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Battle Over Smog Rules Ramps Up

The chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, Rep. Henry Waxman (D., Calif.), plans to hold a hearing on allegations that the White House intervened to water down new smog rules issued last week by the Environmental Protection Agency...

Published 03-15-2008 5:55 PM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Emissions, Feature, Major Players, Pollution, U.S., Government, Manufacturing, Economics, Healthcare, Industrial Goods, Utilities, Policy & Law

UK Green Budget Draws Fire

UK Chancellor Alistair Darling’s highly anticipated “green” budget didn’t please everyone, with many feeling that it fooled at the margins of environmental problems instead of addressing the long-term issue of climate change, The...

Published 03-13-2008 12:47 PM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Feature, Government, Economics, Policy & Law

US Ready To Accept Binding Emissions Obligations

The U.S. is ready to accept “binding international obligations” on reducing greenhouse gas emissions, according to James Connaughton and Daniel Price, environmental and economics advisers to President Bush, BBC reports. The Bush administration...

Published 02-25-2008 2:22 PM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Emissions, Feature, Global, Climate, U.S., Government, Economics, Policy & Law

BofA Forms Environmental Group, CEO Calls For Cap-And-Trade

Bank of America plans to create an environmental group headed up by Richard Cohen from the bank’s strategic interests group that will be tasked with identifying and financing “the best new ideas in the green economy,” MSN Money reports...

Published 02-13-2008 11:56 AM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Feature, Major Players, Business-to-Business, U.S., Financial, Economics, Finance & Reporting

Citigroup, JPMorgan and Morgan Stanley Unveil ‘Carbon Principles’

Citigroup, JPMorgan Chase and Morgan Stanley have announced new standards that will make it harder for companies to get financing for the construction of coal-fired power plants in the U.S., the Wall Street Journal reports. According to Reuters, the banks...

Published 02-04-2008 12:43 PM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Emissions, Feature, Major Players, Business-to-Business, Facilities, Pollution, U.S., Financial, Government, Clean Energy, Economics, Coal, Finance & Reporting

Winter Sports In A Warming World

With global temperatures rising, the world of winter sports is getting hit hard, according to this expose from AlterNet, which discusses how the world of winter recreation is affected and how it is coping.In 2006, snowmobile manufacturer Polaris had 40...

Published 01-17-2008 1:02 AM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Feature, Climate, Facilities, Business-to-Consumer, Travel, Economics, Products & Planning, Retail & Restaurants

Senate Passes Energy Bill

An energy bill that included an increase in fuel-economy standards passed the Senate by a margin of 86-8 yesterday, The New York Times reports. Provisions of the legislation that passed the House and would have repealed more than $13 billion in tax breaks...

Published 12-14-2007 9:25 AM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Transportation, Emissions, Feature, Major Players, U.S., Automotive, Fossil Fuels, Government, Manufacturing, Efficiency, Clean Energy, Economics, Biofuel, Utilities, Coal, Nuclear, Policy & Law, Oil & Gas

Nymex Launches Green Exchange For Trading Carbon Credits

The Chicago Climate Exchange has a new competitor. The New York Mercantile Exchange has launched The Green Exchange for trading carbon emissions and other environmental products, The Wall Street Journal reports. Talk about the possibility of a new exchange...

Published 12-12-2007 10:33 AM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Emissions, Feature, Major Players, Global, Financial, Economics, Carbon Offsets/RECs, Finance & Reporting

New SEC Rule Saved Sun $500,000 And 100 Million Sheets Of Paper

For Sun Microsystems, “eco” stands for both ecology, as in the environment, and economy, as in the financial bottom line. Recently the company realized savings in both areas when it decided to go electronic with its financial filings under...

Published 12-10-2007 2:00 AM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Feature, Major Players, U.S., Government, Hi-Tech, Economics, Finance & Reporting

NYC Earmarks $800 Million For Green Projects

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has released a short-term action plan (PDF) to begin reducing energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions from the City’s municipal buildings and operations by 30 percent by 2017 as part of PlaNYC. The City...

Published 12-06-2007 11:02 AM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Transportation, Emissions, Feature, Major Players, Sustainability, Business-to-Business, Facilities, Waste, U.S., Automotive, Financial, Government, Efficiency, Hi-Tech, Clean Energy, Travel, Economics, Hybrid Technology, Electricity, Construction, Refitting, Recycling, Wind Energy, Utilities, Hydrogen, Geothermal, Wave Energy, Water, Policy & Law

EU Approves Emissions Plan For Airlines

The European Parliament gave preliminary approval to a global warming control plan that would require, beginning in 2011, that airlines flying to and from Europe offset some of their emissions by buying carbon dioxide allowances on the open market, The...

Published 11-14-2007 4:52 PM by Environmental Leader: Green Business and Corporate Sustainability News

Filed under: Transportation, Emissions, Europe, Feature, Major Players, Global, Business-to-Business, U.S., Business-to-Consumer, Policy & Law, Travel, Economics

Number Of Green Jobs Could Hit 40 Million By 2030

A new report (PDF) from the American Solar Energy Society shows that as many as 1 out of 4 workers in the U.S. will be working in the renewable energy or energy efficiency industries by 2030. The report shows that these industries already generate 8.5...

Published 11-09-2007 11:47 AM by Environmental Leader: Green Business and Corporate Sustainability News

Filed under: Feature, Environmental Affairs, Business-to-Business, U.S., Government, Manufacturing, Hi-Tech, Clean Energy, Economics, Wind Energy, Solar Energy, Geothermal, Wave Energy, Hydroelectric, Fuel Cells

U.S. Exchanges Want Piece Of Carbon Market

While the Chicago Climate Exchange is the first U.S. exchange to create a market for carbon credit trading, other U.S. exchanges are racing to get a piece of the global carbon trading market, which Celent says reached $32 billion in 2006 and will cross...

Published 11-07-2007 9:44 AM by Environmental Leader: Green Business and Corporate Sustainability News

Filed under: Emissions, Feature, Major Players, Business-to-Business, U.S., Funding & Incentives, Financial, Economics

Bloomberg Proposes Pollution Tax

New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg has proposed a national "pollution pricing" that envisions taxing companies directly for the greenhouse gases they release, AP reports. The announcement came during his keynote speech at the United States Conference...

Published 11-06-2007 10:00 AM by Environmental Leader: Green Business and Corporate Sustainability News

Filed under: Feature, Major Players, Business-to-Business, U.S., Funding & Incentives, Business-to-Consumer, Government, Clean Energy, Economics

IBM To Provide Customers With Energy Efficiency Certificates

IBM is giving customers a way to earn energy efficiency certificates for reducing data center energy use and possibly sell them on the carbon market. IBM says this is the first time a corporation has helped its clients earn and trade credits in return...

Published 11-05-2007 10:47 AM by Environmental Leader: Green Business and Corporate Sustainability News

Filed under: Products & Planning, Feature, Major Players, Business-to-Business, U.S., credits, Hi-Tech, Economics, Electricity

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