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A Spat on the Back
California governator at odds with biz lobby over plan to cut CO2 |
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07 Mar 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| A Spat on the Back California governator at odds with biz lobby over plan to cut CO2 Arnold Schwarzenegger's til-now cozy relationship with the California Chamber of Commerce has hit turbulence over the Republican governator's ambitious proposal to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions. The chamber has denounced a preliminary report from the California EPA's climate action team, which predi ... |
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| Topics: Arnold Schwarzenegger, business, California, climate, news, politics (all these topics) |
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A Greening Tide Lifts All Boats
Reports say cutting greenhouse gases will enhance California's economy |
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23 Jan 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| A Greening Tide Lifts All Boats Reports say cutting greenhouse gases will enhance California's economy Curbing greenhouse-gas emissions will massively boost California's economy, according to two independent analyses of the state's ambitious plans for fighting global warming. The Center for Clean Air Policy, a D.C.-based environmental think tank, found that California could meet its proposed 2010 emissions goals -- man ... |
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| Topics: business, California, climate, news (all these topics) |
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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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Going down with the ship
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David Roberts |
14 Jun 2005 |
Gristmill |
| Lee Raymond, chairman and chief executive of Exxon Mobil, has decided that global warming is bunk and that his company is not going to waste time or money funding renewable energy. Openly and unapologetically, the world's No. 1 oil company disputes the notion that fossil fuels are the main cause of global warming. Along with the Bush administration, Exxon opposes the Kyoto accord and the very idea of capping global-warming emissions. Congress is ... |
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| Topics: business, climate, energy, oil (all these topics) |
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My Kind of Down
Chicago Climate Exchange paves the way for U.S. emissions trading |
Jason Margolis |
14 Jun 2005 |
Main Dish |
| Forget the feds -- we'll make our own deals. The Oakland airport seems perfectly situated. Unlike many urban airports, which require an expensive taxi trip or hour-long train ride to reach the city where you thought you'd just arrived, downtown lies mere minutes away. Such convenience is possible because the runways sit on a former wetland at the edge of San Francisco Bay. But this pri ... |
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| Topics: business, climate (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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Mouths Where Their Money Is
Emily Gertz sends a dispatch from a summit on climate change and investing |
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11 May 2005 |
Dispatches |
| Emily Gertz is a regular contributor to WorldChanging.com, and an internet content and strategy consultant for nonprofits. She has written on environmental policy for BushGreenwatch, and on the intersections of environment, culture, art, and activism for The Bear Deluxe and other independent alternative publications. Wednesday, 11 May 2005 NEW YORK, N.Y. Yesterday, nearly 400 people met at th ... |
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| Topics: business, climate, Dispatches, United Nations (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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| Topics: business, climate, news (all these topics) |
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Giuliani-Come-Lately
Giuliani joins law firm renowned for defending energy interests |
Amanda Griscom Little |
08 Apr 2005 |
Muckraker |
| Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani -- whose name is often bandied about as a possible 2008 GOP presidential contender -- added a splash of deep red to his moderate-Republican profile when he announced last week his decision to join a Texas-based law firm known for representing heavy-hitting energy companies. Rudy Giuliani. Photo: NYC.gov. Enron, ChevronTexaco, Pacific G ... |
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| Topics: business, climate, energy, Muckraker, New York, politics, Rudy Giuliani (all these topics) |
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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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Emission Creep
Critics question World Bank's role as carbon trader, fossil-fuel funder |
Daphne Wysham |
25 Mar 2005 |
Soapbox |
| For as long as it's been around, the World Bank has been prone to mission creep. Established 60 years ago to rebuild war-torn Europe, it morphed into an institution whose raison d'etre was to help developing countries advance, then refined its focus on poverty alleviation and sustainable development in the 1980s and '90s. During that time, it took on the role of effectively creatin ... |
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| Topics: Brazil, business, climate, India, pollution and waste, South Africa (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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Burial's Vetting
BP spending $100 million to bury CO2 under Sahara, hopes it stays there |
