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In a Time of Cutbacks, Organic Chocolate Maker Looks to Expand - 2009-11-16
Consumers are supposed to be cutting back on luxury as the world claws its way out of recession — but try telling that to fans of Green & Black’s, the British organic chocolate maker

GE Moves Smart Appliance Testing to Masdar City - 2009-10-08
Green Chip Living Editor Brigid Darragh talks about General Electric's plans to test new 'smart' appliances in the to-be cleanest, greenest city in the world.

L Prize Competition Sparks Efficient Bulb Building - 2009-10-02
Contributing Editor Brigid Darragh talks about a competition sponsored by the Department of Energy in search of the next model of energy efficient light bulbs.

Schwarzenegger launches nation's largest state-sponsored green-job training program - 2009-08-31
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Monday announced the creation of the Clean Energy Workforce Training Program, the nation’s largest state-sponsored green jobs training program.

Preventing Greenwashing, One Company at a Time - 2009-08-13
With the rise of environmental awareness among businesses and shoppers alike comes a rise of greenwashing -- intentional or not. In the U.K., complaints about greenwashing have been rapidly climbing for some time, and one study found that almost all companies had committed at least one of the seven sins of greenwashing.

Ted Turner Dishes on the Green Restaurant Revolution - 2009-05-27
The annual conference of the National Restaurant Association, called the NRA Show, got a celebrity boost from Ted Turner last week in Chicago, where the CNN founder and America's Cup champion sailor was the headliner for a session on green restaurants.

Green Product Trends: More Launches, More Sales - 2009-04-24
Research ranging from product launches to retail sales shows that green products are staying strong, with long-time green companies like Seventh Generation seeing strong sales and mainstream companies launching more green lines, AdAge reports.

Ireland's ESB Sees 3,700 Jobs From Green Investment - 2009-04-17
Ireland's Electricity Supply Board (ESB) expects private industry to create 3,700 jobs over the next five years, largely on the back of investments in green energy, the utility group said on Thursday.

Eliminate Newspapers, Save the Planet? - 2009-04-14
"Marriott, the hotel group, announced on Monday that it no longer will automatically deliver newspapers to guests..."

European Investment Bank Approves €866M in Loans for Cleaner Cars; Majority to Nissan and Jaguar - 2009-04-13
The European Investment Bank Board of Directors last week approved loans worth a total of €866 million (US$1.14 billion) to European-based car makers to help design and build cleaner cars with lower CO2 emissions. The loans include €400 million to Nissan’s European operations to develop and build more fuel-efficient vehicles in the United Kingdom and Spain, and €366 million to Jaguar Land Rover to help cut vehicle emissions.

A123Systems Raises $69 Million in New Round of Private Financing - 2009-04-13
A123Systems has raised $69 million from GE and other investors to accelerate the expansion of its US lithium-ion battery manufacturing and smart grid capabilities. The capital will help support the expansion of A123’s facilities in Hopkinton, MA, and Novi, MI, as well as build planned new factories in Michigan. The funding will also support A123’s efforts to develop applications for the smart grid, such as utility-scale energy storage.

FedEx Express Road Test of Iveco Hybrid Van Shows Fuel Savings of More Than 25 Percent - 2009-04-09
FedEx Express and commercial truck-maker Iveco say their road test of 10 hybrid vans in Italy has shown a 26.5 percent drop in fuel consumption and a reduction of 7.5 tons in CO2 emissions in six months of testing.