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Shell has widened its lead on arch-rival BP in the renewables sector with a £1 billion scheme to build a massive wind farm bringing sustainable energy to London.
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Two odd bedfellows, environmental groups and some of Canada's biggest greenhouse-gas polluters, have joined forces to say the country could produce enough renewable energy to match the electricity now coming from fossil fuels and nuclear power.
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A dispatch from the GreenBuild 2003 conference in Pittsburgh, Pa. By Matt Lounsbury
by Emily Rabin
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Boulder Community Foothills Hospital has become the first hospital in the U.S. to earn LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certification.
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A broad industry coalition of key hydrogen and fuel-cell bus users and suppliers is launching an initiative to develop, deploy, and commercialize clean, fuel cell, and hydrogen-powered drive systems for transit.
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Simple ideas from a preindustrial era, these features were key to the designation of the center this month as a 'green' building -- the world's largest to receive that label.
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A new landmark research report outlines what would be required to move solar energy beyond a small, niche market into a thriving industry able to contribute significantly to America’s energy and national security needs.
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Natural Resources Defense Council's new Santa Monica building may be the most eco-friendly in the U.S. By Amanda Griscom
by Emily Rabin
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The company's plant near Portland is the nation's first mixed-use industrial facility to earn gold-level certification through the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) standards from the U.S. Green Building Council.
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Corporate members of the World Resources Institute's Green Power Market Development Group are buying renewable-energy certificates in record amounts, the nonprofit reports.
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The report offers tips and resources for how hospitals can manage pests while also protecting the health of people and the environment.
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The nonprofit Center for Resource Solutions has launched an initiative to place Green-e logo on U.S. consumer products.
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In a move aimed to please employees and patients alike, Greenwich Hospital has switched to cleaning products that are supposed to be as friendly to the environment and one's sense of smell as they are effective in killing germs and cleaning.
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Tama Zoological Park in the western Tokyo suburb of Hino recently adopted a plan to recycle the dung in the form of biomass energy to cut disposal costs and save on the use of fossil fuels.
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Moments after giving a demonstration of PPG Industries Inc.'s electromagnetic coatings Tuesday, Thor Lingenfelder summed up the driving force behind his work and that of another 800 researchers who work for the coatings, glass and chemicals giant at three facilities in suburban Pittsburgh.
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Nearly 5,000 developers, builders, contractors, urban planners, and product manufacturers from around the world gathered in Pittsburgh Nov. 12-14 for the U.S. Green Building Council's Greenbuild International Conference and Expo.
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The U.S. Department of Energy has announced the winners of the Federal Energy and Water Management Awards, which honor federal employees for creating efficiency improvements and saving energy at federal facilities.
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Kinko's has announced substantial new green power and green tag agreements that raise the company's estimated annual renewable power purchases nearly 80% to more than 27 million kWh in 18 states.
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Seiyu, a major Japanese supermarket operator, has announced it will analyze the energy consumption in all of its stores and implement effective measures to curtail electricity consumption and carbon dioxide emissions.
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Just in time for the cold weather, a Canadian manufacturer has introduced Java-Log, a fire log made from 100% recycled, spent coffee grounds.
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Investments in green buildings pay for themselves 10 times over, according to a new study for 40 California government agencies.
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The U.S. Green Building Council is accepting pilot applications for the newly developed LEED Core and Shell Rating System.
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Nicknamed the 'Blue Nuns' for the blue habits they used to wear, the Catholic sisters of the Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary have renovated their motherhouse and campus in Monroe, Michigan, into a showpiece of ecologically sustainable development.
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The textile screenprinter has installed the largest solar tracking array in the county at its Burlington, N.C., facility.
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The retailer has installed a solar electric system at its West Hills store in Los Angeles. It is one of the largest commercial solar rooftop electric systems in the nation and the largest at any U.S. retail store.