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The North Face May be Fined $1M Over Unsubstantiated Product Claims

The EPA may impose fines of nearly $1 million on the parent company of The North Face for alleged sale and distribution of unregistered pesticides through ...

Cash For Clunkers Upgrades Fuel Efficiency 58%

Vehicles upgraded through Cash for Clunkers gained 9.1 mpg on average, the goverment reports upon the conclusion of the Cash for Clunkers program. Under the program, a ...

Facing Newsstand Nightmare, Publishers Gain From Sustainable Thinking

With newsstand sales in a freefall for nearly all publishing segments, publishers can streamline their distribution process, reduce paper use and do a good turn for ...

Energy Efficient Appliance Rebates Ready to Roll

Appliance makers and retailers may see a spike in sales if the U.S. government's appliance rebate program for trading in old appliances for new energy-efficient ones ...

CDs vs. Music Downloads: Carbon Footprint Compared

In a white paper comparing the carbon footprint and energy usage associated with various forms of music delivery, from CDs sold at retail to CDs sold ...

Consumers Want More Green Info at Retail Level

About 40 percent of shoppers say they are left wanting when it comes to green information at the retail store level, according to a new report ...

USDA ‘BioPreferred’ Label Intended for Retail Shelves

A new federal 'BioPreferred" label would give marketers of certain products - those composed "wholly or significantly of renewable plant, animal, marine or forestry materials" ...

Lower-income Shoppers More Likely to Pay Small Premium for Green

Lower-income shoppers, including Gen Yers and Millennials just coming into the broader economy, are more likely to pay up to 10 cents more for green products, ...

Stimulus Funds Boost Trane’s Energy-Efficiency Business

Aimed at lowering the amount of energy needed to power the blowers and distributors of commercial and institutional air conditioning systems, Trane has rolled out its ...

Siemens Expects $8B In Green Tech Contracts from Stimulus

Siemens AG expects to win new orders of around $21 billion in the next three fiscal years (2010 to 2012), which will be generated by ...

GE Ecomagination Revenue Grows 21% to $17B

In its most recent CSR report, GE shows that it has reduced its operational greenhouse gas intensity 41 percent since 2004, to the point where ...

RGGI’s Latest Carbon Auction Raises $117M

RGGI raised more than $117 million in its March 18 auction of more than 33 million carbon allowances. According to results from the Regional Greenhouse Gas ...

Hybrid Car Sales Take Off

The hybrid vehicle market is about to heat up. Major car makers are expanding their hybrid offerings with new innovations and improvements, including greater fuel economy, all ...

U.S. Businesses Purchased Record Amount of Renewable Energy in 2008

In 2008, businesses in the Green-e Marketplace program voluntarily purchased more than 2.8 million megawatt-hours of Green-e Energy Certified renewable energy, which is a record, according ...

Consumer Survey: Growth of ‘Green’ Consumption On Hold

At 36 percent, the number of Americans who say they "almost always" or "regularly" buy green products remains unchanged, according to recent Mintel consumer survey ...

Philips’ ‘Green Products’ Account for 25% of Total Sales

Royal Philips Electronics announced that it is meeting the sustainability goals of its "EcoVision4" program, launched in 2007. Philips increased sales of 'Green Products' to 25% of ...

Major Retailers Give Organic Jeans Shelf Space

Greensource, a supplier of organic cotton apparel, is launching organic cotton jeans at major retailers including Walmart, Kmart, Macy's and Kohl's, the company announced. The jeans are certified to organic standards for both their ...

Is Sprint’s 90% Cell Phone Recycling Goal Realistic?

Sprint has set goal of recovering 90 percent of old phones (compared with its sales rate) for reuse or recycling by 2017. This comes after the company's ...

Sustainable Consumption in Times Like These

In a recent story on NPR's All Things Considered, Martin Kaste provides a thought-provoking commentary on ads: "Selling Americans on the Virtuous Recession." He argues that companies from Sprint to Hyundai to Allstate Insurance ...

Organic Cotton Supply Outpaces Demand

Organic cotton supplies in 2008 rose as global organic cotton production outpaced demand. Merchants, spinner and integrated mills also held more fiber inventories, according to Organic Exchange, ...