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Monday, 03 July 2006 |
 Tesla Motors' goal is to design a sports car that would go as fast as a Ferrari or Porsche — but run on electricity. Their first model, "a sleek two-seater called the Roadster" looking something like "a Lotus Elise", will be unveiled next month for prospective buyers in Santa Monica.
"With about 80 employees, Tesla just raised $40 million from high-profile investors and it plans to start selling its first model next year."...
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Read more... [Sporty Electric Cars On Silicon Valley Horizon]
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Saturday, 01 July 2006 |
 Honda just announced the construction of a $550 million
automobile plant in Decatur County, Indiana, to build fuel-efficient
vehicles and employ 2,000 Hoosiers.
With a vision of sustainability, Honda wants to create a "zero
waste-to-landfill" factory. They say their goal is for the plant in
Indiana to have "the smallest environmental footprint of any Honda auto
plant in North America." . . .
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Read more... [Honda to Build Zero Waste Plant in Indiana]
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Thursday, 29 June 2006 |
Dell Computer became the superstar of electronics recycling by
announcing Wednesday it will provide everyone in the world with free
recycling for old Dell PCs. It will even provide free collection
service right to your doorstep.
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Read more... [Dell Offers Free PC Recycling]
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Monday, 26 June 2006 |
Warren Buffett, the world's second richest man - who's now worth $44 billion - will start giving away 85% of his
wealth in July - most of it to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. (CNN)
The Gates Foundation is focused on world health -- eradicating diseases like malaria,
HIV/AIDS, and tuberculosis -- and on improving U.S. libraries and high
schools.
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Wednesday, 14 June 2006 |
The largest union and the largest environmental group, two sides that
have normally opposed each other, have joined forces to inspire workers
and CEO's to believe that jobs can multiply while the environment is
protected:
A central goal of the partnership, called the Blue/Green Alliance, will
be to reassure workers that measures to improve the environment need
not jeopardize jobs. "We're going to work together to try to blow up the myth that you can't
have a clean environment and good jobs," said Leo Gerard, the president
of the steelworkers union, which has 850,000 members. (SustainableBusiness.com)
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