Archive for November, 2007
EPA Sets 2008 Renewable Fuel Standard
The EPA has set a new renewable fuels standard of 4.66 percent to meet the 2005 Energy Policy Act's mandate that at least 5.4 billion gallons of renewable fuels be blended into transportation gasoline ...
Greenpeace Hammers Nintendo’s Environmental Credentials
Greenpeace has skewered Nintendo in the latest edition of its quarterly Guide to Greener Electronics (PDF), which for the first time assesses TVs and the game consoles market. "Nintendo completely fails to show any environmental ...
Climate Savers Catalog Lists Energy Efficient Computers
The Climate Savers Computing Initiative has launched an online catalog where businesses can find energy-efficient computers. With 300 products, the Initiative’s new online catalog offers individuals and enterprises a searchable listing of Climate Savers ...
Google Investing Hundreds Of Millions In Renewable Energy Projects
In 2008, Google expects to spend tens of millions on research and development and related investments in renewable energy and to invest hundreds of millions of dollars in renewable energy projects. The goal of the ...
Battery Park City Boasts Highest Concentration Of Green Buildings
Battery Park City, a landfill neighborhood that juts out into the Hudson on the southern- most tip of Manhattan, has developed into a model of urban sustainability. The Battery Park City Authority, a partnership between ...
Exhibitors Earmark Money For Green Options
New research from Exhibitor Magazine shows interest in green and sustainable exhibiting is high and growing among both exhibitors and suppliers, resulting in a discernible ...
FTC To Update Green Marketing Guides
The Federal Trade Commission is beginning a regulatory review of its environmental marketing guidelines, also known as the Green Guides. While the review was scheduled to begin in 2009, because of the current increase ...
HP To Build 1-Megawatt Solar Power System
HP will install a large-scale solar power system at its San Diego facility and buy windpower to run a number of facilities in Ireland. The company has a goal to reduce its energy ...
Luxor To Start Making Green Products
Writing instrument maker Luxor, which has a presence in 75 countries and sells its products to retail stores like Wal-Mart and Office-Mart, will start manufacturing eco-friendly products made out of recycled materials, The Economic ...
Yellow Pages Association Promotes Eco-Friendly Image
The Yellow Pages Association has launched Yellow is Green, a Web site that will serve as a source for Yellow Pages industry environmental news. Along with its members - which include paper manufacturers, printers ...
Home Depot To Green Truck Operations At Ports
Home Depot and logistics provider California Multimodal have joined the Coalition for Responsible Transportation, pledging to implement clean truck technologies in their operations at the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. Specifically, the two ...
Congressional Bank Switches To Wind Power
Congressional Bank is switching its Maryland and Washington, D.C. branches to 100 percent wind power. It's the first bank in the Washington region to choose green power. The Congressional Bank purchase, brokered by Clean ...
UK Testing LHVs As Way To Cut CO2 Emissions
The UK is testing LHVs, or longer, heavier vehicles, as a way to cut carbon emissions from the supply chain, Environmental Graffiti reports. LHVs consist of two trailers joined together behind a single engine. ...
UK Watchdog Says Carbon Trust Has Had ‘Limited Impact’
A report (summary, full report) on the Carbon Trust by the UK's top spending watchdog, the National Audit Office, said only 12 percent of large UK businesses had worked with the group ...
Christmas Tree Growers Introduce Green Standards
Christmas tree growers, members of the Coalition of Environmentally Conscious Growers in Oregon, have created a set of standards that will identify trees grown under certain environmental conditions, AP reports. This is the first year ...
Chicago Suburb Could Pull Green Car Incentives
A year after Wilmette, a suburb of Chicago, rolled out discounts for environmentally friendly cars, the village is leaning towards a flat rate for vehicle stickers, The Chicago Tribune reports. If approved, the plan would ...
Green Terms Can Confuse Consumers
A green gap exists around terms such as energy efficiency, energy conservation, demand response, smart energy and clean energy, and customers’ understanding, acceptance and perceptions of value around those terms, according to an EcoPinion ...
MAS Breaks Ground On Green Apparel Manufacturing Facility For M&S
MAS Holdings, a company that manufactures lingerie in Sra Lanka, has begun construction on a 110,000 square foot eco manufacturing plant that will manufacture bras exclusively for Marks & Spencer, according to MAS ...
Corporate Leaders Discuss Responsibility at CGI
Short video from the Clinton Global Initiative shows Harvard Business School's Michael Porter, Starbucks CEO Jim Donald, and MTV Networks CEO Judy McGrath discussing how social responsibility, shared values, and giving are not only good, ...
UK Companies: Consumers Essential Driver For Cutting Emissions
Eighteen top British companies - including BP, Tesco and BT Group - have published a report (summary, full report) today promising to develop new products and services that would allow customers to ...
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Comments and Discussions
Jetset1 on Energy-Savings Claims Don’t Add Up for Microsoft’s Windows 7
"This article is wrong. If your PC is less than a few years old,..."
Iain on McD’s in Germany Trades Red for Green In Logo
"Now if only their food was healthy and nutritious."
Phil on Climate Scientists Alleged to Have Manipulated Data
"After reading all the comments it seems obvious, to me, that the individuals populating..."
Marc Hudson on McD’s in Germany Trades Red for Green In Logo
"where will the stone be mined from- under what labor rights conditions? Will the..."
Clyde on Climate Scientists Alleged to Have Manipulated Data
"This just shows all the Global Warming freaks out there are a bunch of criminals cut from..."
Car Rental Singapore on News Corp. Taps Hara for Energy Efficiency, Environmental Management
"Energy reduction is a good thing. We need to save the..."
Meme Mine on WWF, WRI Make Last-Minute Pitches on Climate Change
"To the voting public, what the scientists say is irrelevant anymore for if you read..."