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RSS global emissionsVodafone flaunts green credentials
News The report states that the company's total carbon dioxide emissions fell by 12 per cent during the past year, while the energy efficiency of new network equipment increased by 25 per cent. Vodafone says 80 per cent of the CO2 emissions from its... [29 Jun 2007]
Tech as dirty as aviation
News The global IT industry accounts for two per cent of the world's carbon dioxide emissions - the same amount the world's aviation industry churns out, according to analyst house Gartner. The estimate is based on the amount of energy PCs, servers... [30 Apr 2007]
Give IT managers incentive to go green, says HP
News HP also established a global joint initiative with the US World Wildlife Fund to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from its operating facilities worldwide. HP is getting behind all things sustainable and green, including the idea that IT managers... [02 Apr 2007]
Queen's speech highlights 'green IT'
News It also claims its Global Telework Program, which allows 11,400 employees to work from home, saves 57 million miles of travel and 24,000 tonnes of CO2 emissions. The government has not yet announced any firm plans for what form that legislation... [15 Nov 2006]
Power-hungry IT industry is "unsustainable"
News Instead, Gartner warns the IT industry must look beyond power to broader issues such as limiting carbon and greenhouse gas emissions, using materials from renewable resources, recycling materials and reusing heat from data centres. [07 Nov 2006]
Pay-as-you-drive plan panned
News Almost a third (31 per cent) of the 650 respondents said they believe the new system would see everybody paying more to drive in the UK, suggesting it's a further example of stealth taxing.silicon.com reader Tim Haines wrote: "There's already a... [16 Aug 2006]
Give us a greener Budget, Chancellor told
News Among those calling for change is Sun Microsystems, which is insisting the Budget must include tougher measures to tackle carbon dioxide emissions and power consumption, which are major contributing factors to global warming and fossil fuel... [21 Mar 2006]
Climate change is costing us money, says BT
News The group recently conducted an investigation to highlight the technological and legislative solutions that could reduce carbon emissions. BT claims to have reduced its energy-related CO2 emissions by 80 per cent since 1991 - nearly 1.5m tonnes per... [15 Jun 2005]
Ending the Energy Stalemate: A Bipartisan Strategy to Meet America's Energy Challenges
White Paper This paper recommends a revenue-neutral package of measures designed to ensure affordable and reliable supplies of energy for the twenty-first century while responding to growing concern about energy security and the risks of global climate change... [04 Jan 2005]
Encouraging Environmentally Sustainable Growth in Sweden
White Paper These include acidification and climate change arising from harmful cross-border and global air emissions, damage to waterways stemming from nutrient run-off from farming, and solid waste management. This paper analyses Sweden’s policies for... [24 Feb 2004]
Devil's Advocate: Regulating the environment
Comment In the US, the response to power failures in and around New York seems to be a loosening of already weak regulation on carbon emissions. Who would think global warming and the EC's case against Microsoft have much in common? [09 Sep 2003]
Anti-Bush email campaign shows record potential
News The campaign was organised by Friends of the Earth (FoE) to protest against the decision of the Bush administration to withdraw support for the Kyoto Protocol - an agreement to limit emissions of the gases believed to be responsible for global... [02 Apr 2001]
E-exchanges continue to trade pollution allowances
News The Hague talks fell apart over the legality of trading emission allowances - companies or countries paying to use the reductions in emissions made by others to make up for the shortfall in their own emissions quotas while they adjust their... [28 Nov 2000]
Electricity Swap Shop for Noxious Gases
News This entitles companies which reach their emissions limit to electronically buy permits from others which haven't. The move comes as calls grow for a worldwide scheme to enable trading of emissions permits, which could help cap greenhouse gas... [13 Jul 1999]
Chronicle keeps tabs on haulage firms
News Intermec UK has launched Chronicle, an in-cab logistics information system that it claims can reduce fuel consumption and decrease the level of harmful emissions. The system consists of a data box - located in the truck's cab - a handheld terminal... [01 Dec 1998]
