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Utility Outlines Environmental Benefits From Merger

Utility Outlines Environmental Benefits From Merger
In testimony filed with the Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission, the investor group Puget Holdings supports Puget Sound Energy's ...

BP’s New Cogeneration Acquisition Will Power Whiting Refinery

BP’s New Cogeneration Acquisition Will Power Whiting Refinery
BP Alternative Energy has bought Whiting Clean Energy, a 525 MW natural-gas fired combined-cycle cogeneration power plant in Whiting, ...

California Unveils Ambitious Emissions Plan - 30% Cut By 2020

California Unveils Ambitious Emissions Plan - 30% Cut By 2020
California's Air Resources Board has released a draft plan to reduce California's greenhouse gas emissions by 30 ...

Con Ed Using More Biofuel, Hybrids

Con Ed Using More Biofuel, Hybrids
Con Edison is increasing the use of biodiesel fuel in its truck fleet and is replacing 50 of its ...

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 ...

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Big Players Taking Lead In Solar Partnerships

Big Players Taking Lead In Solar Partnerships
Some say interest in solar technology from the world's largest corporations gives credibility to the industry and proves that ...

Solar Prices Competitive By 2015

Solar Prices Competitive By 2015
The Utility Solar Assessment (USA) Study (PDF), released by Clean Edge, finds that, "for the first time, ...

Citi: Investors Tapping Alternative Energy, Infrastructure Firms

Citi: Investors Tapping Alternative Energy, Infrastructure Firms
A growing international consensus to tackle climate change is going to mean a new emphasis from investors on alternative ...

Electric Rates Soar

Electric Rates Soar
U.S. utilities are raising power prices up to 29% to counter rising fuel costs, USA Today reports. In Virginia, ...

Duke Plans To Get 20 MW Closer To The Sun

Duke Plans To Get 20 MW Closer To The Sun
More details have come out about Duke Energy's $100 million investment in commercial-scale rooftop solar panels, which we ...

Senate Kicks Off Global Warming Bill Debate

Senate Kicks Off Global Warming Bill Debate
With this week's Senate debate on the Lieberman-Warner global warming bill kicking off today, some doubt whether U.S. ...

Putting A Price On CO2 Could Mean 10% Cut in Emissions

Putting A Price On CO2 Could Mean 10% Cut in Emissions
A new analysis by researchers at Carnegie Mellon University's Tepper School of Business shows possible positive short-term ...

ComEd To Offer Energy Efficiency Incentives

ComEd To Offer Energy Efficiency Incentives
Commonwealth Edison and Ameren will announce an $84-million, three-year effort to encourage the wise use of electricity among commercial ...

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 ...

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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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