October 3, 2012 - The Green Living Guy

Wildlife Conservation Society Likes “Green List” Conservation Strategy Preserving Species

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NEW YORK, NY (September 27, 2012) —The IUCN World Conservation Congress has adopted a motion sponsored by the Wildlife Conservation Society and partners to create a Green List to assess conservation success. The Green List for Species would include species identified as ‘fully conserved,’ which are those that exist in ecologically significant numbers, interacting fully with other species in their ecosystems.
The motion was adopted at the World Conservation Congress, which was held this month in Jeju, Republic of Korea.

Digital graphic announcing the FTC’s proposed updates to the Green Guides, highlighting eco-marketing reform.

Green Seal Statement on FTC Guides

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Hope That Revised FTC Green Guides Can End Greenwashing and Aid Consumers Seeking Green Products – Green Seal
Green Seal Statement on Final Version of Revised FTC Green Guides Released
Washington, D.C., October 1 – Statement from Dr. Arthur Weissman, President and CEO of Green Seal.
Green Seal, Inc. (www.GreenSeal.org), is the nation’s oldest independent, non-profit environmental certification organization and the original “green seal of approval.”
“Green Seal is very pleased with the FTC’s final guides on certifications and seals of approval. There is now clear, current guidance on how to find credible certifications like Green Seal. With this new guidance, we hope that there will be enforcement to help rid the marketplace of the many less-than-credible seals and greenwashing that exists. Now purchasers can be more discriminating in the seals that they trust and reference.”

Blink Surpasses 1 Million Charge Events

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SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 3, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — ECOtality, Inc. (Nasdaq:ECTY), a leader in clean electric transportation and storage technologies, announced today it has surpassed one million EV
residential charge events on its Blink Chargers. ECOtality is the first in the industry to reach this milestone.
“Through the data recorded on Blink chargers for The EV Project, we have clearly demonstrated the viability of this marketplace and continued growth of EV’s across the nation,” said Ravi Brar, CEO of ECOtality, Inc. “Recording more than 1 million charge events is not only an iconic milestone for ECOtality, The EV Project and the industry, but is also proof that EVs are here to stay.”