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The World’s Most Ethical Companies
Kellogs, McDonald's, Starbucks and Nike are a few of the companies named to the 2008 list of World's Most Ethical Companies. Ethisphere magazine takes...
Making Renewable Gasoline – From Algae
"A San Diego start-up says it is using algae to make oil that can be refined into gasoline and other fuels that are both...
Billion Tree Campaign Sets New Goal of 7 Billion Trees by ’09
Since meeting its goal in 2007 of planting 1 billion trees, a grassroots effort to green the globe has announced that it is raising...
Top Tailpipe Polluters Clean Up Their Act
With current fuel prices high, alternative fuel use is surging among businesses and governments that depend on vehicle fleets to transport their products and...
Four-Legged Heros Honored for Saving Lives of Owners, Infant
How many people owe their life to a loveable pet? The Purina Animal Hall of Fame this week honored five incredible dogs as heros...
Top 10 Music Acts Who Are Going Green
Here are ten acts that have tried to make a difference to the environment by reducing their carbon footprint, recycling and charity: Willie Nelson,...
EARTH ALERT ’08: Top Ten Good News for the Earth
Happy Earth Day! Here are the top ten good news stories for the environment... Since the first Earth Day in 1970, air quality has...
Improving Stoves Saves Fuel – and Lives – in Bangladesh
95 percent of people in Bangladesh burn traditional fuels like cow dung in clay stoves that produce smoke, carbon monoxide and carcinogens which cause...
Dell Headquarters Goes 100% Green Energy
Dell is now powering 100 percent of its 2.1 million square-foot global headquarters campus, home to more than 10,000 employees, with 100 percent green...
Biomass Gas Project Provides Clean Power for India Villages
A new biomass plant that converts wood or agricultural waste into a combustible gas mixture is offering remote communities access to electricity in an...
Hockey Stars to Help Ice Global Warming
500 NHL hockey players have purchased carbon offsets to produce zero emissions during their extensive travel schedule for 2008, said Canadian environmentalist, David Suzuki...
US Farmers Show Grass Makes Better Ethanol than Corn
Farmers in Nebraska and the Dakotas have worked with the USDA to plant switchgrass and measure the native plant's ability to deliver Ethanol more...
Top Ten Pet Stories of 2007
I compiled this list for the Ellen DeGeneres show and suggested they ask their audience to vote (with cheers) for the Top Pet Hero...
China Fires up Eight Biomass Plants
China has launched eight biomass plants in five leading grain-producing provinces to cut carbon dioxide emissions in electricity generation amid growing global concerns over...
Finally, Something Not Caused by Global Warming
While we should in no way downplay the environmental challenges we face today, we should also make sure that we recognize good news. In...
London Buys Hydrogen-Fueled Red Buses
The Mayor of London announced Tuesday that ten new red double-decker hydrogen powered buses will join London's bus fleet by 2010 to reduce air...
North American Exclusive! Eco-Friendly Steel Cuts Coal Use and Emissions
The process of manufacturing environmentally friendly steel not only reduces coal use by one-third, it also salvages plastic waste from garbage dumps, cooking it...
No Trash Cans for This 100% Green Burger Joint
Boston's Grille Zone may be the first burger joint in the nation to be certified green, composting all its cups, plates, and cutlery while...
190 Countries Reach Historic Deal to Save Ozone
Nearly 200 countries have agreed to accelerate the elimination of chemicals that threaten the ozone and exacerbate global warming, the United Nations Environmental...
Japan First Introduced Hybrid Cars; Now Hybrid Trains
Although not as big a threat to climate change as the carbon emissions from automobiles, Japan today launched the first ever diesel-electric hybrid trains...