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How China’s economy is choking on smog | Talking Numbers – Yahoo Finance

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How China’s economy is choking on smog | Talking Numbers – Yahoo Finance: Imagine your favorite city closed down because of the weather, maybe a blizzard… Many of China’s cities can have the same problem, but it is because of smog pollution. This is a country that burns more coal than the rest of the world, combined. Nice thing is that they share this pollution with their neighbors. Plus the burning of coal is a…

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Dell Wants Employees To Work From Home – Business Insider

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Dell Wants Employees To Work From Home – Business Insider: Dell is following a “Do Good” plan for 2020. Remote work, packaging and shipping. Working with supply chain and customers as well. Looks pretty GOOD!:-) As it pertains to telecommuting… Dell seems to be saving a lot and doing “Good” as well. Telecommuting and other initiatives are outlined in Dell 2020 Legacy of Good Plan. Here’s a calc and additional info on Telecommuting savings: http://www.globalworkplaceanalytics.com/calculator So…

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Sustainability Business Success Hinges on CEO Mindset Change · Environmental Management & Energy News · Environmental Leader

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Sustainability Business Success Hinges on CEO Mindset Change · Environmental Management & Energy News · Environmental Leader: “Some 67 percent of CEOs in the study believed business is not doing enough to address global sustainability challenges. . .  While 84 percent believed business should lead the way in addressing those challenges” Sustainable Leaders… Seems like something that Hall and Knab were talking about in their 2012 article/chapter. For businesses and business leaders (CEOs) not to take an active…

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Microsoft, Owens Corning Join Climate Declaration · Environmental Management & Energy News · Environmental Leader

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Microsoft, Owens Corning Join Climate Declaration · Environmental Management & Energy News · Environmental Leader:  BICEP (Business for Innovative Climate and Energy Policy) calls climate change “one of America’s greatest economic opportunities of the 21st century. That’s right, opportunity. Microsoft and Owens-Corning have joined the Climate Declaration (spearheaded by CERES). This is a very nice & concise article on the more that 650 major corporations worldwide that have stepped up to the plat to take and…

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Patent Trolls Threaten Green Innovation · Environmental Management & Energy News · Environmental Leader

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Patent Trolls Threaten Green Innovation · Environmental Management & Energy News · Environmental Leader: There is a lot of discussion about “patent trolls” and the impact they have on various industries. Here is the argument about the impact they have on the innovation in “green” technology. This is really the case for all new technology and all new industries, but the argument is about the major impact the trolls have on smaller organizations in the…

Organic. Foods to buy Organic — The dirty dozen foods

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There’s a lot of discussion about foods that are really and issue to eat that are not organic. The idea is that you can eat the cheaper stuff in many cases but definitely spend the money on some of the foods that are really likely to be very unhealthy if you don’t go for the organically grown. Look here for the annual list of the dirty and also the green foods by Environmental Working Group’s annual list….