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Global Energy Roadmap Published

Global Energy Roadmap Published
The InterAcademy Council released a report today commissioned by the governments of Brazil and China identifying and detailing the scientific consensus ...

Survey: Most Americans Want To Phase Out Fossil Fuels, Phase In Alternative Sources

Survey: Most Americans Want To Phase Out Fossil Fuels, Phase In Alternative Sources
Americans may be addicted to coal, gasoline and other fossil fuels today, but a survey from the Opinion Research Corporation finds ...

Morgan Stanley: Clean Energy Sales Could Hit $1 Trillion By 2030

Morgan Stanley: Clean Energy Sales Could Hit $1 Trillion By 2030
Morgan Stanley estimates that global sales from clean energy sources like like wind, solar and geothermal could reach $1 trillion a year ...

Virgin To Test 747 On Biofuel

Virgin To Test 747 On Biofuel
Virgin Group will test a jet plane on renewable fuel early next year, CNET reports. "Early next year we will fly one ...

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, ...

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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 ...

Volvo Opens Carbon Neutral Vehicle Production Plant

Volvo Opens Carbon Neutral Vehicle Production Plant
Volvo Trucks has opened its carbon neutral (what the company has labeled 'CO2 Free') plant in Ghent, Belgium. The factory produces 35,000 ...

Allied Waste Converts San Mateo Fleet To Biodiesel

Allied Waste Converts San Mateo Fleet To Biodiesel
Allied Waste Services is converting its entire 225-truck fleet in San Mateo County, California to locally sourced biodiesel fuel. By converting ...

GridPoint Tops List of 100 Innovative Greentech Companies

GridPoint Tops List of 100 Innovative Greentech Companies
AlwaysOn has released a list of private greentech companies that it feels are transforming the global energy, water, agriculture, transportation, construction, manufacturing, ...

Virgin To Avoid Buying 4 Engine Planes For Environmental Reasons

Virgin To Avoid Buying 4 Engine Planes For Environmental Reasons
Richard Branson says Virgin Atlantic will aim to avoid buying four-engined airplanes in future for both economic and environmental reasons, Reuters ...

Enterprise, GM, VeraSun, Kroger Step Up FlexFuel Marketing Efforts

Enterprise, GM, VeraSun, Kroger Step Up FlexFuel Marketing Efforts
Enterprise Rent-A-Car has dubbed one of its Cincinnati rental locations as an official "VE85/FlexFuel branch." On June 28, a similar VE85/FlexFuel ...

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 ...

Royal Caribbean Inks 5 Year, 85 Million Gallon Biodiesel Contract With Imperium

Royal Caribbean Inks 5 Year, 85 Million Gallon Biodiesel Contract With Imperium
Royal Caribbean will buy 15 million gallons of biodiesel from Seattle-based Imperium Renewables in 2007 and 18 million gallons annually ...

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 ...

U.S. Steel Makes Switch To Biodiesel

U.S. Steel Makes Switch To Biodiesel
Nearly 150 pieces of equipment at U.S. Steel's Gary Works, including loaders, dump trucks, flatbeds and Bobcats, will soon fueled by B5 ...

California Air Resources Board Regulates Off-Road Diesel Emissions

California Air Resources Board Regulates Off-Road Diesel Emissions
The California Air Resources Board has adopted a regulation to reduce diesel emissions from the state's estimated 180,000 vehicles used in ...

‘24′ Reduces Carbon Footprint

‘24′ Reduces Carbon Footprint
Imagine and Twentieth Century Fox Television say they will make the TV series 24 the first production ever to save enough energy and reduce ...

Florida To Cut Emissions

Florida To Cut Emissions
Florida's Governor Crist has signed three executive orders directing cuts in Florida's greenhouse gas emissions and increases in energy efficiency, ENS reports. Under ...

Abbott To Employ Hybrids & Offsets To Make Fleet Carbon Neutral

Abbott To Employ Hybrids & Offsets To Make Fleet Carbon Neutral
Abbott says it is the first Fortune 500 company to go carbon neutral with its entire U.S. fleet of company sales vehicles. ...

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COP 15 Offers Communications Opportunities

COP 15 Offers Communications Opportunities

What is the No.1 event-related global communications opportunity for your carbon messaging of the next 4 years? Here are a couple of clues… •    ... continue »

Greening the Apparel Supply Chain: Tapping the Power of Collective Leverage
Sustainability and its Impact on Brand Value
The Advertising Industry, Sustainability and the Bottom Line
Thoroughly Modernized Milton And Corporate Social Responsibility
Green Efforts Insignificant in Winning, Keeping 3PL Business

Green Efforts Insignificant in Winning, Keeping 3PL Business

The 3PL industry has made significant strides in establishing environmental responsibility as part of broader corporate visions, with companies reporting numerous internal ...

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Google Says Its Data Centers Most Efficient
Fast-Moving Eco-Friendly Consumer Goods Appeal to Many
Environmental Friendliness Not Driving PC Sales
Miller Recycles 99.9% of Packaging Waste

Miller Recycles 99.9% of Packaging Waste

The U.S. beer maker Miller has a goal of zero waste in their breweries and is currently recycling 99.9% of all packaging ...

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Credit Crunch Could Hurt Mitsubishi’s Eco-Car Push
What’s The Price Tag For A Carbon Neutral U.S. Economy?
Interface VP Discusses Biomimicry And Design
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Marketing

Survey: Apple Most Eco-Friendly, Greenpeace Says Different

Green Inc.: Conservation Organizations Compromised By Corporate Dollars

Office Depot Targets Eco-Conscious Consumers in Europe

Emissions

Ericsson Unveils Wind-Powered Tower Tube

Sun, Pfizer Surpass Carbon Reduction Goals

Constellation Wines Installing 1.2 Megawatt Solar System

Hi-Tech

Google Says Its Data Centers Most Efficient

European Data Centers Face Energy Crisis

Environmental Friendliness Not Driving PC Sales

Efficiency

EPA Announces First WaterSense Partners of the Year

World Steel Association Publishes Sustainability Report

Wal-Mart’s Packaging Scorecard Drives Sustainability, Cuts GHG Emissions

Manufacturing

Greening the Apparel Supply Chain: Tapping the Power of Collective Leverage

ARC Offers Sustainability Strategies for Manufacturers

Sanyo’s Solar Ark: Company Shift or PR Stunt?

Carbon Offsets/RECs

Gap Flips Switch On 1 Megawatt Solar Power System

USDA, DOE Unveil Plans to Accelerate Sustainable Biofuels Development

EU Votes For Tougher Carbon Laws

CSR Reports

AT&T Releases Sustainability Report

Autodesk HQ Cuts Emissions with Lighting Upgrades

Staples Saved Over 540,000 Gallons of Diesel in 2007

Major Players

Green Efforts Insignificant in Winning, Keeping 3PL Business

Critics Say Energy Star Standards Too Lax

Google Unveils $4.4 Trillion Clean Energy Plan

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