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Monadnock Releases New Edition Of Sustainable Printing Guide

Monadnock Releases New Edition Of Sustainable Printing Guide
Monadnock Paper Mills has announced the third edition of "A Field Guide: Eco-Friendly, Efficient and Effective Print," the ...

IBM Says New Modular Data Centers Can Slash Energy Use 50%

IBM Says New Modular Data Centers Can Slash Energy Use 50%
A new IBM modular data center that mimics the power and energy efficiency of IBM's computing hubs can reduce ...

ASU Plans 2 MW Solar Installation

ASU Plans 2 MW Solar Installation
Arizona State University will be home to one of the largest solar power installations at any U.S. university once ...

Wind, Solar From Xcel To Power National Conventions

Wind, Solar From Xcel To Power National Conventions
Both the national Democratic and Republican Conventions will receive enough wind power from Xcel Energy's Windsource program to offset ...

Verizon Call-Switching Center Powered By Fuel Cells

Verizon Call-Switching Center Powered By Fuel Cells
Verizon's call-switching center and office building in Garden City, N.Y., uses seven fuel cells, each of which is able ...

Duke Plans To Get 20 MW Closer To The Sun

Duke Plans To Get 20 MW Closer To The Sun
More details have come out about Duke Energy's $100 million investment in commercial-scale rooftop solar panels, which we ...

DOD Deploys First GHG Management System At Army Base

DOD Deploys First GHG Management System At Army Base
The U.S. Army has implemented its first real-time GHG reporting and management system at a military base -- Fort ...

International Carbon Reduction and Offset Alliance Formed

International Carbon Reduction and Offset Alliance Formed
Eight of the world's leading carbon reduction and offset providers have formed the International Carbon Reduction and Offset Alliance ...

Small Business Sustainability Measures Can Compete With Larger Companies

Small Business Sustainability Measures Can Compete With Larger Companies
While small businesses can't dedicate entire departments and budgets to sustainability measures like companies like Wal-Mart can, they can ...

Sustainability And Marketing Must Walk Hand In Hand

Sustainability And Marketing Must Walk Hand In Hand
In order to effectively communicate their green commitments companies must bridge the gap between technical and marketing experts, AdAge ...

SoftLayer Cuts Packaging By 80%

SoftLayer Cuts Packaging By 80%
SoftLayer says it has received its first delivery of servers under a new server packaging program that reduces packing materials ...

Lexmark Reports Reduced GHG Emissions, Increased Energy And Water Savings

Lexmark Reports Reduced GHG Emissions, Increased Energy And Water Savings
Lexmark's international headquarters in Lexington, Kentucky, reduced its GHG emissions 11 percent in 2006 from the year before, according to the company's ...

Verizon Suppliers Must Meet New Energy Efficiency Standards

Verizon Suppliers Must Meet New Energy Efficiency Standards
Verizon has established its own energy-consumption standards and an associated measurement for new telecommunications-related equipment that its suppliers will ...

FTC Tackles Green Building, Textiles In Latest Green Claims Workshop

FTC Tackles Green Building, Textiles In Latest Green Claims Workshop
The Federal Trade Commission has announced the third in a series of public workshops being held as part ...

Epson Goal: Cut CO2 Emissions 90% By 2050

Epson Goal: Cut CO2 Emissions 90% By 2050
Epson said it is aiming to reduce its CO2 emissions by 90 percent by 2050, and asks other printing ...

Marks & Spencer Sets 2012 Carbon Neutral Goal

Marks & Spencer Sets 2012 Carbon Neutral Goal
Marks & Spencer, which recently announced the opening of its first ‘eco-factory' designed to be carbon neutral, has announced ...

Dell Recycles 100M+ Pounds Of E-Waste, First With 80 Plus Silver Certification

Dell Recycles 100M+ Pounds Of E-Waste, First With 80 Plus Silver Certification
Dell reported recovery of 102 million pounds of IT equipment from customers during 2007, a 20 percent increase ...

Toyota Fuel Cell Hybrid Goes Twice The Distance

Toyota Fuel Cell Hybrid Goes Twice The Distance
Toyota has developed a new fuel cell (zero pollution) hybrid powered by hydrogen and electricity that can travel more ...

HP Unveils Ambitious Data Center Project, More Efficient Solar Energy System

HP Unveils Ambitious Data Center Project, More Efficient Solar Energy System
HP's research arm HP Labs has announced new sustainability research initiatives the company says will include an industry-first ...

Timberland Gets First LEED Gold For Mall-Based Store

Timberland Gets First LEED Gold For Mall-Based Store
The USGBC has awarded LEED Gold certification for Timberland's Peabody, Mass. store location, and LEED Silver certification for Timberland's ...

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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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