2,000 Offshore Giant Windmills for Denmark
Denmark is building 2000 offshore windmills by 2008 to help meets its goal of deriving 50 percent of its electricity through renewable sources by 2030. The …
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Saks Joins Energy Star
Saks Inc. recently joined the U.S. EPA’s Energy Star Buildings program to upgrade energy efficiency in 128 stores, 18 million square feet of space. EPA …
Environmental NGOs Join With Shareholder Activist Groups
Friends of the Earth is bringing the environmental NGOs and shareholder activists together. They just held a training conference on the subject, and have …
Europe's Goal: $30 Billion to Boost Renewables
The European Commission is calling for $30 billion in private investment for renewable energy projects by 2003. The ‘Campaign for Take-Off’ would …
TransAlta Meets Climate Change Targets
TransAlta, a utility located in Alberta, Canada has reduced its net greenhouse gas emissions to 1990 levels, cutting them by about 4.8 million tons in 1997 …
Coalition Challenges Wal-Mart on Social Responsibility
A coalition of leaders from religious, labor, consumer, civil and human rights, indigenous, and investor groups sent an open letter to David Glass, CEO of …
Non-Profit Retires Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Two subsidiaries of California-based PG&E Corporation, U.S. Generating Company and PG&E Energy Trading, will transfer greenhouse gas reduction …
Two PV Companies Merge: Predict $1 Billion in Sales
Kyocera Corporation’s (NYSE: KYO) subsidiary, Kyocera International, has acquired Golden Genesis Company (NASDAQ: GGGO), creating the largest PV company …
Green Power for a Green LA
This is the name of a program just launched by the largest municipal utility in the U.S. – the Los Angeles Department of Water & Power. Customers …