Carbon Neutral

Fourteen Changes Barack Obama Could Make in His First 30 Days

Stephen C. Rose | Posted 10.14.2008 | Politics

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Stephen C. Rose

If he can infuse the huge federal engine with bite-sized, doable tasks that all link together somehow, he will be a mystery reformer -- a relatively low-key, undramatic force that renews and redirects an ineffective establishment.

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What Does It Mean When A Company Says It Is Carbon-Neutral?

Fortune | Marc Gunther | Posted 08.11.2008 | Green

Read More: Carbon Neutral, Yahoo, Dell, Green Business, Google, Timberland, Carbon Footprint, Green News

But what, exactly, does becoming carbon neutral mean? It turns out that there's no agreed-upon definition of carbon neutral, even as rock groups like...

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Five Eco-Friendly Funds

ThStreet.com | Kelsey Abbott | Posted 12.11.2007 | Business

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Al Gore won the Nobel Peace Prize, the Vatican is going carbon neutral and Australia is phasing out incandescent light bulbs. So what can you do to ...

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A Holiday Message

Marc Gunther | Posted 11.20.2007 | Business

Read More: Green Shopping, Holiday Shopping, Center for a New American Dream, Spending, Thanksgiving, changingthepresent.com, Non-Profits, Wal-Mart Sustainability, Buy Nothing Day, Carbon Neutral, Green Thanksgiving, Charities, Business News
Marc Gunther

Almost nothing about the holiday shopping season, as it is currently constructed, is sustainable. We're buying (and throwing away) too much.

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Yahoo! Goes Carbon Neutral

David Roberts | Posted 10.22.2007 | Business

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David Roberts

Going carbon neutral was fairly cheap for Yahoo! On the other hand, it's cheapness demonstrates that it's not doing a hell of a lot of good beyond the symbolism of it.

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The Greening Of CNN And TimeWarner

Portfolio | Jeff Bercovici | Posted 10.09.2007 | Media

Read More: Planet in Peril, Anderson Cooper, TimeWarner, CNN Documentary, Carbon Neutral, Media News

Watching Anderson Cooper stomping around on a shrinking glacier last night, a question occurred to me: What's Time Warner doing about its carbon emiss...

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The (Slow) Greening Of Hollywood

Associated Press | Gary Gentile | Posted 10.01.2007 | Living

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From "green carpets" at awards shows to organic fruit served to actors on sets, Hollywood is going all out to promote itself as being environmentally ...

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News Corp Aims To Be Carbon Neutral By 2010

NPR | Nate DiMeo | Posted 09.11.2007 | Media

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Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. joins the growing list of corporations that want to go green. It wants to be "carbon neutral" by 2010. News Corp. is using...

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