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Del Birmingham

HP steps up to ask suppliers to slash emissions | GreenBiz.com - 0 views

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    HP became the first high-tech company to set specific greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction goals across its suppliers and business partners and an aggressive one at that: 20 percent by 2020, compared with 2010 levels.
Adriana Trujillo

How HP Plans to Reach 100% Renewable Energy Across Global Operations · Enviro... - 0 views

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    HP has committed to powering its global operations with 100 percent renewable energy - and says it plans to reach the 40 percent renewable electricity mark by 2020 - because, as Nate Hurst, HP's chief sustainability and social impact officer says, "both cost-effective and low carbon sources of energy are essential to the future and the growth of HP's business."
Adriana Trujillo

Catalyst, Coca-Cola, HP, Johnson & Johnson, and National Geographic Announce Goals to C... - 0 views

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    Hewlett-Packard, Johnson & Johnson, Coca Cola and twp other global corporations have made new commitments to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and cut energy use.
Adriana Trujillo

How HP is taking its Texas data centers 100% renewable | GreenBiz - 1 views

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    Hewlett-Packard is the latest in a slew of tech companies to bet big on renewable energy - a long-term play still fraught with short term complications.
Del Birmingham

Climate Change Costing Companies 'Millions' · Environmental Management & Ener... - 0 views

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    Gap, HP and Dr Pepper Snapple Group are among the S&P 500 companies facing climate change related risks and costs, according to a CDP report.
Adriana Trujillo

Apple, Google and bribing employees to hit corporate climate goals | GreenBiz - 1 views

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    Google, Apple, Bank of America, Best Buy, HP and Microsoft are among those giving financial incentives based on sustainability metrics a shot, according to a round up of corporate disclosure documents released this week by the environmental nonprofit CDP.
Adriana Trujillo

The Future Looks Clean: New Sustainable Fuel Buyers' Principles | Blog | BSR - 1 views

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    BSR launched the Sustainable Fuel Buyers' Principles, a guiding framework created by the members of BSR's Future of Fuels initiative to "build the market for low-carbon fuels, ensure progress toward a sustainable set of fuel options, and create opportunities for partnership and collaboration." The inaugural corporate signatories include Amazon, HP, IKEA, PepsiCo, UPS, and Walmart.
Adriana Trujillo

Selling Bottled Water That's Better for the Planet - The New York Times - 0 views

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    Environmentalists would prefer that everyone drank tap water -- but with consumers still clamoring for bottled beverages, water companies are trying to find ways to make their products more eco-friendly. Just Water uses bottles made from "green" plant-derived plastics, while other companies offer water in cardboard or easy-to-recycle aluminum packaging.
Adriana Trujillo

Obama Bans Drilling in Parts of the Atlantic and the Arctic - The New York Times - 0 views

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    President Barack Obama announced a new ban on offshore oil and natural gas drilling across broad areas of the Arctic and Atlantic oceans, using part of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act that would make it hard for his successor to reverse the decision. "They'll be arguing about this for years in the courts," said environmental lawyer Patrick Parenteau.
Adriana Trujillo

Rockefellers, Heirs to an Oil Fortune, Will Divest Charity of Fossil Fuels - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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    John D. Rockefeller built a vast fortune on oil. Now his heirs are abandoning fossil fuels. The family whose legendary wealth flowed from Standard Oil is planning to announce on Monday that its $860 million philanthropic organization, the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, is joining the divestment movement that began a couple years ago on college campuses.
Adriana Trujillo

Climate Change Study Finds U.S. Is Already Widely Affected - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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    Climate change is already hitting America hard, according to a new study, leading to water shortages in dry regions, heavy rains in wet regions, more frequent and severe heat waves, worse wildfires, and forests die-offs. "Climate change, once considered an issue for a distant future, has moved firmly into the present," the National Climate Assessment warns
Adriana Trujillo

'Unstoppable' decline for ice sheet - Darius Dixon - POLITICO.com - 0 views

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    A huge swath of the Antarctic ice cap is already crumbling, and preventing the thawing of the ice caps might now be impossible, a major new study suggests. The melting of the area studied alone would raise the world's sea level by nearly four feet, and total thawing could lead to up to a 12-foot surge in sea levels. Still, that probably won't happen for a century or two, since the ice is melting slowly, researchers say
Adriana Trujillo

Pope Francis to Explore Climate's Effect on World's Poor - The New York Times - 0 views

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    Pope Francis will release a major encyclical this week calling for the world's Catholics to take a stand against climate change and environmental degradation. The letter, the first such statement by a pope, will frame environmental activism as a social justice issue. "Pope Francis is personally committed to this issue like no other pope before him. The encyclical will have a major impact," U.N. climate chief Christiana Figueres said. 
Adriana Trujillo

Saving Water in California - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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    Californians aren't doing enough to reduce their water use, despite being caught up in a years-long drought, writes the editorial board of The New York Times. "The state must focus on longer-term policies that encourage people to alter their lifestyles and businesses to change how they operate," the board writes
Adriana Trujillo

Climate Deal Is Signal to Industry: The Era of Carbon Reduction Is Here - The New York ... - 0 views

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    The Paris climate accord heralds a new era for the global economy, with a wide range of investors and industries now likely to seek ways to avoid carbon risks and adopt less carbon-intensive ways of doing business, experts say. Secretary of State John Kerry says the deal will be a net job creator and sends a powerful message to the marketplace. Nancy Pfund, managing partner of DBL Partners, agrees. "It's very hard to go backward from something like this. People are boarding this train, and it's time to hop on if you want to have a thriving, 21st-century economy," she says. 
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