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Wegmans Receives $1M Grant for Fuel Cell-Powered Equipment

Wegmans Food Markets Inc. expects to save money and cut carbon emissions after improvements to equipment at its distribution center. The food retailer has received a $1 ...

August 18, 2009

DOE Slashes Funding for Hydrogen Cars

Energy Secretary Steven Chu sees little promise in hydrogen-powered cars as the Department of Energy (DOE) released its proposed fiscal 2010 budget that cuts programs for ...

May 12, 2009

Sprint Receives $7.3 M DOE Grant for Hydrogen Fuel Cell Deployment

Sprint has been awarded a $7.3 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy (DoE) as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funding earmarked ...

April 20, 2009

Green Business 2008 – Environmental Leader’s Most Popular Stories

With 2008 just out the door, it's a good time to look back at the green business issues and news items popular with top sustainability executives. Here are Environmental Leader's top green business stories for ...

January 5, 2009

Automakers, Utilities Seek Alternatives

High prices for oil and natural gas are leading utilities and automakers to seek alternative energy solutions, but they are facing challenges that may take years to solve, writes Robert McNatt ...

July 14, 2008

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 energy sources from traditional fossil fuels and the expansion and renewal of infrastructure, ...

June 18, 2008

Verizon Call-Switching Center Powered By Fuel Cells

Verizon's call-switching center and office building in Garden City, N.Y., uses seven fuel cells, each of which is able to generate 200 kwh of electricity. The company has earned the EPA's Energy ...

June 10, 2008

Toyota Fuel Cell Hybrid Goes Twice The Distance

Toyota has developed a new fuel cell (zero pollution) hybrid powered by hydrogen and electricity that can travel more than twice the distance of its predecessor model without filling up, The AP ...

June 6, 2008

California Cuts Quotas For Zero-Emission Vehicles

The California Air Resources Board has voted to lower the number of battery-powered and hydrogen fuel cell vehicles that must be sold in the state by automakers 70 percent, AP ...

March 30, 2008

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 than 75 will get to the red carpet at tonight's Academy Awards in ...

February 24, 2008

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 posed in this U.S. News & World Report article, and the answer, ...

February 4, 2008

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 the latest Kelley Blue Book Marketing Research study.The January 2008 results reveal that ...

January 28, 2008

Closeup On Honda Clarity

Steve Ellis, marketing manager for Honda's fuel cell program, talks with Green Fuels Forecast about the retail launch of the Clarity.

January 24, 2008

Xynergy Opening Hydrogen-Powered Restaurant in Boulder

Xynergy has announced that it plans to open its flagship hydrogen-powered restaurant this summer in Boulder, CO. The company said that it will announce the name of the restaurant in the coming weeks but ...

January 22, 2008

‘Beyond Petroleum’ Pays Off For BP

For seven years, British Petroleum has invested heavily in its "Beyond Petroleum" campaign which has been praised by business press and awards shows but criticized by skeptics as greenwashing. The success of the ongoing ...

January 15, 2008

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 an easy task, the Prius alone accounted for 50 percent of all hybrid ...

December 21, 2007

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 emissions from the City's municipal buildings and operations by 30 percent by 2017 ...

December 6, 2007

U.S. Can Halve Emissions Without ‘Big Changes In Consumer Lifestyles’

The U.S. could reduce projected 2030 emissions of greenhouse gases by between one-third to one-half at manageable costs to the economy and without requiring big changes ...

November 30, 2007

Morgan Stanley: Clean Energy Sales Could Hit $1 Trillion By 2030

Morgan Stanley estimates that global sales from clean energy sources like like wind, solar and geothermal could reach $1 trillion a year by 2030, Reuters reports. Population growth and soaring prices for fossil fuels are ...

October 18, 2007

GridPoint Tops List of 100 Innovative Greentech Companies

AlwaysOn has released a list of private greentech companies that it feels are transforming the global energy, water, agriculture, transportation, construction, manufacturing, and resource recovery establishments. Hundreds of private companies were nominated for the GoingGreen ...

September 13, 2007

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