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Greenwashing, the term used when a company misleads a consumer regarding its environmental practices, can make it difficult for the average eco-newbie to know what's truly best for Mother Earth.

Witnesses at the hearing note that global demand for alternative energy systems is on the rise, and that if American firms can meet the needs of the international market, the U.S. economy stands to reap trillions of dollars in export revenue. At home, meanwhile, the continued expansion of green firms has led to lower costs for consumers.

The growing gasoline giveaway marketing craze is truly crazy, encouraging consumers to continue to drive inefficient vehicles rather than changing their behavior.

When you talk to allot of consumers about organic and all natural ingredients, many are still skeptic if what they are buying is actually all natural or organic. Its a serious problem in today’s market because until consumers can really trust companies and what they are being told, moving towards a more eco-friendly/responsible society is going to take longer than we would like it to.

A new study set out to gain an in-depth understanding of people's relationship to being green. They found that more than 84% believe "it is a moral obligation" to care for the environment and 86 percent already participate in at least one green activity. The research also found that a main barrier to doing more "green" actions is people's trepidation that such activities may associate them with extreme political or environmental viewpoints.

Guy Caruso, Administrator at DOE's Energy Information Administration, said average household energy costs will increase 11% over the 2007-08 winter months. Speaking at an Energy Newsmaker hosted by the United States Energy Association and cosponsored by BP America and PricewaterhouseCoopers and available exclusively on Energypolicytv.com, Caruso said home heating oil prices will average $3.05 this winter, up significantly from last winter.

The Subcommittee on Research and Science Education of the Committee on Science and Technology holds a hearing to review the need and motivation for research on the environmental, health and safety (EHS) aspects of nanotechnology, determine the current state of planning and implementation of EHS research under the National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI), and explore whether changes are needed to the current mechanisms for planning and implementing EHS research.

My home is infested with phantoms and vampires! Yours most likely is, too. They suck electricity right from your outlets 24 hours a day, seven days a week and waste it, turning it very inefficiently into heat.

Randy Roberts, Director of Government Relations, Publix Supermarkets, Inc. Roberts describes the green and sustainable business practices, and its energy-savings programs.

Panelists outline proposals from the Center on Budget & Policy Priorities designed at directing a percentage of allowances from a carbon cap-and-trade toward low-income Americans to hold them harmless from increased costs associated with climate change solutions.

Richard Ellis, Head of Corporate Responsibility for the health and beauty group Alliance Boots, discusses how consumers are demanding environmentally responsible products and services from businesses at the International Visual Communications Association (IVCA) Clarion Awards 2007.

Jamshyd Godrej, Chairman and Managing Director, Godrej & Boyce Manufacturing Co., explains that the Indian government and private industry must utilitize sustainable development, efficient water use, and green building to further the country's economy and turn the impoverished population into consumers.

Horizon and Millennium have teamed up to develop a hydrogen fuel cell with zero emissions to provide emergency backup power to first responders and consumers in blackouts and other emergencies.

The Subcommittee on Research and Science Education of the House Committee on Science and Technology holds a hearing to examine how research in the social sciences, including the behavioral and economic sciences, contributes to the design, implementation and evaluation of effective policies for energy conservation and efficiency.

This seminar explores perspectives on how to minimize the environmental risks that new nanotechnologies may hold while still reaping the rewards of their development.

James Murdoch, CEO, British Sky Broadcasting, describes an effort by British Sky Broadcasting to distribute energy-efficient lightbulbs free of charge to its customers to cut carbon emissions.

Other factors, including the price of gasoline, are to blame -- more than the demand for corn for ethanol -- for rising food prices.

The Chairman, President and CEO of the largest coal-burning utility in the United States, Michael Morris discusses the use of coal and clean coal technologies relative to greenhouse gas emissions and climate change. Morris also discusses the coming legislative outlook and the future of nuclear energy in this United States Energy Association Newsmaker moderated by Grant Stockdale.

As the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently stated, nanotechnology has evolved from a futuristic idea to watch to a current issue to address. And for this new technology’s enormous potential to improve everyone’s life to be realized, nanotechnology must be subject to an adequate oversight system—a system designed to identify and minimize any adverse effects of nano materials and products on health or the
environment.

Senator Grassley says ethanol is not to blame for a rise in popcorn prices.