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U.S. Businesses Lag on Carbon Emissions Reporting

Posted by Environmental Leader on 04/02/2010

Driven in part by the Securities and Exchange Commission’s recent guidance that requires public companies to disclose any risks from climate change on their operations and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s new Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions reporting requirement, carbon emiss ...

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DOE Budget Targets Clean Energy, Energy Efficiency Advances

Posted by Environmental Leader on 02/02/2010

President Barack Obama’s $28.4 billion fiscal year 2011 budget request for the Department of Energy (DOE) targets the Administration’s commitment to create jobs with the development of a clean energy economy, investment in advanced science, research and innovation, as well as improvem ...

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Obama Orders Government To Slash GHG Emissions 28%

Posted by Environmental Leader on 29/01/2010

President Obama has ordered the government, the largest consumer of energy in the U.S., to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions 28 percent by 2020.The move follows President Obama’s signing of Executive Order 13514 in October, which set environmental performance goals for federal agencies.  ...

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Half of British Businesses Worry about Energy Costs – Gov’t Says Knock Down Old Buildings

Posted by Environmental Leader on 29/01/2010

About 49 percent of 700 UK businesses surveyed said they are concerned about energy price hikes in 2010, according to a report from Carbon Trust. The report also finds that concerns about energy prices are highest in industries with high energy use such as construction (55 percent), manufacturing ...

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Davos Roundup: Climate Deal is Dead, Long Live Big Oil

Posted by Environmental Leader on 28/01/2010

As world leaders gather to discuss economic problems during the Davos talks, energy execs are calling for a new peak in oil production, and others cite bleak hope for any global climate deal.Davos, a Swiss ski resort, is the location of the World Economic Forum, which runs through Jan. 31.At a di ...

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