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The Sierra Club today welcomed Honda's newest fuel-saving car, the Civic Hybrid. Like Honda's Insight, the Hybrid combines attributes of electric and gasoline motors.
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Building owners should seriously consider the benefits of green technology as an available means of making buildings safer. By David J. Freeman and Robert L. Wegman.
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How many football field-sized plots of land does it take to support you or your employees each year? Think there are enough resources to go around? Measure your ecological footprint and get the grim facts online.
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If the rise in temperature cannot be checked, there is not an ecosystem on earth that can be saved. At issue is whether we can restructure the energy economy before it's too late.
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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has unveiled two indices that evaluate the effect of climate conditions on corn and soybean yield and on residential energy needs.
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Know the five strategies that facilitate the innovative culture needed to radically change products and processes toward sustainability. By Jacquelyn Ottman
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Chicago and Mexico City have announced their commitment to developing of a carbon emissions trading system, a widely hailed strategy for addressing climate change.
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The first generation of corporate reports were dubbed greenwash. Now, 20 years later, we might call today’s reports designer-brand greenwash.
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A nonprofit group has determined that computer manufacturers in the United States continue to lag behind their overseas counterparts in clean production, protecting workers' health and producing environmentally superior products.
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Is deliberately withholding relevant environmental information from public debate real, and, if so, is it desirable?
by Brad Allenby
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In cities from coast to coast, municipal governments are planting the seeds of greener buildings. By David Kozlowski.
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Conoco Energy Solutions has announced the startup of a 420-megawatt cogeneration power plant at a DuPont chemical plant in Orange County, Texas.
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Representatives from environmental groups and home builder associations have signed an agreement to create Builders for the Bay -- a novel program aimed at reducing environmental impacts from residential and commercial construction within the Chesapeake Bay watershed.
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Responding to the environmental concerns of skiiers and concerned non-skiiers, the ski resort industry is putting environmentally friendly improvements in place.
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Your environmental management questions answered by two veterans of life in the trenches.
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Canada has announced the details of 28 climate change initiatives the government says will cut greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by more than 23.7 million metric tons by 2010. The initiatives are expected to include a number of stakeholders to help the nation meet its Kyoto Protocol emissions target.
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To paraphrase an adage, behind every great automaker is a great automotive supplier, the company that provides the behind-the-scenes integrated technology solutions that customers want -- and demand -- in their automobiles. Standing behind many well-known automotive giants is Visteon Corp., a company with a not-so-famous name that currently ranks number two in the marketplace it serves. It has earned this standing in part because of an unparalleled commitment to the environment, says chairman and CEO Peter Pestillo, who emphasizes that there can be no distinction between good business initiatives and sound environmental ones. By Katie Sosnowchik
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Going with environmentally responsible vehicles can be a good business move for companies looking to lower overhead. By Nancy Nachman-Hunt.
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Innovative companies, business leaders, and public authorities worldwide have proven that many toxic chemicals are simply unnecessary, and that phasing them out with safer substitutes or with redesigned industrial processes saves money, is healthier for workers and the public, and reduces potential domestic targets. Commentary by Anne Platt McGinn.
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'For the first time since the oil age began, the world has the technology to wean itself from petroleum coming from the politically volatile Middle East,' says Lester R. Brown in his new book, 'Eco-Economy: Building an Economy for the Earth.'
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Alongside the dominant, reckless form of capitalism, a new more humane form is being built, in business after business, in areas as diverse as environmental stewardship, employee ownership, and corporate citizenship. By Marjorie Kelly, editor, Business Ethics Magazine.
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Lawn clippings, leaves, and other organic debris that once would have been headed for landfills is being ground into compost and reused in landscaping, thanks to AgRecycle, Inc., a Pittsburgh, Penn., company devoted to wholesale composting. The company also offers valuable lessons for entrepreneurs on how to carve out a niche in a green industry -- and expand that niche sustainably. By Nora Goldstein, In Business magazine.
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In what’s being billed as a consumer products packaging first, natural care products manufacturer Tom’s of Maine has introduced a recyclable plastic deodorant stick.
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Software designers have unveiled a computer program that will help architects and engineers in the design of a new generation of energy-efficient buildings.
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The latest album from the rock band Pink Floyd will net four new long-term indigenous forests, with the number of trees planted pegged to the number of copies sold.