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U.S. Government Building Awarded Top Green Label in the World
Only 28 other buildings in the world have achieved the green label of excellence that is called the LEED platinum award. A government U.S....
IKEA Takes a Stand Against Plastic Bags
The number of plastic bags used in the United States that end up in landfills is staggering — some 100 billion bags, which represents...
Top Ten Stories of 2006: 9) Corporations Lead the Green Movement
Corporations are leading a Green Movement toward more recycling, environmentally friendly cars, and sustainable industry. Read 15 examples of socially responsible companies and the...
Top Ten Good News of 2006!
With casualties in Iraq reaching record numbers, the war in Lebanon punctuating the continuing crises in the Middle East and the ongoing slaughter in...
City Uses Kitchen Grease to Power Waste Treatment Plant
The City of Millbrae, California, celebrated the completion of a treatment plant that will use restaurant kitchen grease as a renewable power source to...
Marriott Hotel Composting 1 Million Pounds Annually in SF
Turning food waste...into wine? In a roundabout way, that is what is happening to the composted food scraps and other items generated at the...
GM Unveils New, Green Assembly Plant
AP reports on the new GM auto plant in Michigan unveiled as the "most environmentally-friendly auto plant" in the world. It implements lots of...
New Technology Turns Garbage Into Gold
(Reprint of a GNN story from 2003; in preparation for a followup article soon)
IMAGINE. . . Imagine a machine that can turn almost...
Plastic Bio Bottle is Composted into Plant Food
Belu Natural Mineral Water last week launched the UK’s first biodegradable and compostable plastic bottle. The revolutionary plastic bottle is made from corn instead...
Iowa Company Making Gasoline Obsolete
A former director of engineering at Ford Motor Company says there is no need to wait for clean power. His Hydrogen Engine Center ...
Recycle Your Cell Phone and Ink Cartridges
EARTH DAY SPECIAL — TAKE ACTION — Check out these two great Earth Day ideas brought to our attention by World Changing.com:
The Recycle My Cell Phone...
Republicans and Democrats Moving in Tandem Against Greenhouse Gases in California
In California, where one-eighth of Americans reside, we have a Republican governor and a Democratic legislature moving in the same direction — and with broad...
Pakistan Tackles Child Labor Horrors
The International Labour Organisation and Pakistan's Ministry of Labour have launched a program they say is aimed at eliminating the dangerous and degrading practice...