Cutting GHG Emissions of Industrial Parks by 35% through Corporate Collaboration
March 17, 2013Buy local, drive less, switch to renewable energy – these are just a few of the omnipresent suggestions for reducing greenhouse gas emissions at the personal level. By no means do I aim to discredit their significance, but it strikes me that they are pushed just everywhere, whereas measures on other levels are hard to find. Pragmatic ideas to improve an individual company's climate bills are less ...
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100% Renewables? How Germany's Energy Transition Is Taking Shape
January 23, 2013 1 CommentWhat happens when an entire country decides to phase out nuclear and fossil energy? When this energy transition towards 100% renewables is a remarkably stable political consensus, but the time frame for when to achieve it is heavily debated? Well, you then have the current situation in Germany. And now, more than ever, what this situation calls for is a trustworthy set of experts to clarify the facts of the present and analyze the possible paths for the future. Today, let's wander through two, well thought-out publications, written by exactly these experts, and that shed light on the necessa...
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Exploring the Environmental Effects of Electric Cars
November 8, 2011 1 CommentCan you imagine the weight of 1.8 billion tonnes? I can't. I can only try to put this number in relation to others. 1.8 billion tonnes, that's the weight of all carbon emissions caused by private transport in 2009. 1,8 billion tonnes, that's 6,4% of the total carbon emissions from fuel combustion, emitted by all countries and all sectors in 2009 (see IEA's 2011 "highlights" report on CO2 Emissions from Fuel Combustion, page 67). Sustainable Strategies: Drive Less, Use the Bus, Get an Electric Car 1,8 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions, blown in the atmosphere, that's what happens whe...
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Carbon Neutral Online Shopping – How Green are Mail Order Compani ...
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Biomass Lagging Behind Prospering Wind and Solar Markets
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Stayin' Alive: Survival Strategies for 2012
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5 Clear-Cut Economic Benefits of Sustainability Reporting
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