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Salt Lake’s Convention Center Gets Grid-Tie Solar System

Salt Lake’s Convention Center Gets Grid-Tie Solar System
Carmanah's Power Systems Group recently supplied an order to Pioneer Electric Inc., based out of Salt Lake City, for a customized ...

Carmanah Provides Solar-Powered LED Systems to Marines

Carmanah Technologies has received a $767,270 order to supply FP-50 solar-powered LED general lighting systems for the US Marine Corps. ...

3,800 kW PPL Renewable Energy Park Opens

The 3,800 kilowatt PPL Renewable Energy Park located in Camden County, New Jersey was dedicated recently. It is composed of three power ...

NIH Explores Using Fuel Cells To Power Data Center

The U.S. Department of Energy and the National Institute of Health have begun exploring whether fuel cell technology can be used to ...

Ice Energy System Tested in California

Ice Energy's The Ice Bear, which is used in conjunction with air conditioners, freezes tap water at night when energy demand ...

Nevada Utilities Issues Renewable Energy RFP

Sierra Pacific Resources' two Nevada-based utility subsidiaries, Nevada Power and Sierra Pacific Power Company, have issued a Request for Proposals for renewable ...

Lerner & Tower Go All Green

Lerner Enterprises and The Tower Companies have committed to purchasing 100% wind renewable energy credits for their Washington, D.C. office ...

Solebury Township Aims for 100% Alternative Energy

Pennsylvania's Solebury Township is moving forward with a series of studies that would provide direction for outfitting buildings with solar panels, batteries ...

Bill Could Unlock $100 Million for San Francisco Solar Power

A bill passed by the California Assembly last week would allow San Francisco to use $100 million from a 2001 bond measure ...

Honeywell Enters Alliance with China’s FibrLINK

Honeywell has entered into a five-year strategic alliance with power industry network and services provider FibrLINK Communications to help China's ...

Invenergy Given Go-Ahead for West Virginia Wind Farm

Invenergy has received approval to build 124 wind turbines in Greenbrier County, West Virginia, although a lawsuit to block the project is ...

Ersol Inks $128 Million PowerLight Deal

ErSol Solar Energy AG has closed its first U.S. deal, signing a five-year contract to deliver solar cells to California's ...

Pa. Doubles Green-Energy Use to 20%

Pennsylvania's state government will double the amount of electricity it consumes from renewable energy sources to 20 percent. "It makes Pennsylvania by far ...

Huaneng Plans $31 Billion to Double Generation

China's biggest electricity producer, state-owned Huaneng Group, will spend up to $31.25 billion by 2010 to more than double its generation ...

VRB Power Sells 12MWH Storage System to Sorne Hill

VRB Power Systems is selling a 1.5 MW x 8 hour (12 MWH) VRB energy storage system to Tapbury Management, which ...

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Recycle To Save Energy–The Sooner The Better

Recycle To Save Energy–The Sooner The Better

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

Using Green IT To Get Out Of The Red And Into The Black
Measuring, Managing, Saving: Making Energy Efficiency Visible
Lean And Clean With Green Purchasing
‘Recyclable’ Is So Last-Century
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
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
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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