Carbon Footprint - News, Trends, Carbon Footprint Links
Carbon Intensity of FTSE 100 Sectors
Carbon Intensity of FTSE 100 Sectors --Low Intensity-- Finance Media Telecommunications Insurance Banks --Medium Intensity-- Personal & Household Goods Beverages Tobacco Aerospace/Def Pharma Food/Drug Retailers Healthcare Eqpt & Services Retail Software --High Intensity-- Electricity Industrial Metals Industrial Transportation Oil and Gas Mining Support Services Construction and Materials Chemicals General Industrials Travel and Leisure Source: Spada, UK - Read More
Tags : companies industries co2 emissions
Topics : Finance Pollutions Climate
CO2 Stats - measuring your web site's Carbon footprint
CO2Stats is an easy-to-use service that makes your website carbon neutral and energy-efficient, and that provides certification that you have taken steps to make your site environmentally friendly. Your website has a carbon footprint and for this reason, it contributes to climate change. Your site has a carbon footprint because electricity is required to power the servers that host your website, the computers used to view it, and the global networks that connect them. - Read More
Topics : Climate
First US carbon auction brings states $39 mn
The first auction in the United States of permits allowing power plants to emit a greenhouse gas raised nearly $39 million, which states plan to use to protect consumers from any higher energy bills that could result from capping the pollution. The permits sold for $3.07 per ton - Read More
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Topics : Finance
U.K. offers £31M for energy efficiency
UK Government's Carbon Trust plans to provide £31 million ($57 million USD) this year to businesses in the U.K. for energy efficiency improvements, the group said today. That's an increase of about 45 percent for the interest-free loan program, which also has doubled its individual loan cap to £200,000 in Great Britain and £400,000 in Northern Ireland. The additional funds are likely to increase energy savings by 20 percent, the Carbon Trust said. - Read More
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Topics : Finance Energy Efficiency