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1. Making steel is a huge climate problem. Sweden is pioneering a solution

Subjects
Ecological footprint -- Management, Hydrogen -- Production management, Steel industry -- Environmental aspects -- Production management, Steel products -- Production management, Climatic changes -- Environmental aspects, Company business management, General interest
Abstract

To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=nx-s1-5178137 BYLINE: REID FRAZIER HOST: LEILA FADEL LEILA FADEL: Some companies in Sweden have found a way to cut steel's carbon footprint down [...]

Published
2024

2. This small Icelandic city thinks big about going green

Subjects
Akureyri, Iceland -- Environmental aspects, Ecological footprint -- Management, Emissions (Pollution) -- Environmental aspects, Company business management, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

The quaint fishing port of Akureyri, in Iceland, has set itself a big goal -- to become the world's first carbon-neutral city by 2030. Akureyri is Iceland's second largest city, [...]

Published
2023

3. A Tokyo train company moves to become net-carbon neutral

Subjects
Ecological footprint -- Management, Railroads -- Environmental aspects -- Energy use, Alternative energy sources -- Usage, Company business management, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

At first glance, Japan's Tokyu trains look like a relic from the 1980s. What's less obvious is that these trains don't leave a carbon footprint. Satoru Nishino, a company spokesperson, [...]

Published
2022

4. Life Kit: Green Living

Subjects
Ecological footprint -- Management, Air quality management -- Methods, Sustainable living -- Methods, Company business management, General interest
Abstract

To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=990544583 BYLINE: DAN CHARLES HOST: MICHEL MARTIN MICHEL MARTIN: World leaders gathered for a virtual climate summit earlier this week, they promised to [...]

Published
2021

5. More than 50 companies have vowed to be carbon-neutral by 2040

Author

Mufson, Steven and Butler, Desmond

Subjects
Sustainable development -- Management, Ecological footprint -- Management, Corporate social responsibility, Climatic changes -- Environmental aspects, Alternative energy sources -- Usage, Company business management, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: Steven Mufson and Desmond Butler Amazon, Walmart, General Motors, and now FedEx. There is a quickening rhythm of corporations with big carbon footprints pledging action to combat climate change. [...]

Published
2021

6. How to stop your house's expensive drafts - and save the planet

Author

Kaplan, Sarah

Subjects
Ecological footprint -- Management, Dwellings -- Heating, cooling and ventilation -- Environmental aspects, Housing -- Heating, cooling and ventilation -- Environmental aspects, Sustainable living -- Methods, Company business management, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: Sarah Kaplan As a reporter covering climate solutions, I receive one query more than any other: 'What's the best thing for me to do to protect the planet?' The [...]

Published
2021

7. Building a carbon-neutral paradise

Author

Justo, Patrick Di.

Subjects
Ecological footprint -- Management, Community development -- Environmental aspects -- Planning, Green design -- Planning, Company business planning, Company business management, General interest, Science and technology
Abstract

In the global race to reduce carbon emissions, these eco-minded communities, from Kansas to the Maldives, lead the pack. Here's how they're making their carbon footprints disappear 'CARBON NEUTRAL.' sounds [...]

Published
2010

8. What's your water footprint? If you thought that calculating your carbon impact made you feel guilty, just wait ...

Author

Harkinson, Josh

Subjects
Ecological footprint -- Management, Water use -- United States -- Management, General interest, Political science, Social sciences, Company business management, Management
Abstract

ON THE EDGE of Jim Diedrich's 1,500-acre almond and tomato farm is a rustic office where his son would normally be sitting in front of a flat screen, controlling a [...]

Published
2009

9. Here to Help; One Thing You Can Do: Learn About Carbon Offsets

Author

Mock, Jillian and Tabuchi, Hiroko

Subjects
Environmentalism -- Methods, Air travel -- Environmental aspects -- United States -- Japan, Government officials -- Powers and duties, Ecological footprint -- Management, Carbon offsets -- Analysis -- Management, Global temperature changes, Nuclear energy, Pollution control, Carbon rationing, Email, Air pollution, Company business management, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Welcome to the Climate Fwd: newsletter. The New York Times climate team emails readers once a week with stories and insights about climate change. Sign up here to get it [...]

