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Wal-Mart Canada Stores to Cut Energy Use 30%

Posted by Environmental Leader on 28/08/2008

Wal-Mart Canda President and CEO David Cheesewright has announced plans to cut energy use by more than 30 percent in new Wal-Mart high-efficiency stores opening in 2009.The Wal-Mart HE stores will be designed with features such as:- Capturing waste heat from refrigerators to heat air in other are ...

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Microsoft Recycling Program Halves Redmond HQ’s Waste

Posted by Environmental Leader on 28/08/2008

Microsoft announced that its new recycling program is helping to cut its Redmond headquarters’ waste in half.The initiatives included:– Changing the tableware, food containers and flatware to more eco-friendly, non-petroleum based compostable products, which has removed more than 20 ...

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Organic to Go CEO Discusses Green Economy

Posted by Environmental Leader on 28/08/2008

Organic to Go CEO Jason Brown talks about the rise of green-collar jobs in the U.S. and how’s he’s been able to grow his business in the face of a slow economy.

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DiGi Aims to Cut CO2 Emissions By Almost 50%

Posted by Environmental Leader on 28/08/2008

Telenor’s Malaysian mobile operation DiGi aims to reduce the company’s carbon footprint by close to 50 percent, compared to the company’s 2011 projected baseline of 130,000 tonnes of CO2, within three to four years.As part of the company’s Deep Green program, it has introd ...

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World Bank: CDM Slow and Expensive

Posted by Environmental Leader on 28/08/2008

The World Bank recently said that the UN’s Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) is expensive and time consuming because it requires project managers to follow new rules regarding emission reduction technologies, Bloomberg reports.According to data on a UN Web site, of 3,788 projects that have ...

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