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Archive for June, 2009

Hilton Hotel, GSK Install Energy-Saving Window Foil

Hilton Hotel in Vienna recently installed 1,000 m-squared of Luxasolar Clear View's window film, projecting an annual savings of 230,000 kWh and an annual reduction ...

Microsoft Reduces Windows 7 Packaging

High-tech companies are joining the ranks of leading food companies and retailers in developing new ways to reduce their products' packaging. Microsoft recently announced that the ...

Leading Mobile Phone Makers Agree to Develop Universal Charger

Driven by the European Commission's call for a common charger for mobile phones to reduce electronic waste and improve energy efficiency, ten leading mobile phone and ...

Panasonic Cuts Manufacturing Emissions With Simulation Tech

Over the past year, Panasonic has also focused on its "Eco Ideas for Manufacturing." The company has set targets to reduce its CO2 emissions in its ...

T-Mobile Launches Green Coupon Application

T-Mobile, USA, Inc. has unveiled a mobile application that offers discounts on "environmentally conscious" products and services. Available for download, the free-of-charge "Green Perks" ...

Obama Admin Unveils Energy-Efficiency Efforts, Investments

President Barack Obama and U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu have announced new plans to drive energy efficiency and save American consumers billions of dollars per ...

Sprint Tackles Data Center Improvements

Josh Morton, Vice President of Enterprise Services for Sprint, discusses the company's corporate stewardship and responsibility and its look at the ...

Can ‘Taxibot’ Deliver Airport Fuel, CO2 Reductions?

Can IAI's new robot help airlines save money and cut carbon emissions by changing runway procedures? EADS Airbus intends to find out. Airliners all over the ...

The Hope Behind The Holes In The Climate Bill

Friday was a historic day for the United States with the passage of our first comprehensive climate change bill. While I think that the American Clean ...

Growth of Global Carbon Emissions Cut in Half

The global financial crisis and rising oil prices have helped cut the annual increase of global CO2 emissions from oil, coal, gas and cement production by ...

Anheuser-Busch Taps Landfill Gas for Houston Brewery

The Anheuser-Busch brewery in Houston will begin using landfill biogas as an alternative fuel source. The gas will be carried through a six-mile pipeline from the ...

Which? Says M&S Tops List of Worst UK Supermarket for Packaging

Despite running a high-profile environmental campaign over the past two years, Marks & Spencer is ranked the supermarket with the worst packaging according to a ...

Molson Coors Cuts CO2 Emissions by 12%

Molson Coors Brewing Company has released its 2008 online corporate responsibility report, which includes several milestones related to environmental performance improvements, including a 12 percent ...

WTO, UNEP Connect the Dots between Trade and Climate Change

Although freer trade could lead to increased CO2 emissions as a result of raising economic activity, it can also help ease climate change, for example, by ...

Pepsi Goes For Green At Chinese Beverage Plant

PepsiCo has opened a plant in Chongqing, China which the company says is the first beverage plant ever built in China - and the first plant ...

BP Shutters Alternative Energy HQ

British Petroleum has shutdown its alternative energy headquarters in London, accepted the resignation of its managing director and announced budget cuts - all moves likely to ...

Building a Bridge from Recycled Plastics

Marc Green, President of Axion International, dicusses the process behind building a bridge out of recycled plastics, in conjunction ...

House Narrowly Passes Climate Bill – Reaction Roundup

The House narrowly passed landmark climate change legislation (H.R. 2454) with a 219-212 vote, delivering a major victory for President Barack Obama and House Speaker ...

Fujifilm Powers Manufacturing Plant with Methane Gas

Fujifilm Manufacturing U.S.A. has completed its methane gas utilization project to reclaim methane gas from a local community landfill to power approximately 40 percent of ...

Sustainable Agriculture Requires Farm Modernization, Free Markets, Tech Adoption

A new report focuses on the challenge of how to sustainably meet the growing energy and food demands of a global population approaching nine billion people ...