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Microsoft Commits to Carbon NeutralityMicrosoft has committed to become carbon neutral beginning on July 1, the start of the company’s new fiscal year. The shift results from three years of internal discussions within the company to improve Microsoft’s carbon footprint and environmental performance. |
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Broadcasters ordered to dial down TV ad volumeCanada’s broadcast regulator has been asking TV providers to turn down the racket in loud commercials, and now it is making that an order. |
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Momentum builds: Burger King Switches to Cage Free Pork and EggsBurger King on Wednesday became the first major U.S. fast-food chain to pledge that all of its eggs and pork will come from cage-free chickens and pigs by 2017. |
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Bar Codes Apps Allow Consumers To Make Socially Conscious Choices
via Triple Pundit |
Fri April 27, 2012 |
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Ford Cuts Global Waste by 100 Million Pounds and CountingToday the Ford Motor Company announced huge successes in cutting waste at its factories and has pledged to ramp up those efforts in the coming years. |
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US to make profit from bailouts, Treasury saysThe US will make a profit from bailing out the nation's banks and carmakers at the height of the financial crisis, the Treasury Department has said. |
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Whole Foods to Stop Selling Overfished SpeciesWhole Foods Market found a way to commemorate Earth Day: it will no longer sell wild-caught fish with a “red-rating,” meaning a species is overfished, in its seafood departments, starting this Earth Day (April 22). |
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American Scientists Make Great Leap in Battery TechnologyEnvia Systems, a battery maker based in California, announced on Monday what it called a “major breakthrough” in lithium-ion cell technology that would result in a significant increase in the energy density — and a sharp reduction in the cost — of lithium-ion battery packs |
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Safeway Announces Sustainable Tuna-Sourcing PolicySafeway recently announced that the Safeway brand Skipjack (chunk-light) canned tuna will be responsibly caught using free-school purse-seine methods. This method of using purse-seiners spots tuna schools by using radar and sonar. The company will transition to this method by the end of the year. |
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Keystone oil sands pipeline rejected, for nowThe Obama administration rejected a bid to expand the controversial Keystone oil sands pipeline Wednesday, saying the deadline imposed by Congress did not leave sufficient time to conduct the necessary review. |
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Levi’s drops Asia Pulp & Paper due to its link to deforestation in IndonesiaLevi Strauss & Company became the latest firm to drop Asia Pulp & Paper (APP) as a supplier due to concerns over APP's continued clearing of rainforests in Sumatra, reports the Rainforest Action Network, a green group in the midst of a campaign against APP. |
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US rolls out historic mercury limits for power plantsUnveiling a historic rule, the Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday announced the first national requirement for the nation's coal-fired power plants to reduce emissions of mercury, arsenic, cyanide and other toxic pollutants. |
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Solar’s Best Quarter EverFor the third quarter of 2011, solar installations in the U.S. broke a record: 449 megawatts of new capacity in just three months, according to a report by the Solar Energy Industry Association (SEIA). |
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Victory! Facebook ‘friends’ renewable energy
via Green Peace |
Mon December 19, 2011 |
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Corporate social responsibility
- Victory for Forests: Disney Stands Up for Endangered Forests and Animals
- Hong Kong’s Cathay Pacific bans shark fins as air cargo
- Johnson & Johnson Announces a Ban on Harmful Chemicals in Products
- How Some Food Retailers Are Coming to the Rescue of Pigs
- Company Designs Bottle From Great Pacific Garbage Patch Debris
- KFC-Indonesia suspends purchases from Asia Pulp & Paper due to deforestation
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