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07 Feb 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Burial's Vetting BP spending $100 million to bury CO2 under Sahara, hopes it stays there With the countdown to Kyoto nearing its end, oil and gas company BP is experimenting with burying some of its carbon-dioxide emissions deep underground in the Sahara desert. The burial project's price tag of $100 million is expected to cover the injection of about one million tons of CO2 each year for some 20 years -- ... |
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| Topics: Algeria, business, climate, pollution and waste (all these topics) |
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Traders to the Cause
E.U. launches mandatory carbon-trading market |
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04 Jan 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Traders to the Cause E.U. launches mandatory carbon-trading market With the new year began a "new era for European business," according to Peter Koster, head of the fledgling European Climate Exchange, the world's first mandatory market for carbon emissions trading. Under the Kyoto Protocol, ratified in October and set to go into force in February, the European Union agreed to reduce its carbon emissions by 8 p ... |
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| Topics: business, climate, European Union (all these topics) |
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Put It in Neutral
HSBC pledges carbon neutrality |
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07 Dec 2004 |
Daily Grist |
| Put It in Neutral HSBC pledges carbon neutrality U.K.-based banking company HSBC has announced a management plan aimed at reaching carbon neutrality by 2006. With 10,000 banks in 76 countries, HSBC estimates it will cost up to $7 million to account for the more than 600,000 tons of carbon dioxide the company adds to the atmosphere every year via energy use and business travel. HSBC will use a variety of methods to achieve its goal, incl ... |
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| Topics: business, climate (all these topics) |
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Feel the Heat
Study says human activity raises risk of heat waves; lawsuits possible |
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02 Dec 2004 |
Daily Grist |
| Feel the Heat Study says human activity raises risk of heat waves; lawsuits possible Human activity is raising the risk of another heat wave like the one that ravaged Europe in the summer of 2003, says a new study in the journal Nature -- and the link may open the way for lawsuits against polluters. Using computer models, researchers were able to quantify the degree of risk for which human activity is responsible, which climatologists Ch ... |
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| Topics: business, climate (all these topics) |
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The Shipping News
Global warming may open Northwest Passage to shipping |
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11 Nov 2004 |
Daily Grist |
| The Shipping News Global warming may open Northwest Passage to shipping Global warming may melt arctic ice enough to make the legendary Northwest Passage a viable trade route, trimming almost 40 percent (roughly two weeks) off the current Asia-to-Europe route, which involves a large detour down through either the Suez or Panama canals. Some view this as a bright spot in the otherwise grim report released this week on the im ... |
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| Topics: business, climate, placemaking (all these topics) |
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That's the Story of the Hurricane
Global warming could intensify hurricanes, some climate experts say |
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22 Oct 2004 |
Daily Grist |
| That's the Story of the Hurricane Global warming could intensify hurricanes, some climate experts say After this year's unusually devastating hurricane season, many folks who study hurricanes were quick to reassure the public (and Congress) that normal climatic fluctuations, not global warming, were to blame. But at a press conference yesterday, a group of climatologists, including several present and past members of the Intergovernmenta ... |
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| Topics: business, climate (all these topics) |
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Ford Focus
Ford develops ambitious, private plan to reduce emissions |
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04 Oct 2004 |
Daily Grist |
| Ford Focus Ford develops ambitious, private plan to reduce emissions Top executives at Ford Motor Co. have set an aggressive goal to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions -- a goal that would require a roughly 80 percent improvement in the fuel economy of the company's cars and trucks by 2030. The motives behind the goal, which the company has not announced publicly, are complex. It's a business opportunity: Toyota, which has m ... |
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| Topics: business, climate, placemaking (all these topics) |
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Public Nuisance No. 1
A bold lawsuit may have utilities reconsidering their fight against regs |
Amanda Griscom |
30 Jul 2004 |
Muckraker |
| A coal-fired power plant. Photo: U.S. Geological Survey. It may have sounded like the understatement of the year when a lawsuit was filed last week against five major U.S. energy companies, alleged to be among the biggest global-warming culprits in the nation, on the legal grounds that they're causing a "public nuisance." In reality it may have been one of the ... |
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| Topics: business, climate, energy, greenhouse-gas emissions, litigation, Muckraker, politics (all these topics) |
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