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The unfulfilled dietary needs of vegetarian lovers were what prompted Lee to established May Wah as a specialty store in 1995. Customers are increasingly enlightened to the high quality in terms of nutrition and taste from the products. ...

You don't have to be vegan to love vegan food, as evidenced by the popularity of Real Food Daily. The Santa Monica branch of RFD's even taken over the space next door (I think it used to be a Chinese

DETROIT -- A change in focus will hopefully evolve business for Detroit Evolution Laboratory as owners Gregg Newsom and Angela Kasmala in April stopped offering one of their most popular services -- vegan

Natalie Portman's line of vegan footwear debuted in January of this year, but the spring line was recently released, and this Harvard graduate has designed sexy and fun styles to wear to work, to play, or

For anyone interested in music, particulary classical music and/or jazz - with just a little into rock - there is now a new index to the history of music and vegetarianism. This currently does not include anyone born after 1950, it is about history,

VEGAN COMBINES LOVE OF FOOD AND ANIMALS ... Patrick Hogan thought he could change the culture at search engine giant Google when he took a job there two years ago - the food culture, at least.

Gwyneth Paltrow, other celebs order from Bethlehem shop ... Danielle Konya and her small but dedicated staff at Vegan Treats in Bethlehem are working at a quick, steady pace in the tight confines of the bakery's kitchen...

WASHINGTON: One way to beat the worldwide grain shortage is for meat-eaters to turn vegetarian, and the movement should start with US President George Bush, the Indian affiliate of the animal rights organization PETA has said.

Can online ***** and vegan strip clubs save the rainforest? The erotic industry believes there's a market for idealists who want to hug more than just trees.

Hip sandals, slingbacks, pumps and messenger bags are in for spring, and are included in Vegetarian Shoes and Bags’ fashionable spring line announced this week.The company, located in Tarzana, California, offers convenient online shopping that welcomes consumers to “fear-free browsing.” Consumers can find shoe styles and bags for men and women to fit every outfit and fashion need, all of which are guaranteed to be completely cruelty-free. Their extensive product line features such name brands as Ecolution, Earth, Simple. CL by Laundry and more. All products at Vegetarian Shoes and Bags are made from faux leather, faux suede or fabric, allowing consumers to shop compassionately, while being confident that all materials are free of animal products.

John F. Brock, president and chief executive officer of Coca-Cola Enterprises (NYSE: CCE), joined Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg to announce that the company is undertaking energy saving measures in New York, including introducing the five hybrid-electric trucks to their distribution center in the Bronx. Currently, the Bronx sales center has 90 trucks servicing 8,700 customers in Manhattan and the Bronx, delivering more than 8 million cases of product annually. The hybrid-electric trucks use 32 percent less fuel than standard trucks and use technology to eliminate emissions when they're idling or in traffic.

Citigroup plans to build a $232 million LEED-certified data center in Frankfurt, Greener Computing reports. The data center, which the company said would cost no more to build than a traditional facility, will go online in March 2008.Citigroup estimates that the facility will save 11,000 tons of carbon dioxide emissions and cut energy use at the site by 75 percent.

A new study has found that technology leads to a dramatic increase in energy efficiency and is actually a net saver of energy by a 10:1 ratio across the economy.The American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy found a direct correlation between gains in energy productivity and investments in information and communications technology.

After years in development, Rare Natural Care, Inc. announces RARE2B®, a new skincare line that is 100 percent vegan, organic, vegetal and natural and made from non-GMO sources.The products include special ingredients like seaweed, olive oil and passion fruit seed oil that nurture and nourish the skin

An Airbus A380 aircraft has successfully completed the world’s first ever flight by a commercial aircraft using a liquid fuel processed from gas (Gas to Liquids - GTL) in the first stage of a test flight program to evaluate the environmental impact of alternative fuels in the airline market. The flight from Filton, UK to Toulouse, France, lasted three hours.

Coca-Cola’s second largest bottler, Coca-Cola Hellenic Bottling Company, has reached an agreement with ContourGlobal to build 15 new combined heat and power plants by the end of 2009. They will be built at facilities in Austria, Czech Republic, Greece, Northern Ireland, Poland, Slovakia, Nigeria, Serbia and the Ukraine. Italy, Russia and Romania will each have two facilities built. Coca-Cola said each plant will reduce CO2 emissions by at least 40 percent.

Xerox is filling more than 20 miles of pipe and stainless steel tanks with billions of micron-sized toner particles with the opening of its first U.S.-based emulsion aggregation Toner plant. The new $60 million, 100,000 square-foot plant located near Rochester, N.Y., will be staffed by more than 40 chemical engineers and increases Xerox’s capacity for toner made by the EA process by 175 percent.Xerox says EA Toner is significantly more environmentally friendly than other toner.

While large corporations get most of the headlines on green initiatives, many U.S. small businesses are also cutting energy costs making green choices, USA Today reports. Harbec Plastics, for example, uses wind and natural gas turbines, a state-of-the-art water-cooling system, hybrid cars and trucks and fluorescent lights which have saved $1.2 million and cut CO2 emissions by 750,000 pounds.

U.S. demand for advanced lighting products is forecast to rise nearly 14 percent per year through 2011, reaching $4.4 billion, according to Advanced Lighting, a new study from The Freedonia Group. Gains will be fueled by consumer desires for more energy efficient lighting, which will boost demand for compact fluorescent lamps. By 2011, CFLs are expected to replace incandescents as the dominant choice in residential building applications.

United States Steel Corporation is considering a $1 billion capital investment program at its Clairton plant coke making operation near Pittsburgh to boost the company’s environmental performance. The program, which would take place over a period of years, involves the construction of two new technologically and environmentally advanced coke batteries and a cogeneration facility, along with environmentally focused rehabilitation of several existing coke batteries.