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Rising Sea Levels Would Hit U.S. East Coast Hardest

Posted by Environmental Leader on 19/11/2009

Miami would become an island city – and Miami Beach an underwater reef – if climate change projections of a one-meter rise in sea levels by century’s end hold true.Clean Air-Cool Planet presented new climate change models to Senate staffers Nov. 19. The projections are predicate ...

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USPS Energy Use Down 9% From 2005 to 2008

Posted by Environmental Leader on 18/11/2009

In its first-ever sustainability report, the U.S. Postal Service showed a decrease in total energy use of 9 percent from 2005 to 2008. In 2008 the agency used 123 million gigajoules, compared to 131 million GJ in 2007, 134 million GJ in 2006 and 136 million GJ in 2005.The USPS reduced energy use ...

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Corporate Jetsetters Can be Carbon Offsetters

Posted by Environmental Leader on 18/11/2009

A new program from InJet, which offers private corporate jet services, will allow companies and individuals to offset the emissions of their flights.The InJet Green program, which is supported by TerraPass, allows customers to choose from different models of carbon offsetting, depending on the si ...

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Utilities Face Cost and Implementation Challenges with Smart-Grid Upgrades

Posted by Environmental Leader on 16/11/2009

In the wake of the Department of Energy’s $3.4 billion in grants for various smart-grid projects, local governments and utilities are trying to sort out the pros and cons of a smart-grid system, while trying to determine how to implement — and pay for– the required electrical gr ...

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Heinz On Track to Reduce GHG Emissions, Waste, Energy Use and Water Consumption 20% by 2015

Posted by Environmental Leader on 13/11/2009

H. J. Heinz Company has significantly reduced its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, solid waste, energy use and water consumption over the past year, keeping the company on track to meet its 20 percent reduction target across the board by 2015, according the firm’s 2009 Corporate Social Respo ...

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