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‘Historic’ deal to halt hazardous waste export to southLeading world economies will no longer be able to export hazardous waste to poorer nations unless they obtain the latter's consent, a spokesman from the UN environment agency said Tuesday. |
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Virgin claims its new jet fuel will have half the carbon footprint of othersVirgin Atlantic Airways is planning to capture gases from steel mills, to create a new low-carbon jet fuel. |
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Dirty Nappies Recycled To Make Roof TilesBritain's first recycling plant for disposable nappies is opening in a bid to reduce the huge amounts sent to landfill every year. |
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Wal-Mart Takes Another Step Towards Food SustainabilityIt appears that retail giant Wal-Mart is ready to take another step on its sustainability journey. Sources within the food industry are reporting that Wal-Mart is planning to begin collecting data from its fruit and vegetable vendors in order to assess the sustainability of their operations. |
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UN Shipping Group Moves on Vessel Emission ReductionsAn International Maritime Organization panel adopted what it calls mandatory design and operational measures to reduce greenhouse gases from international shipping. |
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Teatulia: A tea company helps lift a village out of povertyFor some businesses, giving back means making a tax-deductible donation to a local little league team. But for Teatulia, an organic tea company, giving back means creating a better life for a community halfway around the globe. |
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India introduces e-waste lawA campaign forfronted by Greenpeace has after 6 years finally led to a legislation that make producers financially liable for the products they produces after the products life-span. |
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Despite setbacks, voluntary carbon markets boomingThe voluntary carbon market posted a 34 percent gain in 2010, trading a record 131 million tons of carbon dioxide equivalent (MtC02e). |
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Global Organizations Announce $8.4 Mil Grant to Give South American Recyclers DignityThe Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Coca-Cola Company, Fundación Avina, Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), and Multilateral Investment Fund (MIF), launched a coalition that aims to improve the lives of the at least 4 million people who make a living off of recycling. |
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Pressure Builds to End $4 Billion in Taxpayer Subsidies for Oil CompaniesIn these days of federal budget-cutting (and high gas prices), it was only a matter of time before subsidies for oil companies came under closer scrutiny. That moment has come. |
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World’s largest beef company signs Amazon rainforest pactThe world's largest meat processor has agreed to stop buying beef from ranches associated with slave labor and illegal deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon, according to the public prosecutor's office in the state of Acre. |
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Google is Building the World’s Largest Solar Tower Power PlantThe solar investments from Google just keep on comin’, and this time, it’s a biggie. On Monday afternoon, the search giant announced its largest investment in renewable energy to date: $168 million into one of the first utility-scale solar projects being built by startup BrightSource Energy in California’s Mojave Desert. |
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KFC dumps palm oil due to health, environmental concernsKFC said it is making the change due to health and climate concerns. Palm oil is high is saturated fat and has been associated with destruction of carbon-dense peatlands and rainforests in Indonesia and Malaysia. |
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GE To Build Largest Solar Factory In The U.S.GE announced Thursday that it’s planning to go big in solar panel manufacturing and will build the largest solar panel factory in the U.S., with an annual capacity of 400 megawatts of production of thin-film solar when it is up and running in 2013. |
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Corporate social responsibility
- Victory! Facebook ‘friends’ renewable energy
- Shark Fin Soup Off The Menu At China Luxury Hotels
- Apparel exporters to end child labour, cleanse supply
- Virgin claims its new jet fuel will have half the carbon footprint of others
- Wal-Mart Takes Another Step Towards Food Sustainability
- Teatulia: A tea company helps lift a village out of poverty
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