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Oscars Green Choices Reach Red Carpet

Oscars Green Choices Reach Red Carpet
Driving a Prius hybrid has become the standard way for Hollywood stars to flaunt their environmental credentials, but General Motors says more ...

GM’s Bob Lutz: Global Warming Is A ‘Crock Of Shit’

GM’s Bob Lutz: Global Warming Is A ‘Crock Of Shit’
During a closed-door session with reporters in January, Bob Lutz, General Motors’ vice chairman, said that global warming ...

All-Hybrid Taxicab Fleet Begins Operations In Washington D.C.

All-Hybrid Taxicab Fleet Begins Operations In Washington D.C.
EnviroCAB, which says it runs the nation's first all-hybrid taxicab fleet, opened for business in greater Washington, D.C. ...

Newer Hybrid Buses Cheaper To Operate

Newer Hybrid Buses Cheaper To Operate
A new U.S. DOE National Renewable Energy Lab report says New York City’s newer hybrid buses cost 40 ...

Does GM Live Up To The Green Claims Of Its Super Bowl Ads?

Does GM Live Up To The Green Claims Of Its Super Bowl Ads?
Has GM really become the green car company its Super Bowl ads claimed? That's the question Rick Newman ...

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NYC Green Car Service Launches Hybrid-Only Fleet

NYC Green Car Service Launches Hybrid-Only Fleet
NYC Green Car, a luxury car service that uses only hybrid vehicles, has launched service in New ...

Fox Sports Crew Driving Hybrids At Super Bowl

Fox Sports Crew Driving Hybrids At Super Bowl
Fox Sports broadcast and tech professionals visiting Phoenix for the Super Bowl are driving hybrids supplied by hybrid rental ...

Dole Converts Farm Equipment to Biodiesel

Dole Converts Farm Equipment to Biodiesel
Dole Fresh Vegetables Company, a division of Dole Food, announced that it has converted 95 pieces of its ...

Shoppers Pass On Diesel, Hybrid Acceptance Continues to Grow

Shoppers Pass On Diesel, Hybrid Acceptance Continues to Grow
The vast majority of in-market new-vehicle shoppers do not see diesel as a likely mainstream fuel source in the future, according to ...

Lower Tolls for Green Cars

Lower Tolls for Green Cars
Around the world, toll agencies are giving discounts to owners of green cars, reports the New York Times, ...

GM Receives Orders for Hybrid Buses

GM Receives Orders for Hybrid Buses
General Motors said it received orders for more than 1,700 hybrid buses from transit agencies in Washington D.C., ...

Kyocera Adopts Hybrids As Company Cars

Kyocera Adopts Hybrids As Company Cars
Kyocera Corporation announced that it will begin the full-scale adoption of hybrid vehicles for company cars that are ...

Verizon Rolls Out Hybrids

Verizon Rolls Out Hybrids
Verizon is replacing forty tradition vehicles with hybrid sedans in New York State for an estimated annual reduction of 105 metric ...

Toyota To Launch Plug-In Hybrid, Prius Brand Could Spread

Toyota To Launch Plug-In Hybrid, Prius Brand Could Spread
Toyota plans to lease plug-in hybrid cars, that recharge from electrical outlets, by 2010, Boston Globe reports. The move puts Toyota ...

GM Expects Saturn Vue Plug-In Hybrid For 2010

GM Expects Saturn Vue Plug-In Hybrid For 2010
GM unveiled its Saturn Vue plug-in hybrid at the Detroit Auto Show. It could be manufactured as early as 2010. ...

Toyota Faces Hybrid Challengers

Toyota Faces Hybrid Challengers
Honda chief Takeo Fukui says the company will battle Toyota for eco-supremacy in the years ahead, Business Week reports. That's not ...

Daimler Takes Orders From NYC, Ottawa For Over 1000 Hybrid Buses

Daimler Takes Orders From NYC, Ottawa For Over 1000 Hybrid Buses
Daimler Buses North America has received orders totaling 1,052 Orion VII Next Generation diesel-electric hybrid transit buses from some of ...

NYC Earmarks $800 Million For Green Projects

NYC Earmarks $800 Million For Green Projects
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has released a short-term action plan (PDF) to begin reducing energy consumption and greenhouse gas ...

Hybrid Owners Are Rich, Older And Active

Hybrid Owners Are Rich, Older And Active
Rich, older and active are adjectives that describe today’s hybrid vehicle owners, who also tend to be Democrats and Independents, according ...

Coke To Add 120 Hybrid-Electric Trucks In 2008

Coke To Add 120 Hybrid-Electric Trucks In 2008
Coca-Cola Enterprises has added five hybrid-electric trucks to their distribution center in the Bronx. The Bronx sales center has 90 trucks servicing ...

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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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