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Obama Admin Unveils Energy-Efficiency Efforts, Investments

President Barack Obama and U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu have announced new plans to drive energy efficiency and save American consumers billions of dollars per ...

June 30, 2009

BP Shutters Alternative Energy HQ

British Petroleum has shutdown its alternative energy headquarters in London, accepted the resignation of its managing director and announced budget cuts - all moves likely to ...

June 29, 2009

Sustainable Agriculture Requires Farm Modernization, Free Markets, Tech Adoption

A new report focuses on the challenge of how to sustainably meet the growing energy and food demands of a global population approaching nine billion people ...

June 26, 2009

California Delays Carbon Fee Decision

California has delayed a decision on whether to implement the nation's first statewide carbon fee on utilities, oil refineries and ...

June 26, 2009

Ford, Nissan, Tesla Receive DOE Loans for EVs

Ford, Nissan and Tesla have received $8 billion in conditional loans from the Obama Administration for the development of advanced vehicle technologies that is expected ...

June 24, 2009

CBO: Cap-And-Trade to Cost $175 Per Household

The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimates that the U.S. cap-and-trade program will cost $22 billion annually, or about $175 per household, by 2020. This figure includes ...

June 23, 2009

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 ...

June 23, 2009

House Appropriations Clears EPA Spending Bill

The House Appropriations Committee has approved a $10.6-billion spending bill for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), with several amendments aimed at protecting agricultural interests from ...

June 22, 2009

For Aviation, LEDs Pop Up on Wingtips, Landing Strips

Up to 5,000 new Airbus A320 aircraft will be equipped with more efficient and longer-life LED lighting on the wingtips. The deal between Honeywell -- maker ...

June 22, 2009

U.S. Spends $133B for Emission Mitigation

Investments in the United States for greenhouse gas (GHG) mitigation technologies totaled $132.9 billion dollars between 2000 and 2008, according to a new study by T2 ...

June 18, 2009

Airlines Target Carbon Neutral Growth From 2020

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced at a recent board meeting that it would achieve carbon neutral growth from 2020 through a combination of investment ...

June 9, 2009

45% of Firms Adopting Green IT Strategies, Budgets Rising

Nearly all senior-level IT executives are at least discussing a green information technology (IT) strategy, while 45 percent have already implemented green IT initiatives, according to ...

May 28, 2009

DOE, DOC Release First Set of Smart-Grid Standards

The U.S. Departments of Energy and Commerce recently announced the first set of standards that are needed to drive the development of a smart electric ...

May 22, 2009

Canada Slates $880M for Clean Energy Fund

The Canadian government has announced details of the C$1-billion (approximately $882 million) Clean Energy Fund, which will go to the development and advancement of clean ...

May 22, 2009

U.S. Government Wastes $440M on Printing

The U.S. federal government wastes $440.4 million on printing annually, or more than $1 million each day, according to a new study from Lexmark International and ...

May 14, 2009

EPA, DOE Release Environmental and Energy Budgets

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of Energy (DOE) have announced details of their fiscal year 2010 budget plans that focus on creating new "green" ...

May 8, 2009

56% Support Energy and Environmental Provisions in Stimulus

Fifty-six percent of Americans support the energy and environment (E&E) provisions in the stimulus package, compared to 41 percent who support the overall relief package, according ...

May 8, 2009

U.S. Organic Food/Bev Sales Up by 17.1%

U.S. sales of organic food and non-food products reached $24.6 billion in 2008, growing 17.1 percent over 2007 sales, despite tough economic times, according to a new ...

May 6, 2009

U.S. Green Bank Proposed

Companies seeking to add clean energy or energy efficiency projects may benefit if the Green Bank Act of 2009 is approved. The act, which would create an ...

March 25, 2009

Solar Power Costs Declining

The cost of installing solar is trending downward. Companies that aren't in position to reap the rewards will fall behind their competitors, according to a report ...

March 13, 2009

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