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FAO - News Article: Food waste harms climate, water, land and biodiversity - ... - 0 views

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article news food scarcity waste

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  • Adriana Trujillo on 16 Sep 13
     
    (UN Food and Agriculture Organization) calculates that the world throws out 33% of the food it produces, resulting in 1.3 billion metric tons of food waste per year. This wasted food results in 3.3 billion metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions, requires 3.5 billion acres of farmland, and costs the world $750 billion per year (excluding seafood).
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Carnival to cut air pollution from cruise ships - latimes.com - 0 views

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carnival air pollution cruise ships latimes

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  • Adriana Trujillo on 13 Sep 13
     
    Carnival Corporation will spend $180 million to install scrubbers designed to reduce sulfur emissions on 32 ships. In return for installing the technology, the EPA will exempt the ships from its low-sulfur fuel mandate.
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Crowdfunding: The Next Frontier of Corporate Philanthropy - 0 views

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crowdfunding

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  • Adriana Trujillo on 13 Sep 13
     
    Philanthropy has long been a common business activity. From local restaurants sponsoring their town's little league team, to Fortune 500 companies with million dollar foundations, companies have found that it's good business sense to give back to the communities in which they operate.
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Nissan All-Electric Delivery Van Coming in 2014 - 0 views

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nissan delivery van electric vehicle

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  • Adriana Trujillo on 13 Sep 13
     
    Nissan, maker of the popular LEAF all-electric sedan, is on track to offer a 100 percent electric delivery van next year.
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Taking Down Big Food Is The Name Of Chipotle's New Game : The Salt : NPR - 0 views

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Chipotle animals responsible cattle

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  • Adriana Trujillo on 13 Sep 13
     
    Chipotle has released a short film that touts the company's ethical-sourcing policies. The video features a scarecrow who wanders through a "Crow Foods Incorporated" factory, is horrified by the treatment of animals inside and decides to open his own ethically sourced eatery -- one that bears a marked resemblance to Chipotle
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For Natural Gas-Fueled Cars, Long Road Looms Ahead - 0 views

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natural fuel cars

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  • Adriana Trujillo on 05 Sep 13
     
    The natural gas boom that fracking wrought has shaken up the global energy landscape. Now its effects are rippling toward the fuel tanks of U.S. cars and trucks, although a few leaps may be required for natural gas vehicles to go mainstream.
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Rocky Mountain Power's Blue Sky program among best in U.S. | The Salt Lake Tribune - 0 views

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mountain power program

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  • The U.S. Department of Energy recently released its ranking of the leading utility green power initiatives, and for the 10th year PacifiCorp — the parent company of Rocky Mountain Power and the Oregon-based Pacific Power— was named among the top five programs nationally.
  • Adriana Trujillo on 05 Sep 13
     
    The U.S. Department of Energy recently released its ranking of the leading utility green power initiatives, and for the 10th year PacifiCorp - the parent company of Rocky Mountain Power and the Oregon-based Pacific Power- was named among the top five programs nationally.
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Green Sells: Meaningful Brands Outperform the Stock Market - 0 views

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brands sells ROI

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  • Adriana Trujillo on 04 Sep 13
     
    New research documents that green products and meaningful brands deliver increased sales plus financial performance that outperforms the stock market.
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Ammonia Leak Kills 15 in China · Environmental Management & Energy News · Env... - 0 views

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ammonia kills china supply chain

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  • liquid ammonia leak from a frozen storage and logistics business in Shanghai sent stinging fumes into a nearby residential area, killing at least 15 people and injuring 25 others, reports China’s Xinhua News Agency.
  • Liquid ammonia, a colorless chemical, was used in food refrigeration at Shanghai Weng’s Cold Storage Industrial, a business that imports, exports, stores and processes seafood.
  • Adriana Trujillo on 03 Sep 13
     
