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Tax Credit Available for Insulated Garage Doors in the USA

Replacing a garage door in 2009 and 2010 can do more than generate curb appeal - it also can decrease energy costs and save homeowners up to $1500 off the bottom line of their income taxes

9 Mar 2009

KFC and Taco Bell Operate First Green Restaurant

Yum! Brands the world's largest restaurant company and parent of Taco Bell, Pizza Hut, KFC, has opened an environmentally-friendly KFC-Taco Bell restaurant in Northampton, Massachusetts

9 Mar 2009

Outdoor Power Equipment Institute Says e15 Fuel Could Injure Operators, Equipment and the Environment

The Outdoor Power Equipment Institute (OPEI) today announced that it has serious concerns with a premature rush to 15 percent ethanol (E15) or other mid-level fuel blends as being suggested by pro-ethanol producers

9 Mar 2009

Solar Hot Water Systems Pay For Themselves Five Times

An analysis of the engineering and economics for a solar water-heating system shows it to have a payback period of just two years, according to researchers in India

9 Mar 2009

Researchers Looking to Produce Clean Renewable ENergy With Low Emissions Burner and Ethanol Production Catalyst

Iowa State University researchers are working to produce clean, renewable energy by developing a new, low-emissions burner and a new catalyst for ethanol production

9 Mar 2009

Cutting Edge Biotechnology Set to Deliver Big Economic Rewards

The biotechnology industry is ready to produce new jobs and revenue streams by using cutting-edge innovations already incubating in research parks around the globe. Biotech leaders will convene in Atlanta May 15 and 16 to focus on new opportunities to grow this emerging sector and fuel the world's economic recovery

9 Mar 2009

Software Developer Advances Energy Management Solutions

Magpie provides energy solutions provider, Tendril, with the expertise they needed to advance their leading energy management solution

9 Mar 2009

Entergy Named a Top 10 Corporate Citizens are Announced

Corporate Responsibility Officer magazine today named Entergy Corporation (NYSE: ETR) as one of the top ten corporate citizens in the United States. For the second time in three years, Entergy was the highest-ranking utility company on CRO's honored list

9 Mar 2009

'Frugal Green' is the New Era Says Green Building Consultant

Jerry Yudelson, one of the world's top green building consultants, proclaims that green building professionals can make sustainability pay its own way

5 Mar 2009

Certain Rocks Found to Pull CO2 From the Air and Lock It Away Like Trees Do

Trees already pull carbon dioxide from the air and safely lock it away naturally through photosynthesis. Now, in a new report, geologists have mapped large rock formations in the United States that can also absorb CO2, which they say might be artificially harnessed to do the task at a vastly increased pace

5 Mar 2009