EU carbon market sets up another round of windfall profits for dirtiest power generators
Polluting electricity generators in Europe are set to reap another round of extraordinary windfall profits from the carbon trading scheme meant to curb their carbon emissions, a new report revealed today.

U.S. Senate Approves Extension of Renewable Energy Credits
WASHINGTON, D.C., April 14, 2008 — The U.S. Senate voted to extend renewable energy tax credits that, if passed into law, would pump an estimated $6 billion into renewable projects over the next decade.

Taking the “Green Management Oath”
Those of us in the “people, planet, profits” field recognize the wide variety of stakeholders whose lives are impacted by daily business operations. As such, our role as generators of wealth is taking on a new meaning with new responsibilities. In order to ensure the integrity of what we do, two Harvard business school professors have put forth the idea that managers should take a “Green Hippocratic Oath.” What would this oath consist of? How would taking such an oath influence the everyday business decisions for a whole new generation of managers?

ESCOs and Utilities: Shaping the Future of the Energy Efficiency Business
Energy Service Companies like Johnson Controls and Ameresco have developed a partnership with utility companies that, through cooperation and competition alike, shows that in the post-Enron world, energy efficiency can be both profitable and beneficial.

Do clean-energy wind turbines make people nearby sick?
Many place great hope in wind farms to produce cleaner energy that will replace some of the need for coal-fired power plants. But just how healthy is the noise from wind turbines?

U.K. McDonald’s Turn Trash Into Energy
SHEFFIELD, United Kingdom, April 11, 2008 — A pilot program sending trash from McDonald’s restaurants to an incinerator has reduced carbon emissions related to waste disposal by more than 50 percent.

Waste Mgmt. Breaks Ground on Second Canadian Waste-to-Energy Plant
OTTAWA, April 14, 2008 — Waste Management broke ground on its second Canadian landfill gas-to-energy facility as part of its goal of building 60 new renewable energy facilities by 2012.

Nature’s Answers to the Sanitation Challenge
At a prison on the East coast of Africa, in-mates are pioneering a sanitation project that is working with nature to neutralize human wastes. The initiative, involving the development of a wetland to purify sewage, is expected to cost a fraction of the price of high-tech treatments while also triggering scores of environmental, economic and social benefits.

Fujitsu to Show Laptop With Wooden Case
Could this be the environmentally friendly laptop PC of the future? Fujitsu will unveil later this week a laptop PC with a case manufactured from wood rather than the more traditional plastic or metal.

P&G and Domtar Step Up Sustainable Foresty Committments
WASHINGTON, D.C., April 11, 2008 — Procter & Gamble and Domtar Corp. joined the North America Forest & Trade Network (NAFTN) in a bid to make their wood-based products more sustainably sourced.

Singapore set to meet recycling goal
Singapore – Singapore is set to meet its target of recycling 60 per cent of its rubbish by 2012, environmental officials said in a published report Monday.

Sea Salt Worsens Coastal Air Pollution
ScienceDaily (Apr. 14, 2008) — Air pollution in the world’s busiest ports and shipping regions may be markedly worse than previously suspected, according to a new study showing that industrial and shipping pollution is exacerbated when it combines with sunshine and salty sea air.

Japan falls short of whaling targets
Tokyo – Japan’s whaling fleet is finishing this season’s hunt after catching a fraction of its intended quota, largely because it was hounded by protest ships, the Fisheries Agency said Monday.

“Extinct” plants found in remote Australia
MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Two plants that were thought to have been extinct since the late 1800s have been rediscovered in far northern Australia, according to an official report released on Saturday.