RESPONSE: How business is addressing the global warming threat.
World Economic Forum, Climate Change Day 1, Easy Being Green
AUSTRALIAN NIC FRANCES UPDATES ON THE KEY ACTIVITY FROM DAY ONE AT DAVOS:
"Hi, I'm Nic Frances from Easy Being Green and it's the end of a very long first day at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
We've all come here this year because we did something quite extraordinary in terms of the world in New South Wales last year. We aggregated millions of tonnes of CO2 from half a million residents. This was a great achievement by NSW and great for residents too; they saved money while contributing to slowing down CO2 emissions in Australia.
What this taught us is that it's actually possible, probably and hopefully in the next two or three years, to reduce CO2 emissions just by changing the light globes..."
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Towns and Businesses are Reducing Their Energy Use
This piece discusses steps that towns and businesses are doing to reduce the amount of energy they use and lessen their contribution to global warming. The new Congressional Majority is also discussing the possibility of global warming legislation.
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Clinton: New energy economy means good jobs
Clips on global warming from her 2-11 townhall in Keene, NH. Senator Clinton explains how she sees global-warming policy improving the economy.
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Energy Independence & Climate Protection: The Business Case
"Energy Independence and Climate Protection: A Business Perspective" is a nine-minute video produced by the Climate Protection Campaign. The video
describes the economic benefits of taking action now. The video features six national business experts:
·Charles Biderman, President and founder of TrimTabs Investment Research
·Peter Darbee, Chairman, CEO and President,PG&E Corporation, and Chairman, Pacific Gas and Electric Company
·Dan Kammen, Director, Renewable and Appropriate Energy Lab, U.C. Berkeley
·Nancy Rader, Executive Director, California Wind Energy Association
·Dan Reicher, President, New Energy Capital, former U.S. Secretary of Energy
·Christopher T. Walker, Managing Director, Greenhouse Gas Risk Solutions, Swiss Re
Executive Producers: Charles Biderman, Ann Hancock, Alan Strachan
Director/Editor: Greg O'Toole
Producer: Mary Ellis
Interviews by: Alan Strachan
Opening Music by: David Jacobs-Strain
Sponsors: Pacific Gas and Electric Company, TrimTabs Investment Research, Paul Dolan
For more information, please contact: Ann Hancock, (707) 823-2665,
ann@climateprotectioncampaign.org
www.climateprotectioncampaign.org
The mission of the Climate Protection Campaign is to create a positive future for our children and all life by inspiring action in response to the climate crisis. We advance practical, science-based solutions for significant greenhouse gas reductions. The Campaign works with government, business, and schools and has established six national precedents in climate protection through their work with communities in Northern California.
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Profile of Timberland's carbon neutrality on NBC
Footwear maker Timberland seeks to reduce its contribution to global warming
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Solar Power Makes a Comeback
November 2006 (Medialink) - Solar energy is abundant and infinitely renewable. Now, major corporations are doing their part to help the environment by putting their unused rooftop space to good use.
Corporations like Google, Staples, and General Motors are rolling out the latest solar technology. In fact, the General Motors California facility has the largest corporate design solar energy system in operation. Their current installation generates one megawatt.
While solar energy costs have dropped over 50 percent over the last 30 years, prices still remain high for the average consumer. Yet, if you have the biggest companies in the world putting solar technology on their rooftops, that will drive up supply and demand of the systems. In turn, this will bring down the costs - making it affordable for even the smallest of homeowners.
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Produced for General Motors
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Sky News: Debate on global warming, 13/10/2006
Debate on Sky News Sunrise morning programme between financial journalist Daniel Ben-Ami and Germana Kanzi of Friends of the Earth on approaches to dealing with climate change. Begins with a review of the possible impacts of increases in global temperature.
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TreeHuggerTV: Green Alcatraz, Cool Cob and Toxic Co.
This week TreeHuggerTV brings you something dirty, something clean, and a whole lot of green in between, starting with a look at the Toxic 100 list of the largest corporate polluters. But before you jump to any quick conclusions, we?ll let you know what Toxic 100 company also made the list of Global 100 of the most Sustainable Corporations in the world. In cleaner, less confusing news -- the infamous former federal prison Alcatraz gets greener, British schools move towards carbon neutrality, and kids in California celebrate cob ? reviving a traditional building technique to craft modern benches.
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Plant a Tree for Me
A new environmental initiative from Dell.
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