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New smog rule would throw counties out of compliance - Spreadsheets - Los Angeles Times - 0 views

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  • Adriana Trujillo on 26 Nov 14
     
    The Environmental Protection Agency is expected to propose tightening limits on ozone, the lung-damaging ingredient in smog, to between 65 to 70 parts per billion. The current standard of 75 parts per billion has been in place since 2008.
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Judge approves Anadarko's record $5.15 billion environmental settlement - 1 views

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  • Adriana Trujillo on 12 Nov 14
     
    A judge has cleared the way for Anadarko Petroleum topay $5.15 billion to settle an environmental suit, the largest penalty ever in such a case, over fraud claims related to its acquisition of chemical company Tronox eight years ago.
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How PepsiCo aims to close the loop on recycling | GreenBiz - 0 views

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  • Del Birmingham on 13 Feb 15
     
    PepsiCo is committed to working to increase the U.S. beverage recycling rate, with a goal of reaching 50 percent by 2018. Such a shift would capture billions of containers that otherwise would end up in landfill, streets, parks and waterways. PepsiCo and The Nature Conservancy forged a new initiative to "Recycle for Nature." By recycling any plastic bottle or aluminum can, consumers are directly helping support The Nature Conservancy's efforts to save and restore 1 billion gallons of water over the next five years.
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Goldman Sachs to invest $150 billion in clean energy - Fortune - 0 views

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  • Adriana Trujillo on 17 Nov 15
     
    Goldman Sachs has committed to investing $150 billion in clean energy technology by 2025. The bank will focus its spending on wind and solar projects as well as energy-efficiency measures. Kyung-Ah Park, Goldman's head of environmental markets, said more renewable projects would be installed this year than traditional systems, even though the economy is still in the early stages of shifting to clean energy
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The benefit of more electronics recycling? Try $10 billion | GreenBiz - 0 views

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  • Adriana Trujillo on 21 Oct 15
     
    Increasing the recycling rate to 100 percent industry-wide could generate an estimated $10 billion in cost savings and natural capital benefits, according to Trucost. For example, creating better closed-loop processes for reusing gold would have a bottom-line benefit of almost $100 million compared with $14.6 million at current recovery levels, according to the Trucost data.
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UPS Drives 1 Billion Miles on Alt Fuel, Beats Goal 1 Year Early · Environment... - 0 views

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  • Adriana Trujillo on 24 Aug 16
     
    UPS achieved its clean energy goal of driving 1 billion miles in its alternative fuel and advanced technology fleet one year earlier than planned, according to the company's most recent sustainability report.
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U.K. Botched Its Renewable Energy Programs, Auditors Report - Bloomberg - 0 views

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  • amandasjohnston on 18 Oct 16
     
    The U.K. government miscalculated the costs of renewable-energy support and is likely to overshoot its 7.6 billion-pound ($9.2 billion) annual budget by about a fifth in 2020 and 2021, according to auditors.
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Beef-Giant Canada Now Promoting a Plant-Based Diet - 0 views

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  • Del Birmingham on 27 Jul 17
     
    Canada is one of the world's largest beef producers, with its 60,000 ranches and feedlots contributing CAD $33 billion (US$26.2 billion) to the country's economy. But that is not stopping the federal government in Ottawa from issuing new dietary guidelines in an effort to promote healthy eating. Gone are the recommendations to eat a certain amount from various "food groups." Also eliminated, period, is any suggestion to consume dairy products. "Regular intake of water," is what a summary of the eating guidelines advise Canadians.
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Drop by Drop, Better Management Makes Dents in China's Water Stress | World Resources I... - 1 views

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  • Del Birmingham on 01 May 18
     
    The rate of increase in China's water withdrawals has significantly slowed, from 5.1 billion cubic meters per year in 2001-2010, to 1.6 billion cubic meters per year from 2010-2015.
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Better Buildings Challenge Nets Almost $2 Billion in Energy Savings - 1 views

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  • Adriana Trujillo on 25 May 17
     
    The U.S. Department of Energy's Better Building Challenge partners have reduced their cumulative energy use by 240 trillion BTUs and saved $1.9 billion through energy efficiency measures since the launch of the program in 2011, according to the Better Building Challenge's 2017 progress report.
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Climate Change to Affect 10 Million Americans by 2075, CBO Warns - Bloomberg - 0 views

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  • Adriana Trujillo on 29 Nov 17
     
    The Congressional Budget Office says the government's spending on disasters could rise from today's $28 billion to $39 billion in current dollars by 2075, when 10 million US residents will be "substantially affected" by climate change. The CBO suggests requiring coastal residents to carry more of the financial burden of their risk, as curtailing emissions might not go far enough to address the problem.
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Wrangler® Celebrates Saving Three Billion Liters of Water at Its Production F... - 1 views

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  • Adriana Trujillo on 23 Jan 17
     
    GREENSBORO, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--As Wrangler® celebrates a milestone of three billion liters of water saved since 2007, the global leader in jeanswear and casual apparel announces a goal to reduce water usage at its facilities by 20 percent by the year 2020.
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Harvard Study Finds $38 Billion Economic Benefit From EPA's Carbon Rule | ThinkProgress - 0 views

