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07-26-10
READ Global, in partnership with the community of Ura and the global law firm, Linklaters, inaugurates the first community-owned library in Bhutan
On May 26, 2010, READ (Rural Education and Development) Global, READ Bhutan, and the community of Ura inaugurated the first READ Community Library and Resource Center ("READ Center") in Bhutan. As the second public library in the entire country, Aurbay Sher Shong Poizokhang ...
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07-26-10
53% of Execs at top 5000 UK firms overlook CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme
A survey carried out by green IT consultancy Externus revealed that more than half of senior executives at the top 5,000 UK companies are unaware of the CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme, and an even greater proportion doesn't know if their firm will be affected by the l...
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07-26-10
UPS Sets New Automotive Goal to Improve Fuel Efficiency by 20%
UPS (NYSE:UPS) has set a new automotive goal to improve the miles per gallon (MPG) performance of its entire U.S. package delivery fleet by 20 percent between 2000 and 2020.
The goal was announced today as UPS released the latest annual update o...
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07-26-10
Seventh Generation and Walmart Announce Strategic Partnership to Offer Environmentally Friendly, Sustainable Products at More Than 1,500 Stores
(Marketwire) - Seventh Generation, the nation's leading brand of non-toxic and environmentally friendly household products, is embarking on a mission with Walmart (NYSE: WMT) to help make sustainable living more accessible to consumers nationwide, including availability at m...
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07-23-10
General Mills Methuen warehouse is company’s first solar powered U.S. facility
Advancing General Mills' commitment to renewable energy, the company today announced a major solar energy initiative at its Methuen, Mass., facility. With the installation of solar panels now complete, solar energy is expected to supply nearly 80 percent of the warehouse's s...
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07-23-10
Carbon TradeEx American Speakers List Featuring Leading Experts in Environmental Finance, Business Strategy & Climate Policy
Carbon TradeEx America, a unique forum bringing together top players from the environmental markets community, today released names of some of its speakers lined up for this path-breaking event on September 28-29, 2010 at the Chicago McCormick Place. The event will be join...
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07-23-10
DPP and AT&T to Highlight Accessibility Applications and Innovation
/PRNewswire-FirstCall/-- Disability Power and Pride (DPP), with support from AT&T*, is hosting Apps4Access on Capitol Hill, an event highlighting the important role that applications play in improving accessibility.
Apps4Access, hosted in th...
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07-23-10
European industry leaders ask for higher carbon prices
Twenty-seven European industry leaders have attached their names to a letter to the Financial Times, in which they ask the three Environment Ministers of UK, Germany, France for more stringent carbon emission targets. The British Financial Times published the letter this Wed...
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07-23-10
How feed-in-tariffs kick-started renewable energy generation
The financial incentives to encourage renewable energy generation, both for use and for export back to the grid, are suddenly starting to look very attractive, and are within the reach of far more people than ever before. Commercial developers and utility companies are start...
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07-23-10
CALL FOR PARTICIPANTS: America’s clean energy leaders gather in Aspen, Colorado, August 19-22 for AREDAY. Now open to participants.
Kristina Johnson, Cathy Zoi, Amory Lovins, Sylvia Earle, Ted Turner, T. Boone Pickens, James Cameron, Carl Safina, Jayni Chase, Woody Tasch, Lester Brown, Wesley Clark, Bill Richardson, Bill Ritter, Rhone Resch, and others among the more than 100 participants gatheri...
