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Carbon Sciences Wants To Turn CO2 Into Chalk

Carbon Sciences Wants To Turn CO2 Into Chalk
Carbon Sciences says it can efficiently turn carbon dioxide from smokestacks into chalk for use in drywall and other products....

Hitachi’s CTO Hu Yoshida On Green Storage

Hitachi’s CTO Hu Yoshida On Green Storage
With storage hardware poised to overtake servers as the power hogs of the data center, Hitachi Data Systems CTO Hu Yoshida discusses ...

Draft Of Energy Star Efficient Server Guidelines Released

Draft Of Energy Star Efficient Server Guidelines Released
The Environmental Protection Agency has released the first draft (PDF) of the Energy Star power efficiency specifications ...

Highmark Named Top Green IT User

Highmark Named Top Green IT User
Computerworld has released a list of what it considers to be the top 12 green user companies, as ...

Market Opportunities Drive Green Technology

Market Opportunities Drive Green Technology
Forty percent of technology executives claim the green movement creates significant market opportunities for their companies, as evidenced by a noticeable increase ...

Who Will Fund The Push For Clean Energy?

Who Will Fund The Push For Clean Energy?
Due to volatile markets and plunging stocks, Wall Street is not so keen on funding renewable energy projects involving ...

Technology Leads To Big Increase In Energy Efficiency

Technology Leads To Big Increase In Energy Efficiency
A new study has found that technology leads to a dramatic increase in energy efficiency and is actually a net saver of ...

EU Launches ‘Clean Sky’ Green Aircraft Initiative

EU Launches ‘Clean Sky’ Green Aircraft Initiative
The Clean Sky joint technology initiative was launched in Europe. The JTI, a EUR 1.6 ...

Texas Instruments, MIT Develop Energy-Efficient Microchip

Texas Instruments, MIT Develop Energy-Efficient Microchip
Texas Instrument and MIT researchers unveiled a new energy-efficient microchip that could eventually be used in cell phones, ...

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 ...

Rolls-Royce Wants to Commercialize Fuel Cell

Rolls-Royce Wants to Commercialize Fuel Cell
Rolls-Royce is looking at how to commercialize its fuel cell business, The Independent reports. John Rose, the ...

Dolby, Kodak, Sundance and Kerasotes Helping to Green the Film Biz

Dolby, Kodak, Sundance and Kerasotes Helping to Green the Film Biz
In ways great and small, the film industry is greening up the business, according to this Film Journal ...

IBM Launches New Center For Water Management in the Netherlands

IBM Launches New Center For Water Management in the Netherlands
IBM will establish a Global Center of Excellence for Water Management in Amsterdam. IBM says that the ...

DOE Abandons FutureGen CO2 Project

DOE Abandons FutureGen CO2 Project
The U.S. Department of Energy plans to pull its support of a $1.8 billion FutureGen project to build a ...

Green Plug Debuts Universal Power Supply

Green Plug Debuts Universal Power Supply
Green Plug introduced a universal power supply technology for consumer electronics devices at Demo 08. The power ...

HP Innovates Cartridge Recying Program

HP Innovates Cartridge Recying Program
HP has developed the ability to use recycled plastics in the production of new HP inkjet print cartridges, according ...

Cassatt Joins the Green Grid

Cassatt Joins the Green Grid
Software maker Cassatt announced its membership in The Green Grid, a consortium dedicated to advancing energy efficiency ...

Coke Greens Up in Europe and South America

Coke Greens Up in Europe and South America
Coca-Cola's second largest bottler, Coca-Cola Hellenic Bottling Company, has reached an agreement with ContourGlobal to build 15 new ...

Axis Technologies Announces Alliance With Green Tech Energy Services

Axis Technologies Announces Alliance With Green Tech Energy Services
Axis Technologies announced that it has formed an alliance with Green Tech Energy Services. Paul ...

Green Promotional Item Cuts PC Energy Use

Green Promotional Item Cuts PC Energy Use
The Ecobutton is a promotional item for businesses - company logos, messages and weblinks can be incorporated into ...

Today's News

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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