Claims that don't cut it
Tags: CARBON offsetting; GREENHOUSE gas mitigation; CLIMATIC changes; RENEWABLE energy sources; PUBLIC utilities; AUSTRALIAN Competition & Consumer Commission
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- Greening the Power of the Purse. Breggin, Linda // Environmental Forum;Nov/Dec2011, Vol. 28 Issue 6, p12
The article reports on the greenhouse gas emission reduction by creating a municipally run utility to replace a privately-owned energy company in Boulder, Colorado. It reveals that the city made a commitment to reduce its carbon footprint in response to the climate change crisis. In addition,...
- COP15 must remember implications for network infrastructure. // MarketWatch: Energy;Jan2010, Vol. 9 Issue 1, p13
The article reports that delegates should remember the implications of the commitments made to reduce greenhouse gas emissions at the Copenhagen Climate Change Conference, COP15 for their country's utility network infrastructure. It states that carbon reduction will have a hidden impact on the...
- Will utilities receive the support to deliver on Copenhagen commitments to electric vehicles? // MarketWatch: Technology;Jan2010, Vol. 9 Issue 1, p7
The article analyzes the commitment of various governments to work with utilities for providing the required infrastructure in support of deployment of electric vehicles (EVs) to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, after the recently held Copenhagen Climate Change Conference in Denmark. It notes...
- Features. // Utility Week;2/13/2009, Vol. 30 Issue 7, p19
This section offers news briefs concerning public utilities. A report commissioned for National Grid stated that renewable gas is capable of contributing to the renewable energy and carbon reduction targets for 2020 in Great Britain. The European Council on Foreign Relations mentioned that there...
- Confident Carbon Plan sets out obligations and cuts bureaucracy. // ENDS (Environmental Data Services);Dec2011, Issue 443, p40
The article reports on the official Carbon Plan that was published by the British government detailing how greenhouse gas emissions could be reduced to comply with its initial four carbon budgets established under the Climate Change Act of 2008. According to Energy Secretary Chris Huhne, the...
- turning carbon into gold. Harkinson, Josh // Mother Jones;Jul/Aug2008, Vol. 33 Issue 4, p13
The article discusses a renewable energy project funded by the producers of the film "An Inconvenient Truth" which gave money to NativeEnergy, a carbon offset company, to buy methane gas emitted from cow manure from a Pennsylvania dairy farm. The article questions whether NativeEnergy created a...
- Federal Trade Commission Reviews Guidelines for Environmental Marketing Claims. // Venulex Legal Summaries;2008 Q2, Special section p1
This article discusses the move of the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to review its guidelines regarding environmental marketing claims in 2008. It discusses the commission's approach to claims relating to greenhouse gas emissions, carbon offsets and Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs). It...
- Co-op launches new ethical plan. // ENDS (Environmental Data Services);Feb2011, Issue 433, p12
The article discusses an ethical operating plan launched by the Co-operative Group aimed at reducing absolute greenhouse gas emissions by 35%. The group intends to meet its target through in-store efficiencies, renewable energy systems and transport measures and plans to use projects developed...
- Backgrounder. Lawton, Graham // New Scientist;8/1/2009, Vol. 203 Issue 2719, p26
The article focuses on the American Clean Energy and Security Act, the first serious attempt to pass legislation to reduce U.S. greenhouse gas emissions. Provisions of the bill call for establishing a cap-and-trade scheme, as well as various renewable energy targets. The House of Representatives...
