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Maersk is testing a range of algae-based biofuel blends aboard a container ship headed to India as part of a project with the U.S. Navy.
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The push to build the infrastructure for electric cars in the U.S. accelerates with GE's entry into the cyber market and IKEA's latest installation of Blink chargers at stores.
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An app created by Volvo employees who wanted to shrink the carbon footprint of their commutes has been named the most environmentally friendly project for 2011 by tech magazine CIO.
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Sustainability experts from the two firms and the Rocky Mountain Institute shared their vision for the future of energy in transportation at the BSR Conference in San Francisco.<br />
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The Pew Center on Global Climate Change takes a look at the seven keys to low-carbon innovation and how four companies -- HP, Daimler, JCI and Alstom -- are using them to unlock growth opportunities.
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The steel industry recently declared itself a contender in the race to develop materials for making the greenest cars.
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Heavy-duty trucks, the workhorses of commerce, are integral to the supply chain of every business. The movement to reduce their impact on the environment is huge. Here's what a major industry player is doing to help.
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How can the racing industry help drive sustainability? Susty guru L. Hunter Lovins sought to open some eyes on the subject in an unusual conference at Northern California's Infineon Raceway.
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NASCAR is a 63-year-old, family-run, privately held company that governs America's No.1 spectator sport -- a showcase for fast cars zooming around racetracks. How is it making green work?
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Never heard of this business? Expect to. It's already a $48-billion industry in the U.S. and is forecast to zoom to $67 billion by 2015.
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The new rules are the third set of strict efficiency and emissions standards put in place by the Obama Administration to cover cars, light-duty trucks, and now heavy-duty vehicles.
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San Francisco bested contenders that included Vancouver, New York, Seattle, Denver and Boston in a study conducted by the Economist Intelligence Unit and commissioned by Siemens.
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IBM takes the wraps off its latest offering to make cities smarter, the New York State Assembly says no to fracking, Krispy Kreme becomes a somewhat less guilty pleasure and more.
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The InterContinental San Francisco has brought carsharing, one of the few available Toyota Prius Plug-In Hybrids and a charging station to the hotel, broadening the environmental portfolio of the LEED-Gold rated property.
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Duo-Gard Industries provides the Capital District Transportation Authority in Albany, N.Y., with sleek, sturdy and, the company says, sustainably built bus shelters.
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The world's first hybrid electric tugboat, Foss Maritime's Carolyn Dorothy which plies Southern California's San Pedro Bay, emits 73 percent less soot, 51 percent fewer oxides of nitrogen and 27 percent less carbon dioxide than a standard tug of comparable size, according to a study by the University of California, Riverside.<br />
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Companies that meet United Parcel Service's new green standards for responsible packaging can ship their goods with a label attesting to that fact under an assessment program the carrier introduces today.
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Why should companies worry about carbon management given the lack of a definitive outcome from climate talks in Copenhagen? Panelists from UPS and Motorola shared their firms’ motivations at the State of Green Business Forum in Chicago.
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Green Cities California, the collaborative of 10 cities and counties acknowledged as sustainability leaders, launches a website today that's to serve as a resource for other communities striving to go green.