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Automakers, Utilities Seek Alternatives

Automakers, Utilities Seek Alternatives
High prices for oil and natural gas are leading utilities and automakers to seek alternative energy solutions, but they ...

Microsoft Pays Employees For Energy Efficiency Improvements

Microsoft Pays Employees For Energy Efficiency Improvements
Microsoft has introduced employee incentives to improve energy efficiency and it's paying off. From 2004 to 2007, Microsoft saw ...

GM Installing World’s Largest Rooftop Solar Power System

GM Installing World’s Largest Rooftop Solar Power System
General Motors is adding what it claims is the world's largest rooftop solar power installation to its car ...

Energy Star Rating For Servers Expected By Year’s End

Energy Star Rating For Servers Expected By Year’s End
The EPA plans to have its first Energy Star rating for servers ready by the end of the year, ...

Lee Company Installs Solar Power System

Lee Company Installs Solar Power System
The Lee Company, a maker of MicroHydraulics, has installed 1,760 photovoltaic panels on the roof of its Westbrook, Connecticut ...

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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 ...

Ericsson Solar Cell Solution Deployed In South America

Ericsson Solar Cell Solution Deployed In South America
A solar radio-site system from Ericsson will provide enough clean energy to power Digicel's network coverage in remote areas ...

Feds Lift Moratorium On U.S. Solar Plant Applications

Feds Lift Moratorium On U.S. Solar Plant Applications
The Bureau of Land Management says it is calling off a recently announced moratorium on applications to build solar plants on public ...

Leaving Computers On Over Holiday Weekend Costs Big Bucks

Leaving Computers On Over Holiday Weekend Costs Big Bucks
U.S. companies could have saved up to $46 million over the three-day Independence Day weekend, according to a ...

Anaerobic Digestion Facility At Maker’s Mark Powers Distillery

Anaerobic Digestion Facility At Maker’s Mark Powers Distillery
An anaerobic digestion facility installed by Ecovation will process stillage from the Maker's Mark bourbon whiskey brewing ...

Logan Airport Wind Energy Excursion A Success

Logan Airport Wind Energy Excursion A Success
Logan International Airport has saved about one ton of carbon dioxide emissions since the installation of 20 10-foot-tall wind ...

Enterprise Rent-A-Car Says Thin Clients Will Save $500,000

Enterprise Rent-A-Car Says Thin Clients Will Save $500,000
Enterprise Rent-A-Car expects a move from PCs to HP thin clients will cut energy consumption by 5 million kilowatt-hours, ...

Utility Outlines Environmental Benefits From Merger

Utility Outlines Environmental Benefits From Merger
In testimony filed with the Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission, the investor group Puget Holdings supports Puget Sound Energy's ...

BP’s New Cogeneration Acquisition Will Power Whiting Refinery

BP’s New Cogeneration Acquisition Will Power Whiting Refinery
BP Alternative Energy has bought Whiting Clean Energy, a 525 MW natural-gas fired combined-cycle cogeneration power plant in Whiting, ...

Ball Aims To Reduce GHG 16 Percent by 2012

Ball Aims To Reduce GHG 16 Percent by 2012
According to Ball's 2007 Sustainability Report, the company's aluminum cans are 40 percent lighter than in 1969; its ...

Branson Plans Zero Carbon Resort, Launches Eco-Consulting Group

Branson Plans Zero Carbon Resort, Launches Eco-Consulting Group
Richard Branson plans to turn his Mosquito Island in the British Virgin Islands into the most environmentally-friendly resort in ...

California Unveils Ambitious Emissions Plan - 30% Cut By 2020

California Unveils Ambitious Emissions Plan - 30% Cut By 2020
California's Air Resources Board has released a draft plan to reduce California's greenhouse gas emissions by 30 ...

P&G, Others Spending Big Bucks On Energy Efficiency

P&G, Others Spending Big Bucks On Energy Efficiency
Efforts by companies to trim energy are increasingly focusing on downsizing office and manufacturing space, retrofitting older systems with ...

Home Depot Says It Will Save $16 Million By Switching To CFLs

Home Depot Says It Will Save $16 Million By Switching To CFLs
Home Depot has announced (PDF) a free in-store, consumer CFL bulb recycling program at all of its 1,973 ...

Novozymes To Make Big Wind Power Purchase

Novozymes To Make Big Wind Power Purchase
As part of a partnership with DONG Energy, Novozymes says its facilities in Denmark will be wind powered by ...

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Sustainability is Not a Color - Sustainability is Transparent.

Sustainability is Not a Color - Sustainability is Transparent.

Green was an obvious color to hang the environmental renaissance on. It was a reclaiming of the old pejorative “greenies” and “treehuggers.” ... continue »

An Eco-Stimulus Package for Our Economy
Sustainability – Businesses’ Best Defense Against Recession
California’s Leadership in 21st Century Energy Technology
Moving Beyond ‘Carbon Neutral’ to ‘Carbon Healthy’
92% Of Organizations Working To Make Facilities More Sustainable

92% Of Organizations Working To Make Facilities More Sustainable

Ninety-two percent of respondents to The Global Facility Management Association's recently released Green Practices Study (PDF) say that they are ...

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Green Building Could Hit $140 Billion By 2013
ICT Could Cut U.S. Emissions By 13-22 Percent
Consumers Loyal To Brands That Support Good Cause During Recession
‘Green Car Of the Year’ Unveiled

‘Green Car Of the Year’ Unveiled

Sit in on the Green Car of the Year Award presented at the 2008 LA Auto Show (via AutoNetwork)....

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Patagonia’s Rick Ridgeway Discusses Corporate Sustainability
California Clean Tech Open Awards
How ICT Can Reduce Carbon Footprints And Enable Sustainable Growth

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Marketing

Sustainability is Not a Color - Sustainability is Transparent.

Greenbuild Conference News Roundup

Green Consumers Have Different Purchasing Motives

Emissions

‘Green Car Of the Year’ Unveiled

Owens Ups Recycled Content in Fiberglass Insulation, Cuts Energy Use, CO2

Wal-Mart To Buy 226 M kWh Wind Energy To Help Power 350+ Stores

Hi-Tech

ICT Could Cut U.S. Emissions By 13-22 Percent

California Clean Tech Open Awards

Dell: OptiPlex Desktop Customers Cut 29 M Tons of CO2 Since 2005

Efficiency

92% Of Organizations Working To Make Facilities More Sustainable

Xerox Says New Toner Cuts Digital Printing Devices’ Power 15-30%

Big Brands Form Climate Change Business Coalition

Manufacturing

Patagonia’s Rick Ridgeway Discusses Corporate Sustainability

Mitsubishi Targets Sales Of $13.3 B From Cleantech Products

Jeffrey Immelt Discusses GE’s CSR Efforts

Carbon Offsets/RECs

Hyundai Unveils Carbon Offset Program For Genesis Sedans

Best Buy Pushes Renewable Energy Credits

New Carbon Standard Set for Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Use

CSR Reports

Want To Win Awards? Write Longer Corporate Responsibility Reports

U.S. Army Releases First Sustainability Report - Big Move To LEED Standards

HK Companies Top CSR Disclosure Among Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand

Major Players

Aluminum Assoc. Sets Ambitious 75% Aluminum Can Recycling Target

How ICT Can Reduce Carbon Footprints And Enable Sustainable Growth

UPS Moves To Paperless Sorting Labels

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