BETHESDA, MD-- Lockheed Martin and MIT have announced a major research partnership to transform how the world combats climate change and produces and consumes energy.
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WASHINGTON--The biggest news this year for climate protection could come this week when delegates from around the world meet in Port Ghalib, Egypt to weigh action on phasing out hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs).
WASHINGTON--The Alliance for Climate Protection's Repower America campaign unveiled a new campaign designed to demonstrate broad national consensus for action on clean energy and climate.
PLEASANT PRAIRIE, WI-- We Energies, Alstom and The Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) have announced that a pilot project testing an advanced chilled ammonia process has demonstrated more than 90 percent capture of carbon dioxide (CO2) from the flue stream of at a coal-fueled power plant in Wisconsin.
FARMINGDALE, NY--Cemtrex Inc. has announced the release of the IR-09 multi-gas infrared analyzer for Greenhouse Gas monitoring and reporting.
CHICAGO--The Boeing Company was named the best performing industrial company in the 2009 Global Carbon Disclosure Leadership Index, which ranks corporations for transparency around reporting climate-change risks and actions to improve environmental performance.
BOSTON--Amid growing pressure on developing countries to join an international climate treaty later this year, a new Ceres report shows that emerging market banks are beginning to integrate climate change considerations into lending and other business decision-making, but that significantly more attention is needed.
ARLINGTON, VA-- Health Care Without Harm (HCWH) has entered into an agreement with the Clinton Climate Initiative (CCI), a project of the William J. Clinton Foundation, to develop programs to help hospitals and healthcare facilities reduce their environmental impact, particularly in the area of carbon reduction.
DALLAS, TX--Southwest Airlines has performed nearly 1,500 Pratt & Whitney EcoPower engine washes since July 2006, saving more than 9 million gallons of fuel worth $12.5 million, and reducing its CO2 emissions by nearly 90,000 metric tons.
MINNEAPOLIS-- Four labor unions and two environmental organizations today announced their support for comprehensive cap-and-trade climate change legislation in 2009.
HOPKINTON, MA-- EMC Corporation, a leader in information infrastructure solutions, announced it is a sponsor of the World Resources Institute's Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Protocol Product and Supply Chain Initiative, a joint effort with the World Business Council on Sustainable Development.
WASHINGTON-- Former U.K. Prime Minister Tony Blair will be among the high-level participants meeting with U.S. legislators and business leaders in the Capitol building on March 3 to discuss the challenges and opportunities for U.S. leadership on climate change, it was announced today.
LONDON-- Next year is set to be one of the top-five warmest on record, British climate scientists said on Tuesday.
TRENTON, NJ- -Department of Environmental Protection Acting Commissioner Mark Mauriello today released a proposed plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in New Jersey and invited the public to comment on the recommendations outlined in a draft report published on the state's Global Warming Web site.
WASHINGTON, D.C.-- AT&T Inc. today announced it would welcome the opportunity to work with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and other stakeholders to explore and develop cutting-edge approaches to combat the challenge of reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
NEW YORK, NY--The economic downturn will test the world's resolve to do more to fight global warming at 190-nation talks in Poland next week, but the election of Barack Obama as U.S. president should temper the gloom.
SOUTH BURLINGTON , VT--Carbon offset provide NativeEnergy has been ranked #1 in a new white paper published by three independent, sustainability focused organizations: Bainbridge Graduate Institute, Carbon Concierge, and Social Venture Network.
HONG KONG--The risks of inaction over climate change far outweigh the turmoil of the global financial crisis, a leading climate change expert said on Monday, while calling for new fiscal spending tailored to low carbon growth.
NEW YORK-- The Advertising Council, in partnership with Environmental Defense Fund and Ogilvy New York, has launched a series of broadcast and online viral public service announcements designed to urge Americans to take advantage of mass transit, carpooling and biking to combat global warming.
OSLO-- A new set of United Nations laws may be needed to regulate new Arctic industries such as shipping and oil exploration as climate change melts the ice around the North Pole, legal experts said on Sunday.
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