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February 9, 2009 Can We Meet Carbon Reduction Goals?The other day I was reading the US Climate Action Partnership (USCAP) Blueprint for Legislative Action on climate change. USCAP is a coalition of major corporations (like GE, Ford and PepsiCo) and highly-regarded environmental NGOs (like The Nature Conservancy and the Natural Resources Defense Council), so this is a group that stands to have some major influence on the final form of national climate change legislation. USCAP is pushing for... |
February 2, 2009 How Big is Your Footprint?There is a lot of talk these days about “carbon-footprints” or the amount of carbon dioxide emissions that are released into the atmosphere by day-to-day activities like manufacturing and consuming products, traveling, and using electricity – just to name a few. From carbon-labeling initiatives, like the one developed by Climate Trust, to the array of carbon calculators available on the Web, the evidence is clear – we are becoming a... |
January 26, 2009 The Orange Juice QuestionIt is really cool that we now know the carbon footprint of a 64-ounce container of Tropicana Pure Premium Orange Juice. Clearly, you need to know the carbon impact of a product before you can credibly claim to reduce its impact. The fun part for me is thinking about who is responsible for these emissions. Clearly, as a consumer, I can make the choice to avoid this product, thereby reducing my personal footprint. You could argue that the... |
January 20, 2009 DELL's Carbon OffsetsI wanted to thank Katie Fehrenbacher at Earth2Tech for cutting Dell a little slack in the face of recent criticism of their carbon neutral claims. She doesn’t give them a free ride, but at least she recognizes that their efforts have some real value whether they offset 100% or 5% of their emissions as claimed by the Wall Street Journal. I don’t want to get into the debate about Dell’s footprint or the value of offsets. Working for an... |
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