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2007

• Jan/Feb
  • Weather channel announces first one degree hot list
  • GLOBE foundation launching sustainable living expo
  • Johnson controls develops sustainability navigator
  • Study: Biodiesel will add $24 billion to U.S. Economy
  • Goldman sachs awards first green research grants
    
• Mar/Apr
• Levi's embracing a greener jean with new line
• Earth share of Georgia carrying on Earth Day traditions
• Nicolow named to Building Design & Construction's "40 Under 40" List
• Dell's global recycling program recognized as industry model
• Report confirms importance of responsible investing
• Lead balancing weights causing concern for automakers
• Lord, Aeck and Sargent to adopt the 2030 challenge
  
• May/June
• Extra, extra: Read all about it
• Ten Best Green Buildings Announced
• New York City looking to go sustainable
• Coke implementing energy savings
• China's prime minister sets environmental goal
  
• July/August
• Mohawk Fine Papers joins EPA's climate leaders program
• Yield to green initiative makes strides to make printing greener
• Auto parts recycler receives first emission-free recycling machine
• Honeywell helps Perris go green
• Home Depot pledges $100 million for urban homes and trees
• Kyocera to double solar-module manufacturing
  
• September/October
• ClearV-Kool 70 Window Product Reduces Solar Heat
• United Community Bank Offering Loan Incentive for Green Construction
• ”House Passes Solis’ Green Jobs Bill
• WRI Staying on Cutting Edge of Green Building Design
• Google Investing $10 Million to Boost Hybrid Autos
• Homestreet Bank to Offer Eco-Program for Small Businesses
• Staples, Fedex Kinko’s Top Green Scorecard
  
• November/December
  • Green Schools Use 33% Less Energy
  • Xerox Environmentally-Friendly Toner
  • The Next Generation of Green Building Thinking
  • James F. Kenefick Named Co-Chair
  • The Annual Sustainability Leadership Awards
  • Pfizer Recognized as Leader in Addressing Climate Change
  • National Environmental Education Week

2006

• Nov/Dec
  • Compact fluorescent light bulbs saving big
  • Kyoto treaty-funded wind farm opens in China
  • Biodiesel market growing with demand
  • Dark-colored shingles in the hot seat
  • British bank offering green savings account

• Sept/Oct
  • GM reveals details about concept car
  • Iowa schools using hybrid buses
  • Wind energy experiencing rapid growth
  • Ocean power seeing resurgence
  • S. Korea, China working together to conserve energy

• July/August
  • Ford, VeraSun teaming up to offer more E85 stations
  • GM urging travelers to use alternate fuel
  • U.S. automakers pledging increased FFV production
  • More Americans want solar energy systems
  • Hewlett Packard increasing recycling efforts
  • New trend: Offsetting your carbon emissions
  • Efficient lighting can save energy, cut emissions
  • Bush Administration pledges money to solar intiatives
  • Congress calls for energy policy revamp
    

• May/June
  • Schwarzenegger joins Dems to tackle emissions
  • Solutions to lessening fuel consumption grow
  • EPA study: Reduction in some GHG emissions
  • Ethanol sends stock soaring
  • Texas town introduces biodiesel to public
  • Kehoe bill passes in California senate committee
  • Gore calls global warming a planetary emergency
  • Australian treasurer: Time is right for alternative fuels
  • Central America powering up with ethyl alcohol
    
    
• Winter
  • Johnson Controls launches Leedspeed™ software
  • Green audits now used to save companies money
  • Interface continues march to sustainability
  • Nation’s colleges increasing green building practices
  • Wausau Paper adds Earth-friendliness to its paper line
  • Pataki aiming to reduce petroleum use
  • American motorists embracing hybrids
  • Hybrid school buses look to be on U.S. roads in two years
  • Equitrac Joins with National Arbor Day Foundation

2005

• Spring
  • Unocal settlement Senn as Precedent for Corporate Accountability.
  • President Creates Committee to Oversee Ocean Policies.
  • Starbucks and Collaborators Develop First FDA-Approved Recycled Content Packaging.
  • LEED Committee Issues PVC Draft Report.
  • Projections Show EU on Track to Meet Kyoto Targets
  • Green Power Group Announces Renewable Energy Purchases.
  • Shaw Ends PVC Use, Ramps up Recycling System.

