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November 2010 Blog Posts (13)
ABC of Carbon Weekly Blog - V is for Vehicles for change
Chief executives of 13 automobiles companies and board members of the European Automobile Manufacturers' Association (ACEA), in a letter published in the UK Financial Times 10 December 2007, called for 'the kind of comprehensive agreement that our planet needs'. The European automakers stated: 'We are proud of our achievements in reducing greenhouse gas emissions from our vehicles and are ready to build on them in pursuit of still better products. We shall be all the more successful… Continue
Added by Change2 on November 29, 2010 at 9:00am — No Comments
Launch of a Sustainability Assessment and Improvement Strategy Development for the Fire Suppression Industry
Added by 3BL Media on November 27, 2010 at 1:21pm — No Comments
Addressing Frontline Healthcare Concerns - With A Laundromat
These stories and images form a narrative map of…
Added by 3BL Media on November 23, 2010 at 1:13pm — No Comments
Grollo - from the tallest to the greenest
Isn't it fascinating just how much happens when entrepreneurs get involved with sustainability? If you have a moment, read the Grollo information about the new Pixel building and see just how many opportunities they've created besides building the greenest building they possibly can. Their fact sheet lists their smart technology - and it also lists the new licenses and patents for new products and services.
So add this case study to your kit bag of good news stories:…
ContinueAdded by Leigh Baker on November 22, 2010 at 2:39pm — No Comments
ABC of Carbon Weekly Blog - U is for UNFCCC
With 192 Parties, the United Nations Framework Convention on Cimate Change (UNFCCC) has near universal membership and is the parent treaty of the 1997 Kyoto Protocol. The Kyoto Protocol has to date 176 member Parties. Under the Protocol, 36 States, consisting of highly industrialised countries and countries undergoing a transition to a market economy, have legally binding emission limitation and reduction commitments. The ultimate objective is to stabilise greenhouse gas… Continue
Added by Change2 on November 22, 2010 at 9:00am — No Comments
Storefront Philanthropy - Retailers are Creating a New Model of Philanthropy and Cause Marketing
Added by 3BL Media on November 17, 2010 at 12:30pm — No Comments
ABC of Carbon Weekly Blog - T is for Tax on Carbon
Various proposals have been put in recent times for a tax on carbon. In The Australian 12 November 2007, John Humphreys of the Centre for Independent Studies has recommended the new Australian Government consider a 'revenue-neutral carbon tax' as a means to drive a faster transition to cutting greenhouse gas emissions with less impact on… Continue
Added by Change2 on November 15, 2010 at 9:00am — No Comments
GIPSA rule supports family farmers
Small farmily farmers and ranchers who supply…
Added by 3BL Media on November 13, 2010 at 1:30pm — No Comments
Ethisphere Announces ‘Attorneys Who Matter’ for 2010
The Ethisphere Institute today announced its second annual list of Attorneys…
ContinueAdded by 3BL Media on November 13, 2010 at 1:22pm — No Comments
Innovation and Transformation: Making Change Work in the Federal Public Service
TOPIC: Innovation and Transformation: Making…
Added by 3BL Media on November 13, 2010 at 11:52am — No Comments
ABC of Carbon Weekly Blog - S is for Solar Power
Australia announced plans on 25 October 2007 to build the world's biggest solar power station. Federal government will contribute A$75 million towards the cost of the photovoltaic solar power plant in the first of a series of projects aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Australian Treasurer Peter Costello said the plant near Mildura in the southern state of Victoria would be the biggest of its kind in the world. The 154-megawatt power station will cost a total of A$420 million… Continue
Added by Change2 on November 8, 2010 at 5:30pm — No Comments
Tipping Point - Melbourne
On the 29th and 30th of October, I was at the Malthouse Theatre with people from the Arts and Science communities for TippingPoint, the first of its kind in Australia. Using a framework established in the UK, TippingPoint aims to bridge the gap between climate change…
ContinueAdded by Linh Do on November 2, 2010 at 9:15pm — No Comments
ABC of Carbon Weekly Blog - R is for Renewable Targets
When Kevin Rudd announced during the November 2007 federal election campaign in Australia that a Labor government would raise the mandatory renewable energy targets to 20% by 2020, it was greeted enthusiastically by the clean-energy lobby but described as unrealistic and unachievable by conventional energy producers and suppliers. The existing target for renewables was raised by the Liberal government in September 2007 to 15% - or 30 000 giggawatt hours - up from the previous target… Continue
Added by Change2 on November 1, 2010 at 9:30am — No Comments
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