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- Dell Says Plant a Tree, Help the Environment
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Michael S. Dell, who made his name building computers, has a new goal: planting trees.
- Make Your Home Green and Save Greenbacks
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A Few Modifications to Your Home Can Help Save the Environment and Save You Money
- An Inconvenient Truth DVD's Available for Teachers via Participate.Net
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Laurie David, a producer of An Inconvenient Truth, announced today that 50,000 DVDs of the acclaimed documentary will be donated on a first come, first serve basis to teachers across the country interested in using the film as a teaching tool in classrooms via www.participate.net.
- Need a Kleenex? You Won't Find One at Rice University
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If youre looking for a Kleenex on the Rice University campus in the near future, youll be out of luck.
- Vermont Ski Resort Rewards Those Who Share Rides
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Vermonts Smugglers Notch ski and snowboard resort has teamed with Essex, Conn.-based ridesharing incentive network NuRide to reward those who carpool with free lift tickets and a chance to win family vacation packages. NuRide estimates that thousands who share rides will result in 250,000 fewer miles driven and 100 fewer tons of greenhouse gas emissions.
- I'm Dreaming of a Green Christmas
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A tall, just-cut evergreen, its branches festooned with countless twinkling lights, and underneath are piles and piles of brightly wrapped presents. Could there be a more perfect image of the holiday season?
- Global Warming Affecting Temps In Northeast
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A new study just released Wednesday on the impact of global warming in the northeast claims its possible. In fact, one day Massachusetts could be more like South Carolina.
- This Halloween, Think Green
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Consumers are expected to spend $3.12 billion on candy, costumes and other Halloween goodies this year, according to a survey conducted by BIGresearch for the National Retail Federation. That's a big pile of candy corn. It's also a lot of crumpled candy wrappers, paper party props and plastic political masks in the trash the very next day. So this Halloween, why not think green?
- Pearl Jam donates green for environment
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Rock group to give to$100,000 to several groups that focus on climate, energy and other environmental causes
- Reducing Your Carbon Footprint
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Erik Daehler loves to travel. But every time he gets on an airplane, he knows his carbon footprint gets bigger. Its had a horrible imprint on my carbon footprint, admits the 30-year-old physicist and aerospace engineer from Southern California.
- BofA to Offer Hybrid Car Rebates
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Bank of America Corp. plans to roll out a pilot hybrid vehicle purchase plan for employees today that could eventually make it the nations largest corporate sponsor of the fuel-friendly cars and sport utility vehicles.
- Sports Facilties Can Be Earth Friendly
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What can the sports world do to lessen effects of global warming? Making NASCAR fans take a bus to the superspeedway on Sundays is not going to make much of a dent. But sports greatest contribution might be in setting an example for other segments of the economy.
- The Greener Guys
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When Timberland, the outdoor clothing company, studied ways to reduce its carbon emissions four years ago, it weighed several options: building a wind farm in the Dominican Republic, buying power generated by renewable resources and setting up a vast bank of solar panels at one of its distribution centers in Ontario, Calif.
- To Revitalize a City, Try Spreading Some Mulch
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IN many ways, this citys current fortunes are all about mulch. Its everywhere. Bark mulch is spread in neat circles around the citys trees; roughly 30,000 new trees are planted annually. Darker leaf mulch fills planters along State, Dearborn, Michigan and the other major thoroughfares now blooming in spring colors.
- Shaping Restaurants to Be Models of Efficiency
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HERES food for thought: if restaurants were automobiles, they would be Hummers. Thats because the restaurant business wastes more energy than any other industry in America. Experts say that 80 percent of the $10 billion annual energy bill for commercial food service is squandered by the use of inefficient equipment.
- Honda to Expand Production In U.S., Unveil New Hybrid
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Honda Motor Co. said yesterday that it will expand production in the United States and Canada and introduce a small hybrid gas-electric passenger car and other vehicles that run on cleaner diesel engines.
- City-owned vehicles to use biodiesel fuel
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City-owned vehicles in San Francisco, including fire engines, buses and even a mobile zoo, will use biodiesel fuel that reduces harmful emissions under an executive directive issued Thursday by Mayor Gavin Newsom.
- Honda to Expand Production In U.S., Unveil New Hybrid
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Honda Motor Co. said yesterday that it will expand production in the United States and Canada and introduce a small hybrid gas-electric passenger car and other vehicles that run on cleaner diesel engines.
- Indy 500 Switching To Ethanol Blend For 2006 Season
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WASHINGTON -- Gasoline Alley at the Indianapolis 500 will soon become Ethanol Alley: The Indy Racing League is switching from methanol to a new mixture relying on corn-derived ethanol.
- Apple Offers Free Computer Take-Back Program
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Apple Named One of Top Ten Environmentally Progressive Companies CUPERTINO, California—April 21, 2006—Apple® today announced an expansion of its successful recycling program, offering free computer take-back and recycling with the purchase of a new Macintosh® system beginning in June.
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