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Archive for December, 2006

Green Ad Agencies Carve Out Niche

Advertising companies that specialize in green marketing are becoming more plentiful, but it doesn't mean they're landing big clients, The New York Times reports. “When I started out in 2003 there were maybe five or ...

Chicago Pilots Solar Bus Shelters, Rubber Sidewalks

Chicago officials unveiled a solar-powered bus shelter and a 550-foot sidewalk made of recycled rubber this week, the Chicago Tribune reports. The bus shelter is the first of about 100 to be built starting in ...

Wyoming School Meets LEED Standards

A new elementary school in Greybull, Wyoming, will be the only one in the state built according to LEED standards, the Casper Star Tribune reports. The district secured a $140,000 grant from the Wyoming Business ...

MHA & GreenTech Anticipate $1.5 Million in Energy Savings

Millville, New Jersey Housing Authority commissioners inked an energy services contract with GreenTech Energy Services which is expected to save them close to $1.5 million over the next 15 years, Bridgeton News reports. ...

Syngenta to Pay $1.5 Million for Bt 10 Distribution

Syngenta Seeds has agreed to pay a $1.5 million penalty to EPA for selling and distributing seed corn that contained an unregistered genetically engineered pesticide called Bt 10. EPA says that there are no ...

NY State Police Deploy Fuel Cell Backups

The New York Power Authority is working with the New York State Police in a $434,000 program to deploy fuel cells that will provide backup power at 22 public safety communications facilities. Among the ...

Businesses Promote Eco-Friendly Stance with RecycleBank

Companies have a way to market eco-friendly attitudes by teaming up with RecycleBank, a company that tries to get households to recycle by offering coupons from businesses like Starbucks, Bed, Bath & beyond, and Staples, ...

Top 10 Eco Business Ideas of 2006

Springwise has an article (via Sustainablog) on its top 10 eco & sustainability business ideas of 2006. Number one was greentomatocars, an environmentally friendly cab service in London that uses Toyota's Prius. Other green taxi options ...

United Technologies Joins Chicago Climate Exchange

United Technologies has committed to join the Chicago Climate Exchange. By joining CCX, United Technologies has committed to cut its North American greenhouse gas emissions by six percent minimum by year 2010 in absolute terms. “United ...

Goldman Sachs Awards Environmental Research Grants

As part of its environmental overhaul last year, Goldman Sachs founded the Goldman Sachs' Center for Environmental Markets to examine market-based solutions to environmental challenges. The foundation has awarded its first research grants. The three ...

Big-Time Green Sponsorship Opportunity with Global Green USA

Brad Pitt and Global Green USA are building a sustainable community in New Orleans and are looking for cornerstone partners who will have category exclusivity, Jetson Green reports.  Partner companies provide:    $1-2 million in year one, ...

W&M Construction Converts Fleet to Hybrids

W&M Construction of Stamford, Conn., is converting its entire fleet of Dodge Ram pickups and Dodge Durangos to Ford Escape Hybrids in a drive to promote and use environmentally friendly technologies, says Tim ...

Study: RWE’s Corporate Value at Risk from Carbon Price

German power producer RWE could lose up to 17 percent of its value if its business strategies fail to take into account climate change policies, environment group WWF and the independent SAM ...

EPA Aims for Additional Toxic Emissions Reductions

To provide incentives for reduced air toxic emissions, EPA is proposing to amend what are known as the "General Provisions" to its air toxics standards. The proposed amendment would encourage industrial facilities to reduce ...

C&A Floorcoverings Replaces Boiler Diesel with Biodiesel

C&A Floorcoverings, a Tandus company, is meeting the goals of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 by replacing diesel used in its commercial boilers with 100 percent biodiesel, a renewable energy source manufactured by ...

MidAmerican Completes Victory Wind Project

MidAmerican Energy’s 99-megawatt Victory Wind Project in west central Iowa is on-line. The company now owns and operates 459.5 megawatts of wind energy facilities in Iowa. That makes MidAmerican Energy the owner of more wind energy facilities ...

Outdoor Retailer Promotes Sustainable Practices

Outdoor Retailer, an outdoor industry trade event, has taken steps to promote sustainable practices at its Winter Market 2007, First Tracks reports. All Winter Market attendees will receive badges made from recycled paper and printed ...

SCE Signs Largest-Ever U.S. Utility Wind Energy Contract

Southern California Edison has signed a wind energy contract with Alta Windpower Development, a subsidiary of Allco Financial Group of Australia, that's the largest wind energy contract ever signed by a U.S. utility.  It ...

UK Offices Waste Enough Energy Over Xmas to Cook 4.4m Turkeys

The amount of energy used by office equipment -? PCs, printers, photocopiers and fax machines -? left on standby over the holidays is enough to roast 4.4m turkeys, which is also enough power to microwave 268m mince ...

U.S., EU Ink New Energy Star Agreement for Office Equipment

The European Union and the U.S. will continue the Energy Star program for office equipment for another five years. Based on the energy efficiency criteria for computers, copiers, printers and computer monitors, the new agreement is expected to ...

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