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Archive for May, 2008

Boeing Points To Improved Environmental Performance

Boeing Points To Improved Environmental Performance
Boeing says that energy use and carbon dioxide emissions at its major facilities fell 24 percent between 2002 and 2007. In its ...

Supply Chain In Spotlight at Ceres Conference

Supply Chain In Spotlight at Ceres Conference
At the recent Ceres conference, investors, environmentalists, and business executives came together to address a wide range of sustainability challenges from stakeholder ...

Renewable Energy Tax Credits Pass House

Renewable Energy Tax Credits Pass House
Some advocacy groups worry that the Renewable Energy and Job Creation Act of 2008, passed last week by the ...

GM Exclusive Sponsor Of Planet Green

GM Exclusive Sponsor Of Planet Green
General Motors will be the exclusive automotive sponsor of Discovery Communications' Planet Green, the first TV network devoted to ...

Marriott Promo Benefits Amazon Rainforest

Marriott Promo Benefits Amazon Rainforest
Marriott announced that it will contribute funds to protect the endangered Brazilian Amazonas rainforest on behalf of its customers who book ...

Long-Term Sustainability Depends On The Green

Long-Term Sustainability Depends On The Green
Companies realize that environmental initiatives can create great PR, but they're also realizing that those initiatives must be profitable ...

Molson Brews Up Ethanol For 2008 Dem Convention Vehicles

Molson Brews Up Ethanol For 2008 Dem Convention Vehicles
Molson Coors, which began converting waste beer to ethanol in 1996, produces about 3 million gallons of ethanol per year, will ...

Fort Knox Gets Energy Efficiency Overhaul

Fort Knox Gets Energy Efficiency Overhaul
Here's a short video highlighting the energy improvement initiatives at Fort Knox Military Reservation. Installations were done by Nolin Electric Cooperative....

HP Sticks Eco Labels On Printers

HP Sticks Eco Labels On Printers
HP has launched a new program, Eco Solutions, designed to provide costumers with environmental information about HP products. The ...

S.F. Bay Area Passes Carbon Tax

S.F. Bay Area Passes Carbon Tax
The San Francisco Bay Area Air Quality Management District's board of directors voted overwhelmingly (15-1) to charge area companies ...

IBM Releases Slew Of Efficiency, Carbon Management Tools

IBM Releases Slew Of Efficiency, Carbon Management Tools
IBM has launched the Carbon Tradeoff Modeler, a tool that that the company says analyzes and manages the climate impact of ...

Duke Buys Up Solar Power

Duke Buys Up Solar Power
Duke Energy says it will purchase the entire electricity output of the nation's largest photovoltaic solar farm, which will ...

AT&T Boosts Alternative Fuel Fleet by 100+

AT&T Boosts Alternative Fuel Fleet by 100+
AT&T is adding 105 alternative-fuel vehicles to its fleets in more than 30 cities across the U.S. beginning ...

WaMu Targets IT ‘Energy Hogs’

WaMu Targets IT ‘Energy Hogs’
Data centers are electricity hogs, and when you add to that the PCs, copiers, printers and phones, "...the smarter ...

P&G VP Of Sustainability Discusses Green Initiatives

P&G VP Of Sustainability Discusses Green Initiatives
Procter & Gamble's sustainability initiatives include plans to cut its carbon footprint by as much as 40 percent by ...

Burt’s Bees Aims For Efficiency At New Distribution Center

Burt’s Bees Aims For Efficiency At New Distribution Center
Burt's Bees' has installed a sensor-activated motorized drive roller conveyor at its distribution center in North Carolina which has ...

Big Investors Call On U.S. Congress To Tackle Climate Issues

Big Investors Call On U.S. Congress To Tackle Climate Issues
More than 50 leading investors, including the nation's largest public pension fund and the world's largest listed hedge fund, ...

China, India Top List Of Carbon Credit Sellers

China, India Top List Of Carbon Credit Sellers
A report from the World Bank says India is the second largest seller of carbon credits in the world ...

Dow’s Energy Efficiency Investments Deliver Big Return

Dow’s Energy Efficiency Investments Deliver Big Return
Dow Chemical spent roughly $1 billion between 1995 and 2005 on refining its energy efficiency practices, investing in new clean-tech technologies, and ...

JetBlue Offers Passengers Carbon Offset Option

JetBlue Offers Passengers Carbon Offset Option
Under a new initiative dubbed "Jetting to Green," JetBlue is offering its customers the opportunity to offset carbon dioxide ...

Today's News

Industry Needs Energy Star For Servers - Now!

Industry Needs Energy Star For Servers - Now!

The other day while out shopping for Energy Star rated household appliances with my wife, I got to wondering why we ... continue »

Parse The Greens, Pass The Spectacle
Timberland’s Journey to Quarterly CSR Reporting
Peak Carbon
Consumers Understand Greenwash, So Why Can’t The Communications Industry?
MIT Report: World Can Learn From European Cap-And-Trade System

MIT Report: World Can Learn From European Cap-And-Trade System

The EU cap-and-trade system has operated well and has had little or no negative impact on the overall EU economy, according to ...

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Fewer Willing To Pay Premium For Green
EIA Projects 50% Growth In World Energy Use By 2030
Fuel Prices, Environment Drive Consideration Of Hybrids
UK Facing Higher Green Taxes

UK Facing Higher Green Taxes

Political and business leaders are warning that Britain faces a sharp rise in its tax bill to fund the country's move to ...

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Climate Change And Public Health
Commute Program Helps Juniper Employees Reduce Trips
Clean Diesel Talked Up At Mid America Trucking Show
The Bottom Line

Marketing

New Video Shows Innovations In Textile Industry

Enterprise Rent-A-Car Says Thin Clients Will Save $500,000

Parse The Greens, Pass The Spectacle

Emissions

Ericsson Solar Cell Solution Deployed In South America

MIT Report: World Can Learn From European Cap-And-Trade System

Leaving Computers On Over Holiday Weekend Costs Big Bucks

Hi-Tech

Industry Needs Energy Star For Servers - Now!

Novomer Makes Sacrificial Binder From Recycled CO2

‘Old’ IT Doesn’t Have To Mean ‘Inefficient’

Efficiency

Logan Airport Wind Energy Excursion A Success

Ball Aims To Reduce GHG 16 Percent by 2012

Branson Plans Zero Carbon Resort, Launches Eco-Consulting Group

Manufacturing

Anaerobic Digestion Facility At Maker’s Mark Powers Distillery

EPA Web Site Provides Importing, Exporting Environmental Rules

GHG Emissions Up At Owens Corning, Energy Use Down

Carbon Offsets/RECs

Harrah’s Pitching Carbon Offsets

Denver International Carbon Offset Program Fails To Take Off

Passengers Will Pay For New EU Airlines Emissions Rules

CSR Reports

IBM Launches Green Consulting Service

Baxter Aims To Reduce GHG Emissions By 45% By 2015

JohnsonDiversey Saves Customers Over 1B Gallons Of Water In 2007

Major Players

P&W Geared Turbofan Engine Could Help Industry Cut Emissions

Dell Power Supply First To Receive ‘80 Plus Gold’ Certification

Dow Raising Prices, Again

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