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Use Of Recycled Landfill Methane Catching On

Use Of Recycled Landfill Methane Catching On
Landfills, still often thought of as blight in our towns and cities, are today also being considered as helpers ...

Harvard, Yale, Others Embrace Green Design

Harvard, Yale, Others Embrace Green Design
Small middle school Sidwell Friends, which has plants sprouting on its roof, and a research complex at Harvard University ...

Tax Credits For Green Rooftops In NYC

Tax Credits For Green Rooftops In NYC
Building owners in New York City who install green rooftops on at least 50 percent of available rooftop space ...

Clif Bar Discusses Sustainability Efforts

Clif Bar Discusses Sustainability Efforts
Clif Bar, winner of the Acterra Award for Sustainability, discusses its sustainability efforts.

High Energy Prices May Give Green Products Edge

High Energy Prices May Give Green Products Edge
More companies are cashing in on the difference in price between products made with recycled materials and those made ...

P&G, Others Spending Big Bucks On Energy Efficiency

P&G, Others Spending Big Bucks On Energy Efficiency
Efforts by companies to trim energy are increasingly focusing on downsizing office and manufacturing space, retrofitting older systems with ...

Cascades Buys RECs

Cascades Buys RECs
Cascades will offset all the electricity used to manufacture Cascades' North River brand of commercial towels and tissues for ...

Campaign Urges Clorox To Offer Brita Filter Recycling

Campaign Urges Clorox To Offer Brita Filter Recycling
A campaign to get Clorox to implement a water filter recycling program similar to Brita's in Europe has collected ...

Carbon Trust Launches Carbon Reduction Certification Program

Carbon Trust Launches Carbon Reduction Certification Program
The Carbon Trust has launched a new green standard that requires an organization to measure, manage and reduce its ...

Ray Anderson On Sustainability At Interface

Ray Anderson On Sustainability At Interface
At the World Food Business Summit, Ray Anderson, founder & chairman of Interface, spoke about sustainability with Forum Magazine....

Renewable Energy ‘Essential Part’ Of Hawaiian Utility

Renewable Energy ‘Essential Part’ Of Hawaiian Utility
Through a competitive bidding framework the Hawaii Public Utilities Commission implemented in 2006, the Hawaiian Electric Co. says ...

BeGreen Announces Carbon Calculator For Green Builders

BeGreen Announces Carbon Calculator For Green Builders
A carbon calculator unveiled by BeGreen, is designed to help designers and builders meet green standards, The Dallas Morning News ...

Vendors Should Highlight Cost Savings Of Green IT

Vendors Should Highlight Cost Savings Of Green IT
GreenFactor's recent survey of IT decision makers found that more than 70 percent would either "'probably' or ...

Mercedes To Introduce Cleanest Diesel SUV In The U.S.

Mercedes To Introduce Cleanest Diesel SUV In The U.S.
Mercedes-Benz has announced it is ready to introduce the R, ML and GL 320 SUVs equipped with Mercedes' ...

Most Americans Have Made Lifestyle Changes To Help The Environment

Most Americans Have Made Lifestyle Changes To Help The Environment
More than half of U.S. adults have made changes in their lives that they believe will help the environment, according to ...

OfficeMax Offers 100% PC Recycled Paper To Self-Serve Customers

OfficeMax Offers 100% PC Recycled Paper To Self-Serve Customers
OfficeMax is now offering 100 percent post-consumer paper at its self-serve copy machines, OfficeMax announced. Customers can upgrade ...

Environmental Measures Mean Healthy Returns For Hospitals

Environmental Measures Mean Healthy Returns For Hospitals
More hospitals are discovering the economic and environmental benefits of greening their operations, Nurse.com reports. Hospitals face fines beginning ...

Collaboration Cuts Transportation Emissions, Saves Dough

Collaboration Cuts Transportation Emissions, Saves Dough
Thirty-seven of the UK's largest food and drink companies, including Coca Cola, Coors, Northern Foods, Heinz and Asda, have ...

Tyson To Turn Animal Byproducts Into Biofuel

Tyson To Turn Animal Byproducts Into Biofuel
Tyson Foods, which provides nearly 25 percent of the total U.S. meat supply and produces an estimated 300 million ...

Sapporo Plans Carbon Labels For Beer

Sapporo Plans Carbon Labels For Beer
Starting next year, Sapporo Breweries will put a carbon label on cans of its Black Label draft beer stating ...

Today's News

Green Communications: 3 Strategies For Getting Past The Crunch

Green Communications: 3 Strategies For Getting Past The Crunch

It's a perfect storm for green communications. There are two industries traditionally considered first for the chop during an economic downturn: environment ... continue »

Beyond Tele-Conferencing: How the IT Sector Can Become a Legitimate Climate Solutions Provider
Navigating the Environmental Media Pt 4: Carbon Messaging
Ecolabeling – Bridging The Gap
The Green Chemistry Tipping Point
Consumers Pay Attention To Energy Star Labels

Consumers Pay Attention To Energy Star Labels

The "Energy Star" label is extremely or very important to 68 percent of consumers, according to the fourth EcoPinion Survey from ...

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Green Retailers Six Key Focus Areas
Half of U.S. Companies Going Green
64% Of Decision Makers Say Green Image Is Good For Business
SMEs and the Environment

SMEs and the Environment

A Telegraph Business Club Video MasterClass by Guy Beaudin the Head of Solutions for PC World Business on SMEs and the environment....

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Oracle CIO Mark Sunday On Project Sequoia
GM Shows Off Volt Production Model…Kind Of
Verdiem Takes Aim At Consumer Market With Edison
The Bottom Line

Marketing

Consumers Pay Attention To Energy Star Labels

Big Brands Tout Social Consciences On YouTube

Marriott To List Green Actions Of Individual Hotels

Emissions

CCX Trades RGGI Contracts

Merck Plans 7-Acre Solar Power System

Lite-On Tech to Reduce CO2 Emissions 10% by 2011

Hi-Tech

Fairchild Semiconductor Expands ‘Green’ Effort with Global Team

Oracle CIO Mark Sunday On Project Sequoia

IBM Launches Eco Data Center in Second Life

Efficiency

Commercial Kitchens Get Green Certification Program

IBM Launches ‘Green Sigma’ Consulting Service

Performance Management Systems Improve Energy Efficiency at Kodak

Manufacturing

Green Efforts Hampered by Broken Supply Chains

Recycling and Reuse Programs Top List Of Manufacturers Green Investments

North Face Announces more Green Initiatives

Carbon Offsets/RECs

American Assets Plans To Beat 2030 Challenge

Wal-Mart Facing Tough Green Questions

NY To Regulate GHG Emissions

CSR Reports

Most Companies Skip Getting CSR Reports Assured

Campbell’s Cuts 1.5 Million Gallons of Water Per Day

KB Home To Build Only Energy Star Standard Homes

Major Players

Sam’s Club Markets Solar Panels, Energy Efficient Products

Toyota Executive Calls for More Cooperation

Tesco Saves 2 Billion Plastic Bags

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