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AIG, Ben & Jerry’s, Citigroup, Alcoa, Intel, Timberland, Toyota and HP to Debate Climate Change Strategies

AIG, Ben & Jerry’s, Citigroup, Alcoa, Intel, Timberland, Toyota and HP to Debate Climate Change Strategies
Environmental Leader is pleased to be a supporting partner of Ethical Corporation's Climate Change Strategies and Environmental Communication conference: With CEO after CEO ...

Green Marketers To Get Discovery Channel Dedicated to Green Topics

Green Marketers To Get Discovery Channel Dedicated to Green Topics
Discovery Channel is launching the first-ever 24-hour TV network dedicated solely to green lifestyle programming. The initiative, launching next year, includes a ...

EU Leaders Agree: 20% Green Power by 2020

EU Leaders Agree: 20% Green Power by 2020
EU leaders agreed Friday that a fifth of the bloc's energy will come from green power sources by 2020, AP reports. ...

CSUN Installs 1-Megawatt Fuel-Cell Power Plant

CSUN Installs 1-Megawatt Fuel-Cell Power Plant
California State University at Northridge has received a $2.2 million incentive check from Southern California Gas Co. for what it says is ...

Standard Renewable Energy Certificate Purchase and Sale Contract Released

Standard Renewable Energy Certificate Purchase and Sale Contract Released
The American Council On Renewable Energy has released a standard form contract for national trading of Renewable Energy Certificates. The contract is ...

Shell Hires Gale Norton

Shell Hires Gale Norton
Former interior secretary for the Bush administration, Gale Norton, has taken up a senior legal post at Shell, The Guardian reports. She is ...

Bush’s Budget Earmarks $24 Billion for Department of Energy

Bush’s Budget Earmarks $24 Billion for Department of Energy
President Bush's $24.3-billion budget for the Department of Energy remains a tiny part of the overall $2.9-trillion budget plan for 2008. the Detroit ...

Westin S.F. Hotel Installing Fuel Cell Electric Power Plant

Westin S.F. Hotel Installing Fuel Cell Electric Power Plant
Alliance Star Energy, a joint venture between FuelCell Energy and Alliance Power, has received a $1.25 million incentive check from ...

Federal Govt Shifts to Hybrids & Green Procurement

Federal Govt Shifts to Hybrids & Green Procurement
President Bush issued an executive order requiring federal agencies to cut their energy consumption, shift federal fleets to plug-in hybrid vehicles, ...

Bush’s State of the Union Energy Plan Gets Mixed Reaction

Bush’s State of the Union Energy Plan Gets Mixed Reaction
President Bush set a goal of reducing U.S. gasoline consumption by 20 percent in the next 10 years during last night's ...

DOE Plans $17 Million for Auto Efficieny

DOE Plans $17 Million for Auto Efficieny
The U.S. Department of Energy intends to issue $17 million in solicitations to improve automobile efficiency and reduce U.S. dependence on ...

Ford Plans Escape Hybrid E85 Demos, Unveils Edge with HySeries Drive

Ford Plans Escape Hybrid E85 Demos, Unveils Edge with HySeries Drive
Ford is producing 20 demonstration Escape Hybrid E85 vehicles for use in fleets in six different states. Deliveries will begin this ...

Abbott Joins GreenFleet

Abbott Joins GreenFleet
Abbott is the first company to sign on (via Greenbiz) to the GreenFleet program which was developed jointly ...

Toyota, GM, Put Potential Buyers Inside Hybrids

Toyota, GM, Put Potential Buyers Inside Hybrids
Toyota and GM have launched experiential campaigns to put potential buyers behind the wheels of their hybrid vehicles, MediaPost reports. Toyota ...

Ecotality Signs Airboss to Work on Hydratus

Ecotality Signs Airboss to Work on Hydratus
Ecotality has engaged Airboss Aerospace to act as consulting engineers on its Hydratus bus. Airboss will work in conjunction ...

Wal-Mart Completes Fuel-Cell Pallet Truck Trial

Wal-Mart Completes Fuel-Cell Pallet Truck Trial
Wal-Mart has concluded fuel cell-powered pallet truck beta trials at two of its Ohio-based distribution centers. Cellex Power Products says ...

NY State Police Deploy Fuel Cell Backups

NY State Police Deploy Fuel Cell Backups
The New York Power Authority is working with the New York State Police in a $434,000 program to deploy fuel ...

Colorado Democrats Plan Renewable Energy Bills

Colorado Democrats Plan Renewable Energy Bills
Colorado, with Democrats in control of the governor's office as well as the state Senate and House, has a good chance of signing ...

FTA Gives Consortium $9 Million for Hydrogen-Fueled Buses

FTA Gives Consortium $9 Million for Hydrogen-Fueled Buses
A business consortium including New Flyer Industries, ISE Corporation and SunLine Transit announced (via Fuel Cell Works) that ...

Nissan Unveils Environmental Action Plan

Nissan Unveils Environmental Action Plan
Nissan has unveiled a new environmental action plan dubbed Nissan Green Program 2010. The program includes: Incorporating CO2 reduction as one of the ...

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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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