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MMA Inks Deal For Macy’s Solar Power

MMA Renewable Ventures has signed Power Purchase Agreements for 14 new solar electric systems at Macy's stores in ...

SCE To Install Solar Panels On 2 Sq Miles Of California Roofs

Southern California Edison will install 250 megawatts of solar panels on 65 million square feet of roofs - that's ...

New Financial Models Make Solar Power More Economical

Solar companies are becoming financial intermediaries, leading companies to install solar power that wouldn't otherwise be able to afford ...

Applied Materials’ Green Sales Triple To $122 Million

While Applied Materials' chip-equipment-making business has struggled, according to MarketWatch, net sales for its energy and environment ...

SAS Considering Campus Solar Farm

Software maker SAS is studying the feasibility of building North Carolina's biggest solar energy farm on its corporate ...

Pittsburgh Pirates Launch Green Initiative

The Pittsburgh Pirates have a new green initiative dubbed Let's Go Bucs. Let's Go Green. Elements of the plan ...

China’s Solar Industry Feels The Heat

Luoyang Zhonggui High-Technology Co. in China's Henan Province is a green energy company that produces polysilicon for solar panels. ...

(Dis)Orders of Magnitude

(Dis)Orders of Magnitude

Human beings are good at numbers, but only within a small range. Most of us can imagine how big "One Hundred" ...

Bike Manufacturer Installs Solar Power System

The New York Industrial Retention Network has installed a 15.12 kilowatt PV system at Worksman Cycles, the oldest ...

BP Fuzzy On Future Alternative Energy Plans

In his first strategy presentation as BP's CEO, Tony Hayward said the company has received little, if any, uplift ...

Google, News Corp., Patagonia, Others Form Calif. Green Power Group

Fourteen California companies have formed a California affiliate network of The Green Power Group which will share best practices ...

APS Plans 280 MW Solar Power Plant

Arizona Public Service plans to build one of the world’s largest solar facilities – a 280-megawatt concentrating solar ...

Wouldn’t It Be Nice - U.S. Solar Industry Basks in California Sun

Wouldn’t It Be Nice - U.S. Solar Industry Basks in California Sun

"Wouldn't it be nice if we were older, then we wouldn't have to wait so long, and wouldn't it be nice to ...

Industry Leaders Call For ITC/PTC Extension

More than 350 leaders in the renewable energy industry ranging from small business owners, venture capitalists, investors, associations and ...

Stimulus Plan Fails To Deliver Renewable Energy Tax Credit

The economic stimulus plan that passed the Senate on Thursday failed to extend an important tax credit for the solar and wind ...

CCCCD Solar Installation Could Save $70 Million Over 25 Years

Contra Costa Community College District has completed the first phase of the largest solar power installation ever constructed ...

Intel Tops EPA’s List of Green Power Purchasers

Intel announced it will purchase more than 1.3 billion kilowatt hours a year of renewable energy certificates, making ...

Marriott, Hilton,Other Hotels Going Green

A 2007 survey conducted by the Association of Corporate Travel Executives and KDS revealed that only one-third of corporate ...

Kyocera Adopts Hybrids As Company Cars

Kyocera Corporation announced that it will begin the full-scale adoption of hybrid vehicles for company cars that are ...

EU Sets Emissions Targets

The European Commission set new emissions targets and called on EU members to increase their use of ...

Today's News

Mars Snackfood Unwraps Landfill Gas Project

Avis To Print Less, Save More Trees

Fireman’s Fund Launches Green Coverage For Manufacturers

Honeywell, Airbus, JetBlue, IAE Developing Aviation Biofuel

EnerNOC Buys Offsets To Remain Carbon Neutral

EPS Developing Energy Use Monitoring System

TNT To Replace 100 Diesel Delivery Trucks With Electrics

Restaurants Explore Sustainability With ‘Conserve’ Initiative

REI Tries Solar Power On For Size

Dupont, Genencor Invest $140M In Cellulosic Ethanol Joint Venture

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Recycle To Save Energy–The Sooner The Better

Recycle To Save Energy–The Sooner The Better

Greg Wittbecker
Director Corporate Metal Recycling Strategy
Alcoa Inc.

Recycling rates in the U.S. are low and getting lower. The U.S., by far the world's biggest consumer of aluminum ... continue »

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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

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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

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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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