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The International Energy Association (IEA) released its World Energy Outlook to controversy on Nov. 10. The U.K.-based Guardian newspaper quotes IEA sources admitting the agency’s figures for future oil production were inflated because of U.S. pressure. The two separate sources within the IEA want to remain anonymous because they feared reprisals. Now why does this matter? Put simply, future oil shortages are being downplayed.
Read the full article at: http://bit.ly/7gbQYD
McKinsey & Company’s report, Reducing US Greenhouse Gas Emissions: How Much at What Cost?, assesses more than 200 strategies for cutting carbon across 10 sectors by 2030. The stunning finding is that 40% of the North American CO2 reductions that need to be made can be achieved at a profit.
Wal-Mart launched its sustainability initiatives in 2005. I attended a quarterly sustainability meeting led by then-CEO Lee Scott in Bentonville, Ark., at the company’s headquarters.
My most recent column in backbone magazine focuses on the decline of newspapers. Read an excerpt below:
For newspapers it has been death by a thousand cuts: American readership has been falling by more than 700,000 a year since 2000, according to the Newspaper Association of America (NAA), and revenue was already down when the recession came along and shot another body blow to advertising income.
Find the rest at : http://bit.ly/6xX5NY
Imagine going through school and receiving no marks on your tests, essays or final exams. At the end of the year you received a single mark — not even broken out by subject. How much value would that mark have? Would you be able to improve?
Green jobs are a hot topic. Barack Obama won the U.S. presidency by promising to create five million green collar jobs. Green jobs protect and restore ecosystems, reduce energy consumption, minimize or eliminate waste and pollution and can be in agriculture, manufacturing, research and development, administration and service activities.
Most of us think of SUVs as the No. 1 energy hogs, but they represent only 3% of North American CO2 emissions, while 38% is from buildings. And when you add the embedded energy of materials (8%) the figure jumps to 46%. Buildings account for 72% of electricity use, 39% of energy use and 14% of water consumption.
Our built environment is a huge opportunity for energy efficiency improvement.
As of Sept. 1, 2009, 100-watt incandescent light bulbs can no longer be manufactured in or imported into Europe.
European households will save up to $80 a year on electricity bills, leading to EU-wide savings of up to $7.9-billion to $15.8-billion, according to European Union estimates.
Read more in my column at the National Post : http://bit.ly/4Nh9yY
I discuss how making green choices can improve your companies standing in the market in my latest column in the National Post.
“So far, we have examined how energy efficiency can cut costs and drive bottom-line profitability. But going green can also drive top-line revenue with explosive markets, committed green consumers and value-driven employees.
Companies are going green to position themselves as leaders in rapidly expanding markets….”
See the full text here: http://bit.ly/4SGs09
My latest column in the National Post exposes some of the risks Canada faces if we don’t get serious about energy efficiency.
Read it here: http://bit.ly/5VWgwo
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