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Archive for July, 2009

SF eyes UN Climate Center at polluted shipyard (AP via Yahoo! News)

Mayor Gavin Newsom and the United Nations are eyeing a former naval shipyard contaminated by radiation, heavy metals and other industrial toxins as the future site of a sprawling new green technology complex and climate change think tank.

A Green Technology Party (The Brookfield Journal)

Brookfield businessman Steve Schappert has decided to retool his block parties of more than a decade ago as a way to promote the growing green technology industry.

U.S. Foodservice – Minnesota Becomes First Foodservice Distributor in the Upper Midwest to Achieve Green Business … (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)

U.S. Foodservice - Minnesota today announced it has been awarded the Green Business Certification by the Institute for Green Business Certification, Inc. .

New U.N. center proposal unveiled in San Francisco (San Diego 6)

The site of a former shipyard would be transformed to an international center focusing on green technology and global warming under a proposal by the city and the United Nations.

New UN center proposal unveiled in SF (Channel 8 San Diego)

Associated Press - July 30, 2009 9:14 PM ET SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - The site of a former San Francisco shipyard would be transformed to an international center focusing on green technology and...

New UN center proposal unveiled in SF (San Diego Union-Tribune)

The site of a former San Francisco shipyard would be transformed to an international center focusing on green technology and global warming under a proposal by the city and the United Nations.

New UN center proposal unveiled in SF (San Diego Union-Tribune)

The site of a former San Francisco shipyard would be transformed to an international center focusing on green technology and global warming under a proposal by the city and the United Nations.

Green Business (BusinessWeek)

From catwalk stilettos to everyday sneakers, leather shoes are a little-known culprit in global warming. The reason: Brazilian cattle ranchers are feeding the world's growing appetite for hides, as well as meat, and their farming practices are the world...

Intel invests $10 million in green technology companies (InfoWorld)

Intel has invested $10 million in five companies that develop technologies to reduce electricity bills and greenhouse gas emissions in homes and data centers, the company said on Wednesday. Intel Capital, the company's investment arm, has invested in companies that develop technology to enable active monitoring of electricity usage. It has also invested in companies that enable better demand and ...

Blue Tent Marketing Accepted Into Green America’s Green Business Network (PRWeb via Yahoo! News)

Blue Tent Marketing is excited to announce its acceptance into the Green Businesses Network, certified by Green America, the nation's leading non-profit educator on socially and environmentally responsible consumption and investing.