Climate Group to draw up low carbon charter - The Times of India
Jul 31 2010

A delegation of senior business leaders from the UK met their Indian counterparts of the UK-India Business Leaders Climate Group during the British Prime Minister David Cameron’s recent visit to India.

Bloody Tide of Taiji Dolphin Cove may Finally be Turning for the Better - Green Fudge
Sep 03 2010

This week marked the beginning of the annual Dolphin hunt in Taiji, Japan. Taiji is where the award-winning documentary, The Cove, was filmed. Approximately 20,000 Dolphins are brutally slaughtered in a tiny cove there every year. This year, the Dolphins were herded inside the cove, as usual. A number of them were selected for captivity/training purposes. [...]

Rs 25,000 crore kitty for tackling climate change: Ramesh - The Times of India
Aug 21 2010

India is going to be affected "the most" by climate change but the government has made a provision for Rs 25,000 crore to mitigate its impact, environment minister Jairam Ramesh said.

Natural Gas as Panacea: Dubious Path to a Green Future - The Green Economy Post
Jul 22 2010

Many energy experts contend natural gas is the ideal fuel as the world makes the transition to renewable energy. But since much of that gas will come from underground shale, potentially at high environmental cost, it would be far better to skip the natural gas phase and move straight to massive deployment of solar and wind power.

In Search of the Chief Sustainability Officer - The Green Economy Post
Jul 29 2010

There has been an increase in senior-level corporate positions—those with VP and Director titles in the CSR and sustainability sector. Companies are placing an increased value on CSR as a component of corporate strategy, which elevates the importance of positions overseeing CSR. The emergence of the CSO title is indicative of the growing trend of sustainability as a core business strategy.“CSO” is a title that senior-most CSR executives will increasingly carry.

The Food Revolution: Rethinking Fast Food - The Green Economy Post
Jul 23 2010

Robbie Vitrano, Co-Founder, NakedPizza, and Eric Quick, SVP Operations, Revolution Foods, presented at the 2010 Sustainable Brands Conference in June, not only bringing attention to the growing harmful consequences of fast food, but also providing innovative and real solutions.

Return on Investment for Green / LEED Projects - The Green Economy Post
Jun 28 2010

Green buildings provide long-term savings and solid returns on investments. they also command much more than similar non-LEED buildings due to the economic benefits they offer. Soon Class A office buildings that do not attain LEED certification will see their property value decline as LEED becomes the de facto benchmark in measuring quality in construction.

Greenpeace occupies Arctic deep sea oil rig - Green Fudge
Sep 01 2010

Early this morning Greenpeace activists occupied a Cairn Energy exploratory oil rig in the Arctic Ocean off of the coast of Greenland. Four Greenpeace activists, who are also expert climbers, avoided Greenland police and the Danish navy to climb the rig and suspend themselves in tents. The activists’ behavior has caused a temporary shut down of [...]

Bullfighting vs. fire bull tradition exposes political hypocrisy in Spain - Green Fudge
Sep 02 2010

The parliament of Catalonia voted to ban bullfighting in July, a move that enraged Spain’s bullfighting community and drew accusations of Catalan nationalist motivations rather than concern for animal welfare. Well, plainly both nationalism and animal welfare played their parts in the ban – apparent by the fact that groups from both camps participated in the [...]

Pachauri asks Mexico to be realistic: Cancun climate summit - The Times of India
Aug 18 2010

With hopes of a consensus eluding the Cancun climate meet, IPCC chairman R K Pachauri has urged host Mexico to be realistic and work hard in pushing rich nations to put climate funds on the table.

Corporate Social Responsibility’s Seven Best Practices: Avoid Greenwashing Through Stakeholder Engagement - The Green Economy Post
Jul 06 2010

A look at the seven best practices in corporate social responsibility (CSR). They include: setting measurable goals, stakeholder engagement,sustainability issues mapping, sustainability management systems (SMS), lifecycle assessment,sustainability/CSR reporting, and sustainability branding.

Sustainable Facilities – The Standard of the Future - The Green Economy Post
Jun 23 2010

Much like the term “fast track” that was popular several years ago, the terms “sustainable” and “energy efficiency” should be part of every building design. You don’t hear the term “fast track” anymore. It was a new concept of speeding up design and construction to deliver a facility faster, but now it is standard operating procedure. Everyone wants their project fast-tracked. I want the same thing to happen for sustainable design.

It’s Our Ocean: Find Out What Conservation International is Doing to Protect Our Oceans and How You Can Help! - Green Fudge
Sep 02 2010

Oceans cover over 70% of the Earth’s surface. They contain the greatest diversity and abundance of life on this planet and absorb 80% of climate change heat. So, it’s really a wonder to learn that less than 1% of that great blue ecosystem is protected. Conservation International is doing something about that. This awesome group has [...]

Update: Mile-Long Oil Slick Sighted Near Latest Oil Rig Explosion - Green Fudge
Sep 02 2010

Earlier today, a helicopter spotted another oil rig explosion in the Gulf of Mexico. The 13 people on board did escape, though one was injured. Now, there’s a mile-long oil slick and it’s still growing. The oil slick is at least 100 feet wide and was spotted near the rig, which is owned by Houston-based Mariner [...]

Engineers to drain water from Alpine glacier - The Times of India
Aug 25 2010

Engineers in France have started work to drain an immense lake that has built up under an Alpine glacier on Mont Blanc, an attempt to prevent a repeat of a flood that killed 175 people more than 100 years ago.

Stimulus Bill Funds Still Not Reaching Cleantech - The Green Economy Post
Jul 26 2010

The stimulus has had an underwhelming impact on the cleantech sector. Very little of the $36.7b of The American Reinvestment and Recovery Act (ARRA) allocated $36.7b to the Department of Energy (DOE) has gone to cleantech. Nuclear waste cleanup projects and state governments have received most of the money to date. Cleantech funding has been negatively impacted by delays at the state level and states reallocateing funds to address shortfalls in state budgets.

Carbon pricing called key to coal pollution plan - The Times of India
Aug 12 2010

The key to developing technology to store coal plants' pollution underground is charging them for the carbon dioxide they release into the air, a US presidential task force says.

Green Building Law – Is Your Lawyer Ready? - The Green Economy Post
Jul 25 2010

The wave of green litigation has arrived. This means more third party challenges, mushrooming building interest group litigation, and private litigation with a green tinge. These suits will involve not only knowledge of LEED and green building, but also the energy codes and other ancillary regulations.

Green Building is for Conservatives: A Financial Case - The Green Economy Post
Jul 30 2010

Our buildings are central to our lives, and we put a tremendous amount of our wealth and skills into making them. The modern green building movement is a highly tuned, intensive, and measured approach to building that values efficiency, health and durability.The success of the United States Green Building Council (USGBC) has not been based on their radical agenda but on the practical results of the types of building they have helped shape. The improvement in productivity in LEED commercial buildings alone can pay for the entire building. These large projects have demonstrated the value gained by investing in green building principles

Did You Know You Can Challenge LEED Certification? - The Green Economy Post
Aug 03 2010

I am going to be honest with you, I have been sitting on some LEEDigation-related stories. I sat on these stories because I wanted to understand the implications before writing about them.

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