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Your mail may get a bit greener
The Postal Service is disclosing its carbon footprint as part of a plan to make the agency more energy-efficient, and efficient with its cash. Jennifer Collins reports. (10/15/2009)
Solar Decathlon winners to get sun time
The Department of Energy gave 20 teams of college students $100,000 in seed money to build solar homes as part of the Solar Decathlon. Nancy Marshall Genzer reports what the winners can expect. (10/13/2009)
U.S. firm and China work to reduce CO2
Some U.S. energy players aren't waiting around for a new climate treaty in Copenhagen. They're cooperating with the Chinese to reduce carbon emissions. Ashley Milne-Tyte reports. (10/07/2009)
Biz execs push gov't on climate change
Business executives are planning to turn up at Capitol Hill to encourage Congress to pass a new law cutting greenhouse gases. Jill Barshay reports. (10/06/2009)
Nike is latest to swoosh out of chamber
Nike is resigning from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Board over disagreement on climate change. Steve Henn reports on why so many companies are leaving the chamber. (09/30/2009)
How carbon allowances can cut CO2
The Senate's climate change bill proposes slashing 20 percent of emissions by 2020 with the help of carbon allowances, or permission slips to pollute. Money generated from allowances will largely go to local utilities. Ashley Milne-Tyte reports. (09/30/2009)
Is Europe's carbon trading all smoke?
Europe's market in so-called carbon credits is designed to cut CO2 emissions using the profit motive. But some climate campaigners have dismissed it as a giant scam. Stephen Beard reports. (09/29/2009)
House explores new solar investments
A House committee will decide today what more can be invested in solar energy. Some say through low-interest loans and tax breaks, more can be done to lower the cost of the resource. Stacey Vanek-Smith reports. (09/24/2009)
U.N. offsets balance CO2 emissions
Dignitaries traveling to New York for the U.N. General Assembly are piling up on carbon emissions. But one day of the assembly will actually end up carbon neutral. Jeremy Hobson reports. (09/23/2009)
PG&E protests CO2 business lobby
Pacific Gas and Electric has withdrawn from the Chamber of Commerce to protest its environmental policies. The major utility company is the latest in a number of companies criticizing business lobby groups. John Dimsdale reports. (09/23/2009)
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