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Green Collar Jobs The Next Boom Area for US Manufacturing

During the presidential campaign, Barack Obama proposed an economic plan that would create 5 million jobs in environmental industries. These so-called "green collar" jobs do, in fact, present the next frontier for U.S. manufacturing, says a new report from Duke University

18 Nov 2008

How to Make Sure Your Christmas is Clean, Green and Environmentally Friendly

Having a green Christmas includes applying the mantra reduce, reuse and recycle to key products associated with the holidays, including Christmas trees, gift packaging, greeting cards and holiday lights

18 Nov 2008

Energy Efficient Lighting to be Retrofitted into Prisons

SERVIDYNE, a building performance efficiency and real estate company, announced today that it has entered into a contract for turnkey lighting retrofits at five prisons in the Southeast

17 Nov 2008

Acrylic Glass Made from Sugar Set to Cause Plastics Revolution

In future, plastics like polymethyl methacrylate or acrylic glass could be made from natural raw materials such as sugars, alcohols or fatty acids

16 Nov 2008

Keele University to Use Renewable Energy Sources and Become Carbon Neutral

Keele University is aiming to become 'carbon neutral' on its energy consumption and reduce dependency on the national grid using a range of alternative energy sources

16 Nov 2008

Shade Trees Can Make Large Reductions to Summer Power Bills

An Auburn University study sheds new light on just how valuable shade trees are in reducing homeowners’ electricity bills during hot summer months

13 Nov 2008

Boston's First Skyscaper Gets Energy Efficient LED Lighting Makeover

Boston's first official skyscraper, the Marriott Custom House Tower, has undergone a long-awaited lighting makeover to reclaim its skyline prominence with LED fixtures that consume just one third the energy of the previous sources

12 Nov 2008

Electricity Utility Turns Green With Neon Sign Being Replaced by LED Lights

The letters still glow bright red, but ComEd's prominent sign atop its Oakbrook Terrace headquarters has gone green

12 Nov 2008

Carbon Trust Standard Achieved by Keele University

Keele University has been officially certified with the Carbon Trust Standard after taking action on climate change by reducing its carbon footprint by three per cent

11 Nov 2008

University of Notre Dame Adopts Energy Efficient LED Lighting Program

Cree, Inc. (Nasdaq:CREE), a leader in LED lighting, announces that the University of Notre Dame is joining the LED University(tm) program, an international community of universities working to accelerate the adoption of energy-efficient LEDs across their campuses

11 Nov 2008