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The 16 People You Must Follow on Twitter for Green Business Does the 2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid Live Up to the Hype? Yes. Is Your Company Ready for Water Disclosure? Probably Not. Green Community Models: The Business Incubator Is Your Electric Utility Ready for the Electric Car?
 
The 16 People You Must Follow on Twitter for Green Business

The 16 People You Must Follow on Twitter for Green Business

There are few communities of interest that have swarmed around Twitter with more fury than the green business community.

Does the 2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid Live Up to the Hype? Yes.

Does the 2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid Live Up to the Hype? Yes.

By the time I landed in Long Beach, the storm was already to the east, the sky was blue and the air was warm. I grabbed my bags at the outdoor baggage claim looked up and saw the shiny-new Ford Fusion Hybrid.

Is Your Company Ready for Water Disclosure? Probably Not.

Is Your Company Ready for Water Disclosure? Probably Not.

If you love the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) Questionnaire, you will love the CDP Water Disclosure Questionnaire. The question is: are you prepared?

Green Community Models: The Business Incubator

Green Community Models: The Business Incubator

While past incubators may have given life support to start-ups that may not have deserved it, a new generation of these organizations (both for- and non-profit) are springing up to support eco-minded start-ups.

Is Your Electric Utility Ready for the Electric Car?

Is Your Electric Utility Ready for the Electric Car?

With what appears to be a perfect storm building on the horizon for electric vehicles (EVs), some utilities are way ahead of others when it comes to readying the grid--and their customers--for a large-scale deployment of the paradigm-changing electric car.

Senate Bill Would Spur Investment in Elusive Deepwater Offshore Wind Potential

Senate Bill Would Spur Investment in Elusive Deepwater Offshore Wind Potential

Deepwater Offshore Wind Incentive Act would provide a tax credit of 3.04 cents per kilowatt of deepwater offshore wind production in the U.S.

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The 16 Women You Must Follow on Twitter for Green Business

The 16 Women You Must Follow on Twitter for Green Business

In honor of International Women's Day, we bring you Earth & Industry's 16 Women You Must Follow on Twitter for Green Business.

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Down with Fluorescents: Natural Light Benefits Entire Office

Down with Fluorescents: Natural Light Benefits Entire Office

Mirjam Münch, from the Solar Energy and Building Physics Laboratory at EPFL in Switzerland compares the quality of lighting conditions in offices that use artificial lighting versus those that use redirected daylight. Munch shows how redirected daylight can help regulate the circadian rhythms of office workers more naturally. FORA.tv

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The 16 People You Must Follow on Twitter for Green Business

The 16 People You Must Follow on Twitter for Green Business

There are few communities of interest that have swarmed around Twitter with more fury than the green business community.

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Walmart Announces Massive Greenhouse Gas Reduction Plan

Walmart Announces Massive Greenhouse Gas Reduction Plan

In another large-scale sustainability effort aimed at greening their supply chain, Walmart today announced the lofty goal of eliminating 20 million metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions from its global supply chain by the end of 2015

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Bill Gates Talks Energy at TED [Video]

Bill Gates Talks Energy at TED [Video]

Recently at TED2010, Bill Gates unveiled his vision for the world's energy future, describing the need for "miracles" to avoid planetary catastrophe and explaining why he's backing a dramatically different type of nuclear reactor.

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Cost of Boulder’s Smart Grid Soars, State Increases Oversight

Cost of Boulder’s Smart Grid Soars, State Increases Oversight

Boulder, Colorado's new smart-grid project is already stretching the limits of cost expectations and the rest of the state has to foot the bill.

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How Do You Make Fleet Efficiency Cool? Try a Tilt-Shift Movie

How Do You Make Fleet Efficiency Cool? Try a Tilt-Shift Movie

Sure there are entire fleets switching over to EVs, diesel hybrids, and natural gas-powered cars and trucks, but there's also massive fleet vehicle energy savings in simple--often behavioral--steps.

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Major US Retailers Drop Products Sourced from Canadian Oil Sands

Major US Retailers Drop Products Sourced from Canadian Oil Sands

In an effort to slash CO2 output, Whole Foods, Bed Bath & Beyond announce they will no longer buy products sourced using Canadian oil sands.

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Arcadia Becomes First Major Publisher in US to Use 100% FSC-Certified Paper

Arcadia Becomes First Major Publisher in US to Use 100% FSC-Certified Paper

South Carolina-based book publisher goes with 100% Forest Stewardship Council-certified paper

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