    A liquid ammonia leak from a frozen storage and logistics business in Shanghai sent stinging fumes into a nearby residential area, killing at least 15 people and injuring 25 others, reports China's Xinhua News Agency.
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Obama to Pick Clean-Air Regulator · Environmental Management & Energy News · ... - 0 views

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obama air clean

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  • Adriana Trujillo on 29 Aug 13
     
    Janet McCabe, a deputy administrator at the EPA's clean-air office, is expected to be nominated to head the division, a position that would put her at the center of President Obama's controversial climate change plan, the National Journal reports.
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Aviation Emissions Report Adds Urgency to GHG Plan · Environmental Management... - 0 views

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emissions company report GHG

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  • Adriana Trujillo on 29 Aug 13
     
    Emissions trading offers the best and most cost-effective way of mitigating aviation emissions and climate impact by 2050, according to a report by Manchester Metropolitan University's Centre for Air Transport and Environment (CATE).
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Bio-Tec Patents Environmentally Friendly Plastic Method · Environmental Manag... - 0 views

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patents environmentally friendly plastic

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  • company says. Bio-Tec has also received a US notice of allowance for an
  • Adriana Trujillo on 29 Aug 13
     
    Bio-Tec Environmental has patented a method of creating a layered polymeric plastic or composite. The biodegradable-plastics company has been granted US Patent 8,222,316 and foreign equivalents for this process. Products that combine the patented method with Bio-Tec's patent-pending formulations are under development, the company says.
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Shampoo Manufacturers Sued for Use of Toxic Substance Without Label Warning - 0 views

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shampoo manufacturers label warning substance supply chain CEH

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  • Adriana Trujillo on 29 Aug 13
     
    CEH filed lawsuits against four personal care product manufacturers after it found evidence of a toxic substance, cocamide Diethanolamine (cocamide DEA) in their shampoos, soaps and other personal care products. The nonprofit firm also sent letters to approximately 100 firms whose products also tested positive.
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AT&T, EDF Toolkit Promises 28bn Gallons in Commercial Building Water Savings ... - 0 views

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building water savings management toolkit target 2015

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  • cooling towers typically use 28 percent of their daily water for cooling
  • The Building Water Efficiency toolkit is the result of data and lessons from pilot projects that ran across the US during the summer and fall of 2012.
  • For its own operations, AT&T says it identified water savings opportunities of 14 percent to 40 percent per pilot facility and did so in a way that also made business sense.
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  • $100,000 to install but AT&T expects it to produce more than $60,000 in annual water and sewer savings, paying for itself in less than two years.
  • $4,000 equipment upgrade to expand free air cooling will result in about $40,000 in annual savings, the company says.
  • AT&T aims to reduce its approximately 1 billion gallon annual cooling tower water use by 150 million gallons per year by 2015.
  • Adriana Trujillo on 29 Aug 13
     
    US commercial buildings can collectively save up to 28 billion gallons of water annually by using a suit of tools produced by AT&T and Environmental Defense Fund (EDF), the organizations say.
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6 things one utility now knows about electric vehicles | GreenBiz.com - 1 views

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utility electric vehicles trends

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  • SCE customers lease or own more than 12,000 plug-in electric vehicles (PEV), which represent about 10 percent of national EV sales. Because California leads the nation in EV adoption, other utilities and stakeholders in the auto industry may find the information from the white paper useful.
  • The Southern California region and SCE’s service territory in particular is seeing significant uptick of early plug-in vehicle adoption,”
  • Adriana Trujillo on 28 Aug 13
     
    Currently, SCE customers lease or own more than 12,000 plug-in electric vehicles (PEV), which represent about 10 percent of national EV sales. Because California leads the nation in EV adoption, other utilities and stakeholders in the auto industry may find the information from the white paper useful.
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New Disney Facility in Santa Clarita Faces Hurdles - The Hollywood Reporter - 0 views

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disney golden oak facility hurdles

