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02 July 2009
Since Al Gore’s documentary ‘An Inconvenient Truth’ first raised our awareness of climate change, more people around the world are doing their part for the environment and are willing to support immediate action at any cost. A seventeen-nation survey conducted by World Public Opinion.org showed that nearly seven out of ten people in Australia believe action to combat climate change is important to the nation’s vital interests. Thus, Australian businesses are stepping up and following the footsteps of other nations into managing their workplaces to reduce pollution and use fewer resources. They are considering the needs of people and taking the environment into account, as the case study below demonstrates.
02 July 2009
Last week, the U.S. cap and trade bill we keep talking about (barely) passed through the House of Representatives. Since then the news has been a jumbled mess of celebrations, warnings, facts, opinions, predictions, diatribes, rants and the lyrics to “Thriller.” Have you been keeping up with all of it? Find out in this week’s edition of Did You Know…?—a new prize- and competition-free online game show and news roundup here at Padosa.com.
01 July 2009
Lots of banter in the media on the Cap-and-Trade bill passed by the House. Opinions vary. Triplepundit posted an excellent opinion piece. My view of the bill is that it is far from perfect – plenty of flaws. But it is a place to start and I hope the Senate approves it. Once we get started hopefully businesses will support it, for the catalyst it provides to innovation.
30 June 2009
Recently, reports issued by the Natural Resources Defense Council, Green for All, and the University of Massachusetts at Amherst’s Political Economy Research Institute (PERI), showed that investment in a low-carbon economy can produce up to 300 percent more jobs.
29 June 2009
We are now ‘tweeting.’ Come follow us at @Padosa on Twitter for updates 140 characters at a time. There is a second reason to check Twitter out – to find other people like you. If you want to be found on Twitter by other readers of the site please put your Twitter username in the comments section below.
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25 June 2009
Over at Clean Technica, San Francisco mayor Gavin Newsom has posted about the city’s recent composting bill, which he signed into law on Monday. The law is the United States’ first mandatory composting initiative and continues San Francisco’s long tradition of environmental legislation. Though it is expected to help the city reach its “zero waste” goal by 2020, the new law has caused its share of controversy.
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