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NEW YORK, Dec. 5, 2005 - A coalition of 20 leading U.S. investors urged 30 of the largest publicly-held insurance companies in North America to disclose their financial exposure from climate change and steps they are taking to reduce those financial impacts. [GreenBiz.com]
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AKRON, Ohio, Dec. 5, 2005 - The magazine's editorial staff considered more than 50 nominations and some internally identified companies, before choosing Wal-Mart for its 2005 Environmental Award. [GreenBiz.com]
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Reporter Eriko Saijo profiles an ecologically sensitive full-service resort with some ambitious goals for waste reduction, renewable energy use, and environmentally sensitive management. [GreenBiz.com]
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Portland's Interface Engineering publishes a free book on building green on a conventional budget. [Breaking News]
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Elise Lazar passes out an unusual holiday treat this time of year: compact fluorescent light bulbs decked with ribbons. Lazar gives the energy-efficient bulbs to share conservation rather than consumption during the holidays. She's among a growing number of revelers who prefer to spend moderately and direct the dollars they do spend toward socially responsible businesses. [ENN Business Headlines]
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In the middle of new global warming talks in Montreal, there is a sense that the whole idea of global agreements to cut greenhouse gases won't work. By ANDREW C. REVKIN. [NYT > Science]
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A recycling company is poised to break ground on Wisconsin's first biodiesel plant. Green Bay-based Anamax Corp. plans to start construction on the 12,300-square-foot plant next to its existing restaurant-grease recovery plant in DeForest on Monday. State Department of Agriculture Rod Nilsestuen and U.S. Rep. Mark Green, a Republican from Green Bay, are scheduled to attend. [Source: AP via Duluth (MN) News-Tribune]
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As nutritional as they are, beans can also be the source of occasional discomfort. While beans in humans can lead to gas, beans in the gas of local buses has led to engine indigestion. Like someone who has had one pinto too many, some buses in Aspen that run on soybean-based biodiesel started having trouble about three weeks ago. [Source: Aspen (CO) Times]
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Source: New York Times, 12/4/05. The fryers run all day at the Super Duper Weenie outlets in Fairfield and Monroe. The modest hot dog stands have been celebrated in magazines like Gourmet and Cigar Aficionado and on David Letterman's show, and every time there's more exposure, the lines grow. Until recently, the restaurants had a disposal problem at the end of the week: 30 gallons of contaminated soy oil. To make it go away, the restaurants paid $40 to a Massachusetts-based rendering company. But today, Super Duper Weenie's waste oil has become an asset, not a liability. Instead of piling up in a storage shed, it is filtered to remove potato starch and bread crumbs, then goes straight into the tank of the 1978 Mercedes 300D owned by Gary Zemola, an owner of the restaurants. NOTE: Free registration with the New York Times web site may be required to access this story. [Great Lakes Pollution Prevention Roundtable (GLRPPR) News]
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A new report on American's eco-literacy is humbling to those of us in the environmental information business -- and is one of the more important reports I've read of late. [Joel Makower: Two Steps Forward]
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Source: Reuters, 12/2/05. A Canadian company has an idea for motorists worried about global warming - put a cow in your tank. A C$14 million ($12 million) factory near Montreal started producing "biodiesel" fuel two weeks ago from the bones, innards and other parts of farm animals such as cattle, pigs or chickens that Canadians do not eat. [Great Lakes Pollution Prevention Roundtable (GLRPPR) News]
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A "cagey" strategy to stack more hydrogen in nanoscale scaffoldings made of zinc-based boxes may yield a viable approach to storing hydrogen and, ultimately, replacing fossil fuels in future automobiles, according to new results from National Institute of Standards and Technology researchers. [Physics Org]
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Source: Environmental Building News, December 2005. BuildingGreen, Inc., publisher of the GreenSpec® Directory and Environmental Building News™, announced the fourth annual Top-10 Green Building Products during the U.S. Green Building Council's Greenbuild Conference and Expo in November. The Top-10 represent the most exciting products added to GreenSpec in the past year. [Great Lakes Pollution Prevention Roundtable (GLRPPR) News]
