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Rackspace Uses Biomass To Run Data Center

Rackspace Uses Biomass To Run Data Center
IT hosting company Rackspace has announced it has completed the conversion of a former warehouse into its new ...

EPA Releases ‘2008 Report On The Environment’

EPA Releases ‘2008 Report On The Environment’
The EPA has released its 2008 Report on the Environment, which the agency says uses scientific indicators to measure and report ...

Greenpeace: Nintendo, Microsoft, Sony Peddling Toxic Game Consoles

Greenpeace: Nintendo, Microsoft, Sony Peddling Toxic Game Consoles
Greenpeace is continuing its attack against game consoles with a new report,"Playing Dirty" (PDF). Greenpeace says its ...

AIA Evaluates Green Building Rating Systems

AIA Evaluates Green Building Rating Systems
The American Institute of Architects has released a study of three of the most widely used green building ...

BMW Greens Data Centers

BMW Greens Data Centers
BMW is almost done with a three-year effort to green its data centers and desktop systems, ComputerWeekly reports. The company is considering ...

Google Earth Releases Animated Global Warming Map

Google Earth Releases Animated Global Warming Map
Google's Climate Change in Our World has created an animated map of the earth from space that illustrates ...

34% Of Biz Travelers Seek Out Green Lodgings

34% Of Biz Travelers Seek Out Green Lodgings
U.S. business travelers are increasingly making daily choices to reduce their environmental impact, and they have specific expectations about the green practices ...

Green Consumer Electronics From Greener Gadgets

Green Consumer Electronics From Greener Gadgets
An overview of some portable, renewable energy powered electricity generating gadgets shown at Greener Gadgets 2008....

Fujitsu Monitor Uses No Energy In Idle Mode

Fujitsu Monitor Uses No Energy In Idle Mode
Fujitsu Siemens Computers has developed the world's first monitor that requires no electricity when in idle mode, RedOrbit ...

Point Carbon Launches Database Of North American Carbon Projects

Point Carbon Launches Database Of North American Carbon Projects
Point Carbon introduced Carbon Project Manager North America (CPMNA) -- which it describes as the first web-based, analytical ...

Honeywell, Airbus, JetBlue, IAE Developing Aviation Biofuel

Honeywell, Airbus, JetBlue, IAE Developing Aviation Biofuel
In partnership with Airbus, JetBlue Airways, and International Aero Engines, UOP LLC, a Honeywell company, and Honeywell Aerospace will study the use ...

EPS Developing Energy Use Monitoring System

xChange Point, a system that allows companies to track their energy usage and CO2 emissions at the product level, ...

Dell To Increase PC Energy Efficiency 25% By 2010

Dell To Increase PC Energy Efficiency 25% By 2010
Dell announced plans to reduce the energy consumption of its products and avoid millions of tons of CO2 ...

ASHRAE Best Design Practices Could Cut Warehouse Energy Use 30%

ASHRAE Best Design Practices Could Cut Warehouse Energy Use 30%
The latest publication in the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air Conditioning Engineers' Advanced Energy Design Guide series ...

GHGs At Highest Level In 800,000 Years

GHGs At Highest Level In 800,000 Years
According to a new study by EPICA, atmospheric greenhouse gases are at higher level than at any time ...

DOE: Wind Could Supply 20 Percent of U.S. Electricity By 2030

DOE: Wind Could Supply 20 Percent of U.S. Electricity By 2030
A U.S Department of Energy report examines the possibility of harnessing enough wind power to provide up to ...

HP Exec On Product Takeback

HP Exec On Product Takeback
Renee St. Denis discusses how Hewlett-Packard's corporate processes and design strategies have evolved in dealing with e-waste, or outdated and discarded PCs, ...

Belief In Global Warming Slips

Belief In Global Warming Slips
The proportion of Americans who say that the earth is getting warmer has decreased since January 2007, mostly because of a decline ...

Virtual Hotel Aims To Improve Industry Sustainability

Virtual Hotel Aims To Improve Industry Sustainability
InterContinental Hotels Group has announced an online Innovation Hotel, to gather feedback from travelers about "green" features that ...

U.S. Lags Behind On Green Consumption And Behavior

U.S. Lags Behind On Green Consumption And Behavior
The National Geographic Society and the international polling firm GlobeScan have unveiled a new mechanism for measuring and comparing individual consumer behavior ...

Today's News

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

Anaerobic Digestion Facility At Maker’s Mark Powers Distillery

EPA Web Site Provides Importing, Exporting Environmental Rules

GHG Emissions Up At Owens Corning, Energy Use Down

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

IBM Launches Green Consulting Service

Baxter Aims To Reduce GHG Emissions By 45% By 2015

JohnsonDiversey Saves Customers Over 1B Gallons Of Water In 2007

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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