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Giving Us the Business
World's biggest firms give lip service to cutting CO2 but lag on results |
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15 Sep 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Giving Us the Business World's biggest firms give lip service to cutting CO2 but lag on results More than 70 percent of the world's 500 largest companies by market capitalization volunteered information on how climate change is affecting their businesses for a survey this year, but the info they released is not exactly heartening. According to a new report by the Carbon Disclosure Project, a London-based initi ... |
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| Topics: business, climate, news, pollution and waste (all these topics) |
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Trade to Black
U.K. market leads the pack in lucrative carbon-emissions trading |
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17 Aug 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Trade to Black U.K. market leads the pack in lucrative carbon-emissions trading Newfangled carbon trading has become quite lucrative in the Old World, where the European Union's fledgling carbon market has taken off. Many doubted that the emissions-trading scheme (part of E.U. plans to meet Kyoto emissions-reduction targets) would prosper, especially since the U.S. -- world leader ... |
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| Topics: business, climate, energy, European Union, London, news, United Kingdom (all these topics) |
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Put a Liar in Your Tank
White House official who edited climate reports moves to Exxon |
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15 Jun 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Put a Liar in Your Tank White House official who edited climate reports moves to Exxon Philip Cooney, the White House official (and former oil-industry lobbyist) recently outed for watering down government climate-change reports, has left his position in the Bush administration to take a new job at ... wait for it ... ExxonMobil. Now, we know what you're thinking, but you've got it all wrong. His sudden de ... |
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| Topics: business, climate, energy, news, oil, politics (all these topics) |
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If the Suit Fits, Wear It
BT and other multinationals call for action on climate change |
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13 Jun 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| If the Suit Fits, Wear It BT and other multinationals call for action on climate change More and more prominent suits are issuing calls to action on global warming. The latest is Ben Verwaayen, chief exec of U.K. telecom company BT, who this week became the first Brit corporate bigwig to say publicly that climate change is hurting his business -- and, oh yeah, could destabilize the world economy. Summer flooding in ... |
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| Topics: business, climate, news, United Kingdom (all these topics) |
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The Blair Pitch Project
Biz leaders urge Blair to act on climate |
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27 May 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| The Blair Pitch Project Biz leaders urge Blair to act on climate A dozen of Britain's top business chieftains have sent a letter to Prime Minister Tony Blair urging him to get on the ball in the fight against climate change. The heads of BP, Shell, HSBC Bank, and other major companies say global warming is a massive problem that demands aggressive business investment, but they want to know how government ... |
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| Topics: business, climate, news, politics, United Kingdom (all these topics) |
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Gettin' Busy
U.S. business getting with it on climate change |
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27 Apr 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Gettin' Busy U.S. business getting with it on climate change Talk about how the U.S. private sector is taking global warming seriously often flirts with wishful thinking. But we are nothing if not wishful. And flirty. So here goes: It looks like momentum is gathering in the U.S. business community to forthrightly address the issue of climate change. In part due to shareholder and activist lobbying, a growing number ... |
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| Topics: business, climate, news, United States (all these topics) |
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Paul, Returned From Damascus
Duke Energy CEO has climate-change conversion, proposes carbon tax |
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08 Apr 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Paul, Returned From Damascus Duke Energy CEO has climate-change conversion, proposes carbon tax In a letter to shareholders last week, Duke Energy Corp. CEO Paul Anderson announced his company's decision to lobby for a tax on carbon-dioxide emissions -- a move that shocked shareholders and has some greens scratching their heads. Anderson said in a speech yesterday that he realized the tax would mean bigger bills and higher gas pric ... |
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Today a Report, Tomorrow ... Well, We'll See
Ford acknowledges global warming, but makes no big promises |
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31 Mar 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Today a Report, Tomorrow ... Well, We'll See Ford acknowledges global warming, but makes no big promises Pressure from shareholder activists is producing effects at large companies -- if not yet concrete proposals to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions, at least notable signals that they're starting to take global warming seriously. The latest to hop on the bandwagon is Ford Motor Co., expected to announce today that it w ... |
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| Topics: business, climate, news, placemaking (all these topics) |
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Looking for Some Good Cowboys
Blair bypasses Bush, appeals to Texas for global-warming aid |
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04 Mar 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Looking for Some Good Cowboys Blair bypasses Bush, appeals to Texas for global-warming aid British Prime Minister Tony Blair's quixotic mission to convert the Bush administration from staunch believers in "more research" on global warming to actual movers on the issue has thus far proved unsuccessful. So Blair is diversifying his strategy. One tactic is to bypass the decision maker in chief and ... |
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| Topics: business, climate, news, Texas, United Kingdom (all these topics) |
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Are You Listening, Oldsmobile?
Pension fund pressures companies to be more responsible on climate |
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16 Feb 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Are You Listening, Oldsmobile? Pension fund pressures companies to be more responsible on climate The California Public Employees' Retirement System -- the largest public pension fund in the U.S., an economic powerhouse with some $182.9 billion in assets -- voted Monday to use its significant clout to help fight global warming. Specifically, CalPERS is asking companies in the Financial Times 500 to disclose investment ... |
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| Topics: business, California, climate, news (all these topics) |
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