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Crowdfunding Kingpin Decides To Reorganize Into Socially Responsible Business Structure

Kickstarter, the popular crowdfunding platform, has changed its name and has reincorporated as a Public Benefit Corporation. The announcement that it is changin...

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Commuters In The Netherlands Will Soon Have The First 100% Green Rail System

Dutch commuters will soon have the ability to use one of the most environmentally friendly rail systems in Europe, which will use only electricity generated by ...

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Study Finds Countries Gaming Carbon Credit Schemes To Actually Create More Pollution

A new study has revealed that a majority carbon credits generated by Russia and its neighbor Ukraine were not actual carbon emission cuts, instead represented a...

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Coca Cola Announces Its Entire Operations Will Be 'Water Neutral' By The End Of The Year

Coca-Cola Co. and its partners announced they expect to be restoring 100 percent of the water utilized in their plants by the end of this year, reaching an old ...

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Ikea Is Banning All Traditional Light Bulbs From Its Stores In Favor Of LEDs

For a long time, corporations dealing with lighting have been forecasting a time when the standard bulbs will be LED, taking the place of the conventional incan...

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World Takes Note As Fully One Third of Europe’s Electric Energy is Now Renewable

The European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity (ENTSO-E) reports that fully one-third of last year’s electricity in Europe came from re...

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Toymaker Lego Will Invest Over $170 Million To Find Sustainable Alternative To Plastic

Going green and using sustainable production methods and materials is creeping into every part of society - from hybrid cars, to LEED buildings and even now chi...

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The Largest Pension Fund In The World Will No Longer Invest In Coal Companies

Norway’s mammoth $890 billion government-pension fund, the largest sovereign-wealth fund in the world, is known for its world-leading oversight. Every investm...

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Organic Food Found To Be More Profitable For Farmers

Whole Foods isn't the only one selling organic fruits, vegetables and other products to hungry shoppers as it seems just about everywhere these days has shelves...

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Why It's Wrong To Value The Ocean At $24 Trillion

An interesting piece of research came from one of Australia's Queensland University. Ove Hoegh-Guldberg, one of Australia’s leading marine scientists and dire...

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E-waste Hits Record Highs In 2014, Leaves Horrific Legacy

The volume of global e-waste — discarded electrical and electronic equipment — reached 41.8 million tonnes in 2014, an all time high, according to a new Uni...

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McDonald's To Stop Working With Suppliers Who Clearcut Forests

American and increasingly global fast food chain McDonald's Corp is taking steps to end deforestation caused by its supply chain, focusing on beef, coffee, palm...