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BENTONVILLE, Ark., Feb. 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (NYSE: WMT) today announced a goal to eliminate 20 million metric tons of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from its global supply chain by the end of 2015. This represents one and a half times the company's estimated global carbon footprint growth over the next five years and is the equivalent of taking more than 3.8 million cars off the road for a year. "Energy efficiency and carbon reduction are central issues in...
Arsenic, Other Deadly Pollutants Found in Water From Additional Sites in DE, FL, IL, IN, MD, MI, MT, NC, NM, NV, PA, SC, TN and WV; Toxic Metals Found at Levels Up to Nearly 150 Times Federal Limits WASHINGTON, Feb. 24 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The case for the federal Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to stop sitting on a delayed Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) coal-ash site contamination rule is even stronger than it first appeared to be, according to a major new report from...
RED BANK, N.J., Feb. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- A new graphical tool was released today on the internet to help educate practitioners and the public on how they can directly and immediately impact their carbon emissions in international trade. The complex movement of goods in multiple modes of transportation is modeled in real time on the internet. The tool provides a simple and intuitive way to understand the volume of carbon generated by a single international shipment and to then change...
NEW YORK, Feb. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- As the fashion world turns its attention to the Tents at Bryant Park, this year marks the first time that Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in New York City will be a completely carbon neutral event. In an initiative underwritten by leading carton packaging manufacturer Tetra Pak, and supported by Tetra Pak's customer and natural beverage supplier O.N.E.(TM) Natural Experience, Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week will be using a combination of emission reduction...
WASHINGTON, Jan. 25 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Every year the United States produces about 70 million tons of fly ash from coal-fired power plants. This material has physical and chemical properties that make it an ideal substance for making concrete. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency promotes recycling fly ash and other byproducts of coal combustion through its Coal Combustion Products Partnership, a consortium of governmental and industry groups. The agency identifies recycling of...
HOUSTON, Jan. 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Hart Energy Consulting is pleased to announce the consultancy has received funding from both the Lucille and David Packard Foundation and the Energy Foundation for the project "Land Use Change: Science and Policy Review." This project is being undertaken by the global consultancy with CABI, a not-for-profit science-based development and information organization based in the Netherlands that provides information and applies scientific expertise to solve...
SAINT NICOLAS, Belgium, January 19 /PRNewswire/ -- In the coming decade, Europe will be hit by abnormal heat waves more often, meaning additional air conditioning, higher energy costs and more CO2 emissions. The European Parliament did not wait for the UN climate conference in Copenhagen to set a good example. Recently, its enormous dome-glass building was entirely covered with the sun-resistant and energy-saving Luxasolar(R) window film, developed by Belgian company Luxafoil NV. After...
NIEUWEGEIN, The Netherlands, December 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Ballast Nedam will achieve a 30% reduction in its CO2 emissions by the end of 2020. One result of the 2009 Carbon Awareness Programme (CAP) was the establishment of the Carbon Footprint. Ballast Nedam's CO2 emissions for 2008 totalled 80 kilotons. Before the end of 2010, Ballast Nedam will have achieved a 10% reduction in emissions compared to 2008 levels (adjusted for changes in turnover). These are the specific targets...
COPENHAGEN, Dec. 18 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The National Center for Public Policy Research is showcasing the hypocrisy of the carbon-emitting travels of global warming activists at COP-15 in Copenhagen by offering conscience-clearing "hypocrisy offsets" to attendees. The hypocrisy offsets parody carbon offsets sold and traded allegedly to allow people to live carbon-neutral lives. The hypocrisy offsets also highlight the insincerity of world-traveling, energy-guzzling COP-15 delegates....
A controversial new report claims that climate change is natural and not man-made and lists 100 reasons why to back the theory, The Telegraph UK reported.Some of the reasons listed in the paper claim there is "no scientific proof" that the rising levels of greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide (C02) are caused by human activity.The European Foundation, which issued the report, also claims increased levels of C02 are not a problem because it helps to boost crop yields.The report...
