Truck Makers Agree to Develop More Efficient Models
The 21st Century Truck Initiative, announced late last month, is a government/business partnership to develop super fuel-efficient commercial trucks and buses. …
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NOx Trading is Successful
Last year, a nitrogen oxide (NOx) trading program was conducted in the Northeast, marking the first time a market-based approach was used to reduce an emission …
Hain & Celestial Seasonings Merge
The merger of Hain Food Group (Uniondale, Long Island) and Celestial Seasonings (Boulder, CO.)creates the largest natural foods company in the U.S., with …
Ford Signs on to CERES Principles
After almost three years of dialogue, Ford Motor Company Chairman Bill Ford announced at the CERES national conference that “As a result of lengthy …
Earth Day Spawns Green Power Pledges
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), the Postal Service, and the Cities of Seattle and Santa Barbara, lined up to support the Earth Day campaign for clean …
Majors Move Further Into Renewable Energy
Texaco quit the Global Climate Coalition and is the second major oil company to pursue hydrogen energy (Shell set up Shell Hydrogen last year). Texaco is …
CITES Delegates Rule on the Fate of Animals
2500 people from 151 countries attended the 11 day CITES conference (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species) in Nairobi in late April to …
Steelcase & Ford Hire McDonough
The new Steelcase wood furniture manufacturing plant breaking ground now in Gaines Township, Michigan, will be the first manufacturing building of its size …
Sweden Continues Green Role Modeling
A government appointed committee on climate change has been charged with developing a strategic plan to cut Sweden’s greenhouse gas emissions in half by …