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Aluminum Assoc. Sets Ambitious 75% Aluminum Can Recycling Target

Posted by Environmental Leader on 20/11/2008

The Aluminum Association is working on an industry wide effort to increase the industrys recycling rate for used aluminum beverage cans to 75% by 2015. This is the same percentage Alcoa announced as a company goal and target date in January.To get there, it’s looking into working with local ...

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Tips On Greening Your Business

Posted by Environmental Leader on 19/11/2008

As part of NBC Universal’s Green Week, its affiliate CNBC published a piece on greening businesses.Here are some tips:1. Offer flexible employee commuter optionsEncourage staff to give up cars by subsidizing the cost of mass transit tickets, offering telecommuting, or providing preferred pa ...

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Want To Win Awards? Write Longer Corporate Responsibility Reports

Posted by Environmental Leader on 18/11/2008

Spada released its Environmental Reporting: Trends in FTSE 100 Sustainability Reports (PDF) and said longer corporate responsibility reports increase the likelihood of winning sustainability awards, with every extra page in a CR report increasing the likelihood of a company to win an internationa ...

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EPA Ruling Delays Proposed Coal Plants, Recognizes CO2 As Pollutant

Posted by Environmental Leader on 17/11/2008

In response to a lawsuit filed by the Sierra Club over a proposed coal plant on a American Indian reservation in Utah, the Environmental Appeals Board blocked the EPA from issuing a permit to the plant. The ruling also said that “the EPA has no valid reason to refuse to regulate the CO2 em ...

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Brazil: Flash mob protest against Digital Crimes Bill

Posted by Paula Góes on 16/11/2008

Brazilian bloggers and netizens took to the streets of São Paulo to protest against the Digital Crimes Bill which typifies the cyber-crimes punishable by law and stipulates penalties accordingly, but might end up considering trivial conduct when surfing the Internet as a crime. At a public hearing ...

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