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Blue Source Canada has Sold 158,000 Tonnes of Carbon Offsets During First Compliance Period

Blue Source Canada, a subsidiary of Blue Source LLC, today announced that it has identified, registered and sold 158,000 tonnes of carbon offsets during the first compliance period for the Specified Gas Emitters Regulation in Alberta, North America's first regulated carbon trading market.

30 Apr 2008

Healdsburg, Newport Beach and Petaluma Roll Out City-wide Water Savings Initiative

Healdsburg, Newport Beach and Petaluma have implemented the WeatherTRAK(R) smart water management solution to conserve water at parks and other landscaped sites.

29 Apr 2008

Research Project to Evaluate Climate Change Impacts on the U.S.

A prominent climate researcher and professor at the Department of Geosciences at Texas Tech University has been invited by the White House to serve as a lead author on a national research project to evaluate climate change impacts on the United States.

29 Apr 2008

To Better Understand the Regional Climate-Change Picture

The state of Alaska has the dubious distinction of leading the lower 48 in the effects of a warming climate. Small villages are slipping into the sea due to coastal erosion, soggy permafrost is cracking buildings and trapping trucks.

29 Apr 2008

SAS for Sustainability Management Makes Being Green Easier

Today's announcement of SAS for Sustainability Management introduces the first decision-support software platform for proactively identifying innovative strategies that effectively address complex environmental, social, and economic situations while achieving stakeholder objectives.

29 Apr 2008

Award to Recognize Effort to Help Families Use Solar Energy to Reduce Utility Bills

Maryland Senator Robert Garagiola and Delegate Sue Hecht each received the prestigious Government Leadership Award today for their prominent roles in passing the Maryland renewable portfolio standard into law to mandate the increased use of solar energy.

29 Apr 2008

Global Climate Change Will Require Changes to Business Models in the Years Ahead

CME Group, the world's largest and most diverse derivatives exchange, and Storm Exchange, Inc., a leading weather risk management originator, announced today the results of a benchmark study which revealed that 82 percent of senior finance and risk managers believe global climate change will require changes to their business models in the years ahead.

29 Apr 2008

Providing Emission Control Components to Local Chinese Vehicle Manufacturers

Equicap, Inc. has announced that its wholly owned subsidiary Usunco Automotive has started to provide advanced Diesel Oxidation Catalyst (DOC) technology to Chinese tier-one automobile and off-road vehicle manufacturers.

29 Apr 2008

A Step Closer to Turning Plants into Biofactories

Australian researchers are a step closer to turning plants into 'biofactories' capable of producing oils which can be used to replace petrochemicals used to manufacture a range of products.

29 Apr 2008

Company's Environmental Research Efforts Deepen with New Power Aware Program

As part of its Sustainable Computing Program, Microsoft Corp. today announced it will support four academic research projects focused on energy efficiency in computing in the areas of datacenter power efficiency, power management and the creation of parallel computing architecture with decreased power demands.

28 Apr 2008