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Getting on Board with Corporate Social Responsibility (08/26/2008)
Getting on Board with Corporate Social Responsibility Corporate boards can and should influence their companies' social and environmental performances finds a new report. Institutional investors are helping push the importance of social and environmental issues on companies' bottom lines. Corporate boards now need to figure how to respond to investors' and other stakeholders' demands concerning social, environmental, and governance (ESG) issues finds the report "The Role of the Board of Directors in Corporate Social Responsibility." The report was published by the Conference Board of Canada, a non-profit that researches business and economic trends. To read the complete article go to: http://www.enn.com/business/article/38033

Critics says air travel carbon offsetting too crude (08/20/2008)
Air travelers may be fooling themselves with a feel-good green glow from offsetting their carbon emissions, according to critics of the system.

Carbon funds grow in (08/20/2008)
The global carbon fund market, which invests in emissions offset credits from clean energy projects in developing countries, has risen by 63 percent to nearly $13 billion so far in 2008, environmental market analysts said on Thursday.

Wisconsin officials defend mercury emission rules (08/20/2008)
MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- Wisconsin pollution officials are defending a plan to force utilities to dramatically reduce their mercury emissions. Mercury is a byproduct of burning coal at power plants. It can cause neurological damage. The Department of Natural Resources adopted rules this summer requiring utilities to cut mercury emissions by 90 percent by 2015. Utilities can extend that deadline to 2021 if they achieve significant reductions in sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxide and mercury.

Honda considers exporting home-use solar panels (08/19/2008)
Honda Motor Co, Japan's second-biggest auto maker, said on Wednesday it is considering exporting solar cells as it plans to expand the annual capacity of a solar cell factory to 27.5 mega watts by the year-end.

WA: Washington Department of Ecology starts work on GHG reporting rule (08/19/2008)
The Washington Department of Ecology is developing a system for the state's large sources of greenhouse gases (GHG) to report their climate-changing emissions, according to an Aug. 5 press release. Under House Bill 2815, Gov. Chris Gregoire and the 2008 Legislature required the owners of large fleets of vehicles and large stationary sources of greenhouse gases to begin reporting their emissions in 2010. Lawmakers directed the state environmental agency to adopt rules to develop and implement an emissions reporting system. "Reporting is a key to understanding the amount of greenhouse gases released by Washington sources. With accurate, reliable data and our help, sources can identify the best ways to lower their emissions. We can't reduce what we don't track," said Stu Clark, Ecology's Air Quality Program manager.

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