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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 ...

HP Introduces Two Energy-Efficient Business PCs

HP Introduces Two Energy-Efficient Business PCs
HP announced two new energy-efficient business desktop PCs, the HP Compaq dc5800 Business PC and the HP Compaq dc7800 Ultra-slim Desktop ...

Govt Could Save $1 Billion With Green Tech

Govt Could Save $1 Billion With Green Tech
Two new reports, one focusing on data centers, the other on PCs and related gear, find that the federal ...

Panda Turns Manure Into Energy

Panda Turns Manure Into Energy
In Texas, Panda Ethanol is nearing completion of the first-ever manure fired ethanol plant in the world, Reuters reports. The world's first ...

Apple’s Green Approach Focuses On Software Updates

Apple’s Green Approach Focuses On Software Updates
By focusing on software upgrades to Apple's iPhone, Apple TV and iPod Touch, instead of hardware,upgrades, Apple and Steve Jobs are making ...

Wal-Mart Opening Greener Supercenter

Wal-Mart Opening Greener Supercenter
Wal-Mart will open the first of a new generation of Supercenters that will cut energy use by 25 percnet compared with ...

Survey: Consumers Have Negative Perceptions Of Green Tech

Survey: Consumers Have Negative Perceptions Of Green Tech
Marketing agency EcoAlign says its second EcoPinion Survey provides evidence of a green gap between willingness to adopt or purchase ...

Ford to Unveil EcoBoost Engines, More Fuel-Efficient Explorer

Ford to Unveil EcoBoost Engines, More Fuel-Efficient Explorer
Ford Motor Company sees the EcoBoost four-cylinder and six-cylinder engines-which will be unveiled at this month's North American International Auto Show ...

Financial Practices Could Hinder Green Innovation

Financial Practices Could Hinder Green Innovation
A cap on carbon emissions is all but inevitable, however the details of those caps have yet to be determined. As ...

Greentech Takes Prominent Role At Honeywell

Greentech Takes Prominent Role At Honeywell
Over the last five years, profits and cash flow have doubled at Honeywell's automation and control solutions division, rising to almost $13 ...

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Industry Needs Energy Star For Servers - Now!

Industry Needs Energy Star For Servers - Now!

The other day while out shopping for Energy Star rated household appliances with my wife, I got to wondering why we ... continue »

Parse The Greens, Pass The Spectacle
Timberland’s Journey to Quarterly CSR Reporting
Peak Carbon
Consumers Understand Greenwash, So Why Can’t The Communications Industry?
MIT Report: World Can Learn From European Cap-And-Trade System

MIT Report: World Can Learn From European Cap-And-Trade System

The EU cap-and-trade system has operated well and has had little or no negative impact on the overall EU economy, according to ...

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Fewer Willing To Pay Premium For Green
EIA Projects 50% Growth In World Energy Use By 2030
Fuel Prices, Environment Drive Consideration Of Hybrids
UK Facing Higher Green Taxes

UK Facing Higher Green Taxes

Political and business leaders are warning that Britain faces a sharp rise in its tax bill to fund the country's move to ...

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Climate Change And Public Health
Commute Program Helps Juniper Employees Reduce Trips
Clean Diesel Talked Up At Mid America Trucking Show
The Bottom Line

Marketing

New Video Shows Innovations In Textile Industry

Enterprise Rent-A-Car Says Thin Clients Will Save $500,000

Parse The Greens, Pass The Spectacle

Emissions

Ericsson Solar Cell Solution Deployed In South America

MIT Report: World Can Learn From European Cap-And-Trade System

Leaving Computers On Over Holiday Weekend Costs Big Bucks

Hi-Tech

Industry Needs Energy Star For Servers - Now!

Novomer Makes Sacrificial Binder From Recycled CO2

‘Old’ IT Doesn’t Have To Mean ‘Inefficient’

Efficiency

Logan Airport Wind Energy Excursion A Success

Ball Aims To Reduce GHG 16 Percent by 2012

Branson Plans Zero Carbon Resort, Launches Eco-Consulting Group

Manufacturing

Lee Company Installs Solar Power System

Anaerobic Digestion Facility At Maker’s Mark Powers Distillery

EPA Web Site Provides Importing, Exporting Environmental Rules

Carbon Offsets/RECs

Harrah’s Pitching Carbon Offsets

Denver International Carbon Offset Program Fails To Take Off

Passengers Will Pay For New EU Airlines Emissions Rules

CSR Reports

GHG Emissions Up At Owens Corning, Energy Use Down

IBM Launches Green Consulting Service

Baxter Aims To Reduce GHG Emissions By 45% By 2015

Major Players

P&W Geared Turbofan Engine Could Help Industry Cut Emissions

Dell Power Supply First To Receive ‘80 Plus Gold’ Certification

Dow Raising Prices, Again

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