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Program to Study Operating Success of Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles

EnerSys, the world's largest industrial battery company, through its Modular Energy Devices (ModEnergy) subsidiary, has teamed with Quebec's Laval University and Canada's largest cooperative financial group, Desjardins, to conduct a trial program in Quebec City to study community acceptance and operating success of Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles (PHEVs).

22 Apr 2008

Pepco Energy to Supply Wind Energy to the U.S. Headquarters of WWF

Pepco Energy Services, a subsidiary of Pepco Holdings, Inc. and a leader in supplying renewable electricity, announced today that it has been awarded a contract to supply wind energy to the U.S. headquarters of World Wildlife Fund (WWF) in Washington, D.C. Working in over 100 countries around the world, WWF has led international conservation efforts for more than 45 years.

22 Apr 2008

New Consumer-Friendly Online Calculator Reduces Food's Carbon Footprint

With food responsible for 1/3 of global greenhouse gas emissions, food service maverick Bon Appetit Management Company has introduced the Low Carbon Diet Calculator, an easy web-based calculator to help citizens reduce the global warming impact of their food.

22 Apr 2008

Dietary Choice Determines a Household’s Food-Related Climate Impacts

The old adage, "We are what we eat," may be the latest recipe for success when it comes to curbing the perils of global climate warming. Despite the recent popular attention to the distance that food travels from farm to plate, aka "food miles," Carnegie Mellon researchers Christopher L. Weber and H. Scott Matthews argue in an upcoming article in the prestigious Environmental Science + Technology journal that it is dietary choice, not food miles, which most determines a household's food-related climate impacts.

22 Apr 2008

Battelle Top Ten List Forecasts Emerging Green Technologies

In 1970, Kermit the Frog (voiced by Jim Henson) crooned, "It's not that easy being green, having to spend each day the color of the leaves."

21 Apr 2008

Smead Receives Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI(R)) Certification

According to recent national survey commissioned by Smead, 77% of office workers said buying paper office products made from trees grown and harvested in a sustainable manner was important to them.

21 Apr 2008

First Privately Owned Company in the Greater Sacramento Area to Install Solar Energy System

Siemens Transportation Systems Inc. (STS), part of the Siemens Mobility Division, approved the installation of a 1 megawatt (MW) solar energy system at its Sacramento light rail manufacturing facility to be completed by mid- to late-October 2008.

21 Apr 2008

Energy Efficiency Improvements Could Reduce the Need for New Electric Generation

Energy efficiency improvements in the U.S. electric power sector could reduce the need for new electric generation by an additional 7 to 11 percent more than currently projected over the next two decades if key barriers can be addressed, according to a preliminary analysis of potential energy savings released today.

21 Apr 2008

Customers Looking to Make a Green Choice Have a New Energy Option

Customers looking to make a green choice have a new energy option in Dayton Power and Light's (DP+L) Green Pricing program. By participating in this program, customers can support the continued development of renewable electric energy resources, such as wind, solar and landfill gas.

21 Apr 2008

North America's Largest Solar Photovoltaic Energy Park

Joint venture partners SkyPower Corp., a Lehman Brothers Company, and SunEdison Canada announced today the official groundbreaking of First Light, North America's largest solar photovoltaic energy park to date, located on approximately 300 acres of land in Lennox + Addington County, Ontario.

21 Apr 2008

Nine Articles Highlight the Benefits of Being an Eco-Friendly Business

Vistage International, a business coaching organization for chief executives, today released its Earth Day report on the corporate benefits of going green.

21 Apr 2008

Simple Steps to Reduce Energy Use and to Think Green When Buying New Home

As Earth Day approaches, the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) encourages home owners everywhere to take simple steps to reduce energy use - and to think green when they buy a new home.

21 Apr 2008

Fort Wayne Community School District Recognized for Reducing Harmful Emissions

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 Acting Air and Radiation Division Director Cheryl Newton this morning recognized the Fort Wayne Community School District, Fort Wayne, Ind., for its work using a $50,000 EPA Clean School Bus grant to reduce harmful diesel emissions from its school bus fleet.

21 Apr 2008

Top 10 List of U.S. Cities for Most Green Roofs Installed

Call it a gift for the earth just in time for Earth Day. Last year, 30 percent more green roofs were installed in North America -- and that means more beautiful rooftops, cleaner air, cooler cities, reduced energy consumption, less untreated stormwater running into our rivers and streams, and more green spaces for people, plants and animals.

21 Apr 2008

Give Plants a Chance

The international non-profit educational group, Green Plants for Green Buildings (GPGB) is announcing a month long challenge to begin on Earth Day, "Give Plants a Chance."

21 Apr 2008