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A Night at Hamlet's Castle: Much Ado About … What?
Will a climate agreement by any other name smell as sweet? Read More
A Decade of Energy Star Buildings
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Energy Star program celebrates its 10th anniversary with this report on its achievements. Read More
San Francisco's Landmark Transamerica Pyramid Goes Green
Today, the most famous building in San Francisco is also one of the most environmentally friendly in the country. The Transamerica Pyramid building has achieved a LEED Gold certification. Read More
Japan, U.S. Come out Tops In Use of Green IT for Emissions Reductions
A new ICT Sustainability Index released by IDC ranks the G20 countries on how well they've incorporated technologies from smart grid to teleworking that can reduce greenhouse gas emissions by as much as 5.8 gigatons by 2020. Read More
COP15, BINGO and the Leaked Danish Text
For the business community, the place to find out what has and is taking place at the COP15 climate conference is the daily BINGO meetings, which stands for Business and Industry Non Governmental Organizations. On the third day of the conference, the BINGO meeting saw debate over a controversial Danish text some say favors developed countries, while separately, the island of Tuvalu asked for the conference to be suspended until developed countries take on legally binding targets. Read More
Cement Technology Roadmap 2009
This report gives a detailed look at what efforts need to be pushed forward to lower the cement industy's emissionsby 18 percent by 2050: efficiency technologies for kilns, alternative fuels, substituting materials within cement and using carbon capture and storage. Read More
Coca-Cola Puts HFC Vending Machines on Ice, Full Phaseout Set for 2015
The Coca-Cola Company has pledged to replace all its vending machines using hydrofluorocarbons with coolers that employ more environmentally friendly refrigerants by 2015, the beverage firm and Greenpeace said. Read More
ICLEI USA Unveils Comprehensive Toolkit for Greening Cities and Counties
ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability USA launches a comprehensive resource today to guide cities and countries, step by step, through the process of greening their communities. Read More
Coca-Cola's New PlantBottle Sows Path to Greener Packaging
(Episode 99): Scott Vitters, the Coca-Cola Company's global head of sustainable packaging, takes the wraps off the company's new PlantBottle, a recyclable PET plastic container made partially from plants. Read More
AU Optronics Helps Create a Frisbee-Shaped Solar Roof at Taipei Playground
AU Optronics Corp., Taiwan's largest manufacturer of thin film transistor liquid crystal display panels, has helped craft a “Solar Frisbee Roof” to canopy playground equipment at a Taipei schoolyard. Read More