2004

• Winter
  • Solar and Hydrogen Projects Receive Grants
  • Evaluating the Risks, Opportunities of Global Warming
  • Partnership Protects Southeastern Ecosystems
  • Shaw Announces First Waste Carpet-to-Energy Project
  • Campaign Aims to Boost Green Power Markets
  • Mexico Adopts Global Warming Standards
  • Georgia's First Green Hotels
  • GEMI Releases Transparency Tool
  • Germany is Home to World's largest Solar Park

• Fall
  • GM Opens Fourth Landfill Gas Plant
  • Have CR Initiatives Hit Limit?
  • UPS Helps Manage Unwanted Electronics
  • SRI Funds Generate Double-Digit Returns
  • Ford, BP to Build Hydrogen Fleets, Fueling Stations
  • GHG Protocol Revised

• May/June
• Framework for Mandatory Climate Change Action
• EPA Teams with Dell
• Vanguard Honored by Healthcare Group
• Organic Fiber Standards Adopted
• HP Expands Planet Partners Program
• Office Depot Sets Environmental Policy
• Dealing with the Cell Phone Dilemma
• Erickson Honored by Green Cross

• Mar/Apr
  • Electronics Recycling Agreement Reached
  • Sustainable Practices in China
  • Carbon Financing for Small-scale Projects
  • Reducing Steel's Emissions
  • Durst Buys Green Power
  • GEMI Releases "Advantage" Tool
  • Cleaning Up Contaminated Sites
  • Greening Hotels and Resorts
  • Johnson Controls Receives WEC Award
  • Energy Star Winners
  • Defining Hydrogen Fuel Specs

• Jan/Feb
  • Investors Call for Action on Climate Risk
  • FTSE Examines Global Indices
  • Ocean Conservation and Tourism Alliance
  • Fuel Cell Groups to Collaborate
  • Top 10 Conservation Groups
  • Lessons for CLimate Change
  • Winslow Fund Among Leaders
  • More Green Power for Conneticut College
  • Sustainable Development in the Panama Canal
  • Energy Efficiency and the Bottom Line

2003

• Nov/Dec
  • High Potential Wind Sites
  • A Summit on Sustainable Communities
  • Study Proves Green Buildings Are Cost Effective
  • Forum Calls for Responsible Forest Investment
  • Americans Less Than Candid About Their Cans
  • Schulich Receives CSR Chair
  • EPA Accepting Green Chemistry Nominations
  • Retail Success with NatureWorks
  • Reuse-A-Shoe Program Going Strong
  • Sustainable Design Leadership Awards
  • Three Win in China's First Green Business Competition
  • Protecting the Oceans
  • A Financial Tool for Advisors
  • Computer Recycling Training

• Sept/Oct
  • DJSI Completes Annual Review
  • CEOs Value Environmental Credibility
  • Five Receive Green Chemistry Awards
  • WRI Lauds APA for Greening Two DC Building
  • Connecting Governance and Climate Change
  • Hydrogen Education Tour Begins
  • UC Adopts Landmark Green Building Policy
  • Keeping America Beautiful
  • Clean Air for Life Launches Challenge
  • Civic Hybrid Earns AT - PZEV Status
  • Nanosolar Secures Financing
  • Clarification

• July/Aug
  • Electric Power Group Tackles Climate Change
  • More Fuel Cell Vehicles Hit the Road
  • Social Responsibility Drives Purchase Decisions
  • The Electronics Waste Debate
  • Consolidated Audit of Corporate Accountability
  • Lost Revenues from Forests
  • Kinko’s Expands Green Power
  • Dow, GM Partner on Fuel Cell Transaction
  • Wind Farms Don’t Hurt Property Values
  • Civic Hybrid Earns AT-PZEV Status

• May/June
  • Fuel Cell Forecast: $2 Billion by 2011
  • Recycling Options frm Dell
  • PG&E Honored
  • Analyzing Green Power
  • Inertia Exacerbates Water Crisis
  • McDonald's Opens First HFC-free Restaurant
  • Kinko's Sets New Forest Policy
  • Massachusetts Partenrship Nets Waste Reduction Success
  • Rev Up Recycling
  • Waste=Fuel Initiative Gets Support
  • More Pollution Reported
  • National Award for Smart Growth
  • Disciplinary Action Proposed
  • UTC Joins Climate Leaders Program

• Mar/Apr
  • Power Management
  • Photovoltaic Rebate Program Launched
  • Corporate Governance Tops SRI Headlines
  • Clean Coal Projects Selected
  • A New Industry Standard for Catalogs
  • Pragmatic Guide to Reporting