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Think greenhouse gases, and what most readily comes to mind are industrial smokestacks and bulky, gas-gluttonous SUVs. But there is a stealthier and increasingly threatening culprit: the massive landfills where we stash our garbage. [Environmental Health News]
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A broad consortium led by the University of Delaware (UD) could receive nearly $53 million in funding--with the bulk of the money coming from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)-- to more than double the efficiency of terrestrial solar cells within the next 50 months. [Source: CleanEdge.com]
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More than 50 specialists met recently in Christchurch, New Zealand, to explore new approaches to producing fuel gas from biomass. The country's small bioenergy industry welcomes a new phase of research and collaboration, especially on biomass gasification. [Source: RenewableEnergyAcccess.com]
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Some of the largest companies in the world this week announced they have increased their purchases of renewable energy. The World Resources Institute (WRI) and members of its Green Power Market Development Group announced 185 new MW of renewable energy purchases and projects, bringing the total number of MW under contract to 360 -- the average size of a coal-fired power plant. [Source: RenewableEnergyAccess.com]
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An agreement signed this month by the United States and China Business Councils for Sustainable Development brings the U.S. closer to China on all things renewable. [Source: RenewableEnergyAccess.com]
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Deadline: December 19, 2005
Youth Service America (http://www.ysa.org/) and Youth Venture (http://www.youthventure.org/) are teaming up again to help "make every day National Global Youth Service Day" by giving young people in the United States the opportunity to create sustainable projects for N&GYSD 2006, April 21-23 (http://www.ysa.org/nysd/).
Twenty five awards of up to $1,000 in start-up funds are available to young people (ages 12 to 20) who want to create new, sustainable, civic-minded organizations, clubs,or businesses ("Ventures"). These Ventures must be youth-led and designed to be a lasting asset to the community. YSA Youth Venturers are required to host an event on GYSD.
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Deadline: February 13, 2006
Sponsored by the Christopher Columbus Fellowship Foundation (http://www.columbusfdn.org/) in cooperation with the National Science Foundation (http://www.nsf.gov/), the Christopher Columbus Awards program (http://www.christophercolumbusawards.com/) is a national competition for middle-school-age children that combines science and technology with community problem-solving in a real-world setting.
With the help of an adult coach, participating students work in teams to identify an issue they care about and, using science and technology, work with experts, conduct research, and put their ideas to the test to develop an innovative solution to that problem.
The awards program is open to all middle-school-age (sixth, seventh, and eighth grade) children in the U.S., its possessions, and territories. Teams do not need to be affiliated with a school to enter. Coaches may be any adult over 18 years of age, including parents, community leaders, grandparents, and teachers.
Eight finalist teams and their coaches will receive an all-expense-paid trip to Walt Disney World to attend the program's National Championship Week, plus a $200 grant to further develop their ideas. Two gold medal teams will receive a $2,000 U.S. Savings Bond and a plaque for each team member, along with a plaque for their school. In addition, one team will receive the $25,000 Columbus Foundation Community Grant as seed money to help bring its idea to life in the community.
Inspired by the plight of so many who have been affected by natural disasters in the past year, the board of trustees of the Christopher Columbus Fellowship Foundation has added the Chairman's Award to the tenth annual awards competition. Any team interested in addressing a natural disaster topic as the focus of their project will be considered for the existing Christopher Columbus Awards prizes and the special Chairman's Award.
The Chairman's Award winning team and its coach will receive an all-expense-paid trip to Walt Disney World, a $1,000 U.S. Savings Bond for each team member, and the opportunity to select a qualified disaster-related nonprofit to receive a $5,000 cash donation.
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2006
Laura L. Barnes.
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