Sowing seeds, reaping energy with Harvest Power
ClimateBiz | 08 Apr 2012
Paul Sellew, the CEO of the company that turns food and agricultural leftovers into energy, talks about community-building, the importance of organics management in renewable energy, and why compost and power are all entertwined.
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Are businesses missing out on a sustainability goldmine?
ClimateBiz | 06 Apr 2012
Businesses of all sizes could be missing a lucrative opportunity -- and exposing themselves to long-term risks -- by overlooking competitive information in their own corporate sustainability reports.
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A carbon-negative economy: A practical prospect or a pipe dream?
ClimateBiz | 29 Mar 2012
Engineers and soil scientists at Iowa State and its Bioeconomy Institute are trying to find out as they explore the feasibility of a process called biochar. 
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Why we need carbon capture technologies
ClimateBiz | 27 Mar 2012
GreenBiz senior writer Marc Gunther's ebook, Suck It Up: How capturing carbon from the air can help solve the climate crisis, has reached the top of an Amazon best-sellers list -- on books about environmental economics.
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Why the world needs a better way to measure cities' emissions
ClimateBiz | 22 Mar 2012
There's a mountain of research that indicates cities are the prime laboratories to create real solutions to climate change. And the recent launch of new guidelines for cities means that they can start taking action today.
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Damage to world's oceans 'to reach $2 trillion a year'
Reuters | 20 Mar 2012
LONDON (Reuters) - The cost of damage to the world's oceans from climate change could reach $2 trillion a year by 2100 if measures to cut greenhouse gas emissions are not stepped up, a study by marine experts said on Wednesday.
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Sustainable dairies: The cream of the crop
ClimateBiz | 09 Mar 2012
With cows emitting all that methane, the milk-production industry contends with a carbon footprint as large as the airline industry's. But many dairies are doing something about it -- including making energy out of manure -- and the industry has launched its first U.S. Dairy Sustainability Awards to recognize the leaders.
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How Governments Are Embracing Voluntary Carbon Markets
ClimateBiz | 02 Mar 2012
From Oklahoma to South Korea, local governments are taking climate change seriously, with practical and region-specific efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
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13 Governments That Embrace Voluntary Carbon Markets
ClimateBiz | 01 Mar 2012
A new global climate-change regime is years away, but governments around the world are leveraging voluntary tools developed by the private sector to incubate climate-change solutions. A new Ecosystem Marketplace report takes stock of the leaders.
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Kaiser Permanente Aims to Cut GHG Emissions 30% by 2020
ClimateBiz | 28 Feb 2012
The health care giant that's pledged to green its facilities, energy and supply chain now sets a goal to reduce its carbon footprint.
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