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  • Adriana Trujillo on 05 Jul 16
     
    Researchers from Harvard University published a study that analyzes the economic and public health benefits of implementing a U.S. power plant carbon standard similar to the Clean Power Plan. The study estimates that a U.S. power plant carbon standard could bring net benefits close to $38 billion annually.
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Renewable Wind Energy Source Adoption | The Energy Collective - 0 views

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  • Adriana Trujillo on 14 Oct 14
     
    The U.S. could reduce electricity costs by $7.68 billion per year by installing 54 gigawatts of offshore wind power, according to a study supported by the Department of Energy. The goal of the National Offshore Wind Energy Grid Interconnection Study was "to identify and help address the market barriers to the large-scale introduction of offshore wind energy into the U.S. energy portfolio," according to its authors. The report said offshore wind power could be especially useful in densely populated coastal areas
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L'Oréal outlines 2020 sustainability goals | News | Marketing Week - 0 views

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  • Del Birmingham on 01 Nov 13
     
    L'Oréal has outlined a new sustainability plan it hopes will help it reach its target of 1 billion new consumers by 2020 by producing more products with less environmental impact and helping customers make desirable but sustainable lifestyle choices.
  • Adriana Trujillo on 07 Nov 13
     
    L'Oréal has outlined a new sustainability plan it hopes will help it reach its target of 1 billion new consumers by 2020 by producing more products with less environmental impact and helping customers make desirable but sustainable lifestyle choices.
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-- Oceans: Public, private sectors must boost cooperation to save seas -- World Bank pa... - 0 views

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  • Mounting ocean health problems -- which are threatening the primary food source for more than 1 billion people -- can be fixed, but only with public and private sectors working together to a much greater extent, according to a World Bank blue ribbon panel.
  • Adriana Trujillo on 23 Oct 13
     
    Mounting ocean health problems -- which are threatening the primary food source for more than 1 billion people -- can be fixed, but only with public and private sectors working together to a much greater extent, according to a World Bank blue ribbon panel.
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Lululemon, Patagonia Pledge End to Endangered Forest Fiber Use · Environmenta... - 0 views

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  • Designer Eileen Fisher, apparel companies Quiksilver, Prana, Patagonia, Lululemon Athletica and other global clothing brands with revenues totaling more than $4 billion have partnered with environmental organization Canopy to develop purchasing policies that aim to end the use of endangered forest fiber. The companies along with 14 eco-designers are working to craft forest-friendly purchasing policies that track which forests their rayon and viscose fabrics are from. The group also will work to eliminate controversial forest fiber from their supply chains.
  • Adriana Trujillo on 04 Nov 13
     
    Designer Eileen Fisher, apparel companies Quiksilver, Prana, Patagonia, Lululemon Athletica and other global clothing brands with revenues totaling more than $4 billion have partnered with environmental organization Canopy to develop purchasing policies that aim to end the use of endangered forest fiber. The companies along with 14 eco-designers are working to craft forest-friendly purchasing policies that track which forests their rayon and viscose fabrics are from. The group also will work to eliminate controversial forest fiber from their supply chains.
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Massive wind farm will power Facebook's $1 billion data center campus in Fort Worth - D... - 0 views

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  • Adriana Trujillo on 20 Jul 15
     
    Facebook plans to build a billion-dollar data center near Fort Worth, Texas, and will draw the electricity needed to run the facility from a 200-megawatt wind farm being built nearby. 
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5 reasons the thirst for water technology will grow in 2014 | GreenBiz.com - 0 views

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  • Here are five factors driving the urgent need for better global water efficiency.
  • 1. Population trends translate into bursting demand
  • The United Nations figures that 1.2 billion people (about one-fifth of the world's population) are challenged by water scarcity
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  • The bottom line is that water availability will be a major investment consideration in business expansion plans around the world.
  • Just one example from the United States: In Chandler, Ariz., Intel has negotiated a unique relationship with the city to clean and return water tainted by its wafer manufacturing operation back to the local aquifers. Chandler owns the technology to do this, but Intel has helped make that investment possible. Both sides benefit
  • 2. Sanitation, irrigation needs transform wastewater treatment
  • most wastewater is still wasted: in high-income countries, the treatment rate is 70 percent, but it falls to just 28 percent for lower-middle-income nations and 8 percent in low-income economies.
  • 3. Utility costs are rising quickly
  • 4. Distribution networks are aging rapidly
  • Overall, the World Bank estimates the annual global value of water lost by utilities at $14 billion. The average U.S. utility pours up to 30 percent down the drain through leaks or un-billed usage.
  • 5. Data centers guzzle more water
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KKR & Co. L.P. - Milestone Year for KKR's Green Portfolio Program, Delivering Nearly $1... - 0 views

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  • Adriana Trujillo on 27 Oct 14
     
    Private equity firm KKR announced that Del Monte, Dollar General, Sealy, and the 24 other companies in its Green Portfolio Program have collectively avoided more than 2.3 million metric tons of GHG emissions from 2008 to 2013, generating $1.2 billion in new savings and revenues. Companies in the Green Portfolio Program agree to assess, measure, and optimize their environmental performance in ways that improve their businesses.
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