Louisiana Doesn’t Get Energy Efficiency Incentives, After All
The Louisiana Public Service Commission has nixed plans for a statewide energy efficiency program. In December it looked as if the commission would back the idea. But since then, a member of the...
View ArticleGreen Fleet Roundup: Hyundai Fuel Cell Vehicle, Eaton, Volvo
The first Hyundai ix35 Fuel Cell vehicle has rolled off the production line at the company’s Ulsan, Korea, manufacturing facility. The ix35 is one of 17 destined for fleet customers in the cities of...
View ArticleGreen Building to Accelerate, Survey Finds
Construction companies worldwide are shifting their business toward green building, with 51 percent of respondents to a survey by research firm McGraw-Hill Construction saying they expect more than 60...
View ArticleHow to Empower Executives to Remediate Contaminated Sites
The job of a corporate remediation executive is daunting. Not only must they transform contaminated sites into safe, useable properties, they must understand the complexities of soil, water, air,...
View ArticleMost Food Companies ‘Lack Animal Welfare Policy’
The food industry is not properly managing or reporting on farm animal welfare, and a majority of global food companies have yet to even publish a formal animal welfare policy, according to a report by...
View ArticleS&P Warns of Credit Downgrade for BP, Shell, Others
Oil and gas companies including BP and Shell will likely see declines in cash flows and credit downgrades if world leaders implement policies to limit GHG emissions, according to a study by Carbon...
View ArticlePolicy & Enforcement Briefing: State Dept. on Keystone, TX Water Projects,...
The State Department issued a revised environmental impact statement for the Keystone XL pipeline, presenting no conclusive environmental reason it should not be built. But the study says that tar...
View ArticleShell Forecasts Near-Zero Global Emissions by 2100
Global energy demand could double over the next 50 years, driving innovations that will see emissions of carbon dioxide drop to near- zero by 2100, under two predictive scenarios released by oil...
View ArticleMandatory Water Recycling Proposed
The government of Maharashtra, India’s second most populous state and home to over 100 million people, is planning to make it compulsory for companies to adopt measures such as water recycling and rain...
View ArticleWalmart Expands Solar Installations in Hawaii
Walmart and SunEdison have completed new solar power installations at three Walmart stores in Kahului, Kailua-Kona and Kapolei, doubling the retailer’s number of stores in Hawaii powered by solar...
View ArticleContract Wins: Desalitech, National Parks, Chevin Fleet, Itron
Technology company Itron is to provide its automated water metering products to the Las Vegas Valley Water District and the City of San Diego’s Public Utilities Department. In Las Vegas, the contract...
View ArticleIs Your Cleaning Contractor Green?
As more and more facilities transfer from conventional to green cleaning, property owners and facility managers typically turn to their contract cleaning service for help. After all, the cleaning...
View ArticleStandards & Compliance Briefing: Climate Accounting, R2:2013 Standard, Water...
A new voluntary consensus standard for climate accounting metrics is in development under the ANSI process, and is now nearing draft publication. LEO-SCS-002 complements international standards for...
View ArticleHow Business Can Benefit from Natural Capital
EcoSystems Market Task Force, an industry-led group that includes Jaguar Land Rover, Kingfisher, Liz Earle, Unilever and United Utilities, today urged businesses to take a new approach to protect...
View ArticleIndustry Targets Zero-Waste Events by 2020
The Waste and Resources Action Programme and the UK’s £36 billion ($54.6 billion) events industry have launched an initiative with the goal of sending zero waste to landfills by 2020. The UK events...
View ArticleCoke Defeats Recycling Program
Coca-Cola, Schweppes and Lion yesterday won a court battle to defeat a 10-cent bottle refund program run by an Australian state government. The Northern Territory’s Cash for Containers program, started...
View ArticleSodexo Sustainability Report: CO2 Emissions Up 1%
Sodexo North America’s carbon dioxide emissions increased just under 1 percent year-on-year, according to the company’s latest sustainability report. In 2012, the food service and facilities management...
View ArticleGoogle Urged to Delete Ivory Ads
Google is under pressure to remove what an environmental group described as thousands of ads promoting products from endangered whale and elephant species. The Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA),...
View ArticleIntel: McCarthy ‘Understands Industry Needs’
Executives from Intel, the American Sustainable Business Council and biofuel trade association Growth Energy say Gina McCarthy will protect the environment and grow American jobs if appointed to head...
View ArticleSierra Club, EnergySage Create Online Shopping Portal for Renewables
The Massachusetts Sierra Club and Cambridge, Mass.-based EnergySage, an online marketplace for solar photovoltaic and other clean energy systems, launched a joint effort to help businesses and...
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