Metrolina teams up with Chevy to reduce carbon footprint Metrolina Greenhouses, in Huntersville, recently installed a waste-wood-burning boiler to heat the massive facility with the help of Chevrolet. The automaker is undertaking a 5-year, $40 million project to reduce carbon emissions. (Courtesy of GM) HUNTERSVILLE – Metrolina Greenhouses is turning to some Detroit muscle to [...]

Alberta’s low-key auditor general, Merwan Saher, isn’t much for theatrics. In fact, he’s a spectacular bore compared to his outspoken predecessor, Fred Dunn. But even so, in his latest report Saher comes very close to saying a big part of the provincial market for carbon credits isn’t working. You might say – the what? Many [...]

Seattle University has proven to be committed to sustainability, but too often relies on the practice of buying carbon offsets. Carbon offsets essentially let companies that produce an excess of money give money to companies that produce less greenhouse gases or support renewable energy. Carbon offsets are a common way for large institutions to reduce [...]

By Henry Foy and Matthias Williams MUMBAI | Mon Nov 14, 2011 7:05am EST MUMBAI (Reuters) – A new and broader climate deal is out of reach for now and instead nations need to focus on how to replace the ailing Kyoto Protocol before 2020, Britain’s minister of state for energy and climate change said [...]