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ECOtality and Nissan Partner to Bring Electric Vehicle Infrastructure To Arizona's Pima County

ECOtality to Work with Nissan and Pima Association of Governments (PAG) to Establish the Tucson Region as an electronic vehicle EV Micro-Climate

9 Mar 2009

Kenworth Gets Major Order For Hybrid Trucks From Coca-Cola

Kenworth Truck Company announced today its largest ever hybrid truck order. The order from Coca-Cola Enterprises, the world’s largest manufacturer and distributor of Coca-Cola products, is for 150 Kenworth T370 diesel-electric tractors and 35 Kenworth T370 hybrid trucks, all of which will be on the road this year

5 Mar 2009

Butte College Is Now The Largest Solar Campus in California

With national attention focused on renewable energy policies, Butte College cemented its leadership in use of solar power by unveiling three new solar projects which will help the college achieve its goal of becoming a carbon neutral campus by 2015

4 Mar 2009

Sustainability Boost Needed for Farmed Fish and Shrimps

Aquaculture, revealed in a key UN analysis today to be the basis of all future growth in global seafood production, desparately needs to be put on a more sustainable basis, leading global environment organization WWF said today

2 Mar 2009

Deadline Extension for Eco-Towns Public Consultation

Local residents are to be given more time to respond to the Government's second eco-towns public consultation after Housing Minister Margaret Beckett today extended the deadline for responses

2 Mar 2009

California and Oregon Introduce Legislation to Reform Waste Management

An international movement to improve product design by changing how recycling and waste disposal are financed is gaining momentum in North America

2 Mar 2009

Green Information Technology Not Making a Difference to Climate Change

There is no evidence that information technologies necessarily reduce our environmental footprint

25 Feb 2009

Green Building Opportunities Abound Despite Difficult Economic Times

The future of green jobs, the regional impact of the green economic stimulus package, and the importance of green manufacturing and construction in economic development will be the focus of the Green$ense 2009: Beyond Buildings conference

24 Feb 2009

Media and Entertainment Industries Want to Go Green But Are Doing a Bad Job Getting There

A nearly unanimous 99 percent of IT professionals feel that it is important for their digital media and entertainment industry-related businesses to reduce their carbon footprint, and most are becoming much more aware of ecological issues due to recent press, celebrity involvement, and consumer demand

24 Feb 2009