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March 3rd event will bring leading experts from U.S. and abroad to Capitol Hill WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- U.S. legislators and business leaders will meet with experts on climate change economics and policy at the Capitol building in March to discuss the challenges and opportunities for U.S. leadership on climate change, it was announced today. U.S. and international policymakers will join climate experts for the one-day bipartisan and bicameral event. The cosponsoring...

WASHINGTON and MIAMISBURG, Ohio, Feb. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- The World Resources Institute (WRI) and NewPage Corporation today announce a partnership to protect forests in Indonesia. NewPage will substantially fund WRI's "Project POTICO" (Palm Oil, Timber, Carbon Offsets), an initiative to combat illegal logging and preserve virgin rainforests in Indonesia by diverting new oil palm plantations to degraded lands. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20080514/NEWPAGELOGO ) To view the...

Broad and Diverse Coalition Presents Consensus Approach on Major Climate Initiatives WASHINGTON, Jan. 15 /PRNewswire/ -- The U.S. Climate Action Partnership (USCAP) today unveiled a comprehensive and detailed set of integrated policy recommendations for developing legislation that would create an environmentally effective and economically sustainable national climate protection program. The landmark document - titled A Blueprint for Legislative Action - echoes the sense of urgency that...

Ecoflation, the rising cost of doing business in a world with climate change, could hit consumers hard in the next 5 to 10 years says a report by World Resources Institute and A.T. Kearney, a global consulting firm.According to the report, fast-moving consumer goods companies could see earnings fall 13 to 31 percent by 2013, and up to 47 percent by 2018 if they do not take on sustainable environmental practices.The costs of global warming are not yet being reflected in consumer prices says...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is collaborating with the National Geographic Society and the World Resources Institute to develop tools that will help to fully account for the value of ecosystem services.Ecosystem services are the goods and services people obtain from natural systems. These benefits include clean air and water, erosion and flood control, soil enrichment, food, and fiber.EPA's Ecological Research Program in the Office of Research and Development will...

Alcoa reaffirmed its commitment to the pursuit of a sustainable future today, drawing a clear connection between environmental sustainability, through efficiency and conservation, and economic sustainability in the current climate. Speaking at the Alcoa Foundation's worldwide Advancing Sustainability conference in Barcelona, Spain, Alcoa President and CEO Klaus Kleinfeld said for Alcoa, operating in a sustainable way was as much about ensuring a solid economic future as a secure...

More than 300 global leaders will convene for The World Critical Resources Summit September 5, 2008 at The Times Center in New York City. Expert insights from the United Nations to the U.S. Department of Energy will influence solutions about renewable energy, water, food, medicine, child health and shelter. A new, online public forum will represent global conversations in advance of the conference at www.criticalresources.org/forum and registrations for the event are at...

By Charles Kochakian NEARING 40 years of age, the environmental movement is spinning its wheels, awash in good proposals it can't get passed. It's focused on litigation and playing within the system instead of moving courageously to build broad, potent alliances that might have the breadth and moxie to save a dangerously imperiled planet. The allegation isn't mine; it comes from James Gustave "Gus" Speth, the epitome of mainstream environmentalism: chairman of the President's Council on...

By Deborah ZabarenkoWASHINGTON -- Human-fueled global warming has reached a "tipping point," according to a new survey of scientific research that found warming would continue even if greenhouse gas emissions halted immediately."It would keep on warming even though we have stopped the cause, which is greenhouse gases from the combustion of fossil fuels," David Jhirad of the Washington-based World Resources Institute said on Wednesday.The rate of warming would be slower,...

WASHINGTON (AFP) -- General Electric Co. announced plans to double its investment in "cleaner technologies" for energy, transportation and other areas in a major new environmental initiative. GE, the world's biggest company in terms of market capitalization, called the announcement an "initiative to aggressively bring to market new technologies that will help customers meet pressing environmental challenges."The company will invest 1.5 billion dollars annually on the...