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Archive for November, 2006

Green Star to Build 90 Biodiesel Reactors for De Beers

Green Star to Build 90 Biodiesel Reactors for De Beers
Green Star Products has signed an agreement with De Beers Fuel Limited of South Africa to build 90 biodiesel reactors. ...

Wolverine Largest Participant in Michigan’s Renewable Energy Program

Wolverine Largest Participant in Michigan’s Renewable Energy Program
Wolverine World Wide and Consumers Energy, Michigan's second-largest provider of natural gas and electricity, announced that Wolverine will become ...

GE, Hitachi Plan Global Nuclear Energy Alliance

GE, Hitachi Plan Global Nuclear Energy Alliance
GE and Hitachi have signed a letter of intent to negotiate the formation of a global alliance that will combine their ...

Whole Foods Sells Wind Energy Credits

Whole Foods Sells Wind Energy Credits
Whole Foods Market has signed up with Renewable Choice Energy to sell a Wind Power Card, available at approximately 80 Whole ...

Special Inspection Planned for Largest Nuclear Plant in U.S.

Special Inspection Planned for Largest Nuclear Plant in U.S.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission officials will begin a special inspection of the Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station's core safety injection valves next ...

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NY Power Plant Burns Biofuel Blend

NY Power Plant Burns Biofuel Blend
The Charles Poletti Power Project in Queens, NY, an 885 megawatt plant that runs on natural gas or heating oil, ran biofuel ...

Impact of Renewable Energy on the Electric Power Grid

Impact of Renewable Energy on the Electric Power Grid
With a $1.23 million grant, researchers from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute will be creating a distributed power test bed to study how the electricity ...

California’s Greenhouse Gas Emissions Identified & Measured

California’s Greenhouse Gas Emissions Identified & Measured
The California Energy Commission has released a  report that provides estimates of the state's greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions compared over a 15-year ...

Peterbilt Hybrid Reduces Fuel Use Up To 40%

Peterbilt Hybrid Reduces Fuel Use Up To 40%
Peterbilt is planning a hybrid-electric medium duty truck - outfitted with a fully integrated bucket lift body -? for 2007 that it ...

Post-Election Energy Legislation Predictions

Post-Election Energy Legislation Predictions
The American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy, a Washington D.C.-based energy think tank, has put together a list of efficiency-related items ...

Prop 87 or Not, California Remains Hot Alt-Energy Spot

Prop 87 or Not, California Remains Hot Alt-Energy Spot
California voters turned down Proposition 87 on Tuesday, the proposed tax on crude oil which sought to levy a tax of ...

IAE Predicts Global Energy Demand Up 53% by 2030

IAE Predicts Global Energy Demand Up 53% by 2030
The International Energy Agency  has released The World Energy Outlook 2006,  the latest edition of the IEA's annual flagship publication. The ...

NYC Elementary School Goes 100% Renewable

NYC Elementary School Goes 100% Renewable
The Metropolitan Montessori School has become the first private, primary/elementary school in New York City to purchase renewable Green Power for 100 percent ...

HP Announces Plan to Cut Emissions

HP Announces Plan to Cut Emissions
Hewlett Packard has announced a plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from its operating facilities worldwide, promote best practices, and use ...

Interface & Meridian IQ Win EPA Award for Transportation

Interface & Meridian IQ Win EPA Award for Transportation
Interface, a global manufacturer of carpet and commercial fabrics, and Meridian IQ, a provider of global logistics services, are joint recipients of ...

Democrat Committee Head Lays Out Energy Priorities

Democrat Committee Head Lays Out Energy Priorities
Rep. John Dingell, the Michigan Democrat who will head the House Energy and Commerce Committee next year, said that cleaner cars powered ...

Microsoft Positions Business Management Software as Green Planning Tool

Microsoft Positions Business Management Software as Green Planning Tool
Microsoft is positioning its business management software, Microsoft Dynamics, as a tool for companies to use for managing environmental initiatives. In a ...

Home Depot to Offset Carbon Emissions

Home Depot to Offset Carbon Emissions
The Home Depot will offset all carbon emissions created this year by the company's Atlanta headquarters and a portion of emissions created ...

MBA Students Favor Environmental Responsibility

MBA Students Favor Environmental Responsibility
A Net Impact survey (PDF) of MBA students suggests that the overwhelming majority of today's MBA students believe that businesses should work ...

First LEED Convenience Store Opens

First LEED Convenience Store Opens
LEED promotes a whole-building approach to sustainability by recognizing performance in five key areas of human and environmental health: sustainable site development, ...

Today's News

COP 15 Offers Communications Opportunities

COP 15 Offers Communications Opportunities

What is the No.1 event-related global communications opportunity for your carbon messaging of the next 4 years? Here are a couple of clues… •    ... continue »

Greening the Apparel Supply Chain: Tapping the Power of Collective Leverage
Sustainability and its Impact on Brand Value
The Advertising Industry, Sustainability and the Bottom Line
Thoroughly Modernized Milton And Corporate Social Responsibility
Green Efforts Insignificant in Winning, Keeping 3PL Business

Green Efforts Insignificant in Winning, Keeping 3PL Business

The 3PL industry has made significant strides in establishing environmental responsibility as part of broader corporate visions, with companies reporting numerous internal ...

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Google Says Its Data Centers Most Efficient
Fast-Moving Eco-Friendly Consumer Goods Appeal to Many
Environmental Friendliness Not Driving PC Sales
Miller Recycles 99.9% of Packaging Waste

Miller Recycles 99.9% of Packaging Waste

The U.S. beer maker Miller has a goal of zero waste in their breweries and is currently recycling 99.9% of all packaging ...

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Credit Crunch Could Hurt Mitsubishi’s Eco-Car Push
What’s The Price Tag For A Carbon Neutral U.S. Economy?
Interface VP Discusses Biomimicry And Design
The Bottom Line

Marketing

Survey: Apple Most Eco-Friendly, Greenpeace Says Different

Green Inc.: Conservation Organizations Compromised By Corporate Dollars

Office Depot Targets Eco-Conscious Consumers in Europe

Emissions

Ericsson Unveils Wind-Powered Tower Tube

Sun, Pfizer Surpass Carbon Reduction Goals

Constellation Wines Installing 1.2 Megawatt Solar System

Hi-Tech

Google Says Its Data Centers Most Efficient

European Data Centers Face Energy Crisis

Environmental Friendliness Not Driving PC Sales

Efficiency

EPA Announces First WaterSense Partners of the Year

World Steel Association Publishes Sustainability Report

Wal-Mart’s Packaging Scorecard Drives Sustainability, Cuts GHG Emissions

Manufacturing

Greening the Apparel Supply Chain: Tapping the Power of Collective Leverage

ARC Offers Sustainability Strategies for Manufacturers

Sanyo’s Solar Ark: Company Shift or PR Stunt?

Carbon Offsets/RECs

Gap Flips Switch On 1 Megawatt Solar Power System

USDA, DOE Unveil Plans to Accelerate Sustainable Biofuels Development

EU Votes For Tougher Carbon Laws

CSR Reports

AT&T Releases Sustainability Report

Autodesk HQ Cuts Emissions with Lighting Upgrades

Staples Saved Over 540,000 Gallons of Diesel in 2007

Major Players

Green Efforts Insignificant in Winning, Keeping 3PL Business

Critics Say Energy Star Standards Too Lax

Google Unveils $4.4 Trillion Clean Energy Plan

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