Green Business

Oil Prices Were Manipulated, U.S. Government Commission Charges

Janet Ritz | Posted 07.25.2008 | Green

Read More: U.S. Economy, New York Mercantile Exchange, Crude Oil Prices, The Environmentalist, Commodity Prices, Heating Oil Prices, Green, Commodities Speculation, Green Business, Gasoline Futures, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Business, Investigation, Cftc, Oil Price Manipulation Investigation, Corporate Crime, Politics, Gasoline Prices, Oil, Oil Prices, Optiver Holding, Green News
Janet Ritz

The agency charged with "ensuring the integrity of the futures & options market," has accused Optiver Holding of manipulating the prices of crude oil, heating oil and gasoline futures on the NY Mercantile Exchange.

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Toyota/Pew Collaboration Teaches Businesses How To Be More Sustainable

Julie A. Varughese | Posted 07.24.2008 | Green

Read More: Corporate Responsibility, Pew Center, Sustainability, Toyota, Global Climate Change, Business, Green Business, Green News
Julie A. Varughese

The Japanese automaker has touted its philosophy of reducing emissions in every aspect of its operations, from building more efficient manufacturing plants to aiming for completely recyclable vehicles.

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Greenwashers Beware: The Truth Will Come Out

Graham Hill | Posted 07.22.2008 | Green

Read More: The U.S. Green Building Council, Greenwashing, Going Green, Green, Environment, Usgbc, Green Business, Green Living, Green Tips, Paul McCartney, Lexus Hybrid, Green News
Graham Hill

Since the green movement has gained momentum, there has been a lot of talk about whether a company is greenwashing or whether carbon credits can be trusted.

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Greener Business Majors: MBA Students Want More Sustainability Instruction

GreenBiz | Padma Nagappan | Posted 07.21.2008 | Green

Read More: Sustainable MBA, Climate Change, Mbas, Sustainability, Green Business, MBA Students, Green MBA, Green News

Recently, a majority of MBA students at the Leeds School of Business, University of Colorado at Boulder signed a letter strongly stating that the reas...

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British Airways, Rolls Royce to Test Alternative Airline Fuels

ENN | Posted 07.14.2008 | Home

Read More: Energy, Rolls-Royce, Alternative Energy, Alternative Fuels, Renewable Energy, British Airways, Green Business, Home News

Starting next year, the Rolls-Royce Group and British Airways hope to test up to four airplane fuel alternatives to kerosene. The companies are askin...

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Green Travel: Top 7 U.S. Eco-Travel Destinations

The Green Guide | Paul McRandle | Posted 07.14.2008 | Green

Read More: Eco Travel, Green Travel, Travel Tips, Go Green, Travel, Green Business, Green Living, Green ZOne Hotels, Green Tips, Green News

Green travel isn't only about the journey--it's about the destination too. Here are seven great picks, recently surveyed by National Geographic Travel...

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Greenopia: Eco-Consciousness for the Rest-Of-Us

Abe Silk | Posted 07.11.2008 | Green

Read More: Environment, Green Business, Social Entrepreunership, Green Living, Greenopia, Green News
Abe Silk

Greenopia is a series of local guides to green living that take a neighborhood approach to finding those eco-friendly choices we might know are out there, but don't have time to research ourselves.

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Terrorists or Heroes? Sea Shepherd Fights for Marine Life

Mairi Beautyman | Posted 07.09.2008 | Green

Read More: Environment, Green Business, Cruelty to Animals, Oceans, Animals, Whales, Greenpeace, Global Warming, Boats, Antartica Ice, Green News
Mairi Beautyman

There's nothing like a few photos of clubbed seals to get the crowd all hot and bothered -- but is this really the best way?

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Paper Or Plastic? A Look At The Facts, Myths And Numbers Of Shopping Bags

Treehugger | Collin Dunn | Posted 07.08.2008 | Home

Read More: Recycling, Reusable Bag, Environment, Environmentalism, Green Business, Plastic Bag Ban, Green Living, Plastic Bags, Green Tips, Home News

Paper or plastic bags: which is better? It's an age old question, when it comes time to check out when grocery shopping: paper bag or plastic bag? I...

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Let's Follow Richard Branson's Green Example

Stefan Roberts | Posted 07.04.2008 | Green

Read More: Virgin Atlantic, Richard Branson, Richard Branson Resort, Virgin Group, Environment, British Virgin Islands, Virgin Green Fund Filings, Green Business, Virgin Earth Prize, Virgin Green Fund, Green News
Stefan Roberts

What Branson intends is not just a huge luxury resort. It is a huge GREEN luxury resort. The whole island will be powered by wind and hydro power, and aims to be completely and utterly carbon-neutral.

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How Green Is Your Brand?

New York Times | Posted 06.17.2008 | Green

Read More: Recycling, Going Green, Green, Environment, Sustainability, Branding, Marketing, Environmentalism, Conservation, Green Business, Green Living, Green News

Sustainable brands. A term soon to join the lexicon of perfect oxymorons, like jumbo shrimp and plastic glasses, but for now the title of a four-day a...

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Greener B-Schools, Greener Employees

Andrew Winston | Posted 06.06.2008 | Green

Read More: Values, Employees, Business Schools, Ikea, Green Business, Patagonia, Stanford, Green News
Andrew Winston

Even though he's been studying sustainable business, Ash wants to work for a private-equity firm and says, "Am I really driven to do this by my values? The honest answer is no...It just makes good business sense to be sustainable."

