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Honda to Spend $165 Million for Greener Facilities

Honda to Spend $165 Million for Greener Facilities
Honda will spend $165 million by 2009 to make two of its coating facilities in North America more environmentally friendly, helping them ...

RFP for Record 10 Million Tons of U.S. CO2 Offsets

RFP for Record 10 Million Tons of U.S. CO2 Offsets
Five power companies have issued an RFP seeking greenhouse gas offset proposals for more than 10 million tons of carbon dioxide-equivalent emissions sourced ...

Deutsche Telekom Releases 2006 Sustainability Report

Deutsche Telekom Releases 2006 Sustainability Report
Deutsche Telekom has released its 2006 Human Resources and Sustainability Report with the theme Leading change. The company says that employees are the driving ...

EU Could Ban Inefficient Tech Products Within ‘Two Years’

EU Could Ban Inefficient Tech Products Within ‘Two Years’
Senior executives at HP think that the European Commission is approaching a milestone in its attempts to improve energy efficiency and that strict ...

Marriott to Slap Energy Star Label on 85 Hotels

Marriott to Slap Energy Star Label on 85 Hotels
Marriott International says that more than 85 of its hotels will earn the Energy Star label -? signifying 35 percent less energy use than ...

Chirac Demands U.S. Sign Kyoto or Face Carbon Tax

Chirac Demands U.S. Sign Kyoto or Face Carbon Tax
President Jacques Chirac has demanded that the U.S. sign both the Kyoto climate protocol and a future agreement that will take effect when ...

Safeway First Retailer to Join California Climate Action Registry

Safeway First Retailer to Join California Climate Action Registry
Safeway is the first retailer to join the California Climate Action Registry, California's only official registry for greenhouse gas emissions ...

GE, AES to Develop Carbon Emission Reduction Projects & Sell Offsets

GE, AES to Develop Carbon Emission Reduction Projects & Sell Offsets
AES and GE Energy Financial Services are creating a partnership to develop greenhouse gas emission reduction projects in the ...

EU Cuts Belgian, Dutch Carbon Emission Allowances

EU Cuts Belgian, Dutch Carbon Emission Allowances
The European Commission has cut allowances for the amount of carbon dioxide industry in Belgium and the Netherlands can release from ...

International Companies Form Climate Protection Initiative

International Companies Form Climate Protection Initiative
Sixteen international companies have signed a global climate protection initiative 3C: Combating Climate Change, which was presented to the European Commission ...

Schwarzenegger Orders 10% Emissions Cuts

Schwarzenegger Orders 10% Emissions Cuts
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is asking regulators to require the state’s petroleum refiners and gasoline sellers to cut by 10 percent the emissions ...

NEC, Carmanah Release Solar-Powered Monitor Batteries

NEC, Carmanah Release Solar-Powered Monitor Batteries
NEC Display Solutions of America, working with Carmanah Technologies, has released a solar-powered system for use with all its monitors. The ...

$20 Million Straw-Bale Transit Facility Open in Santa Clarita

$20 Million Straw-Bale Transit Facility Open in Santa Clarita
The new City of Santa Clarita Transit Maintenance Facility, designed by HOK, is one of the first LEED-certified straw-bale buildings ...

Carmakers Responsible for Vehicle Disposal in EU

Carmakers Responsible for Vehicle Disposal in EU
Under an updated End of Life Vehicles directive, carmakers are now responsible for the disposal of old vehicles across the European Union, ...

U.S. Companies Prepare for Carbon Trading

U.S. Companies Prepare for Carbon Trading
U.S. companies are preparing for what they think will be a booming carbon credit trading market after rules are approved, which most ...

U.S., EU Ink New Energy Star Agreement for Office Equipment

U.S., EU Ink New Energy Star Agreement for Office Equipment
The European Union and the U.S. will continue the Energy Star program for office equipment for another five years. Based on the energy efficiency criteria ...

Mercedes-Benz Pays $1.2 Million for Clean Air Act Violation, Spends $59 Million on Recall

Mercedes-Benz Pays $1.2 Million for Clean Air Act Violation, Spends $59 Million on Recall
Mercedes-Benz will pay $1.2 million in civil penalties as part of a settlement because it failed to promptly notify EPA about air pollution ...

Boston to Require LEED Standards

Boston to Require LEED Standards
Boston plans to amend its building code to require that all new private construction of at least 50,000 square feet must meet ...

Mass. to Retrofit 8400 Diesel Buses by 2010

Mass. to Retrofit 8400 Diesel Buses by 2010
Massachusetts will spend (PDF) $22.5 million to retrofit 8400 public school and regional transit buses by 2010. The deal is designed ...

Colorado Democrats Plan Renewable Energy Bills

Colorado Democrats Plan Renewable Energy Bills
Colorado, with Democrats in control of the governor's office as well as the state Senate and House, has a good chance of signing ...

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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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