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Green Stadium Planned For University Of Minnesota

Green Stadium Planned For University Of Minnesota
The University of Minnesota wants to build the most environmentally friendly major sports stadium in the country, according to Discovery News Video....

Home Depot Pledges $30M For Habitat Green Building Program

Home Depot Pledges $30M For Habitat Green Building Program
The Home Depot Foundation is giving Habitat for Humanity $30 million in financial and in-kind support and technical resources to ...

Companies Aim For ‘Green’ Concrete

Companies Aim For ‘Green’ Concrete
W. R. Grace & Co. has invested in Ceratech, a Maryland-based firm that has developed what it calls ...

Wal-Mart Says Latest High Efficiency Store Cuts Energy Use 45%

Wal-Mart Says Latest High Efficiency Store Cuts Energy Use 45%
Wal-Mart has unveiled what it says is its most energy efficient U.S. store in Las Vegas - the HE.5 ...

Travelers Commercial Property Adds Green Coverage

Travelers Commercial Property Adds Green Coverage
Travelers Commercial Property Division has launched an endorsement, Green Building Coverage Enhancements, to its standard Deluxe Property Coverage ...

NY Mets Unveil Citi Field’s Green Specs

NY Mets Unveil Citi Field’s Green Specs
The New York Mets have teamed up with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to implement several environmental measures in ...

Report Says Green Building Best Way To Cut GHG Emissions

Report Says Green Building Best Way To Cut GHG Emissions
Promoting the green design, construction, renovation and operation of buildings could cut North American greenhouse gas emissions that are ...

Nissan Disses U.S. Green Building Council

Nissan Disses U.S. Green Building Council
In July, Nissan North America is moving its headquarters to a 50-acre green campus with a restored wetland. But Nissan ...

Zurn, Eaton Launch Green Building Website

Zurn, Eaton Launch Green Building Website
Eaton Corporation is the first company to join a new green initiative launched by commercial plumbing products manufacturer Zurn ...

Cement Plant To Cut Mercury Emissions 75%

Cement Plant To Cut Mercury Emissions 75%
Ash Grove Cement near Baker City in Oregon, the largest source of mercury pollution in the state, has ...

Alleged Clean Water Act Violations Cost Home Depot

Alleged Clean Water Act Violations Cost Home Depot
Home Depot has agreed to pay a $1.3 million penalty and implement a nationwide compliance program to resolve alleged ...

Green Movement Influencing Kitchen Products

Green Movement Influencing Kitchen Products
In the Home Design Trends Survey for the fourth quarter of 2007, residential architects report that the number and size of kitchens ...

Johnson Controls Wins First Contract Under Clinton Climate Initiative

Johnson Controls Wins First Contract Under Clinton Climate Initiative
Johnson Controls has signed a contract to cut energy use and emissions from the largest shopping mall in ...

L.A. Poised To Adopt Tough Green Building Ordinance

L.A. Poised To Adopt Tough Green Building Ordinance
Two Los Angeles City Council committees voted Friday to require that all major commercial and residential developments cut projected ...

Energy Star Commercial Buildings Up 25% In 2007

Energy Star Commercial Buildings Up 25% In 2007
The number of commercial buildings and manufacturing plants to earn the Energy Star for superior energy efficiency is up ...

Autodesk Acquires Energy Analysis Software Companies

Autodesk Acquires Energy Analysis Software Companies
Autodesk is making moves on the sustainable design front. The company has acquired two energy analysis software ...

Target Targets Eco-Friendly Prototypes

Target Targets Eco-Friendly Prototypes
Target will build two prototype green certified stores this year and plans to have them at more than ...

Shopping Mall Installs 2.3 Acre Green Roof

Shopping Mall Installs 2.3 Acre Green Roof
In Upper Providence, Pennsylvania, a 400,000-square-foot shopping mall has installed a 2.3 acre  green roof. The modular green ...

JPMorgan Greens HQ

JPMorgan Greens HQ
JPMorgan Chase is making its 50-story headquarters at 270 Park Avenue in Manhattan more environmentally-friendly, Reuters reports, ...

Dolby, Kodak, Sundance and Kerasotes Helping to Green the Film Biz

Dolby, Kodak, Sundance and Kerasotes Helping to Green the Film Biz
In ways great and small, the film industry is greening up the business, according to this Film Journal ...

Today's News

Recycle To Save Energy–The Sooner The Better

Recycle To Save Energy–The Sooner The Better

Recycling rates in the U.S. are low and getting lower. The U.S., by far the world's biggest consumer of aluminum ... continue »

Using Green IT To Get Out Of The Red And Into The Black
Measuring, Managing, Saving: Making Energy Efficiency Visible
Lean And Clean With Green Purchasing
‘Recyclable’ Is So Last-Century
Environmental Initiatives Top Of Mind For Financial Services Execs

Environmental Initiatives Top Of Mind For Financial Services Execs

Nearly three-quarters (73 percent) of financial institution executives say they plan to build new or undergo a major remodel of an existing ...

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Consumers Want Brands To Solve Climate Crisis
Belief In Global Warming Slips
U.S. Lags Behind On Green Consumption And Behavior
Restaurants Explore Sustainability With ‘Conserve’ Initiative

Restaurants Explore Sustainability With ‘Conserve’ Initiative

This promotional video features restaurateurs discussing sustainable solutions and Conserve, the environmental initiative of the National Restaurant Association....

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Polar Bears On Thin Ice, Listed As ‘Threatened’
HP Exec On Product Takeback
Sony, Mohawk Bring Greener Products To Market
The Bottom Line

Marketing

Consumers Reward Good Corporate Behavior - Unless There’s A Big Sale

Green Meetings Don’t Have To Cost More Green

Green Marketing Campaigns Not Sticking

Emissions

Mars Snackfood Unwraps Landfill Gas Project

Honeywell, Airbus, JetBlue, IAE Developing Aviation Biofuel

EnerNOC Buys Offsets To Remain Carbon Neutral

Hi-Tech

EPS Developing Energy Use Monitoring System

Dell To Increase PC Energy Efficiency 25% By 2010

HP Exec On Product Takeback

Efficiency

Restaurants Explore Sustainability With ‘Conserve’ Initiative

ASHRAE Best Design Practices Could Cut Warehouse Energy Use 30%

Environmental Initiatives Top Of Mind For Financial Services Execs

Manufacturing

Dupont, Genencor Invest $140M In Cellulosic Ethanol Joint Venture

Smart Papers Installing Honeywell Biomass Co-Gen Plant

Ford Racks Up Another Environmental First

Carbon Offsets/RECs

Voluntary Carbon Market Tripled In 2007, Hit $331M

Enel Buys $232 Million Of Carbon Credits From China’s Wuhan Steel

RGGI Cap And Trade To Go Online Sept. 10

CSR Reports

Starbucks Plans Renewable Energy Buy, Green Building Standards

Brazilian, Indian Companies Dominate GRI Reporting Awards

CSR: Chevron To Invest $2.5B in Alternative, Renewable Energy Tech

Major Players

Recycle To Save Energy–The Sooner The Better

With $100M, Duke Energy Joins Rooftop Solar Movement

Sony, Mohawk Bring Greener Products To Market

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