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Welcome to GreenBiz 2.0!
We've been working long hours behind the scenes to make GreenBiz.com and our sister sites even more useful and information-packed. At last, we're ready to unveil it.
We have redesigned the look and feel of GreenBiz.com and all our sister sites to make it easier for you to navigate and explore. All the same great news and resources are still here, and here is a short overview of all the new additions and changes to the sites.
If you have any questions, comments or suggestions about the new design, send a note to Carlie Peterson at carlie@greenerworldmedia.com.
Thanks for reading!
Joel Makower, Executive Editor
- Adapting to Climate Change: A New Frontier for Business
Despite a steady transformation of business attitudes on climate change, businesses have been relatively slow to address one global warming challenge: adaptation to the ...
- Leasing the Sun
The benefits of leasing transactions for roof-mounted systems are growing because installation costs are becoming more attractive, due in part to various state rebate ...- The Climate Tipping Point and Timeline ... Accelerated
Although experts are still debating at what point we're likely to see dramatic, rapid changes in global climate, the fact that the planet is able to absorb less carbon ... - Leasing the Sun
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Two Steps Forward
Exxon, the Rockefellers, and the Future of Big Oil
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Corporate America
A $3 trillion climate-change battle
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Marketing Green
Reframing Global Warming Across the Political Spectrum
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The Triple Bottom Line
Timberland And Stonyfield Farms--Two Little Guys Showing The Big Guys How It's Done
TerraCycle: Worm Poop and So Much More
Tom Szaky, CEO of a company that made its name selling fertilizer made from worm castings, talks to GreenBiz Radio about making the greenest possible products from other people's trash, turning the production cycle on its ear, and other ways that companies can design products that turn waste into gold.
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Business Case
Leading companies recognize compelling business reasons to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases. By minimizing dependence on fossil fuels and improving operational efficiencies, companies can save money, reduce compliance costs, and avoid additional tax burdens.
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Despite a steady transformation of business attitudes on climate change, businesses have been relatively slow to address one global warming challenge: adaptation to the physical impacts of climate change. A new report from the Pew Center on Global Climate Change offers a screening process companies can use to assess climate-related physical risks.
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NEW YORK, N.Y. -- The firm plans to cut its carbon emissions around the globe, mostly from facilities, by 20 percent by 2012 as well as offset all employee air travel.
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LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM -- Merrill Lynch launched a full-service carbon offset service Wednesday, with assistance from ICF International, to help companies develop and manage climate-related strategies.
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LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM -- The U.K. government is hoping to encourage more firms to imitate the National Grid's process of incorporating a shadow price for carbon emissions into their cost-benefit analyses.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Some impacts of climate change are unavoidable but businesses can evaluate potential risks and try to reduce them, according to a new report from the Pew Center.
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BOSTON, Mass. -- Based on votes from the last four years, mutual fund firms are less opposed to climate change resolutions, though the industry has a long way to go still.
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LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Fiji Water has revealed the carbon footprint of its entire supply chain as well as plans to reduce emissions, reduce materials used and help reforest Fiji.
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LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM -- Program includes vehicle and aircraft fleets replacement, buildings overhaul and staff training.
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OAKLAND, Calif. -- By interviewing companies with a history of carbon measuring and reporting, IBM and the Carbon Disclosure Project hope to provide best practices and insight into carbon management tactics.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The U.S. Senate voted to extend renewable energy tax credits that, if passed into law, would pump an estimated $6 billion into renewable projects over the next decade.
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DETROIT, Mich. -- Bowing to pressure from a bloc of shareholders, Ford has become the first automaker to detail its strategy to reduce its fleet's greenhouse gas emissions 30 percent by 2020.
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OAKLAND, Calif. -- The distribution of free carbon emissions permits to European Union utilities has the potential to yield the companies windfall profits worth billions over the next five years, according to a new report.
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OAKLAND, Calif. -- A plan to build a new coal-fired power plant in Nevada will expose the shareholders of Sierra Pacific Resources to "significant financial and environment risks," according to a financial advisory firm.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Just a few months shy of its first birthday, the Climate Registry released the methodology that will guide how its members will report greenhouse gas emissions.
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NEW YORK, N.Y. -- Bank of America plans to adhere to the guidelines developed by Citi, JPMorgan Chase and Morgan Stanley to assess carbon-related risks in the financing of utility-sector projects, such as coal-fired power plants.