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Toys R Us Includes Environmental Features in 44 Stores

Toys R Us has announced that 21 new stores and 23 remodeled locations, all opening this year, will boast a range of environmental features. The world’s leading dedicated toy and children’s products...

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GM to Bypass Solvent Use; Dow Upcycles Tires

General Motors is introducing a flame treatment technology that lets paint stick to plastic vehicle parts, such as instrument and door panels, without using primers that contain solvents and can foul...

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AmeriPride Chooses JouleX for IT Efficiency

AmeriPride Services, one of the five largest uniform rental and linen supply companies in North America, is implementing a JouleX platform to improve IT energy efficiency and reduce power consumption....

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GE Bundles EV Tech with Hertz Cars, Forms CHP Venture

Hertz and GE Industrial Solutions China have announced a partnership aimed at renting electric vehicles to multinational companies and government agencies in China. In the agreement, the companies have...

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Tallahassee Airport Tarmac Resurfacing Targets Sustainability

This video was produced by WCOT to highlight the sustainability practices that the Tallahassee airport employed to re-surface their tarmac.

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Achieving Water Conservation: Dilution Isn’t the Solution!

To conserve and better manage their water use, more and more businesses are opting for closed water systems, where every drop of water taken is reused internally. Closing their water system to reduce...

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R&D Briefing: GE, New Energy Technologies and Aquatech

GE has launched its 1-megawatt Waukesha APG1000 gas engine (pictured), which can utilize a broader variety of biogases, including those from landfills, wastewater treatment plants and agricultural...

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Compliance & Standards Briefing: Formaldehyde-Free Label, LEED Lawsuits, RoHS

The GREENGUARD Environmental Institute yesterday announced a new “formaldehyde free” verification service for manufacturers. The institute said consumers’ growing concern about the health effects of...

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The Energy Storage Hand Gets More Interesting

The cards dealt to the energy storage industry are looking better now than in the past.  Here are three of them, all played because of the growing presence of Smart Grid technologies that enable...

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Carbon Capture Facility Breaks Ground in Illinois

Construction activities have begun at an Archer Daniels Midland Company ethanol plant that will be able to capture and store 1 million tons of carbon dioxide a year. The project, sponsored by the U.S....

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Nestle Discusses Water and Food Security

Peter Brabeck-Lemathe, chairman of the Nestlé Group, speaks on water and food security in the urban context at World Water Week in Stockholm. Yesterday at the conference, Nestlé received the Stockholm...

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Water Week News: Global Water Tool, Paper’s Footprint, UNEP Warning

Here are the top stories to emerge so far from World Water Week in Stockholm. The World Business Council for Sustainable Development has released two sector-specific versions of its Global Water Tool....

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Sail Venture Partners’ Walter Schindler Discusses Sustainability

Walter Schindler, managing director of Sail Venture Partners discusses sustainability.

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Renewables Briefing: Fresh & Easy, Envision Solar, Nexamp, Magic Hat

Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Market and REC Solar, a provider of home and commercial solar electric systems, have unveiled 11 rooftop solar installations in Phoenix and Los Angeles. The systems will...

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GM and LG to Design Electric Vehicles Together

GM and electronics manufacturer LG are to design and engineer electric vehicles together. The automaker say that the agreement will help it expand the variety of EVs it makes, by using LG’s proven...

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Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Raw Material Reporting, XL Go-Ahead,...

The EPA on Thursday said it would delay reporting rules that will require manufacturers and power plants to submit information on the raw materials they use that lead to greenhouse-gas emissions,...

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UPS, AT&T Announce Green Fleet Additions

UPS is purchasing 100 fully electric commercial delivery vehicles from Electric Vehicles International. The class 6 walk-in delivery trucks with a 90-mile range (pictured) will be placed in service...

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HP Helps Biggest State Water System Cut 440 Servers

The California Department of Water Resources (DWR) has replaced its Sun and Dell servers with HP’s Converged Infrastructure, cutting energy use and costs. HP says that with its BladeSystem technology,...

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Water Quality Cap-and-Trade Wins USDA Funds

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has awarded $1 million to an industry-led cap and trade system for water quality. The Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) will use the Conservation Innovation...

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ConAgra Sued Over ‘Natural’ Claims

A law firm is inviting consumers to submit claims against companies using the term “natural” on their foods, as the attorneys pursue a class-action lawsuit against ConAgra. Milberg LLP filed suit...

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