Brazilian Cemetery First to Land ISO 14000

In a cemetery world first, a Brazilian company has landed an ISO 14000 certification, proving its commitment to establishing environmentally friendly business management guidelines. Read More

'Miracle Maize' Creators Win World Food Prize

The $250,000 Millennium World Food Prize has been awarded to biochemist Evangelina Villegas of Mexico and plant geneticist Surinder Vasal of India. Villegas is the first woman ever to receive the World Food Prize. Read More

Polaroid Pact to Limit CO2 Emissions, Cut Costs

The Polaroid Corporation has agreed to cut its carbon dioxide emissions by at least 20% by 2005 compared to 1994 levels, and 25% by 2010. The imaging company announced the pact today with partners World Wildlife Fund and the Center for Energy & Climate Solutions. Read More

Adopt-A-Wind-Turbine Program Takes Off

Customers of renewable energy electricity can have their name etched on a wind turbine in California. The Adopt-A-Wind Turbine Program is open to all flat rate plan customers of TenderLand Power Company who want to have their name placed on one of the towers being installed as part of the Alta Mesa Wind Energy Project in Palm Springs. The 10 megawatt expansion of the wind project will result in the installation of 70 turbines. Read More

Device Cuts Car Emissions, Helps Make Diamonds

Scientists have developed a device that can remove about 70% of pollutants from car exhaust fumes and produces carbon that can be made into diamonds, New Scientist magazine said yesterday. Read More

Australia Refinery Cogeneration Plant Completed

A new $40.6 million cogeneration plant at BP Australia Ltd's Bulwer Island refinery would have a greenhouse gas emissions benefit of 90,000 tons a year, Queensland deputy premier Jim Elder said yesterday. Read More

Project Aims for 'Water Wise' Hotels

A new partnership aims to help small businesses in the Wales tourism industry get a grip on their water woes. Read More

Maytag, Country Stars Share Stage on Conservation

Maytag Appliances has teamed with three of country music’s brightest singers -- Kenny Chesney, Sara Evans, and Jennifer Day -- to spread the word about the energy and water conservation benefits of high-efficiency appliances. The venue: a free, family concert series called Making Music Matter -- A Family Concert for Conservation. Read More

The Commoditization of Nature

There are those for whom nature, in at least some of its manifestations, is sacred, beyond price. Perhaps nowhere are these conflicts more apparent than in the global climate-change arena. Read More

Repsol YPF Joins Spanish Firms to Develop Biofuel

Spanish energy group Repsol YPF said yesterday it would seek to develop the use of farm waste as a fuel additive along with engineering firm Abengoa and sugar company Azucarera Ebro Agricolas. Read More