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U.S. Air Force Goes Supersonic On Synthetic Fuel

U.S. Air Force Goes Supersonic On Synthetic Fuel
A B-1B Lancer from the 9th Bomb Squadron at Dyess Air Force base recently became the first Air Force ...

U.S. Air Force Serious About Alternative Fuels

U.S. Air Force Serious About Alternative Fuels
By early 2011, the U.S. Air Force wants its entire fleet of bombers, fighters, transports and other aircraft to have the ability ...

GSA Adds Saturn Hybrids To Fleet

GSA Adds Saturn Hybrids To Fleet
The U.S. General Services Administration has purchased 55 Saturn Aura Green Line hybrid sedans to bolster its inventory of fuel-efficient vehicles. GSA will ...

Honeywell’s UOP Developing Bio-Jet Fuel For Military

Honeywell’s UOP Developing Bio-Jet Fuel For Military
UOP, a Honeywell company, is accelerating its research and development (PDF) on converting vegetable and algal oils to military jet ...

U.S. Coast Guard Taps Honeywell For Energy Efficiency Upgrades

U.S. Coast Guard Taps Honeywell For Energy Efficiency Upgrades
Honeywell is upgrading building systems at nine U.S. Coast Guard locations across California, Hawaii, Oregon and Washington. The improvements - which ...

AIG, Ben & Jerry’s, Citigroup, Alcoa, Intel, Timberland, Toyota and HP to Debate Climate Change Strategies

AIG, Ben & Jerry’s, Citigroup, Alcoa, Intel, Timberland, Toyota and HP to Debate Climate Change Strategies
Environmental Leader is pleased to be a supporting partner of Ethical Corporation's Climate Change Strategies and Environmental Communication conference: With CEO after CEO ...

BAE Systems Releases Corporate Responsibility Report

BAE Systems Releases Corporate Responsibility Report
BAE Systems has released its 2006 Corporate Responsibility Report (PDF). According to a stakeholder engagement Q&A included in the report, participants, ...

Carmanah’s Solar Power Systems Head to U.S. Base in Kuwait

Carmanah’s Solar Power Systems Head to U.S. Base in Kuwait
A U.S. army base in Kuwait has ordered 39 of Carmanah's stand-alone MAPPS solar power systems. They will be used by a ...

EPA Seeks Comment on U.S. Greenhouse Gas Inventory

EPA Seeks Comment on U.S. Greenhouse Gas Inventory
The EPA is seeking public comment on a draft report that analyzes sources of greenhouse gas emissions. The report, Inventory of U.S. ...

Wells Fargo Leads EPA’s Top 25 Green Power List

Wells Fargo Leads EPA’s Top 25 Green Power List
For the first time, a corporation ­ leads EPA's national Top 25 list of green power purchasers. Wells Fargo & Company claimed ...

DOD Gives EERC $5 Million for Bio-Jet Fuel

DOD Gives EERC $5 Million for Bio-Jet Fuel
The U.S. Department of Defense's Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has awarded The Energy & Environmental Research Center $5 million ...

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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