Maine college becomes carbon neutral
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Tiny College of the Atlantic, with 300 students and only one major, human ecology, has become the nation's first "carbon-neutral" campus, school officials said Wednesday.
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Nearly 300 college presidents have agreed to raise awareness about global warming and limit their institutions' emissions in moving toward "climate neutrality."
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The voluntary agreement will cut emissions for the universityâs proposed science center 50 percent below the levels required by the national standard, according to a Massachusetts official.
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(InfoWorld) - Dell will neutralize its carbon emissions and become carbon neutral by the end of 2008, chairman and CEO Michael Dell announced Wednesday. Dell is the first major computer manufacturer to announce its intention to balance its carbon emissions with activities that reduce carbon in the atmosphere. Companies have a responsibility to improve the environment, Dell said during a speech in Washington, D.C. "There's been a time in history of business where it's more important for organizations of all sizes to partner together to positively impact the Earth that well all share," Dell said. "It's not enough for Dell to be an environmental leader. We also need to partner with our customers ... to dramatically improve our own customers' environmental impacts." Dell will reduce its net carbon emissions in several ways, Dell said. The company will focus on creating more energy-efficient products and will purchase more energy-efficient electrical power, he said. Dell, the world's second-largest PC manufacturer, will also push its major suppliers to report and reduce their carbon emissions. If a supplier's carbon emissions are excessive, the company may penalize the supplier, although Dell didn't offer details about the penalties. Dell has also expanded itsÂ Plant a Tree for MeÂ program, which allows individual customers to pay a small amount to plant a tree as a way to offset the energy consumption of the laptops or PCs they purchase from the company. Dell has announced a Plant a Forest for Me program, partnering with companies including Salesforce.com, Ask.com, and Advanced Micro DevicesÂ in a reforesting program intended to offset carbon emissions. Companies can do many things to reduce carbon emissions, Dell said. They can purchase energy-efficient IT equipment, consolidate servers through virtualization, and use software to turn off computers and monitors after employees go home. Customers demanding energy efficiency are pushing IT vendors away from the old price/performance metric to a new "performance per watt" metric, Dell said. "Thinking about IT in terms of performance per watt forces businesses like ours to rethink the way products are designed and the way they're used," Dell said. In June, the company set the goal of becoming "the greenest technology on the planet." Governments can also play a role in encouraging companies to protect the environment, Dell added. Governments could give research credits to companies to improve energy efficiency and could provide incentives for companies to encourage green policies such asÂ telecommuting, he said. The 3.9 million telecommuters in the United States saved 840 million gallons of gasoline in a year, according to a recent Consumer Electronics Association report. Dell will continue to work with other tech vendors on environmental issues, Dell said. "While we vigorously compete in many areas in our business, when it comes to the environment, there actually are not competitors, only partners," he said. Dan Burton, senior vice president for global public policy at Salesforce.com, praised Dell's speech. With its focus on improving the environment through its business practices, "Dell is really redefining what is corporate philanthropy," Burton said.
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New materials provide a potentially cheaper way to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from power plants.
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By KEVIN MILLER; OF THE NEWS STAFF  State legislators have enacted a bill banning a potentially hazardous chemical used in household products and are poised to approve a measure enrolling Maine in a regional compact on climate change.
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The start of last season seems eons ago now. Northeastern, which got off to an 0-11 start last season and didn't win until December, beat No. 10 Maine, 4-2, last night at Matthews Arena in its first Hockey East game of the season.
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The Colorado Rapids U-23 team, a minor league soccer club in Boulder, Colo., is on a campaign to fight global warming.
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It was 12 years ago that Stephen McCarthy of the University of Massachusetts at Lowell started developing a high-performance, biodegradable plastic that wouldn't contribute to global warming.
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Overlooking a mountain lake a  few hours drive from Tokyo, dozens of tall wind turbines spin  in the breeze creating carbon-free power for the world's  fifth-biggest emitter of greenhouse gases.
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Students will soon be taught climate change and how to manage their finances as England&#39;s school secondary curriculum is overhauled to make it more interesting and relevant to children.
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Offsetting, the practice of achieving carbon neutrality, is gaining popularity among companies wishing to make a show of their green credentials.
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PARIS -- It's a trend that counts Leonardo DiCaprio, London cabs and Al Gore among its followers: Making life &quot;carbon neutral&quot; through tree-planting and other environmentally friendly efforts to curb emissions of heat-trapping carbon dioxide.
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With the game on the line, Tanna Ross and the Black Bears rarely missed. Ross, a freshman, hit 10 of 11 free throws en route to a game-high 22 points and pulled down eight rebounds for Maine, which hit 33 of 40 from the line to eke out an 82-77 victory over Boston University last night in Orono, Maine.
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BRUNSWICK, Maine, Nov. 9 (AScribe Newswire) -- A four-year study documenting accelerated climate changes in the Arctic released this week raised major concerns about global warming and its immediate effect on indigenous populations.
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By Rob Varnon, Connecticut Post, Bridgeport  Sep. 7--It's no longer just hemp-clad college students preaching the need  for humanity to recycle more and reduce consumption of raw materials.
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By Robin Benedick, South Florida Sun-Sentinel  Dec. 15--PEMBROKE PINES -- Broward County unveiled its first "green" building Thursday, a new library on the south campus of Broward Community College that meets strict standards for environmental friendliness and energy efficiency.