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Greenhouse Gas Inventory Announced by Cornell

As part of the American College and University Presidents Climate Commitment (ACUPCC), Cornell University has calculated its first greenhouse gas inventory. This news from the inventory indicates that Cornell will be on course to reduce central utilities emissions by almost one-third – far exceeding the university’s goal of being 7 percent below 1990 levels of carbon emissions by 2012. The university is expected to meet that goal by 2010, two years ahead of schedule

16 Sep 2008

Alvarez Construction to Build Energy Efficient and Disaster Resistant SHIP Homes

Alternative Construction Technologies, Inc. announced today that it has entered into an exclusive supplier agreement with Alvarez Construction Group

15 Sep 2008

'Coming Clean' Book Offers Solutions, Tools, Hope to Break America's Fossil Fuel Addiction

'Purging this country of its two-century addiction to fossil fuels is the great task of our time. Here is the resource we have long needed.' - Bill McKibben, environmentalist and bestselling author

15 Sep 2008

UK Government Launches Home Energy Saving Programme

The Home Energy Saving Programme provides assistance to householders to make their homes more energy efficient, and for households most vulnerable to fuel poverty, including all pensioner households, gives help with their bills this winter through the winter fuel payments and lower energy company tariffs

15 Sep 2008

Thames Valley Investment Network Invests in Energy Efficiency Monitor Company, Green Energy Options

Thames Valley Investment Network (TVIN) members have invested in energy-efficiency monitor developers Green Energy Options

15 Sep 2008

Owens Corning Releases Tool Kit to Promote Re-Insulation

Owens Corning, a world leader in building materials and glass fiber reinforcements, today launched a full set of business solutions to help its building materials customers easily, efficiently and profitably enter an emerging and growing market category -- re-insulation

11 Sep 2008

Government Acceleration of Energy Saving Targets Encouraged by Disenco Energy

Disenco Energy welcomes Prime Minister Gordon Brown's initiatives to provide £910 million in fuel measures to address rising energy costs, but agrees with consumer groups that much more must be done to combat the soaring burden of home energy fuel bills

11 Sep 2008