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77% Of Companies Anticipate Spending More On Environmental Programs

77% Of Companies Anticipate Spending More On Environmental Programs
Company executives believe that corporate responsibility programs can positively impact their business and help achieve strategic goals, according to a survey of ...

Democrats Want $6.7 Billion To Fight Global Warming

Democrats Want $6.7 Billion To Fight Global Warming
Congress wants to spend as much as $6.7 billion next fiscal year to combat global warming, an increase of nearly one-third from the ...

Developer Yanks Green Village Project

Developer Yanks Green Village Project
After spending $4.8 million and more than two years planning a massive green energy housing and retail project, developer Joshua Knoefler withdrew ...

Equistar Will Spend $125 Million To Address Environmental Violations

Equistar Will Spend $125 Million To Address Environmental Violations
Equistar Chemicals, headquartered in Houston, Texas, will spend more than $125 million on pollution controls and cleanup to address air, water ...

Ford, McDonald’s, IBM, Abbott, Time Inc. To Share Sustainability Strategies

Ford, McDonald’s, IBM, Abbott, Time Inc. To Share Sustainability Strategies
With new sustainability initiatives being launched daily, U.S. companies are under increasing pressure to demonstrate their climate change credentials. Corporate Climate ...

UK Supermarkets Spending Green On Green

UK Supermarkets Spending Green On Green
Most major players in the UK supermarket sector have made pledges to address environmental and sustainability issues, most of which in turn ...

Data Hygiene Can Reduce Marketing’s Environmental Impact

Data Hygiene Can Reduce Marketing’s Environmental Impact
Some marketing professionals are expressing concern about the amount of waste in b-to-b direct marketing, BtoB reports. Data quality issues caused ...

Top 10 Greenest Companies In The World

Top 10 Greenest Companies In The World
The Independent, along with Ethical Investment Research Services, has put together a guide to the greenest companies in ...

Rohm and Haas Spends Half Of R&D Budget On Sustainability Efforts

Rohm and Haas Spends Half Of R&D Budget On Sustainability Efforts
Rohm and Haas Company will spend $150 million - roughly half of its nearly $300 million 2007 R&D ...

Recent RFPs

Recent RFPs
April 2007 (via CEEP)  Asia-Pacific Partnership on Clean Development and Climate U.S. & China Clean Water and Clean Energy  ...

AIG, Ben & Jerry’s, Citigroup, Alcoa, Intel, Timberland, Toyota and HP to Debate Climate Change Strategies

AIG, Ben & Jerry’s, Citigroup, Alcoa, Intel, Timberland, Toyota and HP to Debate Climate Change Strategies
Environmental Leader is pleased to be a supporting partner of Ethical Corporation's Climate Change Strategies and Environmental Communication conference: With CEO after CEO ...

Corporate America Nears Green Tipping Point

Corporate America Nears Green Tipping Point
Profitability of America’s corporations will be closely tied to proactive sustainability practices and Green Building principles, according to findings from a new ...

EPA To Give Green Test When Evaluating Meeting Venues

EPA To Give Green Test When Evaluating Meeting Venues
Next month, the EPA 's procurement staff will begin asking hotels and convention centers a list of green questions that it will consider ...

Supreme Court Decision Big Blow to Big Three

Supreme Court Decision Big Blow to Big Three
Yesterday's Supreme Court decision comes as pressure is building on automakers and Congress to reduce global warming by cutting emissions from ...

HP: Give Budget Incentives to Managers that Buy Green

HP: Give Budget Incentives to Managers that Buy Green
HP is floating the idea that IT managers should be given incentives for buying energy-saving products, reports ZDNet. Speaking in connection with ...

Does Anyone Read Your CSR Report?

Does Anyone Read Your CSR Report?
In the first week following Sun's January 29 release of its 2006 CSR Report, the report was only downloaded from Sun's ...

Bush’s Budget Earmarks $24 Billion for Department of Energy

Bush’s Budget Earmarks $24 Billion for Department of Energy
President Bush's $24.3-billion budget for the Department of Energy remains a tiny part of the overall $2.9-trillion budget plan for 2008. the Detroit ...

Legislation Would Ban Incandescent Lightbulbs, Favor CFLs

Legislation Would Ban Incandescent Lightbulbs, Favor CFLs
California Assemblyman Lloyd Levine is expected to introduce legislation this week to make his state the first to ban incandescent lightbulbs, Reuters ...

Federal Govt Shifts to Hybrids & Green Procurement

Federal Govt Shifts to Hybrids & Green Procurement
President Bush issued an executive order requiring federal agencies to cut their energy consumption, shift federal fleets to plug-in hybrid vehicles, ...

AES Westover Gets $50 Million in Clean-Coal Emissions Technology

AES Westover Gets $50 Million in Clean-Coal Emissions Technology
AES is investing $50 million in clean-coal emissions control technology at AES Westover, its 126 MW coal-fired facility near Binghamton, New ...

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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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