EBRD launches initiative to cut energy waste and pollution
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The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development has launched a new initiative to cut energy waste and pollution across the 27 countries in which it operates.
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Online auction company eBay Inc.  EBAY.O on Thursday unveiled an initiative to join personal  computer makers and their environmental critics in an effort to  recycle more of the up to 400 million electronic products that  are thrown out every year.
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Even supporters of alternative energy agree that the easiest way to cut carbon emissions and air pollution is to focus more on efficiency.
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Leading hardware and software firms join a campaign to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from computers by cutting energy use.
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New European governments aim to clean up their streets with a pet project
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A scheme to help firms measure their products' total carbon emissions has been launched by the Carbon Trust.
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England's BioTruck team aims to promote greener alternatives to fuels like ethanol.
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The European Commission is to detail wide-ranging proposals for achieving its goals on climate and energy.
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WASHINGTON, Sep 20 (IPS) - Encouraged by a Russian government decision last  week to enforce tougher environmental regulations for the  controversial Sakhalin II oil project, international  environmentalists say that the European Bank for Reconstruction  and Development (EBRD) should change course and withhold funding  for the project or risk violating domestic Russian law.
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How do we create energy and sustain our environment? A panel of scientists lays it out simply. Conserve, invest, clean up the developing world. Repeat.
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A coalition of technology companies and environmental groups led by Google Inc. and Intel Corp. launched an initiative Tuesday to conserve electricity and curb global warming emissions by making the world's computers and servers more energy-efficient.
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(InfoWorld) - Measures to reduce the millions of tons of electronic waste generated each year by manufactures of computers, mobile phones and other consumer electronic products will be the focus of a United Nations-sponsored conference in the capital of Kenya. Delegates from about 120 governments gathered in Nairobi on Monday to begin week-long talks on how to reduce the use of toxic substances, such as lead, cadmium and mercury, found in PCs and cell phones, and to promote programs for recycling and re-using as many components as possible. The U.N. estimates that up to 50 million metric tons of "e-waste" are generated worldwide every year, representing more than 5 percent of all municipal solid waste. In the U.S. alone, as many as 20 million PCs are thrown out every year. A good chunk of that waste ends up in Africa and other developing countries, according to the U.N. Every month, more than 100,000 disregarded computers are entering the Nigerian port of Lagos alone, said U.N. Under-Secretary General Achim Steiner in a speech. Local experts estimate that up to 75 percent of the used PCs, TVs and phones sent from developed countries are unusable and end up in the landfills of developing countries, where the items are often burned, releasing toxic fumes and leaching chemicals. On the table at this week's meeting are proposals to encourage manufacturers to take more responsibility for their products, from the design stage through the supply chain to final disposal. In a speech, Sachiko Kuwabara-Yamamoto, executive secretary of the Basel Convention, which monitors hazardous waste, pointed to a partnership with several mobile phone manufacturers and operators, including Nokia Corp, Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB and Vodafone Group PLC to develop programs for recycling and re-using the millions of mobile phones now sold worldwide every year.
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Science & environment: European commission to tell member states what they have to do to meet its plan to cut emissions
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University programs are focusing research and resources on environmental and social responsibility.
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NEW YORK/WASHINGTON  - Nearly 100 corporations, international organizations and experts agreed to a plan on Tuesday to cut greenhouse gas emissions, calling on governments to act urgently against global warming.
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Kyoto replacement would set out firm emissions-reduction responsibilities for both richer and poorer nations.
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A British research institute said that Britain's recycling record trails most other European countries and called for the local authorities to start charging for removing non-recyclable waste.