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New CO2 Maps Offer Unprecedented Detail

Posted by Environmental Leader on 14/04/2008

A new map offers more than 100 times the detail of previous inventories of carbon dioxide. The map, from Vulcan, a research project led by Kevin Gurney, an assistant professor at Purdue, shows where CO2 is being emitted in the continental U.S. in 10-kilometer grids and combines data from sources ...

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Deutsche Post Plans To Cut CO2 Emissions 30% By 2020

Posted by Environmental Leader on 14/04/2008

Deutsche Post World Net plans to reduce its carbon footprint 30 percent by 2020. DHL’s parent says it’s the first major company in its industry to set a quantifiable climate protection target. The goal will also apply to subcontractors.To reach its goal, about 90 percent of the Group& ...

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Goldman Environmental Prize Winners Announced, Chevron Hits the Ceiling

Posted by Environmental Leader on 14/04/2008

The 2008 Goldman Environmental Prize recipients have been named and Chevron isn’t happy. The prizes reward grass-roots environmental work.This year’s recipients include a duo from Ecuador who are fighting Chevron. The two Ecuadoreans have waged a 14-year fight to bring Chevron to acc ...

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Environmental Benefit Of CDM Questioned, Again

Posted by Environmental Leader on 13/04/2008

U.N. regulators who administer the Clean Development Mechanism have objected to dozens of developing-world projects in recent months, questioning whether projects produce a real environmental benefit and raising concerns about some independent auditors of the projects, the Wall Street Journal rep ...

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Shell Will Freeze EU Investments Over Emissions Permits

Posted by Environmental Leader on 11/04/2008

Royal Dutch Shell says it will stop investing in Europe if utilities are forced to pay for emissions permits through auctions, Thomson Financial reports. The permits are currently free.“I am talking about $250 million of profits at the moment,” said Shell France director Christian Bal ...

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