(AP) - In this July 28, 2009 photo, Toyota salesman Red Qayomie walks by a Jeep Grand Cherokee Loredo that was turned in as a clunker at a Toyota dealership in Palo Alto, Calif. The House raced Friday to pass legislation pouring an additional $2 billion into the popular _-but financially strapped - 'cash for clunkers' car purchase program. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)

July 23 was a big day for Hannaford Supermarkets, a 167-store chain serving Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, and Vermont. The Augusta, Maine Hannaford store obtained Platinum LEED Certification last week, making it the first supermarket in the nation to attain such a status.

The tough economy has undermined the environmental enthusiasm of Californians, hitting the U.S. state that pioneered climate change legislation just as the federal government is taking on the issue, a survey showed on Wednesday.

(AP) - FILE - In this file photo taken on June 5, 2009, a Toyota Motor Corp. worker gives the final examination on an newly assembled Prius at Toyota Tsutsumi Plant in Toyota, central Japan. Japan's factory output rose for the fourth straight month in June, as manufacturers see growing prospects for a recovery in demand, the trade ministry said Thursday July 30, 2009. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi, File)

(AP) - Jim Schierholz, 77, of Milwaukee, holds a sold sign at a Toyota dealership in Gladstone, Ore., Monday, July 27, 2009. Schierholz turned in his Econoline van for a rebate toward the purchase of a Toyota RAV4 as part of the federal government's 'Car Allowance Rebate System,' or 'CARS' program. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

(AP) - A Chrysler Town and Country minivan that was turned in under the federal government's 'Car Allowance Rebate System,' or 'CARS' program, is shown at a Toyota dealership in Palo Alto, Calif., Tuesday, July 28, 2009. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)

(AP) - Paperwork for vehicles turned in under the federal government's 'Car Allowance Rebate System,' or 'CARS' program is shown in a box at a Toyota dealership in Palo Alto, Calif., Tuesday, July 28, 2009. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)

(AP) - A Jeep Grad Cherokee, foreground, a GMC Jimmy, center, and Mercury villager GS, background, that were turned in under the federal government's 'Car Allowance Rebate System,' or 'CARS' program are shown at a Toyota dealership in Palo Alto, Calif., Tuesday, July 28, 2009. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)

Johnson & Johnson (J&J) has cut emissions at its company-owned and larger leased facilities by 9 percent between 1990 and 2008, a period in which its worldwide sales have grown by more than 400 percent. Though the company is currently meeting its goal of reducing emissions by 7 percent below 1990 levels by 2010, emissions increased in 2008. Its carbon footprint, which includes 364,000 metric tons of carbon offsets, grew 3.3 percent in 2008 compared to the year before, the company said in its 12th sustainability report published last week.

European nations are wary about a perceived trend in France and the United States to use international competition as a reason to back off on Carbon reduction pledges. They are concerned that carbon tariffs could be used to fend off competition from countries which have not committed to reducing emissions, in effect triggering a green trade war.