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Green Computing Dollars In the Stimulus Package
Green Buyers Grow As Economy Sinks
Despite the dire state of the economy, 34 percent of American consumers indicate they are more likely to buy environmentally responsible products today, and another ...
Carbon Offset Prices Fall, Buyers Focus On Quality
Prices for carbon offsets in a voluntary market are falling as the recession has left companies struggling to raise cash. However, market participants and analysts say the ...
Audit Finds Problems With Canada Green Programs
Two green programs that were supposed to reduce Canada's GHG emissions lack ways to track their environmental benefit and emissions reduction, according to an audit conducted by ...
E-Commerce Companies Slow to Adopt Green IT
Ninety-seven percent of IT professionals feel that it is important for their Internet and ecommerce related businesses to reduce their carbon footprint, yet little real action ...
$100 Billion in Stimulus for Green Programs
The Economic Stimulus bill passed last week by the House, and currently under debate in the Senate, has roughly $100 billion for green spending and tax ...
Senate Picks Up House-Passed Stimulus Plan, Adds Clean Coal
Earlier this week the House passed a version of President Obama’s $825 bn stimulus plan, which would devote over $68 billion to green technology development. The plan passed ...
Green Business 2008 – Environmental Leader’s Most Popular Stories
With 2008 just out the door, it's a good time to look back at the green business issues and news items popular with top sustainability executives. Here are Environmental Leader's top green business stories for ...
‘Shovel Ready’ Stimulus – Projects That Should Be Supported
In the past few days, the tone of conversation about next year’s stimulus package has shifted away from long term "green" investments to "shovel ready" projects – initiatives that are ready to begin as soon ...
NY Publishes Preliminary Guide for State’s Green Purchasing
Green Movement Slowed By Economic Downturn
The economic slump has affected organic sales and is now impacting local green industries both large and small.
ConocoPhillips told Boulder County Business Report that it still plans to advance its ...
Is The ‘Green’ In Green IT Dead? No, Because It Was Never Really Alive
In a number of recent client interactions with both enterprise IT end users and vendors, the question of “Is the ‘green’ in Green IT dead?” has come up. Primarily driven by the current economic climate, ...
Critics Question Financial Aspect of L.A.’s Solar Plan
Last week, Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa announced plans for 10 percent of L.A.'s electricity to come from solar power by 2020. The city plans to develop and sign contracts for 1,280 ...
Sustainability Execs Say Green Spending Increasing, Despite Economy
Sustainability – An Economic Imperative in the Current Economy
Long-time sustainability denizens have seen it before: the economy slows, revenue and profit growth fall, and business directs investments away from projects with environmental or social sustainability benefits. It's a predictable cycle with unintended consequences ...
Green Consumers Have Different Purchasing Motives
A recent Yahoo! Green study found that while 77 percent of consumers describe themselves as “green” - actively living their lives conscious of their health and environment – these green consumers have ...
U.S. Consumers: Companies Should Pay To Manage Climate Change
The fifth EcoPinion Survey from EcoAlign finds that consumers generally agree on the definition of climate change, the importance of reducing climate change and the role of the individual to reduce climate change. However, ...
Most Efficient Data Center – The One That’s Not Built
Kenneth Brill, executive director of the Uptime Institute, told the New York Times that companies should build fewer data centers during tough times, and that the most efficient data center is ...
Corporate Responsibility Budgets Decreasing
BP Drops Out Of UK Renewables Plan, Focuses On U.S.
BP announced it will drop out of the UK government's competition to build a prototype power station that will capture and store its CO2 emissions. Instead the company will focus the majority ...
Texas Instruments Sustainability Report: Normalized Emissions Jump 23%
