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Enterprise Opens Green Branches

Enterprise Opens Green Branches
Enterprise Rent-A-Car has designated four of its locations in Atlanta "Green Branches." Hybrids and fuel-efficient vehicles will make up around ...

Ford Details Plans To Cut Emissions, Shareholder Activists Back Off

Ford Details Plans To Cut Emissions, Shareholder Activists Back Off
Ford has become the first U.S. auto company to spell out how it plans to reach the goal of ...

South Lags Behind Rest Of US On Hybrid Car Interest

South Lags Behind Rest Of US On Hybrid Car Interest
Fifty-nine percent of car shoppers have purchased or would consider purchasing a hybrid as their next car, according to a survey by ...

Bridgestone Firestone Runs Forklifts On Hydrogen Fuel Cells

Bridgestone Firestone Runs Forklifts On Hydrogen Fuel Cells
Bridgestone Firestone's plant in Aiken County, S.C. is replacing traditional battery-powered forklifts with ones powered by hydrogen fuel ...

Ford To Install Third Wind Turbine At UK Plant

Ford To Install Third Wind Turbine At UK Plant
Ford is adding a third wind turbine at its Dagenham Diesel Centre in the UK to power the installation ...

18 States Sue EPA For Failing To Act On Greenhouse Gases

18 States Sue EPA For Failing To Act On Greenhouse Gases
Eighteen states are suing the EPA in an attempt to force it to comply with a Supreme Court ruling ...

Toyota Second To None In Green Brands Survey

Toyota Second To None In Green Brands Survey
The top four brands seen as truly green are Toyota (9.4%) , BP (3.3%), Body Shop (3.1%), and Honda (2.7%), according ...

California Cuts Quotas For Zero-Emission Vehicles

California Cuts Quotas For Zero-Emission Vehicles
The California Air Resources Board has voted to lower the number of battery-powered and hydrogen fuel cell ...

E85 Fuels 2008 American Le Mans Series

E85 Fuels 2008 American Le Mans Series
Reece Nanfito, senior director of marketing for the Ethanol Promotion and Information Council, talks to Green Fuels Forecast about E85 fueling most ...

UPS Adds 167 CNG Delivery Trucks

UPS Adds 167 CNG Delivery Trucks
UPS has added 167 Compressed Natural Gas delivery vehicles to its fleets in Texas, Georgia and California. It ...

Raley’s Retrofits Old Diesels With New Exhaust Filters

Raley’s Retrofits Old Diesels With New Exhaust Filters
Raley's, a supermarket chain with stores in California, has retrofitted 16 older trucks with a new exhaust filtration system resulting in ...

Nissan Readies Green Procurement Guidelines

Nissan Readies Green Procurement Guidelines
Nissan will issue new green procurement guidelines, a set of environmental protocol to augment The Nissan-Renault Purchasing Way, in ...

Toyota Gives Audubon $20M Grant

Toyota Gives Audubon $20M Grant
Earth Day must be approaching because a lot of big brands are announcing major initiatives with conservation and ...

Zap Increases Payload With XL Truck

Zap Increases Payload With XL Truck
Electric vehicle maker Zap is introducing a new electric truck for fleets with a greater payload rating. Production ...

Chrysler Tests Wind Potential At Chelsea Proving Grounds

Chrysler Tests Wind Potential At Chelsea Proving Grounds
Chrysler is erecting a 26-story meteorological tower at its Chelsea Proving Grounds to determine if high-level winds are suitable ...

‘Radical Greening’ One Of Top Strategic Business Risks

‘Radical Greening’ One Of Top Strategic Business Risks
"Radical greening" is one of the top 10 strategic business risks for 2008, according to a new study (PDF) by Ernst ...

Toyota Backs Plant-A-Tree Program On Facebook

Toyota Backs Plant-A-Tree Program On Facebook
Toyota has partnered with the Arbor Day Foundation to create a Facebook application called Tree Planter. Users ...

Soaring Diesel Prices Spur Interest In Hybrid Trucks

Soaring Diesel Prices Spur Interest In Hybrid Trucks
New EPA standards and $100-a-barrel oil are creating demand for hybrid big rigs, garbage trucks and dump trucks, ...

Study Maps ‘Mindset’ Of Hybrid Car Owners

Study Maps ‘Mindset’ Of Hybrid Car Owners
Although many new-vehicle buyers may want to purchase an environmentally friendly vehicle, just 11% are “very willing” to pay more to ...

PHH GreenFleet Adds Telematics Service

PHH GreenFleet Adds Telematics Service
PHH Arval has added data from telematics to GreenFleet's PHH Onboard service to help companies cut their emissions. ...

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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

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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