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1.05.2009 - 08:51am ET » read more

Environmental and energy groups, including the association that represents almost 70 percent of the country's utilities, are urging swift passage of a stimulus package that includes provisions for energy efficiency programs that they say would help jumpstart an economic recovery through the creation of green jobs.

The groups made groups made their pitch to Congress before year's end as talks accelerated about the stimulus package being crafted by the incoming administration. » read more

Air New Zealand has completed a test flight partially using jatropha-based fuel, another experiment on the path to cleaning up the emissions and impact of flying.

The airliner sent a 747 on a two-hour flight Dec. 29 from and to Auckland International Airport. One of its four engines was filled with a 50-50 blend of fuel based on the jatropha plant and conventional jet fuel. » read more

Xcel Energy, Colorado's largest utility company, has mapped out an ambitious energy efficiency plan for 2009 that the firm says would save an amount of power equivalent to that generated by a new unit at a coal-fired plant.

The utility company spent $20 million in 2008 on energy efficiency. It expects to spend $63 million this year and $80 million in 2010 on programs that are geared to reducing energy demands by business and residential customers. » read more

Ball Memorial Hospital will plant a 30,000-square-foot green roof on its new $87 million extension called South Tower.

The roof, expected to be installed in spring, will be the second in Muncie. The first, installed in September, sits atop an arm of an arbor flanking the main building of the Minnetrista Cultural Center.

A contractor has not yet been selected for hospital project, but the new roof is expected to help reduce the hospital's energy expenses for the tower by 10 to 15 percent and has a projected cost of $400,000 to $550,000 dollars, according to The Star Press. » read more

The Indiana Department of Environmental Management has suspended six state-funded grant and loan programs for recycling and pollution prevention programs.

Putting the programs for businesses and local governments on hold will save about $2 million, and the department expects to hold off on the grants and loans for 18-30 months.

The department said the loans and grants require recipients to put up matching funds, which might not be feasible in the current economy. Programs already in place should not be affected, the department said. » read more

One of the world's largest reinsurers is calling for an international treaty to address climate change or face growing insurance losses from weather-related natural catastrophes.

Munich Re urged world leaders last week to reach a post-Kyoto successor at the next climate summit in Copenhagen in late 2009. Failing to do so will likely cause more financial and human losses; 2008 was the third most expensive on record, behind 2005 and 1995. » read more

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In a year when the economy was all the business world could talk about, our readers dug in deep to stories about creating change, overhauling the ways business gets done, and yes, how going green can save big money.

On a daily basis, we covered news about innovations, commitments and the thousands of small achievements that lead to big impacts from companies around the world. » read more

The drive to create communities that balance environmental, economic and social responsibilities through planned development is growing as shown by projects in Texas, Georgia and Tennessee.

In Dallas, the Urban Re:Vision project and others convened a design charrette earlier this month as part of a campaign to create what organizers say will be the first fully sustainable, urban square block in the U.S. » read more

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In December 2008, GreenBiz.com Executive Editor Joel Makower talked with IBM Corporation's Rich Lechner, Vice President of Energy & Environment, and John Kennedy, Vice President of Integrated Marketing Communications, about the company's "Smarter Planet" advertising campaign. (See related blog post.)

Following is the transcript of the interview, edited for clarity.

Joel Makower: We all see so many corporate ad campaigns. And I've always been curious about how these come about and the thinking behind them. » read more

New e-waste recycling laws passed in Oregon and Washington take effect on New Year's Day, requiring electronics manufacturers to recycled old hardware, and promising to spur the growth of responsible e-waste disposal.

The laws, which passed in mid-2007 in Oregon and in 2006 in Washington, require manufacturers to pay for the recycling of their electronics products sold in each state, and is expected to collect as much as 12 million pounds of electronics in Oregon and about 25 million in Washington in the first year alone. » read more

Twenty projects throughout California will receive a total of $20 million to improve the collection of recyclables, provide cleaner recyclable material, create new jobs and increase the amount of products with recycled content. » read more

Over at GreenTech Media, Michael Kanellos has posted a great roundup of some of the cutting edge technologies he saw at the CEATEC expo in Japan.

Kanellos writes that, after decades of pioneering not just electronics in general but also energy-efficient technologies, some of the country's -- and the world's -- biggest tech companies are setting their sites on green IT. » read more

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Research released by the National Restaurant Association shows that Americans are looking for healthier options and "greener" restaurants when they dine out, in addition to an increased interest in value and convenience. » read more