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Kenworth Trucks Honored By US EPA With Clean Air Excellence Award

Kenworth Truck Company was recently honored by the Environmental Protection Agency with the prestigious Clean Air Excellence Award. The EPA recognized Kenworth's outstanding innovative efforts and progress in developing advanced environmentally friendly vehicles

16 Jun 2009

Ethanol Expansion Completed by Sunoco

Sunoco, Inc announced today that it has completed the previously announced purchase of a 100 million gallons-per-year ethanol manufacturing facility in Volney, New York from Northeast Biofuels, LP for $8.5 million

15 Jun 2009

Digital Television Upgraders Reminded to Consider the Environment When Making Their Purchase

EPA encourages all U.S. citizens who own an analog TV set and
who receive free broadcasts (via rabbit ears or a roof-top antenna) to extend the life of their TV by subscribing to a paid TV service or connecting it to a converter box. Energy Star-qualified digital converter boxes are available for purchase

12 Jun 2009

More Than 10 Million Compact Fluorescent Bulbs Handed Out By Puget Sound Energy

Puget Sound Energy announced today that the utility has now distributed more than 10 million free and discounted compact fluorescent light bulbs to its more than 1 million electric customers in Western Washington since the residential lighting program launched in 2002

8 Jun 2009

Tesla Delivers 500th Electric Car, Will Celebrate With

Tesla Motors will host a road rally Saturday to commemorate the electric vehicle manufacturer’s 500th Roadster delivery and the one-year anniversary of its first retail store

4 Jun 2009

More Than One Million Carbon Offset Credits Issued by Climate Action Reserve

The Climate Action Reserve, the premier offset registry for the North American carbon market, announced it has issued over one million carbon offset credits, known as Climate Reserve Tonnes

4 Jun 2009

Half of Cornell's Garbage Now Being Made Into Compost

Cornell University's eight-acre composting operation reduces the school’s total waste stream by half. It recently won a 2009 Environmental Quality Award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

2 Jun 2009

European Solar Photovoltaic Industry Headed For Clear Skies

While some industry observers have questioned whether photovoltaic generated electricity will ever be competitive with fossil fuels, a report by Research Analysts Ltd shows how grid parity will be reached progressively from 2010 onwards in several European countries

21 May 2009

One-Third of All Packaging Materials Forecast to be Eco-Friendly by 2014

According to a new study from Pike Research, sustainable packaging is a fast-growing segment of the global packaging industry, and will grow to 32% of the total market by 2014, up from just 21% in 2009

20 May 2009

Property Developer Says That Healthy Paint Must Be Used in All Their Developments

Armstrong Development Properties, a full real estate company and a market leader in the development of commercial retail and office centers in the United States, has just signed a corporate mandate to use Mythic Paint, the high performing zero-volatile organic compounds, zero-toxins and non-carcinogenic paint in all their new construction projects

19 May 2009