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  • removal of 158 oak trees
  • Planning and the Environment
  • We’re considering our options.”
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  • The Ranch, which will take up 58 acres of Golden Oak Ranch
  • an 890-acre piece of land owned by Disney that already hosts about 300 days of production each year.
  • six soundstage buildings
  • 2,854 people and contribute $533 million in annual economic activity throughout Los Angeles County.
  • Full build-out, though, could take years, even after the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors approved the project during a vote Tuesday. Still ahead are meetings with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board
  • SCOPE and other environmental groups have been addressed
  • plant 1,600 new oak trees in the area, and argues that 637 acres of Golden Oak Ranch will remain a natural backdrop area. Disney also touted several “green design features” for reducing energy consumption, traffic and storm-water runoff.
  • Plambeck, though, isn't satisfied,
  • "to a voluntary project condition that places a conservation easement over the remaining undeveloped portions of the Golden Oak Ranch as a condition precedent to any permit issuance."
  • not develop 637 acres,
  • but if that's the case, why won't they put it into a conservation easement to assure everybody of their intentions?"
  • The Sierra Club, for example, has taken a neutral position on the
  • SCOPE
  • Santa Clarita Organization
  • Adriana Trujillo on 28 Aug 13
     
    A local environmental group slams the plan for the just-approved 58-acre facility, which will eventually employ 2,800 people but faces months of hearings before breaking ground
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Shareholders to Tyson Foods: Disclose Pig Gestation Crates Risks · Environmen... - 1 views

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foods pig gestation trends shareholder

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  • Gestation crates measure about 2 feet by 7 feet and are used to tightly confine breeding pigs — to the point where they cannot turn around — for most of their lives
  • Adriana Trujillo on 28 Aug 13
     
    Smithfield's pledge followed a legal complaint by the Humane Society alleging that the pork supplier claimed to have higher animal welfare and environmental standards than it actually did.
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Marriott Cuts Landfill Waste per Room by Nearly 5% · Environmental Management... - 0 views

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hotel marriot cuts waste

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  • 4.9% from 2011 to 2012
  • s a result, Marriott-managed properties in the Americas diverted over 12,800 tons of waste from landfills through recycling and food waste composting, according to the report.
  • Adriana Trujillo on 28 Aug 13
     
    Marriott decreased landfill waste per occupied room in its Americas region by 4.9% from 2011 to 2012, the company announced in its 2013 sustainability report update
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Shareholder Support for Environmental Resolutions Hits 10-Year High | Directorship | Bo... - 0 views

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shareholder resolutions

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  • 14 environmental and social resolutions earned at least 40 percent shareholder support, with requests for sustainability reporting that includes greenhouse gas emissions and energy efficiency targets gaining over 40 percent support.
  • Adriana Trujillo on 28 Aug 13
     
    According to Green Biz, 14 environmental and social resolutions earned at least 40 percent shareholder support, with requests for sustainability reporting tha tincludes greenhouse gas emissions and energy efficiency targts gaining over 40%
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El Paso Zoo launches app to help save the rainforest - Financial and Business News - ME... - 0 views

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paso zoo app rainforest palm oil

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  • This is an environmental issue, but it is a consumer-driven issue. Palm oil is being produce because consumers are purchasing items with palm oil in them
  • the El Paso Zoo and El Paso Zoological Society have developed a scanning app that allows people to make informed choices about the products they buy."
  • The El Paso Zoo launched a free national smartphone application Thursday that scans the product's bar code on the back of the item to help consumers identify which ones use palm oil.
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  • You go to the app, scan the item's bar code, and then it will tell you which one has palm oil and which one doesn't. It is
  • Adriana Trujillo on 28 Aug 13
     
    The El Paso Zoo launched a free national smartphone application Thursday that scans the product's bar code on the back of the item to help consumers identify which ones use palm oil. The El Paso Zoo Palm Oil Guide and Scanner app is currently available in the iTunes App Store for iPhones. An Android version will be available next month.
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