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Web Portal Connects Green Companies with Global Financing

Web Portal Connects Green Companies with Global Financing
The Cleantech-Capital.net Web portal is set to launch in July to connect green ...

Cleantech VC Investment Down 63%

Cleantech VC Investment Down 63%
Feeling the pinch of the global economic turndown, U.S. cleantech companies saw venture ...

Green Technology Investments Plummet

Green Technology Investments Plummet
Private-sector investments in green or sustainable technologies declined 48 percent for the first ...

Venture Capitalist Warns U.S. Is Lagging Behind On Green Tech Revolution

Venture Capitalist Warns U.S. Is Lagging Behind On Green Tech Revolution
John Doerr, a venture capitalist whose early investments helped launch Google and Amazon, told members of the Senate Environment ...

Green Business 2008 - Environmental Leader’s Most Popular Stories

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 ...

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California Clean Tech Open Awards

California Clean Tech Open Awards
Video from the California Clean Tech Open, which announced six category winners dor its 2008 competition earlier this month. The award winners ...

RecycleBank Expands Operations

RecycleBank Expands Operations
RecycleBank announced it is expanding its operations and is partnering with waste haulers, material recovery facilities and municipalities ...

California’s Leadership in 21st Century Energy Technology

California’s Leadership in 21st Century Energy Technology
Beginning with the gold rush, California has successfully established itself time and again at the center of  big waves of business innovation; ...

Wind Industry Installs 1,400 MW In Q3

Wind Industry Installs 1,400 MW In Q3
The U.S. wind energy industry installed 1,389 megawatts in the third quarter, bringing to 4,204 MW the total of wind power projects ...

Drop In Oil Prices Dulls Enthusiasm For Renewable Energy

Drop In Oil Prices Dulls Enthusiasm For Renewable Energy
As oil prices soared, investors looked into renewable energy. But now that oil prices have dropped below $70 a ...

$5.2 Billion Invested in Cleantech Since January 2007

$5.2 Billion Invested in Cleantech Since January 2007
Ninety percent of global companies recently surveyed by Ernst & Young were undertaking climate change initiatives, with disclosed financial commitments totaling $276 ...

Vinod Khosla On The Need For Clean Tech To Deliver Real Results

Vinod Khosla On The Need For Clean Tech To Deliver Real Results
At the AlwaysOn GoingGreen conference in Sausalito, Calif., Vinod Khosla of Khosla Ventures offers his views on environmental challenges facing the world ...

Bet On Oregon’s Clean Future

Bet On Oregon’s Clean Future
I'm putting my money on Oregon to be one of the strongest environmental leaders among all 50 states in the battle against ...

Synthetic Genomics Tops List Of Greentech Winners

Synthetic Genomics Tops List Of Greentech Winners
AlwaysOn has announced results of this year's GoingGreen 100 Top Private Companies list in greentech. Sythetic Genomics took ...

Google & G.E. Want Cheaper Renewable Energy

Google & G.E. Want Cheaper Renewable Energy
Representatives from Google and General Electric told a group of politicians and energy experts at the National Clean ...

U.S. Leads In Wind Power Production

U.S. Leads In Wind Power Production
Although the Congress' failure to extend the production tax credit for the renewable energy industry threatens to slowdown further development, U.S. wind ...

Clean Energy Attracts Investors Despite Struggling Economy

Clean Energy Attracts Investors Despite Struggling Economy
While the world's economy is struggling clean energy companies have continued to attract record investments, with global investments in ...

Pickens Set on Turning Texas into Saudi Arabia of Wind

Pickens Set on Turning Texas into Saudi Arabia of Wind
Millionaire T. Boone Pickens is planning to turn Texas into the Saudi Arabia of wind, but some question his ...

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 ...

Online Auction Site For Environmental Intellectual Property Launched

Online Auction Site For Environmental Intellectual Property Launched
The opening bell has rung for a virtual trading floor for tangible and conceptual intellectual property at Lynxstreet.com. According to the online ...
Consumers Prefer ‘100% Natural’ Label Over ‘Organic’

Consumers Prefer ‘100% Natural’ Label Over ‘Organic’

In a study of consumer opinions of marketing claims, survey respondents identified most ...

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WWF Ranks US 7th Among G8 on Climate Scorecard
Growth of Global Carbon Emissions Cut in Half
Electricity, Heat, Transportation Cause 60% of Emissions

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Carbon Management IS Information Management

Carbon Management IS Information Management

For most organizations today, sophisticated carbon management is simply not possible. At best, ... continue »

The Hope Behind The Holes In The Climate Bill
Energy Costs Rising, Regulations Imminent - Are You Ready?
Energy - It Just Doesn’t Add Up
FTC on Greenwashing: Is That All There Is?
Shaklee Discusses its Green Strategies

Shaklee Discusses its Green Strategies

Shaklee Corp. was recognized recently ...

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Sprint Tackles Data Center Improvements
Building a Bridge from Recycled Plastics
The Netherlands Ponders Floating City Architecture
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Marketing

Consumers Prefer ‘100% Natural’ Label Over ‘Organic’

Green Seal Adds First U.S. Standard for Personal Care Products

Show Sustainability Sales Success to Climb Corporate Ranks

Emissions

Cisco Wants to Transform Energy Demand and Use with Smart Buildings

Sony Europe Goes to 100% Renewable Energy

EPA Approves California Emissions Waiver

Hi-Tech

Sony Ericsson Joins Nokia, Samsung as ‘Greener’ Electronics Makers

Online Calculator Gauges IT Data Center Costs and Carbon Footprint

Microsoft Reduces Windows 7 Packaging

Efficiency

Black & Veatch HQ to Showcase Sustainability

Raytheon Meets Green Goals with IT Help

Yahoo! Dropping Carbon Offsets for Greener Data Centers

Manufacturing

Electronics Firms Face Off Against Mandated Recycling Programs

Leading Mobile Phone Makers Agree to Develop Universal Charger

Panasonic Cuts Manufacturing Emissions With Simulation Tech

Carbon Offsets/RECs

Sustainable Agriculture Requires Farm Modernization, Free Markets, Tech Adoption

Audi Promotes Clean Diesel via Facebook, Carbon Offsets

CBO: Cap-And-Trade to Cost $175 Per Household

CSR Reports

SAB Miller Targets 25% Reduction in Water Used in Brewing

Molson Coors Cuts CO2 Emissions by 12%

Successful Design in CSR Reporting, Part 2

Major Players

Fuel Cell Systems to Power 30% of Coca-Cola NY Facility

Australia Joins Carbon Reduction Label Scheme

CSX to Cut CO2 Emissions by 8%

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