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...major holding today is Zoltek, a maker of carbon fiber. What's green about that? Carbon fiber is a component of wind-turbine blades, and Zoltek's orders have soared as wind energy expands worldwide. Automakers are also evaluating carbon fiber as a substitute for some metals to improve fuel economy, and next-generation hybrids and fuel- cell vehicles should contain more of the material. Except for the Japanese, "all the auto companies are using or testing carbon fiber with Zoltek," Robinson says. The stock is up more than 185% this year...
...Through information posted on office websites and posters distributed to different buildings, occupants are encouraged to take simple actions in order to reduce resource consumption, like turning off lights and taking the stairs instead of the elevator. According to Sklodowska, an energy consumption drop of 1 percent decreases total carbon dioxide emissions by 50,000 lbs., the equivalent of taking 50 cars off the road for a year. “Very small actions add up in a community of thousands of people,” she said. “Even if we decrease consumption...
...Environmental controls on electric plants have cut emissions of six principal air pollutants by half since 1970, despite a 42% increase in energy consumption. But even with mandated controls, old-fashioned pulverized- coal plants still spew nitrogen oxide and sulfur dioxide (think acid rain) as well as toxic mercury. Carbon dioxide emissions, blamed for global warming, would soar. Shareholder activists are increasingly aggressive about demanding an accounting when companies like TXU, which had 2005 earnings of $1.7 billion, stick to old coal methods. "TXU," says Leslie Lowe, program director of the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility, "is looking through...
...want to touch the coal?' they asked. My response? 'Why would I want to breathe it?'" TXU estimates the plant emits 82,000 tons of sulfur dioxide, 6,700 tons of nitrogen oxide and 1,180 lbs. of mercury a year--not to mention 10 million tons of unregulated carbon dioxide. Now it wants to add a third smokestack...
Electric power companies want clear direction from Washington on carbon emissions. Duke Energy, the third largest emitter of CO2 among the nation's electric plants, faces a Supreme Court hearing this fall over its failure to install up-to-date pollution controls during refurbishment of coal-fired plants. But at the same time, chief executive Jim Rogers has been vocal in calling for "mandatory, market-based and economy-wide legislation at the federal level to address the carbon issue" sooner rather than later. "What we need now is to understand what the rules are going to be. Only then will...