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Archive for August, 2008

Tacoma Power Buys $15M in RECs

Tacoma Power Buys $15M in RECs
Tacoma Power will buy $15 million in renewable energy credits from Iberdrola Renewables Inc. The contract begins in 2012 ...

ExxonMobil Says New Tire Material Increases Fuel Efficiency

ExxonMobil Says New Tire Material Increases Fuel Efficiency
ExxonMobil Chemical announced the completion of a manufacturing facility at its existing site in Pensacola, Fla. The facility ...

USDA Awards $35M for Renewables and Energy Efficiency

USDA Awards $35M for Renewables and Energy Efficiency
Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer announced that 639 individuals and businesses have been selected to receive $35 million in ...

Green Govt Initiatives Grow, Implementation Lags

Green Govt Initiatives Grow, Implementation Lags
Green government is viewed as an important federal initiative by managers, ranking ahead of efforts related to performance improvement and IT security ...

Cray Unveils Energy Efficient Cooling Tech

Cray Unveils Energy Efficient Cooling Tech
Cray Inc. today unveiled a liquid cooling technology that will allow computers to operate at speeds of multiple ...

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Workings Of China’s Solar Wall Discussed

Workings Of China’s Solar Wall Discussed
One of Beijing's new additions is the GreenPix Zero Energy media wall, the largest solar powered LED display in the world, ScribeMedia ...

Xcel to Disclose Climate Risks

Xcel to Disclose Climate Risks
Under a first-ever binding and enforceable agreement with New York's Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo, Xcel Energy will ...

Burnes’ Aims to Cut Waste 25% in 3 Years

Burnes’ Aims to Cut Waste 25% in 3 Years
As part of Burnes Home Accents' Eco-Design strategy, the company is introducing a collection of reclaimed wood and ...

Smart Companies Stay Ahead Of Green Trends

Smart Companies Stay Ahead Of Green Trends
Greenwashing claims, like accusations against Innocent Smoothies and criticisms against companies such as Samsung for not taking ...

Wal-Mart Canada Stores to Cut Energy Use 30%

Wal-Mart Canada Stores to Cut Energy Use 30%
Wal-Mart Canda President and CEO David Cheesewright has announced plans to cut energy use by more than 30 percent ...

Microsoft Recycling Program Halves Redmond HQ’s Waste

Microsoft Recycling Program Halves Redmond HQ’s Waste
Microsoft announced that its new recycling program is helping to cut its Redmond headquarters' waste in half. The initiatives ...

Organic to Go CEO Discusses Green Economy

Organic to Go CEO Discusses Green Economy
Organic to Go CEO Jason Brown talks about the rise of green-collar jobs in the U.S. and how's he's been able to ...

DiGi Aims to Cut CO2 Emissions By Almost 50%

DiGi Aims to Cut CO2 Emissions By Almost 50%
Telenor's Malaysian mobile operation DiGi aims to reduce the company's carbon footprint by close to 50 percent, compared ...

World Bank: CDM Slow and Expensive

World Bank: CDM Slow and Expensive
The World Bank recently said that the UN's Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) is “expensive and time consuming” because ...

Body Shop Shares Green Product Stories

Body Shop Shares Green Product Stories
The Body Shop is rolling out its “Nature's Way to Beautiful” campaign in print, online and in-store this week, ...

Ameren Taps Lockheed Martin To Spearhead Efficiency Programs

Ameren Taps Lockheed Martin To Spearhead Efficiency Programs
AmerenUE is contracting Lockheed Martin to help the company implement energy efficiency programs for its 1.2 million business and ...

Wind Energy Storage Gets Boost

Wind Energy Storage Gets Boost
PSEG Global and Michael Nakhamkin, who designed the only compressed air-storage facility in the U.S., announced that they are ...

12 States Sue EPA Over Refinery Emissions

12 States Sue EPA Over Refinery Emissions
New York and 11 other states are suing the Environmental Protection Agency for violating the federal Clean Air Act ...

Uptime CEO: Low PUE Numbers ‘Scientifically Meaningless’

Uptime CEO: Low PUE Numbers ‘Scientifically Meaningless’
The Power Utilization Effectiveness metric can potentially be useful for determining the gross performance of data center electrical and ...

iLinc Receives Green Excellence Award

iLinc Receives Green Excellence Award
iLinc was awarded the 2008 Frost & Sullivan Green Excellence Award for its iLinc Green Meter. The ...

Today's News

Boosting the Triple Bottom Line Using Water Management Strategies

Boosting the Triple Bottom Line Using Water Management Strategies

As American consumers and businesses look for new ways to reduce the environmental impact of daily life, the notion of green buildings ... continue »

False Economies
‘Shovel Ready’ Stimulus – Projects That Should Be Supported
Going Green Starts with Design
How Business Influences Climate Change Policy
Retailers Find Environmental Concerns Playing Larger Role In Reputation

Retailers Find Environmental Concerns Playing Larger Role In Reputation

Retailers have entered a new age of corporate citizenship in which not only working conditions but environmental impacts of production and products ...

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LOHAS Consumers Drive Charitable Donations
UN: CDM Increasing Emission-Saving Initiatives, Critics Disagree
CSR Reporting Efforts: Electronics, Financial, and Metals
Fair Isaac CIO Discusses Sustainability Efforts

Fair Isaac CIO Discusses Sustainability Efforts

Here's a in-house video from Fair Isaac - an interview with Christopher Rence, Fair Isaac vice president and chief information officer. Fair ...

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Air New Zealand Completes Flight Powered By Jatropha Biofuel
Autodesk Green Design Software
Is Sustainability A Fad Or Here To Stay?
The Bottom Line

Marketing

Greenwash Brigade Looks Back At 2008

Green Business 2008 - Environmental Leader’s Most Popular Stories

StubHub To Plant a Tree For Every Ticket Bought For NFL Post-Season

Emissions

Northeast States Agree to Low Carbon Fuel Standard

Ener1 Applies For DOE Funding

Chicago FBI Building Earns LEED Platinum Certification

Hi-Tech

Fair Isaac CIO Discusses Sustainability Efforts

Connecticut DEP To Finalize Details of Statewide ‘E-waste’ Program

Speedy ROI with Quick Green IT Fixes

Efficiency

Boosting the Triple Bottom Line Using Water Management Strategies

PepsiCo Reports Improved Recycling, Careful Water Use

Restaurants To Become ‘Greener,’ Offer More Local Produce In 2009

Manufacturing

WSJ Slams Dell Over Carbon Neutral Claim

Product Stewardship Policy Gains Support

Rio Tinto Likely To Receive Free Carbon Permits Worth $462M in 2010

Carbon Offsets/RECs

The New Rules of Green Travel

Japan Airlines Jumps on Carbon Offset Bandwagon

SFO Kiosks To Sell Carbon Offsets

CSR Reports

Bombardier Meets 5-Yr Reduction Targets

CSR Reporting Efforts: Electronics, Financial, and Metals

Sustainable Silicon Valley Members Cut CO2 Emissions 27%

Major Players

Lenovo Meets, Exceeds EPA Energy Star Criteria Ahead of Deadline

McDonald’s To Rollout Energy Efficient Systems

Wind Not Quite Enough to Fill Staples’ Sails

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