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BusinessClimate: Bringing corporate sustainability to the mainstream

The founder and principal of the upcoming BusinessClimate sustainability event discusses how sustainability is moving from the realm of CSR to competitiveness to national security, but how more evolution is needed to make it mainstream. 

• Filed under: Commitments & Goals + Corporate Governance + Marketing & Communication + Reporting + Nature of Business Radio
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On Our Radar: Tackling the Tsunami Debris

An agency official said that the federal government lacked the financing to cover a cleanup of the tsunami debris washing up in Alaska and other states.

• Filed under: Breaking News + Business + Endangered Species + Oceans + Politics and Policy + renewable energy + Solar Energy + Toxic Pollution + Transportation + "The Avengers" + apple + bicycles + clean energy + debris + mercury + steven chu + Tsunami
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Swapping Out Charcoal With Ethanol

A company opened a biofuel plant to supply ethanol to households in the Mozambican capital that rely on charcoal for cooking fuel.

• Filed under: Air Pollution + Biofuels + Business + Emissions Reduction + charcoal + CleanStar + cookstoves + emissions + Ethanol + Mozambique + soot
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Brewing a greener cuppa joe at Starbucks and Thanksgiving Coffee

Despite the many differences between the Fortune 500 coffee retailer and the family-owned artisan roaster based in Mendocino, Calif., the two companies are committed to working with growers to source coffee beans as sustainably and ethically as possible.

• Filed under: Commitments & Goals + Consumer Products + Employees + Food & Agriculture + Procurement + Small Business + Supply Chain
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In the Gulf's Depths, a Rare Time Capsule

Using a remotely operated vehicle on the ocean floor, federal scientists happened upon the wreckage of a ship evoking a time when nations vied for power in the Americas.

• Filed under: Oceans + Research/Studies + Science + bathymetric maps + Bureau of Ocean Energy Management + Gulf of Mexico + noaa + sunken ships
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Growing Green Awards: The people behind the produce

The food producers honored by NRDC's Growing Green Awards are pioneers in the ways they produce food that nourishes our families and restores our water, air, and soil at the same time.

• Filed under: Agriculture + Food & Agriculture + Leaders + Receiving Recognition + Resource Efficiency
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Electric vehicles spread around the world

Paris, France --- (METERING.COM) --- May 18, 2012 - Electric vehicles (EVs) are popping up on streets around the world, as different cities promote the vehicles in a variety of ways, a new review by the International Energy Agency (IEA) has found.

Urban programs are seen as critical by the IEA for reaching the target of 20 million EVs worldwide by 2020, in order to increase energy security and reduce CO2 emissions.

• Filed under: 2012 + Asia + Europe & UK + News + North America + Smart Grids + Top Story + May
• Read more: Metering.com - The Metering International information and news site

Billboard Wars, Chapter 2 (or Is It 3?)

The media company that accepted the conservative Heartland Institute's controversial ad about climate change rejected one rival billboard but accepted another.

• Filed under: climate change + Politics and Policy + advertising + billboards + Clear Channel + Forecast the Facts + Heartland Institute + Pfizer + The Climate Reality Project + Comcast Corporation|CMCSA|NASDAQ + Microsoft Corporation|MSFT|NASDAQ + Pfizer Inc|PFE|NYSE
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On Our Radar: A Nuclear Snapshot

China has led the way in expanding nuclear generating capacity over the last decade.

• Filed under: Breaking News + Business + Endangered Species + forests + Nuclear Energy + Politics and Policy + wildlife + Brazil + Canada + cap and trade + carbon tax + deforestation + Energy I + nuclear power + Sumatran elephants
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Q. and A.: How to Save Bangladesh?

Bangladesh, buffeted by climate change and flooding, is a prime example of a country whose fate could be determined by what happens at a conference in Rio next month.

• Filed under: Agriculture + climate change + land use + Oceans + Politics and Policy + Rivers + Water Quantity + Weather Extremes + Bangladesh + Famine + Floods + Rio + 20 + typhoons
• Read more: Green