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White House Recognizes “Environmentally Preferable” Computer Manufacturers

The White House Council on Environmental Quality and the Federal Environmental Executive have released a list of computer manufacturers that make "environmentally preferable computers ...

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EPA’s Performance Track Adds 55 New Facilities

From leading food and beverage companies to a major automobile manufacturer, 55 new facilities have joined the National Environmental Performance ...

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EPA Cuts Diesel Locomotive and Vessel Pollution

EPA is proposing a new rule to reduce air pollution from locomotive and marine diesel engines. The Clean Air Locomotive and ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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$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 ...

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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, ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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