The Climate Scoreboard is a new initiative brought forth by the Sustainability Institute, which will allow the public, media professionals and other concerned parties to track current negotiation developments down the road toward an international climate treaty. The Scoreboard lets visitors examine suggested treaty proposals to see whether…

The Obama administration is endorsing a plan which will allow homeowners to finance the cost of energy-efficient improvements through property tax assessments. Vice President Joe Biden emphasizes that the proposal would aid in reducing energy consumption throughout the U.S. and create green jobs in trades that manufacture and install energy efficient…

Bonneville Environmental Foundation (BEF) has partnered with Green Shipping to offer an exceptional web service which enables both individuals and businesses to offset current carbon emissions that are naturally discharged from utilizing their shipping services. These days, shipping is certainly not green from any standpoint because of wasted paper, CO2 production from machinery, commercial…

Recently GE began the first-ever North American greenhouse co-generation plant in southern Ontario, which was installed to produce more dependable on-site power and heat for commercial greenhouses and aid the country in cutting down emissions. Powered by four GE Energy’s Jenbacher gas engine cogeneration models, the power plant is highly efficient with proprietary CO2 treatment processes that recycle carbon emissions…

G8 leaders have recently acknowledged the “broad scientific view that the increase in global average temperature above pre-industrial levels ought not to exceed 2˚C”. The group also committed to taking on a more persistent stance to diminish the use of super greenhouse gases hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), as well as “taking rapid action to address other significant climate forcing agents, such as black carbon”. Black carbon, a short term climate depleting…