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Managers from Winslow Green Growth Fund, New Alternatives Fund, and Portfolio 21 discuss the opportunities and challenges of investing in solar power.
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Friends of the Earth (FoE) Japan has been working to encourage local governments nationwide to join the FoE 'Fifty-fifty' program, in which public schools can receive part of the money they save through reducing electricity, fuel, and water costs.
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Brazil and Argentina are exploring how to make and export cleaner fuels. And as the U.S. prepares to take its own biofuel production to another level, some are wondering if the global market will end up smelling more like salsa or apple pie. By Kelly Hearn
by Emily Rabin
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At the company's sprawling Global Research Center near Schenectady, scientists think they are nearing breakthroughs in a variety of energy technologies.
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Energy efficiency projects at four ExxonMobil Chemical Company manufacturing sites have earned American Chemistry Council awards for saving in excess of 3.9 trillion BTUs annually.
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Architectural firm Innovative Design has won first place at the SBIC 2005 Exemplary Sustainable Building Awards for the energy- and water-efficient, environmentally sound Heritage Middle School, located in Wake Forest, N.C.
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Energy Star program is offering a suite of free online training sessions that show how to incorporate energy efficiency into an organization's planning.
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More than half the states across the U.S. and the District of Columbia are joining with the EPA to address critical energy issues at the local level in conjunction with EPA's Energy Star Challenge.
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A coalition of 20 leading U.S. investors urged 30 of the largest publicly-held insurance companies in North America to disclose their financial exposure from climate change and steps they are taking to reduce those financial impacts.
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A new report helps dispel the notion that developing countries are not contributing in the fight against climate change, and suggests ways in which doing more can help rather than harm their development.
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Reporter Eriko Saijo profiles an ecologically sensitive full-service resort with some ambitious goals for waste reduction, renewable energy use, and environmentally sensitive management.
by Emily Rabin
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A National Institute of Standards and Technology researcher has come up with a method designed to improve the energy efficiency of water chillers that cool large commercial buildings.
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Albertson's has received an America's Marketplace Recycles! Award from the International Council of Shopping Centers in partnership with the Environmental Protection Agency.
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Sun Microsystems has introduced the first computer processor designed for eco-responsibility, claiming innovations in power, cooling, and performance.
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SunEdison and 'SunE Solar Fund I' have financed and installed two solar power systems totaling 560 kW at two Staples, Inc. distribution facilities in Ontario and Rialto, Calif.
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While encouraging energy efficiency and conservation, EPA New England administrator Robert W. Varney reminds us that there are environmental and health concerns associated with some heating sources. Here are some clean-heating tips.
by Emily Rabin
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The U.S. Department of Energy has partnered with an energy-industry group to train federal energy managers, natural gas utilities, and manufacturers on energy-efficient gas-fueled technologies.
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Manufacturers can cost-effectively avoid energy waste equivalent to about 21% of their total energy use with efficiency measures, according to the Alliance to Save Energy.
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Global investment in renewable energy hit a record $30 billion last year, accounting for 20%-25% of all investment in the power industry, and with solar power the fastest-growing energy technology, according to a new Worldwatch Institute.
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The California nonprofit Flex Your Power has announced the winners of its 2005 Flex Your Power Energy Efficiency Awards.
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Completion of a second co-generation system makes the company's Racine packaging plant the first in the U.S. Midwest to produce a nearly all of its own energy through clean-burning technologies.
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The company has announced a seven-year agreement to purchase half of its electric power from clean and renewable wind-generated sources, beginning in December, 2005.
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Businesses are feeling the heat as the world warms up and investors demand to know what companies are doing to curb greenhouse gases -- adding a new element to financial risk that analysts say industry can no longer ignore.
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Rising fuel prices have prompted UPS to accelerate a fuel conservation program that's now saving more than $1 million each month in fuel costs while reducing the airline's impact on the environment.
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Sponsored primarily by the US Energy Department, the contest is designed to showcase currently available solar technology and show it is possible to live comfortably today in a house powered by solar energy.