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Largest Green Schools Event in the USA Comes to Pasadena

The 2009 Green California Schools Summit is coming to the Pasadena Convention Center from December 9-11. As the USA's largest green schools event, the summit attracts decision makers from schools and districts throughout the state

12 Aug 2009

Big Bankers Back Environmentally Friendly Green Investments

A powerful group of asset managers, representing around USD 2 trillion in assets under management, are arguing that integrating environmental, social and governance (ESG) considerations into investment decisions is no longer just a luxury, but a legal responsibility

15 Jul 2009

World at Green Economy Cross Roads

In a keynote address to Chatham House in London, UNEP Executive Director Achim Steiner today said G8 leaders have a golden opportunity to focus political action towards powering forward a Green Economy future

8 Jul 2009

Òne Million Jobs Could Be Created In The US By Switching to Clean Energy

One million more jobs would be created in renewables in G8 countries by 2020 if the leaders of the world’s wealthiest countries agreed to switch from coal and other climate-destroying conventional energy sources to renewables in order to help slash carbon emissions and avert a climate catastrophe

7 Jul 2009

Green Roadway Project to Promote Environmentally Sustainable Technology and Renewable Energy Along the Historic Route 66

Gearing up for its national rollout, The Green Roadway Project demonstrated its new clean energy technology on old Route 66 and received the endorsement of the Route 66 Alliance

7 Jul 2009

High Profile Companies Call On Governments to Set Ambitious Climate Change Targets and Get The Green Economy Rolling

Some of the world’s highest-profile companies like Johnson & Johnson, Nike, Lafarge, Tetra Pak, Nokia, Sony and HP today called on G8 leaders meeting in Italy to agree on a global climate deal by the end of 2009 and to set ambitious targets to cut carbon emissions. The campaign encourages governments and policy-makers to “Let The Clean Economy Begin”

6 Jul 2009

Big Profits to Come From Leading the World on Renewable Energy

New economic analysis shows UK can profit from leading the world in offshore wind and wave power

2 Jul 2009

Green Economy Discussed by Chinese CEOs Visiting UNEP

16 top CEOs from China have attended a workshop at the UN Environment Programme headquarters to learn more about what the agency is doing in the Green Economy initiatives, combating climate change, international campaigns, green construction, reforestation and the green technology

2 Jul 2009

Report Released on Reducing Carbon Emissions From Coal Fired Power Plants

Professor Ernest Moniz, director of the MIT Energy Initiative (MITEI) and former undersecretary of the U.S. Department of Energy, today unveiled a report on reducing carbon dioxide emissions from existing coal plants

22 Jun 2009

Impact of Nanotechnology on the Energy Market

Nanotechnologies for the Energy Market 2009, looks at whether nanotechnology has in fact had a huge impact on the energy sector. If so, in what way, and if not, why hasn't it?

17 Jun 2009