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Below are more facts about the environment and energy efficiency including Truseal's weekly Green Insights newsletter with even more facts on various green inititatives and key sustainability topics impacting different industries today.

A. Green Insights: Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability Communications  A growing number of companies have started issuing Corporate Responsibility (CR) reports and engaging in sustainability communications. The number of companies doing so has grown for multiple reasons, but primarily to meet the need for company transparency and accountability. This newsletter provides examples of what companies have done to change business practices and avoid greenwashing.

B. Green Insights: Green Packaging  Packaging usually isn’t very important to consumers, but it is becoming increasingly important to many companies across multiple industries. Traditional packaging methods are high in cost and inefficient, which explains why more companies have started using recycled or recyclable packaging materials. It is financially smarter and helps the environment. This newsletter reviews regulations and the different approaches companies are taking to make packaging methods more sustainable.

C. Green Insights: Capturing a Key Greenhouse Gas  There are currently multiple experiments aimed at overcoming the issues associated with capturing greenhouse gases. An example is carbon dioxide. Capturing carbon, filtering it for pollutants and then finding a place to dispose of it doesn’t seem too hard. The fact is, such practices are difficult. This newsletter details the issues with capturing greenhouse gases and potential uses for sequestered carbon dioxide.

D. California Regulators Want Carbon Neutral Buildings  - September 18, 2007 - Regulators on Thursday proposed that all new residential housing developments in the Golden State be energy self-sufficient by 2020, and that all new commercial buildings be zero net energy" by 2030.

E. Energy Efficiency Ranks # 1 In Consumer Green Building Priorities  - October 31, 2007 - A new survey conducted for the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) confirms that a desire for greater energy efficiency drives consumers to choose a green-built home.

F. Green Demographics Research  - October 4, 2007 - According to a new report from The NPD Group, Inc., leading provider of consumer and retail information, nearly two-thirds (64%) of consumers surveyed believe it is important to purchase environmentally-friendly products for their homes.

G. EBN Green Products  

H. DOE EnergyStar Criteria Review  

I. DOE Reveals Possible Revisions to Energy Star Requirements  

J. Housing Outlook is Bleak but “Green” Days Are Ahead