Whole Foods Says Reusable Bag Use Has Tripled
Since eliminating plastic bags at its stores a year ago, the grocer said 150 million plastic bags have been diverted from landfills.
Empire State Building To Serve as Model For Efficiency Retrofits
Coalition of non-profit and industry partners are planning green retrofit for famous office building.
Americans Favor High-Speed Trains – Survey
Survey finds more than half of Americans would choose high-speed trains over automobile (33%) and air travel, if fares and travel time were about the same.
Arctic Ice Is Much Thinner – Experts
As spring begins, more than 90% of the sea ice in the Arctic is only 1 or 2 years old.
Southwest Windpower Raises $10M from GE, Others for Small Turbines
Largest manufacturer of small wind turbines raises funding to expand business.
Fisker Automotive Raises Additional $85M
Plug-in hybrid maker adds new venture capital investor in largest round of funding to date.
Spire Receives $3.7M in DOE Funding
Solar company chosen to participate in PV technology incubator program.
Satcon Signs 330MW Deal with Ecostream
Company to provide its solar inverters to systems developer.
Applied Materials Sees Major Order Reduced
Order for solar olar production equipment valued at $1.9 billion was cut by more than 85%.
Organic Cotton Market Hits $3.2B in 2008
Global market for organic cotton grew 63% in 2008.