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Archive for September, 2006

Eaton, Altergy Cooperate on Telecom Fuel Cells

Eaton Corporation has signed two agreements with fuel cell manufacturer Altergy to provide fuel cell power solutions for telecommunications and ...

Shared-Car Services Attract Businesses

More and more business owners are using shared-car services instead of their own vehicles. In Washington D.C., Zipcar and Flexcar, two such ...

Bill Could Unlock $100 Million for San Francisco Solar Power

A bill passed by the California Assembly last week would allow San Francisco to use $100 million from a 2001 bond measure ...

Study Gives Canadian City Path to Reduce GHG Emissions

If you'd like some insight into how cities are grappling with alternative energy sources for city vehicles and operations, a recent study ...

Waste Management Turns Conservation into Advertising Tool

Companies are beginning to realize the public relations' benefits of going green. Waste Management has introduced a new television advertising campaign that ...

Chinese Ethanol Exports Could Reach 900,000 Tons in 2006

China's 2006 exports of ethanol, made largely from corn or cassava, are set to exceed 500,000 tons. Some traders even say 900,000 ...

N.C. Agency Recommends Raising Rates to Subsidize Conservation

Believing that raising rates will cut energy use, North Carolina's consumer advocacy agency on utility rate cases has recommended that the state ...

E85 Drives Poorer Fuel Economy

Consumer Reports has concluded that E85 ethanol will cost consumers more money than gasoline and that there are ...

Westinghouse Lands Chemistry Monitoring System Contract for Bulgarian Nuclear Power Plant

Westinghouse Electric Company  has been awarded a contract to provide Primary Side Chemistry Monitoring Systems for Kozloduy Nuclear Power Plant Units ...

Dow Unveils New Solar Material, Could Ease Silicon Shortages

Dow Corning has produced a solar-grade silicon derived from metallurgical silicon that the company said exhibits good solar cell performance characteristics ...

Honeywell Enters Alliance with China’s FibrLINK

Honeywell has entered into a five-year strategic alliance with power industry network and services provider FibrLINK Communications to help China's ...

Northern Power Wins BTC Pipeline Power System Contract

Northern Power, a subsidiary of Distributed Energy Systems, has landed a $1.8 million follow-on contract by the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan Pipeline ...

GE, NGC to Jointly Develop Wind Turbine Gearbox

GE Energy and China's Nanjing High Speed & Accurate Gear Company announced that they've signed an agreement to jointly develop ...

TXU Plans to Increase Nuclear Power

TXU plans to file applications with the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission in 2008 for construction and operating licenses for two to six ...

REpower Erects Biggest Off-Shore Turbine

For the first time, a REpower type 5M wind turbine has been set up on the open sea. In the Scottish ...

Serco Builds Consortium, Targets BNG

Support services group Serco Group PLC is forming a consortium to bid for nuclear waste clean-up firm British Nuclear Group, ...

Hydro Green Energy Gets Thumbs Up from SATOP

According to a study by the Space Alliance Technology Outreach Program, which is funded by NASA, ...

AES Breaks Ground on Buffalo Gap 2

AES has begun construction of a 233 MW wind project near Abilene, Texas, and has signed a 10-year power purchase agreement with ...

Cilion Lands $160 Million Venture Funding

Cilion, which wants to build eight corn-based ethanol plants by 2008, has landed $160 million in funding, one of the biggest clean ...

Invenergy Given Go-Ahead for West Virginia Wind Farm

Invenergy has received approval to build 124 wind turbines in Greenbrier County, West Virginia, although a lawsuit to block the project is ...

Today's News

Ecolabeling – Bridging The Gap

Ecolabeling – Bridging The Gap

There’s no question that ecolabeling is in demand as companies in all sectors launch marketing focused on "green" company and product attributes.  ... continue »

The Green Chemistry Tipping Point
Data Centers and Carbon Pricing
From Purchaser to Participant – Keeping Consumers’ Interest During Recession
The Greening of Retail: Lowering Costs and Raising Customer Loyalty
Over Half Of Consumers Factor Green Record Into Buying Decisions

Over Half Of Consumers Factor Green Record Into Buying Decisions

Close to all American consumers (90%) believe that acting in an environmentally responsible way is important, but feel corporations hold most of ...

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Cost-Savings Key Driver to Green IT in Small Businesses
The Media’s Key Role in ‘Greenwashing Washout’
Economy Won’t Slow Down Green Consumers
Sustainable Designers Speak Up

Sustainable Designers Speak Up

Nest recently held their 2nd designer discussion "Design with a conscious". with a packed house, three product designers spoke about their ...

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Carbon Trust On Impact of Policy on Sustainable Technology
Ineos Gets Biofuel From Waste
Commercial Composting Takes Root In Portland
The Bottom Line

Marketing

Patagonia Campagn Asks Customers to ‘Vote the Environment’

Over Half Of Consumers Factor Green Record Into Buying Decisions

Not So Easy Bringing Green Products To Market

Emissions

Crystal Rock’s Solar System Up and Running

Dell Reaches Carbon Neutral Goal 5 Months Ahead Of Plans

Method Provides Incentives for Supply Chain to Reduce Emissions

Hi-Tech

Cost-Savings Key Driver to Green IT in Small Businesses

IBM Plans to Build Energy Efficient, Adaptive Data Center

Pepsi Picks Redemtech to Handle E-waste

Efficiency

Ikea To Sell Solar Panels

DOE Assessments Help 3 Plants Save Over $1.5 Million Combined

NewPage Cuts Energy Use with Lighting Retrofit

Manufacturing

Herman Miller Sees 32% ROI in Energy Efficiency Investments

Climate Exchange Strikes China Emissions Trading Deal

Lotus To Raise Wind Turbines At Factory

Carbon Offsets/RECs

Ski Industry Releases Environmental Report

Burt’s Bees Sets Greenhouse Gas Reduction Goal

Results From Carbon Footprint Calculators Vary Widely

CSR Reports

Most Companies Skip Getting CSR Reports Assured

Campbell’s Cuts 1.5 Million Gallons of Water Per Day

KB Home To Build Only Energy Star Standard Homes

Major Players

Nissan Unveils Eco-Pedal

Japanese Steel Makers to Cut GHG Emissions by 30%

AT&T Joins Green Grid, Promotes Data Center Energy Efficiency

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