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Senate Extends Renewable Energy Tax Credits, Hurdles Remain

Senate Extends Renewable Energy Tax Credits, Hurdles Remain
The U.S. Senate has voted to extend tax credits for wind-power and solar-energy projects, adding them to a major ...

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 ...

Ford To Install Third Wind Turbine At UK Plant

Ford To Install Third Wind Turbine At UK Plant
Ford is adding a third wind turbine at its Dagenham Diesel Centre in the UK to power the installation ...

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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Texas, FPL, GE, Xcel Winners In Latest AWEA Rankings

Texas, FPL, GE, Xcel Winners In Latest AWEA Rankings
Wind energy leaders in most categories held onto their #1 positions in the American Wind Energy Association's annual rankings of U.S. wind ...

P&G In Talks To Run Plant On Wind Power

P&G In Talks To Run Plant On Wind Power
Procter & Gamble has reached an agreement in principle to connect P&G's paper products manufacturing plant in Mehoopany, Pennsylvania ...

Chrysler Tests Wind Potential At Chelsea Proving Grounds

Chrysler Tests Wind Potential At Chelsea Proving Grounds
Chrysler is erecting a 26-story meteorological tower at its Chelsea Proving Grounds to determine if high-level winds are suitable ...

Steelcase Buys Naming Rights To Wind Farm

Steelcase Buys Naming Rights To Wind Farm
Steelcase will purchase all the renewable energy credits produced by a new 10 megawatt wind farm in Panhandle, ...

SC Johnson Powers Plant With Wind Power

SC Johnson Powers Plant With Wind Power
SC Johnson says it will power 46 percent of its second largest North American manufacturing plant in Bay ...

(Dis)Orders of Magnitude

(Dis)Orders of Magnitude
Human beings are good at numbers, but only within a small range. Most of us can imagine how big "One Hundred" ...

3Tier Unveils Global Wind Map For Developers

3Tier Unveils Global Wind Map For Developers
Forty percent of the world's land mass has wind speeds at more than 6 m per second, according to Seattle-based 3Tier, ...

BP Fuzzy On Future Alternative Energy Plans

BP Fuzzy On Future Alternative Energy Plans
In his first strategy presentation as BP's CEO, Tony Hayward said the company has received little, if any, uplift ...

Google, News Corp., Patagonia, Others Form Calif. Green Power Group

Google, News Corp., Patagonia, Others Form Calif. Green Power Group
Fourteen California companies have formed a California affiliate network of The Green Power Group which will share best practices ...

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. ...

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COP 15 Offers Communications Opportunities

COP 15 Offers Communications Opportunities

What is the No.1 event-related global communications opportunity for your carbon messaging of the next 4 years? Here are a couple of clues… •    ... continue »

Greening the Apparel Supply Chain: Tapping the Power of Collective Leverage
Sustainability and its Impact on Brand Value
The Advertising Industry, Sustainability and the Bottom Line
Thoroughly Modernized Milton And Corporate Social Responsibility
Green Efforts Insignificant in Winning, Keeping 3PL Business

Green Efforts Insignificant in Winning, Keeping 3PL Business

The 3PL industry has made significant strides in establishing environmental responsibility as part of broader corporate visions, with companies reporting numerous internal ...

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Google Says Its Data Centers Most Efficient
Fast-Moving Eco-Friendly Consumer Goods Appeal to Many
Environmental Friendliness Not Driving PC Sales
Miller Recycles 99.9% of Packaging Waste

Miller Recycles 99.9% of Packaging Waste

The U.S. beer maker Miller has a goal of zero waste in their breweries and is currently recycling 99.9% of all packaging ...

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Credit Crunch Could Hurt Mitsubishi’s Eco-Car Push
What’s The Price Tag For A Carbon Neutral U.S. Economy?
Interface VP Discusses Biomimicry And Design
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Marketing

Office Depot Targets Eco-Conscious Consumers in Europe

COP 15 Offers Communications Opportunities

Aegis Acquires Clownfish

Emissions

Sun, Pfizer Surpass Carbon Reduction Goals

Constellation Wines Installing 1.2 Megawatt Solar System

Turbine Shortage Delays Projects

Hi-Tech

Google Says Its Data Centers Most Efficient

European Data Centers Face Energy Crisis

Environmental Friendliness Not Driving PC Sales

Efficiency

EPA Announces First WaterSense Partners of the Year

World Steel Association Publishes Sustainability Report

Wal-Mart’s Packaging Scorecard Drives Sustainability, Cuts GHG Emissions

Manufacturing

Greening the Apparel Supply Chain: Tapping the Power of Collective Leverage

ARC Offers Sustainability Strategies for Manufacturers

Sanyo’s Solar Ark: Company Shift or PR Stunt?

Carbon Offsets/RECs

USDA, DOE Unveil Plans to Accelerate Sustainable Biofuels Development

EU Votes For Tougher Carbon Laws

Aveda Installs Solar System at L.A. Distribution Facility

CSR Reports

AT&T Releases Sustainability Report

Autodesk HQ Cuts Emissions with Lighting Upgrades

Staples Saved Over 540,000 Gallons of Diesel in 2007

Major Players

Green Efforts Insignificant in Winning, Keeping 3PL Business

Critics Say Energy Star Standards Too Lax

Google Unveils $4.4 Trillion Clean Energy Plan

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