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Consumers Rank Environment No. 4 Among Top Concerns
When it comes to their top concerns, consumers put the environment behind the economy, health care and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, according to new research from the Shelton Group. The research, GreenLivingPulse 2009, ...
Businesses Turn to Living Roofs for Profit, Energy Savings
As interest in green buildings continues to grow, roofing companies, hurt by the recession, are looking at sustainable practices such as green roofs as a way ...
A Greener View of Corporate ‘Eco’-nomics
Our country has been transformed by numerous periods of historic and evolutionary change - from the Industrial Revolution to the dot-com bubble and the age of ...
Oil Industry Memo Calls for Rallies Against Climate Bill
While individual members of the oil industry are divided on the best way to proceed with a U.S. climate bill, the industry at large is encouraging ...
How Fair Trade Relates to Sustainability
Teresa Fabian, Director of Sustainability and Climate Change for PricewaterhouseCoopers, speaks at the Fairtrade Foundation Commercial Conference.
Intel Uses Facebook App to Help Power Climate Research
Facebook users who acquiesce to an Intel application that operates on idle computer power are helping researchers conduct models on climate change and other global problems. The ...
Storage Center Cuts Emissions 11.5% Via Renewables, Efficiency
A UK self-storage center has adopted energy efficient lighting and renewable energy to cut its emissions 11.5 percent in 2008. Big Yellow Self Storage saved $165,000 ...
Denver Solar Buying Group Allows Firms to Pool Resources
Businesses that don't have the space or money to install renewable energy may learn from a new model in Denver, where a group solar purchasing program ...
AT&T Optimizes Operations Via Efficiency
AT&T continues to improve technical efficiency as a means toward reducing its environmental impact, according to its 2008 CSR report. Above is a look at AT&T's ...
P&G’s Dawn Embraces Social Media for Enviro-Messaging
In addition to using Facebook, the Dawn brand is running a multi-channel cause campaign through October combining a microsite, video advertising, packaging and shopper participation. The ...
South Korea, Mexico to Set CO2 Reduction Goals
South Korea and Mexico have announced that they will set carbon emission targets ahead of the global climate meeting in Copenhagen this December. Industrialized nations could ...
Northrop Grumman Saves $2M in Energy at One CA Facility
Northrop Grumman is using its Redondo Beach, Calif., facility and its more than $2 million in electricity savings as a model for future energy upgrades. In advance ...
The Surprising Solution to the Global Financial Meltdown
During this recent global financial meltdown, the best companies -- from Toyota, UTC, HP and Apple -- have done what is necessary to shield their corporations ...
USDA ‘BioPreferred’ Label Intended for Retail Shelves
A new federal 'BioPreferred" label would give marketers of certain products - those composed "wholly or significantly of renewable plant, animal, marine or forestry materials" ...
Smart Meters Get Mixed Reviews
As smart electricity meter programs start to roll out globally, there are some grumblings about a lack of standards and government regulation, as well as the ...
U.S. Can Cut Vehicle Carbon Emissions in Half by 2050
Focusing solely on energy-efficient vehicles and cleaner fuels will not address the problem of reducing greenhouse gas emissions, according to a recent report released by Urban ...
Gundersen Lutheran Hospital Strives for 100% Renewable Energy
With renewables projects involving wind, solar, biogas and hydrokinetic energy, along with a top-to-bottom review of how it uses energy, Gundersen Lutheran hospital in Wisconsin is ...
Greenpeace Tags HP Building Over Computer Chemical Concerns
Greenpeace, showing the kind of embarrassment it can cause a corporation it puts in its sights, painted giant letters spelling out "Hazardous Products" on the rooftop ...
Timberland, Adidas Follow Nike’s Lead, Ban Use of Amazon Leather
Feeling the pressure from Greenpeace activists, Timberland and Adidas have agreed to cease using leather imported from cattle raised on former Amazon rainforest lands. Previously, Greenpeace had succeeded in ...
Autodesk, Tririga Race to Give Away Software
Two separate announcements signal the willingness of software providers to gain market share for their clean tech and carbon tracking software - even if that means ...
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