Daily Archives: June 2, 2008

The Huge Hybrid: a New Twist on S.U.V.s Finds Few Takers

Posted on June 2, 2008 by Laura B.

Read the full story in the New York Times. Hybrid models of Detroit’s 5,500-pound S.U.V.’s get better mileage, but consumers have been slow to embrace them.

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As Oil Prices Soar, Restaurant Grease Thefts Rise

Posted on June 2, 2008 by Laura B.

Read the full story in the New York Times. The value of processed fryer oil has increased, and there have been reports of thefts in multiple states.

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Mounting Costs Slow the Push for Clean Coal

Posted on June 2, 2008 by Laura B.

Read the full story in the New York Times. Despite support, plans to take the carbon dioxide that spews from coal-burning power plants and pump it back into the ground have hit roadblocks.

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Green Horizons Launches Quality Mark

Posted on June 2, 2008 by Laura B.

Read the full story in Environmental Protection. Green Horizons, a division of property network Blue Horizons, is launching the GREEN Building Standard to allow prospective property buyers anywhere in the world identify whether that development is being built to the … Continue reading →

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U.S. Study Finds Climate Change Impacts Significant

Posted on June 2, 2008 by Laura B.

Read the full story in Environmental Protection. Climate change is fueling forest fires, creating water scarcity, harming animal habitats, and causing other significant changes throughout the United States that will only worsen as global temperatures increase, concludes a new federal … Continue reading →

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Warm-up for a global-warming law

Posted on June 2, 2008 by Laura B.

Read the full story in the Christian Science Monitor. Call this week’s global-warming debate in the Senate a marker in the sea change in public opinion on the issue – and a window on what the next Congress may do … Continue reading →

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Rackspace Uses Biomass To Run Data Center

Posted on June 2, 2008 by Laura B.

Read the full story at Environmental Leader. IT hosting company Rackspace has announced it has completed the conversion of a former warehouse into its new data center that will receive its power from renewable energy sources from the UK’s largest … Continue reading →

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P&G VP Of Sustainability Discusses Green Initiatives

Posted on June 2, 2008 by Laura B.

Read the full story at Environmental Leader. Procter & Gamble’s sustainability initiatives include plans to cut its carbon footprint by as much as 40 percent by 2012, in part by cutting the size of its packaging, BrandWeek reports. The company … Continue reading →

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Green IT at Washington Mutual saves lots of green

Posted on June 2, 2008 by Laura B.

Read the full story in ComputerWorld. Like her CIO peers, Washington Mutual’s Deborah Horvath has that unfiltered, end-to-end view of her company’s operations that all IT executives possess. To her credit (and perhaps as a result of her accumulated experience), … Continue reading →

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Long-Term Sustainability Depends On The Green

Posted on June 2, 2008 by Laura B.

Read the full story at Environmental Leader. Companies realize that environmental initiatives can create great PR, but they’re also realizing that those initiatives must be profitable in order for them to be sustainable over the long term –especially with the … Continue reading →

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