Marketplace – Sustainability

Marketplace – Sustainability

Buying green, but not for the planet 10 Mar 2010, 6:00 pm

Sometimes the real reason people buy green is not always Mother Earth, and the marketing for those products is starting to reflect that. Andrea Gardner reports.

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A new solar plan rises from the dust 10 Mar 2010, 1:20 pm

Los Angeles’s utility company is considering installing solar panels on a dry lake bed in the shadow of California’s Sierra Nevada Mountains. Besides providing green energy for the city, this would also help the community with dust issues. Jennifer Collins reports.

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Game consoles zapping U.S. energy 10 Mar 2010, 1:00 pm

The Senate is taking up ways to improve energy efficiency in homes, including certain video game consoles known to be energy vampires. Nationally, these consoles could be using as much energy as San Diego does in one year. Brett Neely reports.

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Grouse decision may hurt oil, gas, wind 5 Mar 2010, 6:41 pm

Environmentalists want the greater sage grouse of the American West listed as endangered. Ranchers and energy developers don’t. Sarah Gardner reports on the Interior Department’s compromise of sorts.

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Critics contest EPA CO2 regulation 3 Mar 2010, 3:41 pm

The Environmental Protection Agency’s annual budget includes President Obama’s proposed $43 million to curb greenhouse gas emissions. Sarah Gardner reports why today’s budgetary Senate hearing could turn into a climate regulations debate.

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More bad allergies means more drugs 2 Mar 2010, 12:08 pm

Italian research shows that hotter weather and higher carbon dioxide levels lead plants to produce more pollen, which aggravates human allergies. And that means profits for the pharmaceutical industry. Caitlan Carroll reports.

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Conservation projects displace locals 26 Feb 2010, 6:32 pm

Several years ago three U.S. companies sank millions of dollars into a forest reserve in southern Brazil to earn credits to cover some of their carbon emissions back in America. How does the scheme work on the ground? Michael Montgomery reports in collaboration with Mark Schapiro.

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Public utilities differ on gas regulation 26 Feb 2010, 6:31 pm

A trade group of utilities has backed efforts to block the Environmental Protection Agency from regulating greenhouse gas emissions. But that group doesn’t speak for all of its members. Jennifer Collins reports.

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Calculating the value of carbon in trees 25 Feb 2010, 5:55 pm

Delegates at the global climate summit failed to figure out a way to stop the destruction of the world’s forests. But some lawmakers think they have a solution, and it relies on financing from some of America’s biggest polluters. Michael Montgomery reports in collaboration with Mark Schapiro.

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Baby steps to stem greenhouse gases 24 Feb 2010, 5:55 pm

The failure of the Copenhagen talks, a key Republican victory in the Senate and the recession have all hurt the prospects for serious cuts in U.S. greenhouse gas emissions. Where does that leave us? Sarah Gardner reports.

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