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TD Bank Receives EPA Green Power Leadership Award

2012-09-24 10:22:37

CHERRY HILL, N.J. and PORTLAND, Maine, Sept. 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- TD Bank, America's Most Convenient Bank(®), announced today that it has received a 2012 Green Power Leadership Award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), at an event held in conjunction with the 2012 Renewable Energy Markets Conference in Washington, D.C. TD Bank was one of only 12 organizations in the United States to receive a Leadership Award for its green power purchase. (Logo:...

Climate Unlikely To Benefit From Constraining World Trade

2012-09-24 14:01:13

Instead, researchers were able to pin down a number of factors explaining the pronounced imbalances between emission importers and exporters, the US current account deficit being one of them. Their conclusion: interventions in world trade, like CO2 tariffs, would probably have only a small impact on global emissions. Steadily growing world trade leads – as earlier research has shown – to a substantial transfer of CO2 from one country to another. The traded goods effectively contain the...

SaviCorp Appoints Steve Sperrazza as National Sales Manager

2012-09-20 02:20:28

SANTA ANA, Calif., Sept. 20, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- SaviCorp® (Pinksheets: SVMI) SaviCorp, maker of the DynoValve, today announced that Steve Sperrazza has been named National Sales Manager, effective immediately. In his position, Steve will be responsible for driving fleet sales and retail sales distribution, as well as hiring and training a national sales team to support these revenue-generating initiatives. Sperrazza has over 15 years of financial experience as a Wall Street...

American Carbon Registry Approves First Carbon Offset Methodology for Emission Reductions from Deltaic Wetland Restoration

2012-09-18 10:21:53

ARLINGTON, Va. and NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 18, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- A revolutionary new tool is now available to help restore the Gulf of Mexico's disappearing coastal wetlands -- Louisiana's first line of defense against damaging hurricanes like Katrina, Rita, Gustav and Isaac. Funded by Entergy Corporation, developed by New Orleans-based Tierra Resources and approved for use by the American Carbon Registry (ACR) following stakeholder consultation and scientific peer review, the new...

Air Products Again Included on Carbon Disclosure Project's (CDP) Carbon Disclosure Leadership Index

2012-09-18 10:21:16

LEHIGH VALLEY, Pa., Sept. 18, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Air Products (NYSE: APD), a leading global supplier of gases, materials, technology and equipment solutions, is again included on the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) Carbon Disclosure Leadership Index (CDLI), which recognizes the top 10 percent of S&P 500 and Global 500 companies in terms of climate transparency. Air Products is the only industrial gas company selected to the Global and S&P 500 CDLI for 2012. Representing 655...

Spectra Energy Named to Carbon Disclosure Project's Global 500 and S&P 500 Carbon Disclosure Leadership Indexes

2012-09-13 06:24:14

HOUSTON, Sept. 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Spectra Energy Corp (NYSE: SE) has been named to the 2012 Carbon Disclosure Project's (CDP) Global 500 and S&P 500 Carbon Disclosure Leadership Indexes. These indexes highlight companies that have displayed a strong approach to information disclosure regarding climate change. This is the fourth consecutive year that Spectra Energy has been recognized by the CDP and named to one or more of its leadership indexes. (Logo:...

"No Economic Argument" Against Increasing Indian Diesel Prices, Says Dr. Kirit Parikh Hours Before Key Cabinet Meeting

2012-09-13 06:24:12

LONDON, September 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Chairman of the Indian National Low-Carbon Growth Strategy Group Dr. Kirit Parikh said that there is "no economic argument" against increasing diesel prices. Speaking at the Diesel Emissions Conference India 2012 [http://www.integer-research.com/conferences/dec-india ], ahead of an Indian Government cabinet meeting addressing fuel subsidies, Dr. Parikh said he is hopeful of policy change after successive delays in addressing the...

Carbon Credits International Continues Pursuit of Non-Profit Market Niche - Providing Mobile Payment Technologies to Charitable Campaigns

2012-09-13 02:32:57

PHOENIX, Sept. 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Carbon Credits International, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: CARN) ("CCI" or the "Company") developer of Text-A-Day, a mobile payment solution technology, announced that the company continues to see a heightened interest in its mobile payment technology and service offerings from non-profit organizations. "Nearly 80% of our client base is comprised of non-profits, giving our mobile payment technologies a use rate potential that could far exceed the amount...

NOB Commissions Full Feasibility on Carbon Sequestration Modelling - Project 81 contains in excess of 500,000 tonnes/yr CO2 Capture Potential

2012-09-10 06:34:09

TORONTO, Sept. 10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Noble Mineral Exploration Inc. (the "Company") (TSX-V: NOB, FRANKFURT: NB7, OTC.PK: NLPXF) is pleased to announce that preliminary evaluation of the Carbon Dioxide (CO(2)) sequestration (Carbon Dioxide Capture & Storage) potential on Project 81 is in excess of 500,000 tonnes CO(2) per year for more than 30 years initially, generating a potentially significant revenue stream. Mikro-Tek of Timmins has been retained by the Company to complete a...

Coastal Habitats Must Be Saved From Destruction

The Destruction Of Coastal Habitats Releases Carbon Into The Atmosphere

2012-09-07 10:40:16

April Flowers for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online A new study, led by Duke University, estimates that destruction of coastal habitats may release as much as 1 billion tons of carbon into the atmosphere each year, which is about 10 times higher than previously reported. The analysis provides the most comprehensive estimate of global carbon emissions from the loss of these coastal habitats to date: 0.15 to 1.2 billion tons. The study, published online in PLOS ONE, suggest there is a...