Africa’s deforestation twice world rate, says atlas.
| Celebrities join World Bank in saving tigers Hollywood celebrities Harrison Ford, Bo Derek and Robert Duvall on Monday threw their support behind a new global initiative by the World Bank to save tigers from extinction. While the global development agency’s main mission is to fight poverty in developing countries, it has rarely taken on wildlife conservation efforts of endangered species. |
| Bacteria Produce Lots of Hydrogen These Guys Could Produce a Significant Fraction of Our Energy The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences has published research showing a new process by which bacteria consume fermenting cellulose and produce hydrogen EUR lots of hydrogen.PennStateUniversity and Ion Power Inc. have developed a process that uses bacteria in an electrically charged fuel [.] |
| Press Release: To “Go Green,” Companies Partner with Environmental Groups
NEW YORK – May 19, 2008 – Environmental Defense Fund and BusinessWeek Special Advertising Sections will feature innovative partnerships between businesses and nonprofit groups in a section this July. Partners in Green will highlight companies that are cutting pollution and boosting profits by partnering with environmental groups on projects ranging from waste reduction to cleaner energy.
BusinessWeek will publish the special section in its July 14-21, 2008, double issue (on newsstands July 4), reaching 4.9 million readers worldwide.
From Wal-Mart to Microsoft, companies have engaged with environmental organizations to build sustainability into the bottom line. For example: a grocery chain bypasses the middleman and buys direct from fishermen; an elite winery helps save a rare frog; and a leading nanotechnology manufacturer develops the industry’s first safety standards by partnering with a nonprofit. The special section will examine the types of partnerships that result in action, not just talk.
Partners in Green is part of Business and the Environment 2008, a series of special ad sections in BusinessWeek on major environmental issues. In a unique alliance, Environmental Defense Fund is providing the content for the series. With offices from Boston to Beijing, Environmental Defense Fund is the leading nonprofit developer of market-based environmental solutions, working with companies that have the market clout to transform industries. It played a central role in the $45 billion buyout of electric utility TXU and the launch of the U.S. Climate Action Partnership, a coalition of major corporations with $2 trillion in revenue.
The Special Ad Sections group at BusinessWeekspecializes in integrating the marketing objectives of its partner companies with the information needs of the BusinessWeek audience through the delivery of custom article content—via print, online and other media. Published by The McGraw-Hill Companies, BusinessWeek is the market leader, providing unparalleled insight and analysis to a worldwide audience of 4.9 million readers each week in 140 countries.
Advertising space may be reserved by contacting Lisa Wood of FVG LLC, Custom Publishers, at (732) 701-1051 or lisawood@fvg.com. The deadline for space reservation is June 2, 2008. Exposure includes visibility on www.businessweek.com/adsections with direct links to companies’ websites.
For more information please contact:
Lisa Wood, FVG LLC, Custom Publishers of BusinessWeek Special Ad Sections
(732) 701-1051; lisawood@fvg.com Helen Distefano, Director, Custom Content Partnerships, BusinessWeek
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(202) 387-3500; champton@edf.org |
| Biofuel Update Algae Biofuel At the Peak Oil Conference last week I heard several speakers state that “ethanol is a disaster” and “biofuels are a bust”.With the recent start up of a commercial cellulosic ethanol plant and with so much development in algae based biofuels, I think biofuels are going to play a major role as a [.] |
| Vehicle idling adds to greenhouse gas emissions It’s not the biggest contributor to global warming. But unlike the length of our commutes or the fuel efficiency of our SUVs, it’s something we can change, right now.We can simply stop idling: Turn off the engine while waiting to pick up the kids from school. Park and enter McDonald’s to order lunch. |
| Farmers who plant, or replant , after June 20 may see yields drop by half A costly deadline looms for many growers in the Midwest, as every day of waiting for the weather to cooperate to plant corn and soybeans reduces potential yields. Illinois growers who plant corn or soybeans near the end of June can expect a 50 percent reduction in crop yield, according to a University of Illinois agriculture expert. |
| Africa’s deforestation twice world rate, says atlas. Africa is suffering deforestation at twice the world rate and the continent’s few glaciers are shrinking fast, according to a U.N. atlas on Tuesday. |
| The Toyota Bus-Train A dual mode road/rail vehicle is being tested in Japan by Toyota and its truck-manufacturing division Hino Motors. The bus bridges the gap between road and rail with 4 rubber tires for road use and 4 steel wheels for riding on rails. It can hold 25 passengers and is based on the Toyota Microbus. [.] |
| Japanese industry pans carbon plan. Japan’s steelmakers went on the offensive yesterday against a new plan by Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda to force industry to cut greenhouse gas emissions. |
| National academies weigh in on climate and health. Calling some effects from global warming inevitable, the science academies of 13 nations — including the United States — issued a joint statement today calling on world leaders to cut greenhouse gas pollution in half by 2050 and speed up technology research that helps foster a “low-carbon society.” |
| Strong action urged to curb warming. The scientific academies of 13 countries on Tuesday urged the world to act more forcefully to limit the threat posed by human-driven global warming. |
| The New Environmentalism Private innovation is the wellspring of progress on environmental matters. Where once environmental policy inherently mistrusted markets and punishment was pursued more vigorously than progress, today wealth creation, appropriately harnessed, is the main engine of environmental progress. This is the new environmentalism. |