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EcoFashion Gaining Attention

EcoFashion Gaining Attention
Sustainable clothing, or ecofashion, is not only making it onto the catwalks in the fashion capitals, it's also helping support local farmers, ...

ECC Completes Manure Lagoon Cover Installation

ECC Completes Manure Lagoon Cover Installation
The Environmental Credit Corporation has completed installation on the first of two projected manure lagoon covers at a dairy farm ...

Citigroup Says Energy Bill Will Raise Ethanol Prices

Citigroup Says Energy Bill Will Raise Ethanol Prices
Citigroup has released a report that claims the energy bill passed early in December by Congress will raise ethanol ...

Royal Hawaiian Honey Sports Carbon Free Label

Royal Hawaiian Honey Sports Carbon Free Label
Distributor Tropical Traders Specialty Foods says its Royal Hawaiian Honey is the first U.S. food product to be certified Carbonfree, a ...

U.S. Can Halve Emissions Without ‘Big Changes In Consumer Lifestyles’

U.S. Can Halve Emissions Without ‘Big Changes In Consumer Lifestyles’
The U.S. could reduce projected 2030 emissions of greenhouse gases by between one-third to one-half at manageable costs to the economy and ...

Ethanol Losing Its Lustre

Ethanol Losing Its Lustre
Ethanol has gone from the answer for U.S. energy independence to what some are calling a cure that is worse than the ...

Toshiba Launches Plant A Tree Program

Toshiba Launches Plant A Tree Program
Toshiba is promoting a new Carbon Zero Scheme in the UK, which lets customers donate $2.43 in exchange for Toshiba offsetting ...

Juan Enriquez: Why Can’t We Grow New Energy?

Juan Enriquez: Why Can’t We Grow New Energy?
Juan Enriquez offers a glimpse of some ground-breaking research to explore the potential of bioenergy. Our current energy sources -- coal, ...

Food Companies, GRI Developing Sustainability Reporting Guidelines

Food Companies, GRI Developing Sustainability Reporting Guidelines
Nestle, Bunge, Tyson Foods and Green Mountain Coffee Roasters are working with the Global Reporting Initiative to develop specific sustainability reporting ...

Bayer To Spend $1.46 Billion On Green Initiatives

Bayer To Spend $1.46 Billion On Green Initiatives
Bayer has launched a group-wide Bayer Climate Program with a goal of cutting CO2 emissions from its production facilities. In the new ...

Marriott and Hilton Drop Styro-Based Products

Marriott and Hilton Drop Styro-Based Products
Marriott and Hilton are both making changes to stop using Styrofoam and styro-based products. Marriott International headquarters says it will replace 2.5 million ...

Govt Science Panel: Emissions Cuts Likely Needed To Address Carbon Imbalance

Govt Science Panel: Emissions Cuts Likely Needed To Address Carbon Imbalance
The U.S. Climate Change Science Program, a U.S. government science panel, published a report today, "The North American Carbon Budget and ...

Climate Bill Could Mean Payday For Farmers

Climate Bill Could Mean Payday For Farmers
America's Climate Security Act, a bill approved by a subcommittee of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee would create a potential ...

Bioplastics Carve Out Niche

Bioplastics Carve Out Niche
Plastics made from corn and other plants are carving a tiny niche from the market for conventional petroleum-based plastics and being touted ...

Survey: Overwhelming Support for Renewable Fuel Options

Survey: Overwhelming Support for Renewable Fuel Options
Nine in 10 U.S. adults agree that the U.S. should pursue renewable energy sources, according to a Harris Interactive Poll. The poll, ...

ADM, Bunge, Cargill Targets Of RAN Agrofuel Campaign

ADM, Bunge, Cargill Targets Of RAN Agrofuel Campaign
Rainforest Action Network has launched a campaign to stop U.S. agribusiness expansion in the rainforests by draping a 50-foot banner on ...

Woolworths Slammed For Using Sustainable Forests Logo

Woolworths Slammed For Using Sustainable Forests Logo
Woolworths, Australia's biggest supermarket chain, has told shoppers that two of its home brand products are environmentally sustainable, but at least ...

Biofuel Could Raise Food Prices 80%

Biofuel Could Raise Food Prices 80%
Joachim von Braun, director general of the International Food Policy Research Institute, has warned that food prices could climb by between ...

National Express: Biofuel Benefits ‘Frequently Exaggerated’

National Express: Biofuel Benefits ‘Frequently Exaggerated’
National Express has suspended a biodiesel trial at its UK bus operations after consulting green groups, The Guardian reports. Richard Bowker, ...

Cilion Taps BP VP As CEO

Cilion Taps BP VP As CEO
Cilion has named Mark Noetzel as its CEO and member of the Board of Directors. He was previously a Group Vice President ...

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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

Lee Company Installs Solar Power System

Anaerobic Digestion Facility At Maker’s Mark Powers Distillery

EPA Web Site Provides Importing, Exporting Environmental Rules

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

GHG Emissions Up At Owens Corning, Energy Use Down

IBM Launches Green Consulting Service

Baxter Aims To Reduce GHG Emissions By 45% By 2015

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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