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World Resources Institute and Fortune 500 Companies Launch Sustainable Business Partnership

4:12 pm in Business & Politics, carbon dioxide, carbon emissions by TreeHugger

business emissions photo Image: Arnob Alam via flickr The World Resources Institute has announced an initiative that it says will focus on business and finance models for sustainable, low-carbon economic growth in major markets like the U.S., China, Mexico, India and Brazil. The founding members of the Next Practice Collaborative are Alcoa, AkzoNobel, CEMEX, Johnson & Johnson, Siemens, Staples and United Technologies Corporation....Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Portugal Wins, Sweden Loses in Europe’s Vehicle CO2 Rankings

9:00 am in carbon dioxide, Cars & Transportation, fuel efficiency by TreeHugger

lisbon-traffic-circle.jpg Photo: ceiling under a Creative Commons license. In the last few years, Europe as a whole has made a variety of efforts to reduce carbon emissions, by encouraging use electric and hybrid vehicles as well as of alternative modes of transportation. But despite the group effort, some countries are far ahead of others. Presented last month and reported by Le Figaro, the results of a study looking at car...Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Jellyfish Blooms Increase Carbon Emissions, Upend Marine Food Webs

4:30 pm in carbon dioxide, carbon emissions, conservation, fish, oceans, Science & Technology, Travel & Nature by TreeHugger

jaymi heimbuch orange jellyfish photo Photo credit: Jaymi Heimbuch/Creative Commons Jellyfish are taking over the world's oceans. Warming waters and the elimination of key predators like sharks and tuna, hav made conditions ideal for the soft, brainless, organisms and their numbers have Read the full story on TreeHugger

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