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AEP Corporate Sustainability Report Outlines Challenges, Performance

American Electric Power Co. has a plan to reduce and offset its greenhouse gas emissions. Demonstrating and deploying ...

New Plugs Improve Prius MPG

Pulstar Pulse Plugs have increased the fuel economy of 2005 and 2007 Toyota Prius hybrid vehicles by 6 ...

Aspen Aims To Be Carbon Neutral, Mulls Tough Choices

In its quest to be greener, The Aspen Skiing Company is asking some tough questions in its question to ...

Utility-Based Efficiency Programs Could Cut Energy Use 7-11 Percent

Energy efficiency improvements in the U.S. electric power sector could reduce electric consumption by 7 to 11 percent more ...

National Grid Sets 80% GHG Reduction Goal, Adopts Carbon Budgets

National Grid is increasing its target of reducing company-wide greenhouse gas emissions from 60 percent to 80 percent by ...

GM CEO: 2010 Volt Deadline Will Be ‘Down To The Wire’

General Motors is running "down to the wire" as it readies its plug-in hybrid Chevrolet Volt for a ...

Lighting Top Purchase For Increasing Energy Efficiency

Twenty-two percent of respondents to a ChangeWave survey say their company is very concerned about reducing its corporate energy usage and ...

Duke’s Sustainability Report Includes 50% CO2 Reduction Scenario

Duke Energy, the third largest emitter of CO2 in the U.S., has released its 2007/2008 sustainability report (PDF). According ...

SynapSense CEO On Wireless Sensors And Energy Efficiency

Interview with Peter Vandeventer, CEO of SynapSense, a company developing sensors to help keep data centers on the cool side. ...

HEB Powers Stores With Wind Energy

Texas supermarket chain HEB plans to run 46 of its stores in San Antonio and Bexar County on 10 percent windpower and ...

Foster’s Installs Solar Power At 6 California Wineries

Foster's Wine Estates plans to install solar energy systems at six of its California wineries, including Beringer Vineyards, Asti ...

Trane Cuts Costs With Lighting Retrofit

Air conditioning manufacturer Trane has saved over $30,000 in energy costs with a lighting retrofit at its Vidalia, Ga., ...

SunChips Solar Coming-Out Party

Frito-Lay is planning a major ad campaign to tout that one of the factories that makes SunChips is ...

HP Releases CSR Report, List Of Suppliers

HP has issued its 2007 Global Citizenship Report and a list of its largest suppliers. According to the report, ...

Dell Powers Headquarters With Green Energy

Dell is now powering 100 percent of its 2.1 million square-foot global headquarters campus with 100 percent green power, ...

Lego Releases Sustainability Report, Misses Efficiency Target

The Lego Group has released its 2007 sustainability report (PDF). Overall, Lego's five percent efficiency target ...

Scale Of Sodexo’s Recycled Napkin Program Saves Resources

Sodexo says that after one year, its switch to recycled napkins in 1,300 foodservice operations nationwide has resulted ...

Hillwood Makes Big Renewable Energy Purchase

Hillwood has signed a 100-percent renewable energy contract for its properties in North Texas. With the contract, Hillwood ...

P&G In Talks To Run Plant On Wind Power

Procter & Gamble has reached an agreement in principle to connect P&G's paper products manufacturing plant in Mehoopany, Pennsylvania ...

Thin Clients Trump PCs On Energy Consumption

The choice of thin clients over PCs on the business desktop has reduced CO2 emissions in Western Europe by 166,000 tonnes in ...

Today's News

Mars Snackfood Unwraps Landfill Gas Project

Avis To Print Less, Save More Trees

Fireman’s Fund Launches Green Coverage For Manufacturers

Honeywell, Airbus, JetBlue, IAE Developing Aviation Biofuel

EnerNOC Buys Offsets To Remain Carbon Neutral

EPS Developing Energy Use Monitoring System

TNT To Replace 100 Diesel Delivery Trucks With Electrics

Restaurants Explore Sustainability With ‘Conserve’ Initiative

REI Tries Solar Power On For Size

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

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Recycle To Save Energy–The Sooner The Better

Recycle To Save Energy–The Sooner The Better

Greg Wittbecker
Director Corporate Metal Recycling Strategy
Alcoa Inc.

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

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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

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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

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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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