Published
2019

10. Here to Help; How to Reduce Your Carbon Footprint

Author

Albeck-Ripka, Livia

Subjects
Ecological footprint -- Management, Environmentalism -- Influence, Scientists, Energy efficiency, Energy management, Company business management, General interest, News, opinion and commentary, Natural Resources Defense Council -- Reports
Abstract

In the average American home, 25 percent of energy is used to heat spaces, 13 percent is used to heat water, 11 percent is used for cooling and the remainder [...]

Published
2019

11. Your Carbon Foodprint

Author

Yabroff, Jennie

Subjects
Ecological footprint -- Management, Convenience foods -- Environmental aspects -- Officials and employees -- Marketing, Company marketing practices, Company business management, Company investment, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: Jennie Yabroff The server at Otarian, the new vegetarian fast-food chain that bills itself as 'the planet's low-carbon restaurant,' was trying to persuade a customer to try the 'Choc [...]

Published
2010

12. The Coming Battles Over Green Trade

Author

Margolis, Mac

Subjects
Carbon taxes -- Laws, regulations and rules, Ecological footprint -- Management, Government regulation, Company business management, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: Mac Margolis If you thought getting rich and poor countries to sit down at the same table to negotiate a new climate treaty was hell, just wait till the [...]

Published
2010

13. What You Can Do About Climate Change

Author

Katz, Josh and Daniel, Jennifer

Subjects
Climate change -- Environmental aspects -- Prevention, Air pollution control -- Methods, Ecological footprint -- Management, Company business management, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Global climate: it's complicated. Any long-term solution will require profound changes in how we generate energy. At the same time, you can act to reduce your personal contribution to a [...]

Published
2015

14. City's 'brain-dead' building design is anything but green, professor says

Author

Paperny, Anna Mehler

Subjects
Ecological footprint -- Management, Green design -- Evaluation, College teachers -- Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Environmental protection -- Management, Environmental issue, Company business management, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: ANNA MEHLER PAPERNY VERTICAL CITY Don't get Dan Harvey started on Toronto's eco-friendly initiatives. Renewable energy? Wind turbines? 'A joke,' the University of Toronto environmental studies professor says - [...]

Published
2010

15. Is Dave Matthews' carbon offsets provider really carbon neutral?

Author

Jordan, Katy

Subjects
Ecological footprint -- Management, Energy consultants -- Services, Emissions credit trading -- Methods, Carbon offsets -- Management, Air quality management -- Methods -- Economic aspects, Carbon rationing -- Management, Emissions (Pollution) -- Control, Company business management, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: Katy Jordan NativeEnergy is the celebrities' choice in offset providers. But the stars might be hard-pressed to say what they are getting. The Vermont for-profit carbon offset company lists [...]

Published
2010

16. Carbon offsets: Green project offends Indian farmers who lose land to windmills

Author

Arnoldy, Ben

Subjects
Windmills -- Influence -- Planning, Ecological footprint -- Management, Agricultural land -- Planning, Carbon offsets -- Management -- Influence, Company business planning, Company business management, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: Ben Arnoldy Like his father before him, Yashwant Malche has worked the same piece of land on this parched plateau a day's drive and decades away from Mumbai. As [...]

Published
2010

17. Carbon offsets: Australia leads the pursuit of 'greenwashing'

Author

Marks, Kathy

Subjects
Australia -- Environmental policy, Ecological footprint -- Management, Carbon offsets -- Laws, regulations and rules, Environmental protection -- Laws, regulations and rules, Government regulation, Environmental issue, Company business management, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: Kathy Marks GreenSwitch: The name was instantly appealing, and Australians handed over tens of thousands of dollars to offset their emissions with 'green power' certificates from the company. But [...]

Published
2010

18. The shrimp and the damage done

Author

Coyne, Andrew

Subjects
United Nations Climate Change Conference, Political activists -- Energy use, Ecological footprint -- Management, Global temperature changes -- Conferences, meetings and seminars, Hypocrisy, Emissions (Pollution) -- Laws, regulations and rules, Reformers -- Energy use, Social reformers -- Energy use, Environmental protection -- Methods, General interest, News, opinion and commentary, Government regulation, Environmental issue, Company business management, Management, Conferences, meetings and seminars, Energy use, Methods, Laws, regulations and rules
Abstract

As the 15th United Nations Climate Change Conference gets under way in Copenhagen, the pages of what one might call the skeptical press are filled with scandalized accounts of the [...]

Published
2009

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