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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 ...

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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 ...

Ethanol Plant Could be Fueled by Construction Waste

A proposed $175 million ethanol plant in Des Moines could pump about $20 million into city budgets in the next five years, ...

City of Millbrae Powers Wastewater Treatment Plant on Kitchen Grease

City of Millbrae Powers Wastewater Treatment Plant on Kitchen Grease
Millbrae, California's Water Pollution Control Plant is using inedible kitchen grease from restaurants to naturally produce biogas for generating renewable power ...

Companies Pay $20 Billion for Pollution Control Equipment

Companies Pay $20 Billion for Pollution Control Equipment
The EPA has obtained commitments from industry, governments and other regulated entities to reduce pollution by nearly 900 million pounds in fiscal year ...

Green Mountain Launches Site, Viral Campaign to Sell Offsets

Green Mountain Launches Site, Viral Campaign to Sell Offsets
Green Mountain Energy has launched a new site, BeGreenNow, a My Space viral campaign, and a social networking program to sell carbon offset ...

Office Depot’s Green Book Hits Europe

Office Depot’s Green Book Hits Europe
Office Depot Inc. has expanded distribution of its b-to-b catalog of environmentally friendly products to five countries in Europe, including Britain, Germany, ...

Enterprise Pledges $50 Million To Plant 50 Million Trees

Enterprise Pledges $50 Million To Plant 50 Million Trees
Enterprise Rent-A-Car is underwriting the planting of 50 million trees over the next 50 years at a total cost of $50 million ...

Google Plans Largest US Corporate Solar Installation

Google Plans Largest US Corporate Solar Installation
I Solutions, the systems integration arm of Energy Innovations, will begin constructing a solar electricity system for Google’s Mountain View, California, ...

Pepco Wins Baltimore City Public Schools Contract

Pepco Wins Baltimore City Public Schools Contract
Pepco Energy Services will provide a comprehensive energy efficiency and guaranteed savings program for the Baltimore City Public School System. Pepco Energy ...

Wells Fargo Commits to Largest-Ever U.S. Corporate Purchase of Renewable Energy

Wells Fargo Commits to Largest-Ever U.S. Corporate Purchase of Renewable Energy
Wells Fargo will buy renewable energy certificates to support generating 550 million kilowatt-hours of wind energy a year for three years, ...

Wisconsin Gov. Unveils $450 Million Public, Private Renewable Energy Investment Strategy

Wisconsin Gov. Unveils $450 Million Public, Private Renewable Energy Investment Strategy
Wisconsin Governor Jim Doyle has proposed a $450 million public/private investment strategy in renewable energy.  The proposal, including nearly $80 million ...

Corporate Directors Study Liabilities, Opportunities of Climate Change

Corporate Directors Study Liabilities, Opportunities of Climate Change
Yale University is launching a program to educate hundreds of independent corporate board members about the potential liabilities and strategic business ...

Performance Bicycle Co. to Use 100% Renewable Energy

Performance Bicycle Co. to Use 100% Renewable Energy
Performance Bicycle has become the first U.S. sports retailer to use renewable energy exclusively to power its stores, corporate headquarters, distribution ...

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COP 15 Offers Communications Opportunities

COP 15 Offers Communications Opportunities

What is the No.1 event-related global communications opportunity for your carbon messaging of the next 4 years? Here are a couple of clues… •    ... continue »

Greening the Apparel Supply Chain: Tapping the Power of Collective Leverage
Sustainability and its Impact on Brand Value
The Advertising Industry, Sustainability and the Bottom Line
Thoroughly Modernized Milton And Corporate Social Responsibility
Green Efforts Insignificant in Winning, Keeping 3PL Business

Green Efforts Insignificant in Winning, Keeping 3PL Business

The 3PL industry has made significant strides in establishing environmental responsibility as part of broader corporate visions, with companies reporting numerous internal ...

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Google Says Its Data Centers Most Efficient
Fast-Moving Eco-Friendly Consumer Goods Appeal to Many
Environmental Friendliness Not Driving PC Sales
Miller Recycles 99.9% of Packaging Waste

Miller Recycles 99.9% of Packaging Waste

The U.S. beer maker Miller has a goal of zero waste in their breweries and is currently recycling 99.9% of all packaging ...

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Credit Crunch Could Hurt Mitsubishi’s Eco-Car Push
What’s The Price Tag For A Carbon Neutral U.S. Economy?
Interface VP Discusses Biomimicry And Design
The Bottom Line

Marketing

Office Depot Targets Eco-Conscious Consumers in Europe

COP 15 Offers Communications Opportunities

Aegis Acquires Clownfish

Emissions

Sun, Pfizer Surpass Carbon Reduction Goals

Constellation Wines Installing 1.2 Megawatt Solar System

Turbine Shortage Delays Projects

Hi-Tech

Google Says Its Data Centers Most Efficient

European Data Centers Face Energy Crisis

Environmental Friendliness Not Driving PC Sales

Efficiency

World Steel Association Publishes Sustainability Report

Wal-Mart’s Packaging Scorecard Drives Sustainability, Cuts GHG Emissions

Dairy Farmers Get Lighting Retrofit Rebate

Manufacturing

Greening the Apparel Supply Chain: Tapping the Power of Collective Leverage

ARC Offers Sustainability Strategies for Manufacturers

Sanyo’s Solar Ark: Company Shift or PR Stunt?

Carbon Offsets/RECs

USDA, DOE Unveil Plans to Accelerate Sustainable Biofuels Development

EU Votes For Tougher Carbon Laws

Aveda Installs Solar System at L.A. Distribution Facility

CSR Reports

AT&T Releases Sustainability Report

Autodesk HQ Cuts Emissions with Lighting Upgrades

Staples Saved Over 540,000 Gallons of Diesel in 2007

Major Players

Green Efforts Insignificant in Winning, Keeping 3PL Business

Critics Say Energy Star Standards Too Lax

Google Unveils $4.4 Trillion Clean Energy Plan

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