(Washington, DC - February 1, 2010) Companies with vehicle fleets can cut costs and carbon pollution by following a few simple steps as outlined in a new video from Environmental Defense Fund (EDF). The video, titled The Power of Scale, visually depicts how small actions done by many can result in big changes for the corporate bottom line and the health of the planet.
Washington, DC, February 8, 2010 - Billions of tons of ozone-destroying and climate-warming chemicals currently contained in unwanted stockpiles and discarded equipment will leak into the atmosphere if not recovered and destroyed. But new rules on ozone-depleting substance destruction adopted by a carbon market offset registry, the Climate Action Reserve, could jumpstart new projects in both the U.S. and developing countries to destroy these chemicals and significantly contribute to the protection of the ozone layer and climate system.
San Francisco- The Center for Biological Diversity, Sierra Forest Legacy, Environmental Protection Information Center, and Klamath-Siskiyou Wildlands Center filed a formal notice of intent to sue the Department of the Interior Thursday over its failure to protect the Pacific fisher - a relative of the mink and otter that has been decimated by historic fur trapping and logging of old-growth forests.
"One of the leading challenges facing the international community is how to rescue failing states, those countries most at risk of collapse due to a combination of weak governance, internal violence, and social upheaval," says Lester R. Brown, President of the Earth Policy Institute, in a recent release, "Rescuing Failing States" "Continuing with business as usual in international assistance programs is not working, as evidenced by the continuing deterioration of places like Haiti, Somalia, and Yemen. The stakes could not be higher."
Reuseit.com, (previously Reusablebags.com), is not your typical small business. A catalyst for change, the company has been instrumental in spawning the reusables movement.
Reusablebags.com was launched in 2003 to call attention to the absurdity of society's overconsumption of plastic bags and became a highly influential site for information on the hazards of use-and-toss items as well as a comprehensive online store for reusable products.
February 2, 2010-The United Soybean Board (USB) released a new peer-reviewed life cycle profile today that documents multiple energy and environmental benefits of U.S. soybean farming and processing. It confirms why manufacturers are increasingly using U.S. soy in green chemistry for a wide array of biobased products.
WOODSTOCK, N.Y., February 1, 2010 - This year, two of Primitive Makeup's lipsticks will be sporting a new look: the Jane Goodall Institute's (JGI) "Good for All" brand. While the brand has appeared on other consumer products in the past, Primitive is the first cosmetic company in the world to carry the mark.
San Francisco- The Center for Biological Diversity filed a notice of intent to sue the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Monday for failing to meet numerous deadlines for limiting dangerous pollution from tiny airborne particles like soot and dust.
Seattle - February 1st, 2010 -Mitsubishi Electric US is pleased to announce the official release of the newest version of its Mitsubishi Electric Jet Towel™ hand dryer, the 8th generation of Jet Towel™ since Mitsubishi released its original invention in 1993.
Washington, DC, February 1, 2010 - Extraordinary growth in the super greenhouse gas HFC-23 may be evidence of a failure in governance and compliance under the Kyoto Protocol and its Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) and is strong reason for the successful Montreal Protocol ozone treaty to take charge of a production phase-down to complement climate mitigation under Kyoto.
(Northampton, MA, January 28, 2010) - -3BL Media, the experts in corporate social responsibility (CSR), sustainability and cause marketing communications, today announced plans to launch 3BL TV (Triple Bottom Line TV), a Web video channel scheduled to debut next month. At the core of the channel's programming will be regular video segments produced by Christine Arena, Chris Jarvis, and Fabian Pattberg, who are recognized as the most respected and widely read bloggers covering topics related to CSR and sustainability.
San Francisco- The Center for Biological Diversity today filed notice of intent to sue the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for failing to adequately evaluate and regulate more than 400 pesticides harmful to hundreds of endangered species throughout the nation, which also threaten human health.
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., January 27, 2010 - The leading brands of the future will be sustainable brands. Building them takes a new kind of thinking, a new group of collaborators, and a new set of tools.
"After a half-century of forming new states from former colonies and from the breakup of the Soviet Union, the international community is today focusing on the disintegration of states," says Lester R. Brown, President of the Earth Policy Institute, in a recent release, "Mounting Stresses, Failing States" "The term "failing state" has entered our working vocabulary only during the last decade or so, but these countries are now an integral part of the international political landscape. In the past, governments have been concerned by the concentration of too much power in one state, as in Nazi Germany, Imperial Japan, and the Soviet Union.
(3BLMedia/theCSRfeed) - Kingston, NY - January 26, 2010 - SDialogue released a special report today that helps organizations improve their sustainability efforts by employing seven best practices corporate social responsibility (CSR) leaders use.
New York - Illegal logging throughout the world's forests continues to undermine efforts to promote social equity, environmental conservation and sustainable economic growth in many nations. In developing countries alone, it has been suggested that illegal logging may result in lost assets and revenues of more than US $10 billion annually.
TUCSON, Ariz.- The Interior Department's Inspector General office released a report last Thursday concluding that the last known wild jaguar in the United States, dubbed "Macho B," who was captured and killed last year in Arizona, had been intentionally caught by employees of the Arizona Game and Fish Department in a snare. This directly contradicts statements by the department at the time and implies criminal behavior.
Atlanta, GA - January 20, 2010 - The economy may be recovering but we're not out of the woods yet; the December US jobs report suggests we've got a long way to go, with millions of people still looking for new jobs and a new direction.
A new social networking app for environmentalists lets you post environmental concerns as you see them, find green businesses in your area, and in general save the world.. One picture at a time.
With less than a week to go, significant differences remain between the aggregate emissions reductions from current national proposals and the mitigation targets released yesterday in a draft text at the UNFCCC climate talks in Copenhagen.
"The 107 million tons of grain that went to U.S. ethanol distilleries in 2009 was enough to feed 330 million people for one year at average world consumption levels," says Lester R. Brown, President of the Earth Policy Institute, in a recent release, "U.S. Feeds One Quarter of its Grain to Cars While Hunger is on the Rise" "More than a quarter of the total U.S. grain crop was turned into ethanol to fuel cars last year."
Washington- The Center for Biological Diversity filed two emergency petitions today with the federal government in an effort to stop the spread of a deadly bat disease and step up government action to save two rare bat species from extinction. The first petition asks federal agencies to close all caves under their jurisdiction and asks Interior Secretary Salazar to pass regulations banning travel between caves under any jurisdiction. The second petition asks for the eastern small-footed bat and the northern long-eared bat, both hit hard by the newly emergent disease known as white-nose syndrome, to be protected as endangered species under the federal Endangered Species Act.
Honolulu- Prodded by seven years of litigation by conservation groups, the National Marine Fisheries Services announced a new measure Tuesday aimed at protecting Hawaii's false killer whales from the lethal impacts of the longline fishery.