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26. January 2010

5 Greenest Companies of 2009

As one of the world’s largest media conglomerates and leading electronics manufacturers, Sony is in a position where its policies and strategies affect millions of consumers and employees and the environment in which it operates. According to Emily Young, General Manager, Environmental Communications at Sony Europe, Sony is committed to reducing the environmental impact of its products, aiming for their ecofriendly lifecycle and reducing the company’s carbon footprint.

27. October 2009

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Black Gold Still Rules in Pipelineistan

The bottom line on the Iraq and AfPAK wars, and the American fixation on Iran, is oil. Obscene amounts of money, civilian lives and American integrity continue to be wasted on attempts to secure control over Central Asian energy resources, and the pipeline network that must be built to get this Black Gold to market.

26. October 2009

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Former War Zones Too Dangerous to Enter

When the smoke clears and the last shells have fallen, some war zones will retain painful reminders of former unpleasantries. Uncleared and unmapped, it's safe to say minefields present an extremely unpredictable and deadly danger to civilians, often long after the conflict in which they were used in has come to a close. Here are some of the deadliest places to go walking unescorted...

24. September 2009

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Join Us for Global Climate Week

The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) launched the first-ever Global Climate Week on September 19th. From September 21-25, 100 cities around the world, including New York, Copenhagen, Hamburg, Mexico City and Nairobi, will take part together with corporations, communities and individuals. The goal is for people around the world to get their activist shoes on and to encourage their leaders to seek an effective climate agreement.

20. May 2009

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The Future of Asymmetric Warfare

The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Program has several important international partners. Despite design problems with stealth capability, the production of battle-ready aircraft has begun. Israel, Turkey, Italy and Australia have made the largest purchase commitment at this time. Find out more, in the final part of Environmental Graffiti's three-article series taking an in-depth look at everything you needed to know about the Joint Strike Fighter Program.

18. May 2009

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Russia Responds to the Joint Strike Fighter Program

For anyone who's into fighter jets, this article will be a treat as it compares the latest, greatest and costliest in aviation research and development. Presented here are Sweden's Griffin, the EU's Typhoon and two extraordinary fighters from Russia. One thing is sure: the Joint Strike Fighter Program (F-35) of the United States and several allied nations has competition. Buckle up for our supersonic tour.

13. May 2009

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The One Trillion Dollar Fighter Program

Contrary to first reports, valuable and highly classified data on the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Program was not stolen in April, 2009. Which raises the question: what kind of jet fighter do we get for USD One Trillion? Environmental Graffiti reveals all, in the first of a three-article series taking an in-depth look at everything you needed to know about the Joint Strike Fighter Program.

9. January 2009

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What The Neocons Think About Sustainable Energy

Some skepticism is good, and I am am certainly not suggesting that the government should always be trusted. But conspiracy theories tend to fall under two categories; "plausible" and "WTF?" Some people are incapable of dicerning between the two. According to the winter '08 issue of the Intelligence Report, there was no shortage of the latter kind of conspiracy theory going around at the Ninth Annual Freedom 21 conference.

21. November 2008

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What Does Sustainability Mean to You?

This week, leading professional and corporate consultancy Spada released new research on environmental reporting that shows FTSE100 companies are more than vague when using environmental terms and concepts. Only two of 79 leading corporate organizations were able to define what they meant by sustainability – BP and British American Tobacco.

20. October 2008

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Exelon to Aquire NRG for $6.2 Billion

Power generation giant, NRG Inc has just confirmed they received a tempting proposal from the largest nuclear energy company in the US, Exelon Corporation. Exelon have offered $6.2 billion to acquire all NRG Energy’s outstanding shares following the dismal performance of stock process recently. New Jersey-based NRG has lost half of its market value in two months.