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Fewer Willing To Pay Premium For Green

Fewer Willing To Pay Premium For Green
According to a green survey from Rackspace Hosting (PDF), 44 percent of respondents are willing to pay more for green products ...

P&W Geared Turbofan Engine Could Help Industry Cut Emissions

P&W Geared Turbofan Engine Could Help Industry Cut Emissions
Pratt & Whitney has developed a jet engine that burns less fuel, emits less CO2 and is cheaper to ...

EIA Projects 50% Growth In World Energy Use By 2030

EIA Projects 50% Growth In World Energy Use By 2030
If current laws and policies remain the same, world energy consumption is projected to grow by 50 percent by 2030, according to ...

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

Dell Power Supply First To Receive ‘80 Plus Gold’ Certification
Dell says it's the first server provider to achieve 80 Plus Gold-certification for a server power supply. Dell says ...

Fuel Prices, Environment Drive Consideration Of Hybrids

Fuel Prices, Environment Drive Consideration Of Hybrids
U.S. consumers are more familiar with advanced propulsion systems compared to a year ago, with turbo gasoline direct injection, direct injection diesel ...

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Vendors Should Highlight Cost Savings Of Green IT

Vendors Should Highlight Cost Savings Of Green IT
GreenFactor's recent survey of IT decision makers found that more than 70 percent would either "'probably' or ...

James Hansen: Try Fossil Fuel CEOs For ‘High Crimes Against Humanity’

James Hansen: Try Fossil Fuel CEOs For ‘High Crimes Against Humanity’
James Hansen, one of the world's leading climate scientists, told the House Select Committee On Energy Independence And Global ...

Most Americans Have Made Lifestyle Changes To Help The Environment

Most Americans Have Made Lifestyle Changes To Help The Environment
More than half of U.S. adults have made changes in their lives that they believe will help the environment, according to ...

Smart 2020: IT Could Cut Global Emissions 15%, Saving $800 Billion

Smart 2020: IT Could Cut Global Emissions 15%, Saving $800 Billion
IT could reduce global emissions by 15 percent and save $800 billion annually by 2020, The Climate Group reports. "Smart 2020: Enabling ...

NOAA: Climate Change Already Wreaking Havoc

NOAA: Climate Change Already Wreaking Havoc
The U.S. Climate Change Science Program and the Subcommittee on Global Change Research today released a scientific assessment that provides the ...

Solar Prices Competitive By 2015

Solar Prices Competitive By 2015
The Utility Solar Assessment (USA) Study (PDF), released by Clean Edge, finds that, "for the first time, ...

Internet Powerful Forum For Green Brands

Internet Powerful Forum For Green Brands
"Today's environmental concerns are more complex, far-reaching and interconnected than those of the past," says Paul Verna, senior analyst at eMarketer and ...

Apple, HP, Microsoft Perceived As Greenest IT Brands

Apple, HP, Microsoft Perceived As Greenest IT Brands
More than 70 percent of respondents to GreenFactor, a global "green" enterprise IT study said they "probably" or "definitely" would increase ...

EPEAT Reports Large Environmental And Financial Benefits

EPEAT Reports Large Environmental And Financial Benefits
Worldwide sales of EPEAT products have increased 150 percent since 2006, when the EPEAT system was first introduced, ...

Global GHG Up 3%, China Leads The Pack

Global GHG Up 3%, China Leads The Pack
China's CO2 emissions increased eight percent in 2007, and the country accounted for two-thirds of last year's global GHG emissions increase of ...

Environmental Compliance: Initiatives Broaden, Budgets Up - Complete Apps Still Few in Number

Environmental Compliance: Initiatives Broaden, Budgets Up - Complete Apps Still Few in Number
AMR Research published a Report last year on the landscape of available technology options for supporting environmental health and safety ...

Water Powered Car Makes Splash In Japan

Water Powered Car Makes Splash In Japan
Japanese company Genepax presents its car that runs on water, Reuters reports. The car has an energy generator that extracts hydrogen from ...

Honda, GE, GM Lead 1Q Clean Energy Patent Race

Honda, GE, GM Lead 1Q Clean Energy Patent Race
The Clean Energy Patent Growth Index, which illustrates clean energy patent trends and the top patent owners, shows fuel cells continuing to ...

GreenChill Puts Freeze On Supermarket Emissions

GreenChill Puts Freeze On Supermarket Emissions
The EPA's GreenChill Advanced Refrigeration Partnership, which works with the supermarket industry, says it has prevented emissions ...

SmartLink Project Eliminating Costs, Reducing Waste

SmartLink Project Eliminating Costs, Reducing Waste
An initiative in the Netherlands called Biopark Terneuzen, promotes sustainable development through the project's SmartLink concept, with which industries ...

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Portugal Points The Way For Renewable Energy Adoption

Portugal Points The Way For Renewable Energy Adoption

As the world reels at the high price of fossil fuels, business and governments are increasingly casting about for renewable energy models.  ... continue »

Raw Sourcing: Glass, Plastic or Aluminum?
Environmental Supply Chain Planning – Expanding Accountability
Green Communications: 3 Strategies For Getting Past The Crunch
Beyond Tele-Conferencing: How the IT Sector Can Become a Legitimate Climate Solutions Provider
Automakers Fall Behind On EU CO2 Targets

Automakers Fall Behind On EU CO2 Targets

According to a new study by European Federation for Transport and Environment, car makers are not doing enough to meet the ...

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Shippers Make Changes To Counter Higher Fuel Prices
California Businesses Campaign Against AB32
IBM Study: All Vehicles Hybrid By 2020
Organic to Go CEO Discusses Green Economy

Organic to Go CEO Discusses Green Economy

Organic to Go CEO Jason Brown talks about the rise of green-collar jobs in the U.S. and how's he's been able to ...

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Pitney Bowes On Design Of Eco-Friendly Products
“Virtual Water” Content Of Products Measured
Tour Of Cline Cellars’ Solar Power System
The Bottom Line

Marketing

Wal-Mart Canada Stores to Cut Energy Use 30%

Body Shop Shares Green Product Stories

Pitney Bowes On Design Of Eco-Friendly Products

Emissions

World Bank: CDM Slow and Expensive

12 States Sue EPA Over Refinery Emissions

iLinc Receives Green Excellence Award

Hi-Tech

Uptime CEO: Low PUE Numbers ‘Scientifically Meaningless’

Environmental Supply Chain Planning – Expanding Accountability

Fairchild Semiconductor Expands ‘Green’ Effort with Global Team

Efficiency

Microsoft Recycling Program Halves Redmond HQ’s Waste

DiGi Aims to Cut CO2 Emissions By Almost 50%

Ameren Taps Lockheed Martin To Spearhead Efficiency Programs

Manufacturing

Borealis and Uponor Study Water Footprint Of Plastics Industry

“Virtual Water” Content Of Products Measured

GM Powertrain Plant Adds Solar

Carbon Offsets/RECs

Constellation NewEnergy Supplies US Open With RECs

ConAgra Buys RECs, Joins Climate Leaders

CCX Trades RGGI Contracts

CSR Reports

Coke Rolled Out ‘Green’ Coolers At Olympics

IBM Launches Eco Data Center in Second Life

Most Companies Skip Getting CSR Reports Assured

Major Players

Vestas Launches $100 Million Consumer Ad Campaign

Samsung Criticized for Lack of Recycling Programs

Ford Researchers Create 40% Soy-Based Foam

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