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The Lowest Cost Feedstock Sources for Production of Biodiesel

Pure Biofuels Corp., a Peruvian-based biodiesel corporation, today announced that it has established a Jatropha nursery which will produce an initial 360,000 plants in approximately two months, scaling up to one million plants per month. The first yield of oil, which the Company is going to use as feedstock for biodiesel production, is expected in less than a year.

10 Jun 2008

The Best Overall Average Fuel Economy of Any Full-Line Manufacturer

Through advances in engine design and hybrid technology, Toyota has a wide selection of fuel-sipping cars and the best overall average fuel economy of any full-line manufacturer.*

10 Jun 2008

StudioNorth Launches the First Hybrid Annual Report for its Client

StudioNorth, a 30-year Chicagoland veteran in creative marketing and interactive technology solutions, announced today that it has launched the first "hybrid" annual report for its client, The Morton Arboretum, a 1,700-acre tree museum located in Lisle, Illinois.

10 Jun 2008

M1D Green Clothing Line to Support Alternative Carbon Neutral Fuel Development

Maybe One Day LLC announces the launch of the M1D® Green. M1D® Green is a line of t-shirts introduced to raise money to encourage and support research in alternative fuels and alternative transportation. Each t-shirt sold will raise $5.00 for the M1D® Green fund. Our first design is currently available at our online store at http://www.m1dgreen.com.

10 Jun 2008

GreenerDocs.com Provides Ways to Reduce Paper Trail with Document Automation

Esker, the leader in document process automation solutions, announced today that it launched GreenerDocs.com, an online web portal providing valuable statistics about paper consumption and tips for how to reduce that amount of paper used, and misused, for business communications.

10 Jun 2008

Logspan Marks an Industry First by Developing a Carbon Neutral Policy

Logspan, an importer and retailer of Log Cabins and BBQ Huts, has decided to do their bit for the environment. They have developed a Carbon Neutral Promise to plant a tree for every log building that they sell.

10 Jun 2008

Company Offsets 100 Percent of Electricity Use and Emissions Produced from Business Travel

Sterling-Rice Group, a Boulder, Colo.-based brand-building and marketing communications firm, today announced it has purchased 339,300 kilowatt hours (kWh) of renewable energy credits (RECs) generated by wind farms across America.

10 Jun 2008

Network Aims to Inspire Consumers to Learn and Take Action to Lighten Environmental Footprint

Today The Timberland Company announced the global launch of the Earthkeeper campaign, a movement to recruit one million people to become part of an online network designed to inspire real environmental behavior change.

10 Jun 2008

Award Recognizes Outstanding Marketplace Contributions to Clean Air and Energy Efficiency

Diversified industrial manufacturer Eaton Corporation announced today it has received the CALSTART 2008 Blue Sky(TM) Award for innovation and advancement in sustainable transportation technology. The annual award recognizes outstanding marketplace contributions to clean air, energy efficiency and the clean transportation industry overall.

10 Jun 2008

Green Building Continues to Gain Momentum

Green building continues to gain momentum as it demonstrates numerous opportunities to improve the impacts of buildings on the environment and health. To acknowledge this growing trend and EPA's expanded role in it, EPA has released a new video on green buildings in its Green Scene series.

10 Jun 2008

AMSC Receives Order for Electrical Components for Wind Turbines

American Superconductor Corporation, a leading energy technologies company, today announced that it has received a $450 million order from Beijing-based Sinovel Wind Corporation Limited for core electrical components for 1.5 megawatt (MW) wind turbines.

10 Jun 2008

Suntech Power Introduces BIPV Products to the European Market

Suntech Power Holdings Co., Ltd., one of the world's leading manufacturers of photovoltaic (PV) cells and modules, today announced it will introduce its Just Roof(TM), Light Thru(TM) and QuikSnap building integrated PV (BIPV) products from Suntech's MSK Solar Design Line(TM) to the European market at the upcoming Intersolar Technology Trade Fair 2008. Intersolar will be held from June 12-14, 2008 at The New Trade Fair Centre in Munich, Germany

10 Jun 2008

Effectively Managing Forests has Important Societal Implications

Remote-sensing techniques can make forests more productive, offsetting increased carbon-dioxide (CO2) concentrations in the atmosphere and oceans, Dr. Randolph Wynne, a NASA investigator and Virginia Tech professor of forest biometry and geomatics, recently told a group of forestry professionals and students at a seminar here.

10 Jun 2008

Perf Go Green Products Will be Available for Purchase on Amazon.com

Perf Go Green Holdings, Inc., a marketer and distributor of biodegradable plastics announced today that the company's first products - the 13 gallon kitchen trash bags and 30 gallon lawn and leaf bags - will be available for purchase on Amazon.com beginning in mid-June.

10 Jun 2008

New Technology Takes the Mystery Out of Battery Health

Argus Analyzers today introduced the Battery Bug(R) Deep Cycle Monitor (DCM), the only battery monitor that communicates both battery charge level and percent remaining battery life. Designed for 12-volt deep cycle batteries in boats, R/Vs, commercial trucks, emergency and off-road vehicles, the DCM series extends battery life and improves reliability by providing the user with accurate charge level and battery life information.

10 Jun 2008