will help reduce the risk of destructiv... View More

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Caesars Helping 'Grown-Ups to Play Responsibly' by Playing Responsibly, Itself

Caesars Entertainment’s fifth annual Corporate Citizenship Report, "Serious Play," highlights the gaming resort chain’s progress in areas including Responsible Gaming, Employee Development, Environmental Stewardship and Community Invest... View More

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BASF's 'Intelligent' Gypsum Board Can Help Regulate Room Temperatures During Extreme Weather

As the likelihood grows for climate change to potentially wreak havoc with seasonal temperatures around the world, it not only has implications for our outdoor environment but indoors, as well: When rooms inside buildings become uncomfortably hot, fo... View More

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Report: Half of Global Wildlife Lost Between 1970 and 2010

Global populations of mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians and fish dropped 52 percent between 1970 and 2010, according to a new report by World Wildlife Fund (WWF).The 2014 Living Planet Report says this biodiversity loss is occuring disproportionat... View More

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CO2 Solutions Testing Carbon-Capture Technology

CO2 Solutions, an enzyme-enabled carbon capture technology company, has partnered with the University of North Dakota Energy & Environmental Research Center (EERC) to test its technology at EERC’s testing facility using natural gas and coal flu... View More

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Whirlpool Launches First Refrigerator Water Filter Recycling Program

Whirlpool has announced a new recycling initiative that offers consumers a responsible alternative to throwing out their used refrigerator water filters.Whirlpool typically recommends that consumers replace their refrigerator water filter every six m... View More

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#NewMetrics '14: NYC Just One Example of Cities Furthering Sustainability Engagement

“How do you get buy-in and get the resources to implement a sustainability campaign? How can you prioritize this over firehouses being shut down and teachers’ salaries? We need data and research.” — Roya KazemiOn Friday, the final day of #New... View More

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Cisco, 3M, JFW Commit to White House Plan to Promote Solar Power and Energy Efficiency

Cisco, 3M, Kimberly-Clark and Jackson Family Wines have announced commitments to deploy onsite solar energy and improve energy efficiency as part of an Obama Administration call to action.In total, 50 companies, states, communities and multifamily ho... View More

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Working Towards Zero Deforestation: Lessons from Acre, Brazil

This post is our second in a series on how companies can reduce deforestation from their supply chains. Read the first post here.What do companies, governments, civil society organizations and indigenous peoples have in common? Despite their differen... View More

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Goodyear Turning Rice Husk Waste Into Fuel-Efficient Tire Treads

The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company announced Monday it will begin using ash left over from the burning of rice husks to produce electricity and an environmentally friendly source of silica for use in its tires. ... View More

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Global Shift to Mass Transit Can Save $100 Trillion by 2050

More than $100 trillion in cumulative public and private spending, and 1,700 megatons of annual carbon dioxide (CO2) — a 40 percent reduction of urban passenger transport emissions — could be eliminated by 2050 if the world expands public transpo... View More

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Institutional Investors Managing $24T Call for Carbon Pricing, Ambitious Global Climate Deal

Nearly 350 global institutional investors representing over $24 trillion in assets have called on government leaders to provide stable, reliable and economically meaningful carbon pricing that helps redirect investment commensurate with the scale of ... View More

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Branson, Carbon War Room Call for More Ports Fighting CO2

The number of sea ports using ship evaluation systems to decrease carbon emissions will expand from two to 10 in the next year, according to Virgin Group founder Richard Branson, Bloomberg reports.Branson is a founder of the Carbon War Room, a nonpro... View More

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Kellogg Joins BICEP Coalition to Push for Better Energy & Climate Policies

Kellogg Company has joined the Business for Innovative Climate & Energy Policy (BICEP), committing to expand its global sustainability efforts by working with businesses and policymakers to enact meaningful energy and climate policies.BICEP, a pr... View More

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University of California Investing $1 Billion to Fight Climate Change

The University of California has announced it will allocate $1 billion over five years for direct investments in solutions to climate change.In addition, as part of UC President Janet Napolitano’s goal of bringing university operations to carbon ne... View More

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Air pollution and CO2 reduction policies net same health benefits

Study: Cutting emissions pays for itselfSavings from healthier air can make up for some or all of the cost of carbon-reduction policies. ... View More

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A liquid metal battery for grid-level energy storage

Re-inventing the grid ... View More

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From chemical detoxifiers to sustainable biorefineries: new materials derived from or inspired by biology

Following biological clues to better materialsMIT Professor Brad Olsen creates bioinspired and biofunctional materials for widely diverse applications.  ... View More

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'PUMP': The Film Setting Out to 'Change Your Attitude About Fuel Forever'

A provocative new documentary called PUMP, produced by Submarine Deluxe, in association with Fuel Freedom Foundation and iDeal Film Partners, is opening in limited release next week.Directed by Joshua Tickell and Rebecca Harrell Tickell, and narrated... View More

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