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Ailing car company Ford is turning to renewable energy and fuel efficiency in an attempt to get back on its feet.
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Dreamscapes LLC first piqued our interest a few months ago when it launched a mail-in recycling program for sex toys.
Now the intrepid sex toy company has taken its commitment to the environment a step further by becoming the first adult business to attain certification from The Institute for Green Business Certification (IGBC).
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Zipcar announced earlier today that it is partnering with the City of Seattle for a program that will provide memberships to its service to city employees— all 10,500 of them.
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7-Eleven unveiled its new environmentally-friendly commissary and distribution center last week in Bohemia, Long Island. The facility will prepare and deliver fresh foods to 674 7-Eleven stores on the East Coast.
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Ford Motor Company announced today that Johnson Controls/Saft will provide the battery system for Ford's first hybrid plug-in vehicle, scheduled to be released in 2012.
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Next month, Staples will become the first national retailer to reward customers for recycling any brand of ink or toner cartridge.
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In an effort to increase transparency about its business practices, Kellogg Company has released its first global Corporate Responsibility Report. The report examines Kellogg's progress and future plans in the environment, marketplace, workplace, and community.
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Keep Britain Tidy designated McDonald's today as the most littered fast food brand in the country, with burger wrappers, condiment sachets, and plastic straws named as the most commonly littered items .
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Apparently the United States Army wants its green-ness to extend beyond its uniforms, as Secretary of the Army Pete Green announced earlier this week that the organization plans on leasing thousands of Neighborhood Electric Vehicles (NEVs).
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I've always thought that someone would come up with a good alternative to trees for paper-making, but I never though that it would be elephant dung. A Boston-based printer called Pixxlz has decided to purchase Mr. Ellie Pooh paper, which is made from 100% recycled materials and is manufactured using renewable energy.
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A ruling from the US Interior Department yesterday will double the rate of logging on 2.6 million acres of forest in southwestern Oregon. While the decision is a boon to logging companies, it has upset local environmentalists.
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No one can deny that McDonald's food service is fast, but up until now it hasn't been very energy efficient. The company's 32,000 stores spend $1.5 billion each year on cooking, lighting, heating and cooling.
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Of the 35,000 dry cleaners in the United States, only 35 use toxin-free carbon dioxide cleaning methods. A Seattle startup called Blue Sky Cleaners is aiming to grow that number.
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Toshiba has big plans for its rapid charge SciB (Super Charge ion Battery) battery in the new year. Due to an anticipated surge in demand for automotive and industrial applications, the company is constructing a second SCiB production facility in the fall of 2009.
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Living in burrito-rich San Francisco, I rarely find it necessary to visit Chipotle Mexican Grill. However, those unfortunate souls who don't live in my neck of the woods will soon be able to feel good about their choice to visit the chain.
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San Francisco gets all the credit in California for being sustainable, but Burbank has something up its sleeve: the West Coast's first hydrogen fuel cell bus.
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In a move that is sure to upset worker's rights groups, the Colorado Department of Corrections (DOC) is looking for a partner to refine biodiesel using inmate labor. The DOC already maintains a dairy and a farm, and wants to convert some of its farmland to biodiesel crop production.
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Seventh Generation has debuted a downloadable label-reading guide that helps consumers understand ingredients in common cleaning products.
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Co-Op America's Responsible Shopper program announced earlier today the year's worst corporate 'scrooges'— each of whom exhibited notable greed and lack of concern for others.
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A recent study conducted by The Center for Environmental Health showed that jewelry sold at Wal-Mart, Express, Lane Bryant, Longs Drugs, Anchor Blue, Banana Republic, and Abercrombie and Fitch violates California's Prop 65 consumer protection law.
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Wal-Mart Brazil will debut its eco-efficient hypermarket tomorrow in Brazil as part of the company's growing environmental effort. According to representatives, the Campinho store has the largest number of sustainability initiatives of any Wal-Mart building.
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I've heard many people say that recycling 'isn't worth it' because it takes too much energy for items to get to recycling plants. British supermarket Tesco has found a way to silence these naysayers with an in-store recycling machine that crushes waste.
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In the midst of our excitement abut renewable energy, it's important to remember that no business sector is immune to the current financial crisis — including the solar industry. BP Solar has announced that it will stop producing solar photovoltaic (PV) cells and panels at its Sydney Olympic park plant in March 2009.
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UPS has found a way to reduce its paper-waste problem with a new combination scanner and paperless printing device designed by HP.