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EPA Issues Tougher Emission Rule For Mowers

EPA Issues Tougher Emission Rule For Mowers
Beginning in 2011, new gas-powered lawn and garden equipment of less than 25 horsepower will be required to reduce ...

Emerson Builds New Energy-Efficient Data Center

Emerson Builds New Energy-Efficient Data Center
Emerson announced it has begun construction on a 35,000-square-foot energy efficient data center at its corporate headquarters in ...

Half of GM’s Manufacturing Plants to be Landfill-Free by 2010

Half of GM’s Manufacturing Plants to be Landfill-Free by 2010
General Motors announced  it is planning to make half of its major global manufacturing operations landfill-free by the ...

UCSD Installs Solar Trees

UCSD Installs Solar Trees
The University of California, San Diego, which strives to be one of the nation’s “greenest” college campuses, is ...

RGGI’s Greenhouse Auction Could See Low Demand

RGGI’s Greenhouse Auction Could See Low Demand
The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) will hold its first auction for permits of more than 12 million tons ...

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Airlines Tout CO2 Emissions Reductions

Airlines Tout CO2 Emissions Reductions
The Air Transport Association released its 2008 Economic Report, which reveals that U.S. airlines reduced 2.5 billion metric ...

HP Thinks Outside The Box, Sells Notebooks In Messenger Bags

HP Thinks Outside The Box, Sells Notebooks In Messenger Bags
HP has redesigned the packaging of the HP Pavilion dv6929 by replacing conventional shipping materials and boxes with the ...

Kansas Aircraft-Makers Make Plans To Reduce Carbon Footprints

Kansas Aircraft-Makers Make Plans To Reduce Carbon Footprints
Wichita's general aviation industry is becoming greener, with Bombardier Aerospace, Cessna Aircraft, and Hawker Beechcraft taking an active role ...

Green Tech Helps Cisco Cut Emissions

Green Tech Helps Cisco Cut Emissions
Cisco Systems has a goal to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from its operations by 25 percent in the next four years--with ...

UPS Energy Consumption Per Package Increases

UPS Energy Consumption Per Package Increases
In UPS' latest corporate sustainability report (PDF), the company says it has reduced CO2 emissions by 32,000 metric ...

Xcel to Disclose Climate Risks

Xcel to Disclose Climate Risks
Under a first-ever binding and enforceable agreement with New York's Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo, Xcel Energy will ...

World Bank: CDM Slow and Expensive

World Bank: CDM Slow and Expensive
The World Bank recently said that the UN's Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) is “expensive and time consuming” because ...

12 States Sue EPA Over Refinery Emissions

12 States Sue EPA Over Refinery Emissions
New York and 11 other states are suing the Environmental Protection Agency for violating the federal Clean Air Act ...

iLinc Receives Green Excellence Award

iLinc Receives Green Excellence Award
iLinc was awarded the 2008 Frost & Sullivan Green Excellence Award for its iLinc Green Meter. The ...

Portugal Points The Way For Renewable Energy Adoption

Portugal Points The Way For Renewable Energy Adoption
As the world reels at the high price of fossil fuels, business and governments are increasingly casting about for renewable energy models.  ...

Automakers Fall Behind On EU CO2 Targets

Automakers Fall Behind On EU CO2 Targets
According to a new study by European Federation for Transport and Environment, car makers are not doing enough to meet the ...

City Harvest Turns Refrigerated Truck Fleet ‘Green’

City Harvest Turns Refrigerated Truck Fleet ‘Green’
City Harvest has partnered with Penske Truck Leasing to launch an environmentally-friendly refrigerated truck fleet. The non-profit plans ...

ConAgra Buys RECs, Joins Climate Leaders

ConAgra Buys RECs, Joins Climate Leaders
ConAgra Foods' Lamb Weston business has purchased renewable energy certificates from Bonneville Environmental Foundation to offset 100 percent of ...

California Businesses Campaign Against AB32

California Businesses Campaign Against AB32
It turns out, California Assembly Bill 32, also known as the Global Warming Solutions Act, which aims to cut GHG emissions by ...

Tour Of Cline Cellars’ Solar Power System

Tour Of Cline Cellars’ Solar Power System
Here's a video from RenewableEnergyWorld.com about Cline Cellars in Sonoma Valley which is using its 411-kilowatt solar system as a promotional ...

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The Evolving Green Challenge for Manufacturing

The Evolving Green Challenge for Manufacturing

Unless you have been incommunicado for the last few years, you realize that the focus on green manufacturing has swept across Europe, ... continue »

COP 15 Offers Communications Opportunities
Greening the Apparel Supply Chain: Tapping the Power of Collective Leverage
Sustainability and its Impact on Brand Value
The Advertising Industry, Sustainability and the Bottom Line
Cause Marketing Can Result In Sales Lift

Cause Marketing Can Result In Sales Lift

Cause-related marketing can exponentially increase sales, in one case as much as 74 percent, resulting in millions of dollars in potential revenue ...

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$5.2 Billion Invested in Cleantech Since January 2007
Green Efforts Insignificant in Winning, Keeping 3PL Business
Google Says Its Data Centers Most Efficient
Geothermal Could Be Answer To Countering Climate Change

Geothermal Could Be Answer To Countering Climate Change

As the world looks for ways to counter climate change and reduce the carbon footprint, the most abundant energy source might be ...

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Miller Recycles 99.9% of Packaging Waste
Credit Crunch Could Hurt Mitsubishi’s Eco-Car Push
What’s The Price Tag For A Carbon Neutral U.S. Economy?
The Bottom Line

Marketing

Apple Unveils ‘Industry’s Greenest Notebook’

Cause Marketing Can Result In Sales Lift

Green Mountain Coffee Helps Vermont Cut Energy Use

Emissions

DHL: Carbon Neutral Supply Chains Possible, Takes Time

Dairy’s Carbon Footprint Drops to 12 Pounds Per Gallon

Toyota Announces Utah’s First LEED-certified Dealership

Hi-Tech

Top 10 Low Power Desktop PCs

Survey: Apple Most Eco-Friendly, Greenpeace Says Different

Google Says Its Data Centers Most Efficient

Efficiency

California Tops ACEEE’s State Energy Efficiency Scorecard

Coffee Bean Opens LEED-Certified Facility in Portland

Applied Materials Unveils 2 Megawatt Solar System

Manufacturing

The Evolving Green Challenge for Manufacturing

World Steel Association Publishes Sustainability Report

Greening the Apparel Supply Chain: Tapping the Power of Collective Leverage

Carbon Offsets/RECs

Financial Crisis Threatens EU’s Carbon Plans

Pepsi Bottling Group Cuts 16,000 Tons of Plastic in 2007

Gap Flips Switch On 1 Megawatt Solar Power System

CSR Reports

AT&T Releases Sustainability Report

Autodesk HQ Cuts Emissions with Lighting Upgrades

Staples Saved Over 540,000 Gallons of Diesel in 2007

Major Players

PR Agency Warned Starbucks About Wasteful Water Policy

Sun, Pfizer Surpass Carbon Reduction Goals

Green Efforts Insignificant in Winning, Keeping 3PL Business

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