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Carbon Disclosure Project Newsletter – Reporting Standard Interface

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Carbon Disclosure Project Newsletter – May 2012: “ The Carbon Disclosure Project has introduced a standard reporting format that is similar to the reporting for financials purposes. This should streamline the reporting process and make it easier for organizations to report. Of course, monitoring, measuring and reporting is only a small first step toward sustainability, but it is a critical first step. Here’s what they said in one area of the newsletter: Did you know…

Federal Appeals Court Ruling Puts Climate Change into Election Debate

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Federal Appeals Court Ruling Puts Climate Change into Election Debate: So there is no question. The EPA can, in fact, regulate greenhouse gasses (GHGs). It gives additional credibility to the science of GHGs=> Global Warming => Not good things for the future. There are a couple things that this will do. It will elevate the EPA and its regulations in the election world. It should escalate the attacks on the EPA. And one would hope that at…

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Global Carbon “Footprint” by Nation | The Big Picture

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Global Carbon “Footprint” by Nation | The Big Picture: Just in case you had not seen this really cool chart from a year ago… Here’s the BIG FOOT, big picture of emissions by country. Note that China has now outpaced the US based on pretty much any measure of emissions you might want to consider. They now burn half the worlds coal, adding on a new coal power plant every few days (about 5 last…

Marine scientist champions Blue Carbon

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Marine scientist champions Blue Carbon: “Seagrass meadows act as a massive carbon sink, capable of storing as much carbon as forests. There’s only one problem: due to poor watershed management and declining water quality near shorelines, seagrasses are disappearing at alarming rates.” [Italics added.] Great! We can get sea grass to function as a massive sink for CO2. There’s lots of ocean with lots of room for seagrass. The only one, small, tiny problem: we’re…

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New Garnier Fructis Pure Clean : Shampoo 2in1: 92% biodegradable! HUH!

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New Garnier Fructis Pure Clean : Shampoo and Conditioner: Here’s the add from Garnier below. AM I MISSING something. 92% biodegradable. What about the other 8%? !!!! Is this green marketing or bad humor? And shampoo is already, what 90% water? If this is good, it makes you wonder what the rest of the shampoo & conditioner world has to hold for the user, her hair and the environment. ·         Garnier commercial. Fructis shampoo, the…

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Green Car Congress: GE Energy launches fully networked Wattstation and Wattstation Connect software; pay by smartphone

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Green Car Congress: GE Energy launches fully networked Wattstation and Wattstation Connect software; pay by smartphone: ALL Right, We are finally making serious headway for an all electric car. (Or even a (re)Volt economy.) BUT we gotta get off Coal as the power source. Way to go GE. ‘via Blog this’