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Will Carbon Caps Damage Industry?

Will Carbon Caps Damage Industry?
Economists who are assessing the risks to industries from various carbon tariff proposals are finding they're not always as ...

Baxter Aims To Reduce GHG Emissions By 45% By 2015

Baxter Aims To Reduce GHG Emissions By 45% By 2015
Baxter International's 2007 Sustainability Report outlines the company's goals to reduce its GHG emissions 45 percent by 2015; ...

Smart 2020: IT Could Cut Global Emissions 15%, Saving $800 Billion

Smart 2020: IT Could Cut Global Emissions 15%, Saving $800 Billion
IT could reduce global emissions by 15 percent and save $800 billion annually by 2020, The Climate Group reports. "Smart 2020: Enabling ...

Tyson To Turn Animal Byproducts Into Biofuel

Tyson To Turn Animal Byproducts Into Biofuel
Tyson Foods, which provides nearly 25 percent of the total U.S. meat supply and produces an estimated 300 million ...

Honda Cuts Fleet Transport Costs, Emissions With Auto-Max Rail Cars

Honda Cuts Fleet Transport Costs, Emissions With Auto-Max Rail Cars
Honda has announced a new 400-car fleet of Auto-Max rail cars, which hold up to 22 cars and trucks each -- twice ...

New WTC To Be Largest Fuel Cell Installation In The World

New WTC To Be Largest Fuel Cell Installation In The World
The redeveloped World Trade Center will house one of the largest fuel cell installations in the world, the New ...

GE Says Renewable Energy Tax Credit Pays For Itself

GE Says Renewable Energy Tax Credit Pays For Itself
A study released by General Electric says the U.S. government should renew a tax credit for renewable energy ...

Toyota ‘Zero Emissions’ Ad Ruled ‘Misleading’

Toyota ‘Zero Emissions’ Ad Ruled ‘Misleading’
The Belgian advertising standards authority says an advertisement for the Toyota Prius in the European Voice newspaper was misleading, ...

AC Convention Center Plans Largest Rooftop Solar Project

AC Convention Center Plans Largest Rooftop Solar Project
The Atlantic City Convention Center is planning the installation of 13,321 solar panels on 290,000 square feet, or about ...

JohnsonDiversey Saves Customers Over 1B Gallons Of Water In 2007

JohnsonDiversey Saves Customers Over 1B Gallons Of Water In 2007
In its Global Responsibility Report for 2007, JohnsonDiversey, a provider of professional cleaning and hygiene products and systems, ...

Solar Prices Competitive By 2015

Solar Prices Competitive By 2015
The Utility Solar Assessment (USA) Study (PDF), released by Clean Edge, finds that, "for the first time, ...

John Deere To Cut GHG Emissions 25% By 2014

John Deere To Cut GHG Emissions 25% By 2014
John Deere plans to reduce its total global greenhouse gas emissions by 25 percent from 2005 to 2014. Deere says ...

Alaska No.2 Behind California In Wind Investment

Alaska No.2 Behind California In Wind Investment
Legislation signed in Alaska creates a five-year, $250 million renewable energy program that puts Alaska among the states dedicating ...

Citi: Investors Tapping Alternative Energy, Infrastructure Firms

Citi: Investors Tapping Alternative Energy, Infrastructure Firms
A growing international consensus to tackle climate change is going to mean a new emphasis from investors on alternative ...

EPEAT Reports Large Environmental And Financial Benefits

EPEAT Reports Large Environmental And Financial Benefits
Worldwide sales of EPEAT products have increased 150 percent since 2006, when the EPEAT system was first introduced, ...

More EU Grocers Introducing Carbon Labels

More EU Grocers Introducing Carbon Labels
More European supermarket chains are moving towards carbon labels, following the lead of Tesco, which introduced a carbon ...

Lufthansa Targets 25% Emissions Cut

Lufthansa Targets 25% Emissions Cut
German airline Lufthansa has committed to reducing its GHG emissions by 25-percent by 2020 and mixing biofuels with conventional ...

Far West Rice Installs 1MW Solar Power System

Far West Rice Installs 1MW Solar Power System
With the help of $1.8 million in rebates from Pacific Gas & Electric, Far West Rice in California has installed a multi-million ...

VW Acquisition To Save Porsche $400M Euros In Emissions Penalties

VW Acquisition To Save Porsche $400M Euros In Emissions Penalties
After it takes over Volkswagen, Porsche will be able to offset the emissions of its high-performance sports cars with ...

Global GHG Up 3%, China Leads The Pack

Global GHG Up 3%, China Leads The Pack
China's CO2 emissions increased eight percent in 2007, and the country accounted for two-thirds of last year's global GHG emissions increase of ...

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Water Sustainability - What Can The Past Teach Us For The Future?

Water Sustainability - What Can The Past Teach Us For The Future?

Sustaining water resources has been an important factor in the development and survival of civilizations. The ability to use water in sufficient ... continue »

Are Consumers Falling Off The Green Wagon, And Should We Care?
Industry Needs Energy Star For Servers - Now!
Parse The Greens, Pass The Spectacle
Timberland’s Journey to Quarterly CSR Reporting
Corporate CSR Skepticism Fueled by ‘Greenwashing Washout’

Corporate CSR Skepticism Fueled by ‘Greenwashing Washout’

With the eco-world on overdrive, overall skepticism in companies' corporate social responsibility initiatives is higher among LOHAS consumers, the portion of the ...

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‘Greenfluencers’ Are Small But Powerful Group Of Consumers
Carbon Market Worth $59 Billion In H1 2008
Mobile Phone Manufacturers Drop Ball On Recycling
Ceres On The Financial Sector’s Reaction To Climate Change

Ceres On The Financial Sector’s Reaction To Climate Change

Mindy Lubber, president of Ceres, talks about what the financial sector is doing to tackle climate change....

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Frog’s Leap Winery Embraces Green Strategies
Leading Tech Companies Discuss Green Data Center Trends
PG&E Leads On Environmental And Sustainability Ed
The Bottom Line

Marketing

Corporate CSR Skepticism Fueled by ‘Greenwashing Washout’

WM Unveils ‘Pay To Recycle’ CFL Program - Will Consumers Buy?

FTC Examines Green Building, New Green Guides ‘Definitely’ In 2009

Emissions

Gore Calls For 100% Clean Energy by 2018, Keeps Straight Face

EU Harnesses Govt Spending Power to Support Green Products

Nordstrom Doubles Square Footage, Cuts Energy Consumption

Hi-Tech

‘Green Computing’ Vague, Misleading

5 IT Vendors Get New Recycling, Asset Disposal Certification

Leading Tech Companies Discuss Green Data Center Trends

Efficiency

Green GM Dealership In Detroit Cuts Energy More Than 50%

Stoel Rives Launches ‘Go Green Initiative’

Small and Midsize Firms Moving Towards Green Supply Chains

Manufacturing

Energy Audit Saves Haynes $500K

Bombardier Slashes CO2 Emissions

Cotton Inc. Says New FTC Green Guides Needed

Carbon Offsets/RECs

CDW’s Wisconsin Hosting Centers Go Green

Firm Adds ‘Renewable Energy Surchage’ To Customer Bills

Branson Plans Zero Carbon Resort, Launches Eco-Consulting Group

CSR Reports

Ball Aims To Reduce GHG 16 Percent by 2012

GHG Emissions Up At Owens Corning, Energy Use Down

IBM Launches Green Consulting Service

Major Players

Alcoa Inks Hydropower Contract

Con-Way Leads SmartWay On Fuel Efficiency

Johnson Controls, IBM Develop Software For Data Center Management

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