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Will UK Will Exceed Its Carbon Reduction Targets? Part 1

December 8, 2011 by David Thorpe
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This is the first of two posts about the UK's climate emissions and its plans to reduce them. This first one represents the Government's current view: David Cameron and Nick Clegg last week launched a Carbon Plan setting out the Coalition Government's policies to meet its long term commitments to cut carbon emissions. These must, by... [read more]

Walmart's supply chain beware

March 2, 2010 by Doris de Guzman
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Let me get this news from Walmart last week before it becomes stale. Everybody knows in the supply chain community that what Walmart and other big box retailers do vibrates all the way even up to chemical feedstock producers. This year, Walmart decided to further put their nose in their supply chain's businesses by asking them (very... [read more]

Wal-Mart to cut 20 million metric tons of greenhouse gas pollution by 2015

February 27, 2010 by Joseph Romm
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What do you think of the sustainability efforts of the retail giant? Our guest blogger is Sarah Collins, intern with CAP’s Energy Opportunity team at the Center for American Progress. In 2009, Wal-Mart received the Aspen Institute Energy and Environment award for Corporate Energy Efficiency.  To build on this success, Wal-Mart just... [read more]

India moves ahead with an ambitious nuclear program to combat global warming

December 18, 2009 by Charles Barton
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More evidence is emerging that the Nuclear Power Corp. of India (NPCIL) is planning to finance future nuclear construction through debt financing. Both local and international sources will be tapped. NPCIL plans to raise at least $6.5 billion from local sources, and another 3 billion euros from international lenders. Local funding... [read more]

Is even 450 a fantasy?

December 14, 2009 by Lou Grinzo
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This depressing day for enviro news trundles on, and, like many people I know online and in meatspace, I’m finding it harder to remain optimistic. One article and related study neatly summarizes the situation, I think: Even 450 ppm Could Soon Be Out of Reach, PWC Warns: When the most traditional consultancies in the world note that... [read more]