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UCSD Installs Solar Trees

UCSD Installs Solar Trees
The University of California, San Diego, which strives to be one of the nation’s “greenest” college campuses, is ...

HP Thinks Outside The Box, Sells Notebooks In Messenger Bags

HP Thinks Outside The Box, Sells Notebooks In Messenger Bags
HP has redesigned the packaging of the HP Pavilion dv6929 by replacing conventional shipping materials and boxes with the ...

‘Greening’ of Deloitte’s IT Team

‘Greening’ of Deloitte’s IT Team
According to Larry Quinlan, CIO at Deloitte LLP, green IT makes operations streamlined, efficient, and cost-effective. He recently spoke ...

FASB Proposes Controversial Accounting Standard

FASB Proposes Controversial Accounting Standard
Foundations have been shaken throughout corporate America with the Federal Accounting Standards Board's (FASB) June 5, 2008 release ...

Equity Office ‘Greening’ Boston Properties

Equity Office ‘Greening’ Boston Properties
Boston's biggest property owner, Equity Office Properties Trust, is outfitting all its buildings in the city to seek LEED ...

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Con Edison Installs Green Roof

Con Edison Installs Green Roof
Con Edison is installing its first “green roof” at its Learning Center training and conference facility in Long ...

US Treasury Establishes Environment and Energy Office

US Treasury Establishes Environment and Energy Office
The US Treasury Department recently launched the new Office For Environment and Energy, which will be headed by ...

Organic to Go CEO Discusses Green Economy

Organic to Go CEO Discusses Green Economy
Organic to Go CEO Jason Brown talks about the rise of green-collar jobs in the U.S. and how's he's been able to ...

12 States Sue EPA Over Refinery Emissions

12 States Sue EPA Over Refinery Emissions
New York and 11 other states are suing the Environmental Protection Agency for violating the federal Clean Air Act ...

Boston Sets Rules for Turbines

Boston Sets Rules for Turbines
Boston planners are proposing changes to the city’s zoning code to allow wind turbines in certain areas, Boston Herald ...

ConAgra Buys RECs, Joins Climate Leaders

ConAgra Buys RECs, Joins Climate Leaders
ConAgra Foods' Lamb Weston business has purchased renewable energy certificates from Bonneville Environmental Foundation to offset 100 percent of ...

Resort Expects to Make $161,000 From Its Wind Turbines

Resort Expects to Make $161,000 From Its Wind Turbines
Jiminy Peak resort announced its one-year anniversary of the connection of its new 1.5 megawatt GE wind turbine to ...

California Businesses Campaign Against AB32

California Businesses Campaign Against AB32
It turns out, California Assembly Bill 32, also known as the Global Warming Solutions Act, which aims to cut GHG emissions by ...

GM Powertrain Plant Adds Solar

GM Powertrain Plant Adds Solar
A 1.2 megawatt solar power installation will be added to the roof of General Motor's transmission assembly plant ...

Utility-Scale Solar Power Coming To U.S. Via PG&E

Utility-Scale Solar Power Coming To U.S. Via PG&E
Here's a Wall Street Journal video on the two utility-scale, photovoltaic solar power contracts for a total of 800 megawatts of renewable ...

IBM Study: All Vehicles Hybrid By 2020

IBM Study: All Vehicles Hybrid By 2020
By 2020 all new vehicles will have some level of hybridization, according to IBM's Automotive 2020 Study. Hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles will remain a ...

Critics Dismiss NYC’s Plan for Wind Turbines

Critics Dismiss NYC’s Plan for Wind Turbines
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has proposed to install wind turbines on top of the city's skyscrapers ...

Green Event Marketing Catching On

Green Event Marketing Catching On
A new study, “The Green Event Imperative” by the Event Marketing Institute, outlines best practices for marketers to ...

Satcon to Power Largest Single Rooftop Solar Array in U.S.

Satcon to Power Largest Single Rooftop Solar Array in U.S.
Satcon Technology Corp. recently received orders for Satcon PowerGate inverters from American Capital Energy to connect Atlantic City ...

Court Says States Can Lift Emission Standards

Court Says States Can Lift Emission Standards
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia overturned EPA's addendum to the existing Clean Air Act, ...

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Sustainability is Not a Color - Sustainability is Transparent.

Sustainability is Not a Color - Sustainability is Transparent.

Green was an obvious color to hang the environmental renaissance on. It was a reclaiming of the old pejorative “greenies” and “treehuggers.” ... continue »

An Eco-Stimulus Package for Our Economy
Sustainability – Businesses’ Best Defense Against Recession
California’s Leadership in 21st Century Energy Technology
Moving Beyond ‘Carbon Neutral’ to ‘Carbon Healthy’
92% Of Organizations Working To Make Facilities More Sustainable

92% Of Organizations Working To Make Facilities More Sustainable

Ninety-two percent of respondents to The Global Facility Management Association's recently released Green Practices Study (PDF) say that they are ...

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Green Building Could Hit $140 Billion By 2013
ICT Could Cut U.S. Emissions By 13-22 Percent
Consumers Loyal To Brands That Support Good Cause During Recession
‘Green Car Of the Year’ Unveiled

‘Green Car Of the Year’ Unveiled

Sit in on the Green Car of the Year Award presented at the 2008 LA Auto Show (via AutoNetwork)....

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Patagonia’s Rick Ridgeway Discusses Corporate Sustainability
California Clean Tech Open Awards
How ICT Can Reduce Carbon Footprints And Enable Sustainable Growth

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Marketing

Sustainability is Not a Color - Sustainability is Transparent.

Greenbuild Conference News Roundup

Green Consumers Have Different Purchasing Motives

Emissions

‘Green Car Of the Year’ Unveiled

Owens Ups Recycled Content in Fiberglass Insulation, Cuts Energy Use, CO2

Wal-Mart To Buy 226 M kWh Wind Energy To Help Power 350+ Stores

Hi-Tech

ICT Could Cut U.S. Emissions By 13-22 Percent

California Clean Tech Open Awards

Dell: OptiPlex Desktop Customers Cut 29 M Tons of CO2 Since 2005

Efficiency

92% Of Organizations Working To Make Facilities More Sustainable

Xerox Says New Toner Cuts Digital Printing Devices’ Power 15-30%

Big Brands Form Climate Change Business Coalition

Manufacturing

Patagonia’s Rick Ridgeway Discusses Corporate Sustainability

Mitsubishi Targets Sales Of $13.3 B From Cleantech Products

Jeffrey Immelt Discusses GE’s CSR Efforts

Carbon Offsets/RECs

Hyundai Unveils Carbon Offset Program For Genesis Sedans

Best Buy Pushes Renewable Energy Credits

New Carbon Standard Set for Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Use

CSR Reports

Want To Win Awards? Write Longer Corporate Responsibility Reports

U.S. Army Releases First Sustainability Report - Big Move To LEED Standards

HK Companies Top CSR Disclosure Among Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand

Major Players

Aluminum Assoc. Sets Ambitious 75% Aluminum Can Recycling Target

How ICT Can Reduce Carbon Footprints And Enable Sustainable Growth

UPS Moves To Paperless Sorting Labels

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