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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

'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

Koenigsegg and NLV Solar Debut Solar Powered Concept Car at Geneva Motor Show

Swedish supercar marque Koenigsegg and NLV Solar AG, a pioneer in photovoltaics and accumulator technology, have joined forces to create the Quant. The brainchild of this marriage of power and energy is a four-seater solar electric car

5 Mar 2009

Toxic Sulfur Smelling Chinese Made Drywall About to Become a National Problem

Americas Watchdog and its Homeowners Consumer Center are saying the Chinese drywall disaster in Florida is about to become a national disaster

5 Mar 2009

Low Fume and Low Odour Asphalt for Roofing Systems

Owens Corning, a global building materials and composite solutions leader, introduces enhancements for the application of durable built up roofing systems with new TruLo Max Lo Odor, Low-fuming Asphalt

5 Mar 2009

Top Volunteering Organizations Includes Earthwatch

A new guide to volunteering names Earthwatch one of the top international wildlife and conservation organizations

5 Mar 2009

Developer Buys Hybrid Car and Encourages Other To Do The Same and Boost the Economy

Like everybody these days, George Hadler follows the daily economic news with a sense of anxiety and cautious optimism

5 Mar 2009

Kreido Biofuels And Four Rivers BioEnergy Complete Sale of Assets

Kreido Biofuels today jointly announced with Four Rivers BioEnergy the closing of their previously announced sale and purchase of substantially all of the assets of Kreido Biofuels to Four Rivers BioEnergy

5 Mar 2009

Evolution and Ecosystems May Protect Some Species Against Climate Change

Although ecologists expect many species will be harmed by climate change, some species could be buffered by their potential to evolve or by changes in their surrounding ecosystems

5 Mar 2009

Pepsi Goes Retro and Natural With a Limited Release of Three New Products Sweetened With Natural Sugar

As part of the company's "Refresh Everything" campaign, Pepsi is reinvigorating its beverage lineup with the introduction of three new products. Pepsi Natural, Pepsi Throwback and Mountain Dew Throwback , all sweetened with natural sugar, will be hitting the beverage aisle this March and April

5 Mar 2009

Foxconn and IBM Team Up to Fight Carbon Emissions in Asia Pacific Region

IBM, EIM, C-Lock and Foxconn announced a global agreement to jointly deliver and deploy GreenCert, the world's first enterprise content management system that can accurately calculate and certify the amount of greenhouse gas emissions produced by a facility

5 Mar 2009