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Kettle Chips Sustainability Initiatives

Kettle Chips Sustainability Initiatives
News PKG for Oregon News on Kettle Chips and Sustainable Businesses You ...

Industry Leaders Call For ITC/PTC Extension

Industry Leaders Call For ITC/PTC Extension
More than 350 leaders in the renewable energy industry ranging from small business owners, venture capitalists, investors, associations and ...

Burt’s Bees Buys Wind Credits, Wants Employees To Do Same

Burt’s Bees Buys Wind Credits, Wants Employees To Do Same
Burt's Bees has purchased 3,954,000 kilowatt hours of renewable energy credits generated by wind farms. The REC purchase, made ...

Who Will Fund The Push For Clean Energy?

Who Will Fund The Push For Clean Energy?
Due to volatile markets and plunging stocks, Wall Street is not so keen on funding renewable energy projects involving ...

Pro Sports Go Green

Pro Sports Go Green
When the Philadelphia Eagles launched its Go Green campaign in 2003, it was the first pro athletic team ...

Wal-Mart Chief Pledges to Go Greener

Wal-Mart Chief Pledges to Go Greener
In a speech that promised widespread improvement and reform throughout Wal-Mart and its supply chain, Wal-Mart CEO H. ...

EU Sets Emissions Targets

EU Sets Emissions Targets
The European Commission set new emissions targets and called on EU members to increase their use of ...

Super Bowl Powered Completely With Green Energy

Super Bowl Powered Completely With Green Energy
This year's Super Bowl in Glendale, Arizona, will be the first ever powered completely with renewable energy by using solar, wind and ...

Wind Power Up 45% In 2007

Wind Power Up 45% In 2007
Wind power was up 45 percent in 2007, accounting for 30% of the entire new power-producing capacity nationally and infusing an ...

‘Beyond Petroleum’ Pays Off For BP

‘Beyond Petroleum’ Pays Off For BP
For seven years, British Petroleum has invested heavily in its "Beyond Petroleum" campaign which has been praised by business press and awards ...

GE’s Renewable Energy Investments Will Double To $6 Billion By 2010

GE’s Renewable Energy Investments Will Double To $6 Billion By 2010
General Electric plans to double its investments in renewable energy to $6 billion by 2010, the Financial Times reports (via Reuters). GE ...

Renewable Energy Companies Prefer Green Employee Benefits

Renewable Energy Companies Prefer Green Employee Benefits
More and more renewable energy firms are offering their employees green benefits, Renewable Energy Access highlights some of those innovative ...

67% Of Consumers Willing To Pay More For Green Power

67% Of Consumers Willing To Pay More For Green Power
Sixty-seven percent of consumers polled across six countries - Australia, Germany, Japan, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and the United States - ...

NYC Earmarks $800 Million For Green Projects

NYC Earmarks $800 Million For Green Projects
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has released a short-term action plan (PDF) to begin reducing energy consumption and greenhouse gas ...

U.S. Can Halve Emissions Without ‘Big Changes In Consumer Lifestyles’

U.S. Can Halve Emissions Without ‘Big Changes In Consumer Lifestyles’
The U.S. could reduce projected 2030 emissions of greenhouse gases by between one-third to one-half at manageable costs to the economy and ...

Google Investing Hundreds Of Millions In Renewable Energy Projects

Google Investing Hundreds Of Millions In Renewable Energy Projects
In 2008, Google expects to spend tens of millions on research and development and related investments in renewable energy and to invest ...

HP To Build 1-Megawatt Solar Power System

HP To Build 1-Megawatt Solar Power System
HP will install a large-scale solar power system at its San Diego facility and buy windpower to run a number ...

Congressional Bank Switches To Wind Power

Congressional Bank Switches To Wind Power
Congressional Bank is switching its Maryland and Washington, D.C. branches to 100 percent wind power. It's the first bank in the ...

Xcel Files Long-Range Energy Plan

Xcel Files Long-Range Energy Plan
By 2015, Xcel Energy in Colorado wants to add approximately 1,050 megawatts of renewable generation, reduce current electricity demand by 694 megawatts ...

New England Patriots Buy Renewable Energy Certificates

New England Patriots Buy Renewable Energy Certificates
Constellation NewEnergy, which has an existing power agreement to serve Gillette Stadium, reports that it will secure Wind RECs to match ...

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Industry Needs Energy Star For Servers - Now!

Industry Needs Energy Star For Servers - Now!

The other day while out shopping for Energy Star rated household appliances with my wife, I got to wondering why we ... continue »

Parse The Greens, Pass The Spectacle
Timberland’s Journey to Quarterly CSR Reporting
Peak Carbon
Consumers Understand Greenwash, So Why Can’t The Communications Industry?
MIT Report: World Can Learn From European Cap-And-Trade System

MIT Report: World Can Learn From European Cap-And-Trade System

The EU cap-and-trade system has operated well and has had little or no negative impact on the overall EU economy, according to ...

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Fewer Willing To Pay Premium For Green
EIA Projects 50% Growth In World Energy Use By 2030
Fuel Prices, Environment Drive Consideration Of Hybrids
UK Facing Higher Green Taxes

UK Facing Higher Green Taxes

Political and business leaders are warning that Britain faces a sharp rise in its tax bill to fund the country's move to ...

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Climate Change And Public Health
Commute Program Helps Juniper Employees Reduce Trips
Clean Diesel Talked Up At Mid America Trucking Show
The Bottom Line

Marketing

New Video Shows Innovations In Textile Industry

Enterprise Rent-A-Car Says Thin Clients Will Save $500,000

Parse The Greens, Pass The Spectacle

Emissions

Ericsson Solar Cell Solution Deployed In South America

MIT Report: World Can Learn From European Cap-And-Trade System

Leaving Computers On Over Holiday Weekend Costs Big Bucks

Hi-Tech

Industry Needs Energy Star For Servers - Now!

Novomer Makes Sacrificial Binder From Recycled CO2

‘Old’ IT Doesn’t Have To Mean ‘Inefficient’

Efficiency

Logan Airport Wind Energy Excursion A Success

Ball Aims To Reduce GHG 16 Percent by 2012

Branson Plans Zero Carbon Resort, Launches Eco-Consulting Group

Manufacturing

Anaerobic Digestion Facility At Maker’s Mark Powers Distillery

EPA Web Site Provides Importing, Exporting Environmental Rules

GHG Emissions Up At Owens Corning, Energy Use Down

Carbon Offsets/RECs

Harrah’s Pitching Carbon Offsets

Denver International Carbon Offset Program Fails To Take Off

Passengers Will Pay For New EU Airlines Emissions Rules

CSR Reports

IBM Launches Green Consulting Service

Baxter Aims To Reduce GHG Emissions By 45% By 2015

JohnsonDiversey Saves Customers Over 1B Gallons Of Water In 2007

Major Players

P&W Geared Turbofan Engine Could Help Industry Cut Emissions

Dell Power Supply First To Receive ‘80 Plus Gold’ Certification

Dow Raising Prices, Again

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