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S.F. Bay Area Passes Carbon Tax

S.F. Bay Area Passes Carbon Tax
The San Francisco Bay Area Air Quality Management District's board of directors voted overwhelmingly (15-1) to charge area companies ...

Duke Buys Up Solar Power

Duke Buys Up Solar Power
Duke Energy says it will purchase the entire electricity output of the nation's largest photovoltaic solar farm, which will ...

Rackspace Uses Biomass To Run Data Center

Rackspace Uses Biomass To Run Data Center
IT hosting company Rackspace has announced it has completed the conversion of a former warehouse into its new ...

National Grid Enlists Polar Bear For Marketing Campaign

National Grid Enlists Polar Bear For Marketing Campaign
National Grid has enlisted Floe, a virtual polar bear, for its new marketing campaign. Floe, on National Grid's ...

Upward Trend In National Energy Efficiency Market

Upward Trend In National Energy Efficiency Market
Energy efficiency can make a larger contribution towards stabilizing energy prices and reducing greenhouse gas emissions -- should we choose to fully ...

With $100M, Duke Energy Joins Rooftop Solar Movement

With $100M, Duke Energy Joins Rooftop Solar Movement
Duke Energy has invested $100 million in commercial-scale rooftop solar panels, VentureBeat reports. The Charlotte, N.C.-based electric utility will ...

Popularity Of Energy Efficiency Utilities Grows

Popularity Of Energy Efficiency Utilities Grows
Efficiency Vermont, an independent nonprofit provider of energy-efficient services, has helped close to 60 percent of the state's electricity ...

Environmental Throwdown At Duke Shareholders’ Meeting

Environmental Throwdown At Duke Shareholders’ Meeting
Duke Energy's plans for new coal and nuclear plants did not please all who attended the company's recent shareholder ...

Enel Buys $232 Million Of Carbon Credits From China’s Wuhan Steel

Enel Buys $232 Million Of Carbon Credits From China’s Wuhan Steel
Enel SpA, Italy's largest power company and the biggest single buyer of carbon credits in China, signed a deal ...

RGGI Cap And Trade To Go Online Sept. 10

RGGI Cap And Trade To Go Online Sept. 10
The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) expects to go online September 10, News.com reports. The blind online ...

AEP Corporate Sustainability Report Outlines Challenges, Performance

AEP Corporate Sustainability Report Outlines Challenges, Performance
American Electric Power Co. has a plan to reduce and offset its greenhouse gas emissions. Demonstrating and deploying ...

Utility-Based Efficiency Programs Could Cut Energy Use 7-11 Percent

Utility-Based Efficiency Programs Could Cut Energy Use 7-11 Percent
Energy efficiency improvements in the U.S. electric power sector could reduce electric consumption by 7 to 11 percent more ...

AEP Orders Hybrid Utility Trucks

AEP Orders Hybrid Utility Trucks
American Electric Power has ordered its largest number of hybrid trucks to date - 18 International DuraStar ...

Google, Others Give eSolar $130 Million Boost

Google, Others Give eSolar $130 Million Boost
eSolar has closed $130 million in funding from Idealab, Google.org, Oak Investment Partners, and other investors for the ...

National Grid Sets 80% GHG Reduction Goal, Adopts Carbon Budgets

National Grid Sets 80% GHG Reduction Goal, Adopts Carbon Budgets
National Grid is increasing its target of reducing company-wide greenhouse gas emissions from 60 percent to 80 percent by ...

Duke’s Sustainability Report Includes 50% CO2 Reduction Scenario

Duke’s Sustainability Report Includes 50% CO2 Reduction Scenario
Duke Energy, the third largest emitter of CO2 in the U.S., has released its 2007/2008 sustainability report (PDF). According ...

New CO2 Maps Offer Unprecedented Detail

New CO2 Maps Offer Unprecedented Detail
A new map offers more than 100 times the detail of previous inventories of carbon dioxide. The map, from Vulcan, a ...

HEB Powers Stores With Wind Energy

HEB Powers Stores With Wind Energy
Texas supermarket chain HEB plans to run 46 of its stores in San Antonio and Bexar County on 10 percent windpower and ...

Clean Energy Windfall In Texas

Clean Energy Windfall In Texas
Channel 4 News is in Roscoe, Texas where a new clean energy boom is providing hard up farmers with a real windfall. ...

Dell Powers Headquarters With Green Energy

Dell Powers Headquarters With Green Energy
Dell is now powering 100 percent of its 2.1 million square-foot global headquarters campus with 100 percent green power, ...

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Water Sustainability - What Can The Past Teach Us For The Future?

Water Sustainability - What Can The Past Teach Us For The Future?

Sustaining water resources has been an important factor in the development and survival of civilizations. The ability to use water in sufficient ... continue »

Are Consumers Falling Off The Green Wagon, And Should We Care?
Industry Needs Energy Star For Servers - Now!
Parse The Greens, Pass The Spectacle
Timberland’s Journey to Quarterly CSR Reporting
Corporate CSR Skepticism Fueled by ‘Greenwashing Washout’

Corporate CSR Skepticism Fueled by ‘Greenwashing Washout’

With the eco-world on overdrive, overall skepticism in companies' corporate social responsibility initiatives is higher among LOHAS consumers, the portion of the ...

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‘Greenfluencers’ Are Small But Powerful Group Of Consumers
Carbon Market Worth $59 Billion In H1 2008
Mobile Phone Manufacturers Drop Ball On Recycling
Ceres On The Financial Sector’s Reaction To Climate Change

Ceres On The Financial Sector’s Reaction To Climate Change

Mindy Lubber, president of Ceres, talks about what the financial sector is doing to tackle climate change....

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Frog’s Leap Winery Embraces Green Strategies
Leading Tech Companies Discuss Green Data Center Trends
PG&E Leads On Environmental And Sustainability Ed
The Bottom Line

Marketing

Corporate CSR Skepticism Fueled by ‘Greenwashing Washout’

WM Unveils ‘Pay To Recycle’ CFL Program - Will Consumers Buy?

FTC Examines Green Building, New Green Guides ‘Definitely’ In 2009

Emissions

Gore Calls For 100% Clean Energy by 2018, Keeps Straight Face

EU Harnesses Govt Spending Power to Support Green Products

Nordstrom Doubles Square Footage, Cuts Energy Consumption

Hi-Tech

‘Green Computing’ Vague, Misleading

5 IT Vendors Get New Recycling, Asset Disposal Certification

Leading Tech Companies Discuss Green Data Center Trends

Efficiency

Green GM Dealership In Detroit Cuts Energy More Than 50%

Stoel Rives Launches ‘Go Green Initiative’

Small and Midsize Firms Moving Towards Green Supply Chains

Manufacturing

Energy Audit Saves Haynes $500K

Bombardier Slashes CO2 Emissions

Cotton Inc. Says New FTC Green Guides Needed

Carbon Offsets/RECs

CDW’s Wisconsin Hosting Centers Go Green

Firm Adds ‘Renewable Energy Surchage’ To Customer Bills

Branson Plans Zero Carbon Resort, Launches Eco-Consulting Group

CSR Reports

Ball Aims To Reduce GHG 16 Percent by 2012

GHG Emissions Up At Owens Corning, Energy Use Down

IBM Launches Green Consulting Service

Major Players

Alcoa Inks Hydropower Contract

Con-Way Leads SmartWay On Fuel Efficiency

Johnson Controls, IBM Develop Software For Data Center Management

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