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Businesses see climate change as major issue
Business executives around the globe increasingly see climate change as a major issue they must address if they are to achieve and sustain high performance into the future, according to the international management consultancy Accenture. ... more
Shades of Green at the North American International Auto Show
Clean and green is the buzz at this year's North American International Auto Show at Cobo Hall with major automakers showing their latest greener concept cars, comparisons of fuel economy for flex-fuel cars, and the announcement that the American Le Mans Series is going an extra green mile on the racing circuit, the Environment News Service (ENS) reports from Detroit. ... more
Environment driving global economy, says Worldwatch Institute
Pioneering entrepreneurs, nongovernmental organizations, and governments around the globe are inventing the Earth�s first sustainable global economy, according to State of the World 2008: Innovations for a Sustainable Economy. ... more
UK�s first zero-emission home prototype
by Jeremy Hamand
The UK has unveiled its first zero emission home, which meets environmental standards to be compulsory for all new homes in the future. ... more
British companies join government to cut greenhouse gases
Eight large British companies have joined with Prime Minister Tony Blair to introduce a campaign that will provide consumers with products and services that make it easier to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. ENS reports: ... more
UK motor industry still pushing gas guzzlers
As 'The Sexy Green Car Show' opens at the Eden Project in Cornwall (30 March - 15 April 2006), a new survey reveals that most car ads in national newspapers are for gas-guzzling vehicles. ... more
US corporation may limit coal power plants
An interesting sign of the changing times has been revealed in recent reports that one of the most environmentally unpopular US utility corporations had abandoned plans to build 8 coal power plants, in favour of more environmentally friendly options. This report by Felicity Barringer and Andrew Ross Sorkin appeared in the New York Times on 28 February 2007. ... more
World's first green car show to open in Cornwall
Leading carmakers from around the globe are gearing up to exhibit at the world's first 'green car show' at the Eden Project in Cornwall, home to the biggest greenhouses on earth. ... more
How tortilla chips are helping the whales
Tortilla chips may seem an odd way of protecting whales, but one man's bright idea for whale tail-shaped chips, is doing just that. His company has just made its first donation that will help tackle pollution in Magdalena Bay, in Bahia California, Mexico, which provides shelter for Pacific Gray Whales where they rear their young before continuing their long journey to the Bering Sea. ... more
India must control car boom, says study
India's state-sponsored car boom, without any efforts towards making cars more fuel-efficient, is inciting oil guzzling that the country cannot afford says a new study, which calls on the government to stand up to car industry demands for more tax cuts and expansion of their polluting diesel car fleet. ... more
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