• Jan/Feb
• Facility Reporting Project Launched
• Greening The Office Supply Chain
• NAFTA And The Environment
• Kyoto Emissions Trading Kicks Off
• Tour Operators Launch Performance Indicators
• Tennessee Forestland Project
• States Act To Reduce Emissions
• Three Latin American Companies Awarded
• Oregonians Put Renewable Energy On Fast Track

2002

• Nov/Dec
  • Environmental News Portal Launched
  • Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Developing Countries
  • CERES/ACCA Launch Reporting Awards
  • Coffee Partnership Awarded
  • UK’s Largest Solar Installation
  • Wanted: Compulsory Reporting
  • $1 Million Goes to Yosemite Falls
  • Charting SRI’s Future
  • The Liberty Bell Goes Renewable
  • GRI Releases 2002 Version
    
• Sept/Oct
  • Toyota, Nissian Enter Hybrid Agreement
  • Illinois Gets Commercial Wind Farm
  • A Sweet Deal for Cars?
  • Portland Awarded $1 Million
  • Coffee Project Receives Funding
  • Growing Cooperation
  • Which Recycling Programs Work Best?
  • SC Johnson Joins BELC
  • PAG Pilot Project Underway
  • U.S., Canada Face Tough Choices
  • Fuel Cells for Transit Buses
  • Chemistry Award Goes to NatureWorks
  • Aligning Investments
  • Center for Sustainable Enterprise Receives Gift
  • Bridger Honored
    
• July/Aug
  • Clean Energy Title in New Farm Bill
  • Companies Endorse CERES Principles
  • Dallas’ Largest Solar Facility Unveiled
  • Travelers “Go Green”
  • Landmark Conservation Deal
  • Report Gives Insight to Social Investing
  • Vermont’s Labeling Law Upheld
  • Sharp Establishes Solar Systems Division
  • Sector Reports Outline Initiatives
  • Learning from a School of Fish
  • Investors Collaborate on Emissions Questionnaire
  • Alcan Recycles Over 22 Billion Aluminum Cans
  • Sustainable Pallets for Summit Beer
  • “Arcandina” Wins Best International Program
  • Allegheny College Pioneers Wind Power
  • Actions and inititives worth noting.

• May/June
  • Hybrids Get “Green Light”
  • Domini to Manage New York City Assets
  • Verizon’s $40 Million Savings
  • Changing Consumption Patterns
  • Training China’s Future Business Leaders
  • TXU: Big on Wind Energy
  • Solagen Tapped for Investment
  • Gibson Guitars Strums an Eco-friendly Tune
  • New Jersey Buys Cleaner Power
  • Report Benchmarks Air Pollution

• March/April
  • Survey Explores States' Green Purchasing
  • NRDC Says Senate Energy Bill Promotes True Energy Security
  • FTC Designates New Fiber
  • Senate Passes Clean Energy Development Section
  • Green Office Buying Guide
  • Higher Education Institutions Driving Sustainable Markets
  • Carpet Recycling Agreement Signed
  • Ganga Goes Global
  • Authors Join Together to Save Trees
  • Entergy Enters Renewable Energy Field
  • Americans Divided Over Risks, Benefits of Genetically Modified Food

• January/February
  • Customer choice would boost renewable energy
  • Honda goes green in Gresham
  • Starbucks brews new purchasing guidelines
  • The five millionth mile
  • CERES principles gain support
  • New SRI research group thinks global
  • Canada feels breeze from joint venture
  • Recycling benefits at all-time high
  • Wind project takes to the skies
  • HP joins fight against climate change
  • Dodge-Regupol doubles its capacity
  • Improving air quality for 2002 Olympic Games
  • KRCL radio walks the talk with Blue Sky

2001

• November/December
  • Nike joins climate savers
  • Centex commits to nature conservancy
  • E-Commuting
  • EIA announces grant recipients
  • Ballard/Ford sign fuel cell agreement
  • Diesel sulfur removal available
  • Earth share GA expands choices

• September/October
• CERES gains grant, endorser
• Solar community gives back
• Leader of the "package"
• Coffee company plants trees
• Amfac receives travel awards
• Recognizing individual efforts
• Bank helps heal the bay
• Bio-diesel across Ohio and SF post office
• Water/wastewater hot through 2004
• New sustainability formula for Future@Work™
• Elkimgton offers The Chrysalis Economy
• Cement industry invests in sustainability