Daily Archives: February 21, 2008

Carbon Data to Provide Baseline for Assessment

Posted on February 21, 2008 by Laura B.

Read the full story in Environmental Protection. Scientists at the Woods Hole Research Center in Massachusetts are releasing data from nine project mapping zones of the National Biomass and Carbon Dataset for 2000. All data products are being made available … Continue reading →

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2006 Toxics Release Inventory data now available

Posted on February 21, 2008 by Laura B.

Information on the 2006 reporting year is now available as part of the Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) database. Today marks the earliest release of the data in the 20-year history of the program. Improvements in electronic reporting and data processing … Continue reading →

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Business Week Special Report: Green Design

Posted on February 21, 2008 by Laura B.

Business Week has a special report on green design initiatives. Highlights include: America’s Green Policy Vacuum Using Nature as a Design Guide Rise of the Carbon-Neutral City Cities: A Smart Alternative to Cars ‘Greener Gadgets’ Isn’t an Oxymoron Green IT: … Continue reading →

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Using Nature as a Design Guide

Posted on February 21, 2008 by Laura B.

Read the full story in Business Week. Janine Benyus, dean of the burgeoning “biomimicry” design movement, helps companies look to the natural world to help take their business green

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Prediction: $1 Trillion U.S. Carbon Market By 2020

Posted on February 21, 2008 by Laura B.

Read the full story in Environmental Leader. The U.S. will be home to a $1 trillion carbon emission market by 2020 if federal and state policymakers continue on their current path towards a cap-and-trade program that is confined to domestic … Continue reading →

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You Are Only As Green As Your Supply Chain

Posted on February 21, 2008 by Laura B.

Read the full story in HBR Green. Years ago Herman Miller decided to become an advocate for the environment, both because we believed it was the right thing to do and because we saw the potential for a clear business … Continue reading →

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The latest issue of GreenerComputing News

Posted on February 21, 2008 by Laura B.

For a full-color, graphic version of this newsletter, go to http://www.greenercomputing.com/enewsletter. Green IT Departments Save Companies Money, Research Finds http://www.greenercomputing.com/news_third.cfm?NewsID=55615 Big savings in energy costs and opening new markets are among the top drivers for companies making their IT departments … Continue reading →

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Plant to brighten state's solar future

Posted on February 21, 2008 by Laura B.

Read the full story in the Arizona Republic. Arizona’s solar-power supply is about to get a lot bigger. A solar-energy plant planned near Gila Bend will be among the world’s largest when it opens in 2011, Arizona Public Service Co. … Continue reading →

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The greening of your copy machine

Posted on February 21, 2008 by Laura B.

The U. S. Environmental Protection Agency is launching this week the first steps toward new green standards for copiers and other imaging devices. This effort builds on the success of EPEAT – an on-line tool to help institutional buyers identify … Continue reading →

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The latest issue of ClimateBiz

Posted on February 21, 2008 by Laura B.

For a full-color, graphic version of this newsletter, go to http://www.climatebiz.com/enewsletter. Green-e to Certify Offsets for Consumers http://climatebiz.com/sections/news_detail.cfm?NewsID=55607 Green-e, the country’s first certification program for carbon offsets, will launch a program next week to ensure that the products sold to … Continue reading →

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