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Energy prices and atmospheric temperatures are rising -- putting energy efficiency on everyone's front burner as a smart environmental and business practice. Reducing energy consumption will reduce greenhouse gas emissions and operating, manufacturing, and consumption costs.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. -- U.S. manufacturers on the cusp of investing to boost capacity face a great opportunity to incorporate energy efficiency in their decision-making, according to a new report.
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ATLANTA, Ga. -- Acquisitions and growth in residential deliveries led United Parcel Service to fall short of a handful of five-year environmental goals, according to its latest sustainability report.
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BEIJING, CHINA -- Companies operating in China are to face tough new green legislation after the country's top legislature passed a package of laws designed to underpin the government's climate change strategy.
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HOUSTON, Texas -- Hosting company The Planet has implemented a company-wide efficiency program to reduce lighting and HVAC consumption.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Federal employees say their agencies give more priority to green initiatives than a year ago, and while many agencies are taking simple steps to reduce resource use, many are lacking education and leadership.
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I’m writing this post on my Apple PowerBook G4, which ordinarily does very well what I need it to do—except that right now it is sitting on my lap and giving off enough heat to keep me warm on a cool day.
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ALBANY, N.Y. -- The New York State Public Service Commission will offer almost $27 million to electric utilities that establish productive energy efficiency programs for customers.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. -- An EcoPinion Survey found that customers are interested in incentives for green products and services from utilities, but they prefer upfront, as opposed to long-term, savings.
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SOMERS, N.Y. -- The newly launched service is based on the Lean Six Sigma strategy and will target water and energy use wherever these resources are used, such as in transportation, data centers, IT systems, manufacturing and distribution or retail facilities.
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OAKLAND, Calif. -- FoodServiceWarehouse.com launches its Going Green Program today for restaurant operators interested in meeting LEED standards, or scaling back operating costs at a time when rising energy and food prices are threatening profit margins.
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- The U.S. could feasibly halve its gasoline consumption if the country switched to hybrid and plug-in electric vehicles by 2035, according to a new MIT report. For too long, automakers have focused on improving performance at the expense of efficiency.
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STOCKHOLM -- Sweden is test-driving a new Bombardier 'Green Train' that travels at speeds approaching 200 mph, promises to cut energy use by as much as 30 percent and can use the same tracks as existing trains.
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ROUND ROCK, Texas -- Dell's three-tiered plan to neutralize its carbon footprint has reached its goal five months early and saved the company $3 million, Dell said Wednesday.
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RALEIGH, N.C. -- Critics of the utility's proposed Save-A-Watt program says it would cause excessive and unnecessary fees for customers and not provide adequate energy savings.
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OAKLAND, Calif. -- The race to create the infrastructure for plug-in hybrid electric vehicles is on -- the city of San Francisco, state of Tennessee and a slew of automakers and utilities announced separate plans to lay the groundwork for the mass introduction of PHEVs beginning in 2010.
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