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Memo to Obama or McCain: Pick Amory Lovins As Energy Czar

Chris McGowan | Posted 06.05.2008 | Green

Read More: Energy Czar, Green Business, Green Living, Energy Policy, Oil Addiction, Energy Efficiency, Natural Capitalism, Barack Obama, Amory Lovins, Greenhouse Gases, Rocky Mountain Institute, Secretary of Energy, Green Buildings, Global Warming, John McCain, Oil Dependence, Hypercar, Green News
Chris McGowan

Energy guru Amory Lovins has the know-how to strengthen our economy and also spread vital energy-efficiency technologies to other countries. And that just might save the planet.

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A Hunger Conference with Canapes and Thinly Sliced Veal

Janet Ritz | Posted 06.04.2008 | Green

Read More: Italy, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon, Rome, The Environmentalist, World Hunger, Politics, Agriculture, United Nations, Green, Sustainable Agriculture, Green Business, Oxfam, Lifestyle, Drought, Hunger, Inflation, Famine, Robert Mugabe Zimbabwe, Climate Change, U.N., Environment, Robert Mugabe, Global Warming, Green News
Janet Ritz

"Leaders can eat what they want as long as they take decisive action to deliver the policies and the aid in agriculture that is needed to ensure that poor people who are suffering from high food prices are helped," said Alexander Woollcombe, a spokesman for the British aid group Oxfam.

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GE To Slash Water Use 20 Percent

AP | JOE McDONALD | Posted 05.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Jeff Immelt, Ge, General Electric, Green, Green Business, Business News

BEIJING — General Electric Co. will cut its global water use by 20 percent over five years, CEO Jeff Immelt said Wednesday. Immelt also spoke o...

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Honda Announces New, Only Hybrid Model

AP | YURI KAGEYAMA | Posted 05.21.2008 | Business

Read More: Honda, Honda Hyrbid, Green, Green Business, Takeo Fukui, Business News

TOKYO — Honda will sell a new, improved and affordable gas-electric hybrid in the U.S., Japan and Europe starting in early 2009, underlining the...

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Paul McCartney Criticized For Having Hybrid Flown From Japan

AP | GREGORY KATZ | Posted 05.14.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Paul McCartney, LS Lexus 600h, Green, Green Business, Entertainment News

LONDON — Sometimes it seems Paul McCartney can't win for losing. The former Beatle has long been an outspoken advocate of environmental causes ...

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Cloud Over Real Estate Drop Has Green Lining

Wall Street Journal | Jim Carlton | Posted 05.09.2008 | Business

Read More: Green Business, Housing Crisis, Business News

There's a green lining to the real-estate cloud: Developers are dropping plans to build on some choice pieces of land and instead are selling it for s...

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Start-Ups Race To Produce Green Cars

Wall Street Journal | Edward Taylor | Posted 05.06.2008 | Business

Read More: Tesla Motors, Eco Friendly Cars, Auto Industry Green, Green Business, Green Cars, Green Auto, Business News

Spurred by the belief that the market for fuel-efficient vehicles is about to take off, a slew of tiny car companies is springing up in Europe and the...

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Private Equity Giant KKR Goes Green

New York Times | Felicity Barringer and Andrew Ross Sorkin | Posted 05.01.2008 | Business

Read More: Kohlberg Kravis Roberts, Kkr, KKR Goes Green, KKR Environmental Defense Fund, Green, Green Business, Business News

Is private equity going green? Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Company, the giant buyout firm, is planning to announce on Thursday a new partnership with t...

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Buying Our Way to a Better Planet?

A. Siegel | Posted 04.24.2008 | Politics

Read More: Energy, Energy Efficiency, Economics, Stimulus, Economy, Global Warming, Green, Green Business, Green Living, Politics News
A. Siegel

It is worth thinking about the difference between greening our choices (and fostering a more sustainable lifestyle/economy) and using Green as an excuse for ever more consumption.

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Low-Cost Electric Cars On The Way

Los Angeles Times | Ken Bensinger | Posted 04.22.2008 | Business

Read More: Think Global, Hybrid Cars, Green Business, Business News

Norwegian automaker Think Global said Monday it planned to sell low-priced electric cars to the masses and will introduce its first models in the U.S....

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Do You Need to "Believe" in Climate Change?

Andrew Winston | Posted 04.22.2008 | Business

Read More: Green, Earth Day 2008, Green Business, Earth Day, Climate Change, Business News
Andrew Winston

Does it matter if a company or its execs believe in climate change and other environmental imperatives? At nearly every talk I give on green business, people at all levels in companies from CEOs down inform me that climate change is not real.

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Obama Should Answer Bitterness with Green Industrial Policy for Pennsylvania

Tom Hayden | Posted 04.17.2008 | Politics

Read More: Pennsylvania Job, Obama Bitter Comment, Obama Bitter, Green Jobs, Barack Obama Small Town Comments, Superdelegates Barack Obama, Obama Small Town, Obama Superdelegates, Green Business, Obama Small Town Comments, Barack Obama Superdelegates, Barack Obama Small Town, Politics News
Tom Hayden

Obama should spend less ad money on how's he's not in thrall to lobbyists and spend more as an advocate of green industrial policy that would give Pennsylvania mill towns real hope for change.

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Shareholders Not Convinced "Going Green" Is Great For Business

New York Times | CLAUDIA H. DEUTSCH | Posted 03.26.2008 | Business

Read More: Environment, Green Business, Green Shareholders, Going Green, Green, Corporate Chiefs, Environmentalists, Business News

Green is green has become a mantra of environmentalists and, increasingly, corporate chiefs. Between money saved by energy efficiency and money made f...

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