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Green Movement Turns ‘Mainstream’ For Corporate America

April 20, 2007 by Paul Nastu

Corporate America's embrace of the green movement is no longer just for free-spirited maverick companies. Mainstream giants in markets spanning consumer products, banking, airlines and chemicals are cutting emissions and looking for ways to get involved, USA Today reports. Some companies see the move as a necessity as regulators consider limits on greenhouse gas emissions...

Roche Adds More Hybrids to Sales Fleet

April 10, 2007April 10, 2007 by Paul Nastu

Roche has increased the number of hybrid vehicles in its pharmaceutical sales fleet to a total of 242 vehicles as of the end of 2006. Having this number of hybrids in the Roche fleet will result in gasoline savings of more than 80,253 gallons each year. Approximately...

Green Marketers To Get Discovery Channel Dedicated to Green Topics

April 6, 2007 by Paul Nastu

Discovery Channel is launching the first-ever 24-hour TV network dedicated solely to green lifestyle programming. The initiative, launching next year, includes a $50 million investment in new original content and a multi-platform offering with interactive tools and "how-to" resources. The network is expected...

Corporate America’s Love Affair with Green Power More Than PR Fluff

March 21, 2007October 3, 2009 by Paul Nastu

A recent CNNMoney.com article asks, how much of recent corporate renewable energy annoucements are PR fluff? "It's 98 percent real and 2 percent PR," Mike Eckhart, president of the American Council on Renewable Energy, says in the article."The CEOs can't just pay lip service anymore, the employees read the papers too...

EPA’s Performance Track Adds 55 New Facilities

March 7, 2007 by Paul Nastu

From leading food and beverage companies to a major automobile manufacturer, 55 new facilities have joined the National Environmental Performance Track. The partnership program recognizes facilities that set three-year goals for continuous improvements in environmental performance beyond their...

EPA Seeks Comment on U.S. Greenhouse Gas Inventory

February 23, 2007February 23, 2007 by Paul Nastu

The EPA is seeking public comment on a draft report that analyzes sources of greenhouse gas emissions. The report, Inventory of U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks: 1990-2005, will be open for public comment for 30 days after the Federal Register notice is published. Overall U.S. greenhouse gas emissions during 2005...

Bayer, Citigroup, GE Among Companies That Back ‘De-Carbonization’ Plan

February 21, 2007February 29, 2016 by Paul Nastu

A group of companies and organizations from around the world, including Allianz, Bayer, Citigroup, DuPont, General Electric, and Volvo have endorsed a post-Kyoto framework for affecting change at the levels of policy and industry, particularly in regard to creating sustainable energy systems necessary for achieving economic growth. The Path to Climate Sustainability: A Joint Statement by the Global Roundtable on

Wells Fargo Leads EPA’s Top 25 Green Power List

January 29, 2007 by Paul Nastu

For the first time, a corporation Ã‚Â leads EPA's national Top 25 list of green power purchasers. Wells Fargo & Company claimed the top spot, purchasing 550 million kilowatt hours annually...

Abbott Joins GreenFleet

January 12, 2007October 3, 2009 by Paul Nastu

Abbott is the first company to sign on to the GreenFleet program which was developed jointly by PHH Arval and Environmental Defense to reduce pollution among commercial vehicle fleets...

Boulder’s Municipal Carbon Tax Passes

November 14, 2006November 20, 2006 by Paul Nastu

Ultra-liberal Boulder, Colorado has passed the country’s first municipal carbon tax, MSNBC reports. The Boulder tax will raise average home bills $1.33 per month and businesses will pay an extra $3.80 per month, according to the town. The tax will generate about $1 million for the city annually. Utility Xcel ... Read more »

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