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As negotiators gather in Copenhagen next month to discuss a global climate policy framework, there has never been a better time for companies to influence the policy instruments that could...
As Republican senators try to stall climate change legislation on grounds that it could harm the U.S. economy, a major study from three universities suggests a robust climate bill would do just...
Motivational experts have for years argued about whether incentives or threats are more effective, and we're seeing an array of both being applied to mulish Congressional opponents of major...
This study finds that a robust climate bill could boost the U.S. economy by about $111 billion by 2020 and create as many as 1.9 million jobs.
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Nobel Laureate and former vice president Al Gore welcomed thousands of building professionals to Phoenix, praising the U.S. Green Building Council and its members for being the vanguard of the...
Frances Beinecke's new book -- a straightforward, easy-to-read argument -- attempts to connect the climate issue to everyday concerns like jobs, the economy and national security. ...
Regulations included in the stimulus bill passed earlier this year required American-made products to be used in stimulus-funded projects. But in a world dominated by global supply chains, a...
The International Energy Agency on Tuesday called on world leaders to strike a deal to address climate change, warning that the current business-as-usual scenario is unsustainable and will lead to...
The two companies are teaming up to recycle televisions and computer monitors at hundreds of locations around the country as hotels upgrade displays to flat-panel and HDTV systems. ...
It sure seems that America is out of touch with the rest of the world regarding global warming, and that the world is slapping us in the face to awaken us from our stupor. ...
A slew of new renewable energy and energy efficiency projects funded by the Department of Energy in the past week adds another $531 million to the stimulus funds already handed out this year. ...
Not much good has come of the Great Recession, but a recent day-long event showed that investors are at least starting to think more thoroughly about risk and sustainability in their portfolios....
GreenBiz.com’s October 15, 2009 webinar on "The Green Marketing Landscape: Ratings, Labels, and Certifications" yielded far more questions than we had time to answer during the...
Several years ago, FPL Group CEO Lew Hay, the nation's leading renewable energy provider, gave an impassioned speech arguing for a tax on CO2 emissions to deal with the threat of global warming....
Investor advocates are hailing a Securities and Exchange Commission decision Tuesday that will make it easier for shareholders to request climate change risk dislcosure from public companies. ...
Increasingly, voluntary sustainability reporting is becoming a mainstream practice. Yet with the global economy still roiling, trust in business remains low and the question of mandatory reporting...
One session at this year's Business for Social Responsibility conference focused on how sustainability initiatives are taking root in China; the head of BSR's China operations sat down for an...
This analysis of 270 climate and energy policies at the regional, state and national level ranks countries and regions on how desirable investments in those regions' clean technology companies may...
The analysis of 270 climate and energy policies at the regional, state and national level finds that investors in firms in a number of countries are at moderate risk from climate change, while...
As December's Copenhagen climate summit approaches, new evidence is emerging of the massive scale of action needed to avert runaway global warming. But contradictory signals emerging from pre-...
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