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Gore, IPCC Win Nobel For Global Warming Work

Gore, IPCC Win Nobel For Global Warming Work
Al Gore and to the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change won the Nobel Prize for its work to alert the world ...

BP Strikes In-Game Ad Deal, Becomes SimCity’s Alt Energy Provider

BP Strikes In-Game Ad Deal, Becomes SimCity’s Alt Energy Provider
Electronic Arts and BP have collaborated to include climate change education within SimCity Societies, the next iteration of the city-building ...

SustainLane Opens Government Knowledge Base To General Public

SustainLane Opens Government Knowledge Base To General Public
The SustainLane Government Knowledge Base was open only to government officials until just recently, which it became accessible to the general ...

Nokia, Vodafone Back Mobile Services Info Site For NGOs

Nokia, Vodafone Back Mobile Services Info Site For NGOs
Nokia and Vodafone have launched a new website designed to help share ideas on how to use mobile communications for social ...

College Leaders Pledge To Go Carbon Neutral

College Leaders Pledge To Go Carbon Neutral
Representatives of 284 colleges introduced the American College and University Presidents Climate Commitment, a pledge to make their operations carbon neutral, ...

Pearl Brewery Site To Get Largest Solar Power System In Texas

Pearl Brewery Site To Get Largest Solar Power System In Texas
A warehouse renovation project set for the historic Pearl Brewery site in San Antonio will also be a “learning laboratory” for “green” building ...

Top 10 Greenest Companies In The World

Top 10 Greenest Companies In The World
The Independent, along with Ethical Investment Research Services, has put together a guide to the greenest companies in ...

300 Schools On Green Building Council’s Certification Waiting List

300 Schools On Green Building Council’s Certification Waiting List
Nearly 300 schools are on a waiting list for certification from the U.S. Green Building Council's school certification ...

Microsoft Developing Ambassador Program To Promote i’m On Campuses

Microsoft Developing Ambassador Program To Promote i’m On Campuses
Microsoft is developing a brand ambassador network on college campuses nationwide to provide grassroots support for Microsoft’s i’m ...

Real Estate Agents Seek Certification As ‘EcoBrokers’

Real Estate Agents Seek Certification As ‘EcoBrokers’
More than 1,000 real-estate agents have taken a $395 course, offered by John Beldock, director of environmental analysis for the Department of ...

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 ...

Students Vote To Offset 100% Of Campus Energy Through Fee Increase

Students Vote To Offset 100% Of Campus Energy Through Fee Increase
Students at Southern Oregon University in Ashland, Oregon passed a proposal adding a $15 fee to every college bill to ensure that ...

Sharp Plans Solar Awareness Road Trip

Sharp Plans Solar Awareness Road Trip
Sharp’s Solar Energy Solutions Group, the U.S. solar arm of Sharp Corporation, has launched an awareness campaign that the company ...

AASHE Releases Guide On Funding Campus Sustainability Projects

AASHE Releases Guide On Funding Campus Sustainability Projects
AASHE has released a new guide, Creating a Campus Sustainability Revolving Loan Fund: A Guide for Students (PDF), which explains ...

Starbucks Launches Green Game, Includes CSR Feedback Tool

Starbucks Launches Green Game, Includes CSR Feedback Tool
Starbucks and Global Green USA have teamed up to launch Planet Green Game, where players can ...

UC Launches Green Purchasing Policy

UC Launches Green Purchasing Policy
The University of California has passed a green purchasing policy making the 10-campus system the first in the nation to adopt guidelines ...

Colleges Develop Green Tech Programs to Meet Demand

Colleges Develop Green Tech Programs to Meet Demand
More U.S. college students are looking into careers in alternative energy, leading U.S. universities to add new courses on clean energy technologies ...

Flexcar Enters Baltimore Market

Flexcar Enters Baltimore Market
Flexcar has expanded to the city of Baltimore through a partnership with The Johns Hopkins University. The initial group of four ...

Green Marketing Competition Launched

Green Marketing Competition Launched
The UK's Low Vehicle Carbon Partnership is launching Cars NOT Carbon, a marketing competition to promote greener driving and greener transport choices. ...

Yahoo Asks Ad Agencies for Green Campaign Proposals

Yahoo Asks Ad Agencies for Green Campaign Proposals
Yahoo is asking ad agencies to create and submit proposals for a new campaign from the search/ad giant that encourage environmental ...

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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

Lee Company Installs Solar Power System

Anaerobic Digestion Facility At Maker’s Mark Powers Distillery

EPA Web Site Provides Importing, Exporting Environmental Rules

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

GHG Emissions Up At Owens Corning, Energy Use Down

IBM Launches Green Consulting Service

Baxter Aims To Reduce GHG Emissions By 45% By 2015

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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