In 2007, the global food and beverage company Mars Inc. established ambitious goals of eliminating fossil fuel use, greenhouse gas emissions and waste from its operations.

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By Nathalie Weinstein Dolan Media Newswires Portland, Ore. — A building cannot meet the 2030 Challenge without proof of performance. But that proof isn’t easy to obtain. If buildings are to meet the international initiative’s goal of operating without greenhouse-gas ...

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LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan and Wisconsin plan to work together to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and determine the best strategies to adapt to climate change as part of an effort to protect the Great Lakes region. The Michigan Department ...

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Steve LeBlanc AP Writer Boston — A new study has found that wood-burning power plants using trees and other biomass from New England forests release more greenhouse gases into the atmosphere than coal over time. The six-month study, commissioned by ...

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Aoife White AP Business Writer Brussels, Belgium — European wind power producers are calling for billions of dollars in investments to generate energy from offshore wind turbines. The European Union is aiming to generate a fifth of all its energy ...

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H. Josef Hebert AP Writer Washington — President Barack Obama’s commitment to take on climate change and put science over politics is about to be tested as his administration faces a politically sensitive question about the widespread use of ethanol: ...

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