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Five of Big Six energy suppliers scrap green tariffs for new customers
2013-07-25 01:00:00| Power Technology
Five of the big six energy suppliers in the UK reported to have dropped their plans to provide green tariffs for new customers.
Big Data Goes Green: How Data Analytics Is Saving the Worlds Forests
2013-07-04 12:34:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Silicon ANGLE: Big Datas going mainstream and at the same time its rewriting the rules of forestry management. Tree farmers, logging companies, plantations and conservation groups tasked with managing forestry assets can use Big Data analytics to dig up all kinds of insights that can help them achieve their goals of sustainability. Predictive modeling is nothing new to the forestry industry. For years, its been used to forecast the impact of controlled burns, harvests and other forest management strategies....
IFC bets big on India?s green biz
2013-06-24 09:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Hindustan Times: The World Banks private sector lending arm, International Finance Corporation (IFC), sees a bright future in the Indian renewable energy sector. By the end of this month, its investment in Indian renewable energy and clean technology sectors that began in 2009-10 would have exceeded $1 billion (R5,900 crore). IFC follows a July-to-June calendar. Pravan Malhotra, who leads IFCs clean technology investment team in South Asia, said more than a third of this investment occurred this year alone....
Automakers Score Big in Global Green Brands Rating
2013-06-17 02:15:30| AutomotiveDigest.com - Automotive Industry News
Global automakers dominated a third annual study of global green brands conducted by Interbrand and Deloitte, with Toyota once again taking the top spot. Automakers made five of the top 10, and four more made the top 50, with Nissan and Ford honored for moving up the most on the list since last year. Study digs into rankings companies get for environmental perception among consumer and compares it to those companies actual environmental performance. Interbrand did extensive research on public perception of brand's sustainable or green practices. Compared that to environmental sustainability performance data provided by Deloitte data that is based upon publicly available information. Automakers were praised for their commitment to sustainability the report acknowledges their commitment to electric vehicles, producing cleaner vehicles, and influencing consumers to make more responsible choices Click here to read details on this major recognition for global automakers and their sustainability initiatives, from clean vehicles to manufacturing processes.The Article Automakers Score Big in Global Green Brands Rating appeared first on Automotive Digest.
Northwests so-called green law firms working for Big Coal
2013-02-01 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Seattle PI: Top Northwest law firms have, for years, hired out their strategic and lobbying talents to grease big-ticket development projects, from proposed Puget Sound oil ports to trans-continental pipelines to construction of an enormous nuclear power plant in the bucolic Skagit Valley. The drive to build big, coal-export terminals, on the Columbia River at Longview and Cherry Point north of Bellingham, is getting help from some of the region`s big-name barristers, according to a new report by the Sightline...