Sustainability - Environmental Problems and Protection

Too much metal is being thrown away when it could be recycled, wasting an opportunity to save energy and risking shortages in materials used for new green technologies, a UN report warned Thursday.In a landmark study, the first to outline the extent ...

Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt told Brazilian business leaders Wednesday that there should be a global "green economy" with sustainable growth.Reinfeldt, who on Tuesday discussed ethanol production, environmental concerns and technological cooperation with Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff, spoke Wednesday to the Federation ...

Malaysia is launching an ambitious plan to build a "green economy" with the help of an advisory council that includes economist Jeffrey Sachs and the UN climate change chief.The initiative is part of economic reforms instituted by Prime Minister Najib Razak since ...

South Africa will invest 25 billion rand ($3.7 billion, 2.6 billion euros) to support a plan to ramp up renewable energy and the green economy, the economic development minister said Tuesday."We believe 300,000 new jobs are possible in the green economy by ...

DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) - Up to 10 companies in the hot "clean tech" sector will go public in multibillion dollar U.S. offerings this year and as many will be acquired in equally significant deals, VantagePoint Venture Partners Chief Executive Alan Salzman told ...

SEOUL (Reuters Life!) - Kim Yong-sook is an idealist who longs for a greener lifestyle, which means walking more and wasting less. But she never dreamed that her credit card could help save the planet.The 59-year-old stay-at-home mother is one of many ...

MILAN (Reuters Life!) - Italy, one of the top users of plastic shopping bags in Europe, is banning them starting January 1, with retailers warning of chaos and many stores braced for the switch.Italian critics say polyethylene bags use too much oil ...

The (American) Hardwood Manufacturers Association has a free, easy-to-use wood species guide online, with all the info a woodworker needs, including working properties, design ideas, and images of each wood with various finishes on it. I know I'll be using it from ...

There are so many ice-melt products on the market, it's enough to make your head spin. Sure, salt is a naturally occurring substance but is it safe for pets, plants and concrete? Ice melt labels are so loaded with claims of safety ...

In a sure sign of the clean-tech sector's shifting priorities, a water purification technology company called Puralytics has won the 2010 National Cleantech Open competition.. The Puralytics technology is designed to work by using LEDs or natural sunlight to remove contaminants such ...

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Topic: Sustainability

Low metal recycling threatens green economy: UN report

In Brazil, Swedish leader pushes green economy

Malaysia unveils plan to build 'green economy'

S.Africa to invest $3.7 bln in green energy

VantagePoint sees big clean tech deals in 2011

South Korea promotes credit cards to go greener

Italy to ban plastic shopping bags on January 1

Hardwood selector is free and fantastic

Is all ice melt the same?

National cleantech award goes to water purification technology innovator

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