Archive for June, 2008

Can driving greener get you into heaven? Vatican says sure

Sunday, June 8th, 2008

Filed under: Etc., Green Culture, Carbon Offset, Green Daily

The first hints that low-mpg cars were sinful in the eyes of the Catholic Church came last fall, when a spokesman for Pope Benedict XVI confirmed that the Pope would use an April 2008 address to the UN as a way to speak to the moral implications […]

DHL Gogreen Express allows Asia Pacific customers carbon-neutral shipping option

Sunday, June 8th, 2008

Filed under: Carbon Offset

Delivery services like DHL are very efficient operations that get your package from point A to point B at the lowest possible cost, but the company’s mega-fleet spews CO2 by the truckload. In the Asia Pacific region, DHL has started Gogreen Express to give environmentally conscious shippers the ability to choose carbon-neutral […]

Should solo Hummer drivers be allowed the HOV lane if they’re carbon neutral?

Sunday, June 8th, 2008

Filed under: HUMMER, Carbon Offset, Legislation and Policy
California bill SB 1374, if passed and signed into a law, would allow any car to join the HOV sticker program as long as that vehicle is carbon neutral. This would mean someone driving alone in a Hummer could legally be allowed into the HOV lane, if the […]

Dutch Kia buyers can offset their vehicles through African jatropha biodiesel

Sunday, June 8th, 2008

Filed under: Biodiesel, Kia, Carbon Offset, Africa

Let’s set this story up by placing the players on a map. First, Kia, which is a South Korean automobile company. Secong, Mali, which is a country in Africa. Third, Kia Netherlands, which sells the Korean cars in Holland.
Now that we’re clear on who’s where, here’s the story: […]

TerraPass updates online CO calculator

Sunday, June 8th, 2008

Filed under: Etc., Carbon Offset, Green Daily
It’s a minor change, but over at TerraPass, the carbon-offset-powers-that-be have added a comparison bar to the online emissions calculator. Now, when you input information to figure out how much your indulgence TerraPass CO2 offset sticker will cost you, you’ll also see a yellow bar that compares your annual […]

Trying to find the green at the Super Bowl - it’s there if you look for it

Sunday, June 8th, 2008

Filed under: Etc., Ethanol, Carbon Offset, Green Daily
We’ve covered some of the green car items that’ll be on TV this afternoon, including an ad for the Yukon Hybrid, but what about the people who actually go to the game? What sort of cleaner driving angle can they add to their day? A couple, but I’m […]

CO offset milestone: 100,000 TerraPasses sold

Sunday, June 8th, 2008

Filed under: Green Culture, Carbon Offset, Green Daily

If I can’t buy a hybrid or get an EV for ’round town needs, then perhaps a carbon offset sticker is the right move. That’s what at least 100,000 people have decided, according to the leading consumer/driver carbon offset vendor, TerraPass. Earlier this month, TerraPass sold its 100,000th […]

Bluenext: A world-wide carbon trading market

Sunday, June 8th, 2008

Filed under: Carbon Offset, European Union, Japan, USA
NYSE-Euronext, the company that manages the NY Market Exchange, as well as some European markets and French savings bank Caisse des Depots, have announced Bluenext. It’s a carbon rights trading scheme which labels itself as “the global environmental exchange,” although they define themselves as able to trade any […]

Enterprise Rent-a-car facing problems implementing green initatives

Sunday, June 8th, 2008

Filed under: Etc., Flex-Fuel, Hybrid, Carbon Offset
Enterprise Rent-a-car has a couple of green initiatives going. First of all, it has a good number of fuel-efficient vehicles (defined as those that get more than 28 mpg, as shown above) including 5,000 hybrids and 73,000 flex-fuel vehicles. Then, it’s offering carbon-offsetting for all its customers, which is […]

Land Rover launches website to show off green initiatives

Sunday, June 8th, 2008

Filed under: Land Rover, Carbon Offset

Land Rover is very fond of its CO2 offsetting program and has decided to launch a campaign with a website to promote it, as well as celebrating the marque’s 60th anniversary. The program not only plants trees but also includes humanitarian projects, as well as a window of Land Rover’s […]

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