Oklahoma, Dish Add Over 400 Alt-Fuel Trucks
The Oklahoma Department of Transportation and satellite television provider Dish have begun taking delivery of large orders of trucks powered by compressed natural gas and propane. ODOT is to receive...
View ArticlePolicy & Enforcement Briefing: Congo Drilling, Keystone XL Hearing, Japan...
The government of Democratic Republic of Congo has drafted a bill that could allow oil companies to drill inside its national parks. Soco International and Total hold exploration licenses that overlap...
View ArticleInvestors Demand Climate Action, Product Stewardship
Investors have filed 365 shareholder resolutions this year on environmental and social issues, with 38 percent of the proposals focusing on climate change, energy and corporate sustainability...
View ArticleHow To Align Profit and Sustainability
Johnson & Johnson has set up a fund for greenhouse gas reduction projects like chiller optimization and solar PV installations — just one example of how companies are allocating capital for...
View ArticleOnly 1 in 8 Insurers Has Climate Plan
Just one-eighth of US insurers surveyed by sustainability leadership advocate Ceres have comprehensive climate change strategies. The Ceres report, Insurer Climate Risk Disclosure Survey: 2012 Findings...
View ArticleSprint Beats Rivals on Green Initiatives
Sprint has carried out more green initiatives than any competing mobile operator in the United States, according to Frost & Sullivan, which awarded the company its 2012 North American Award for...
View ArticleWalgreens Builds Net Zero Energy Store
Walgreens plans to build what it believes will be the nation’s first net zero energy retail store, producing energy equal to or greater than it consumes. Walgreens plans to achieve that by utilizing...
View ArticleChargePoint, Ecotality Form EV Interoperability Company
Electric vehicle charging companies ChargePoint and Ecotality have formed a new company, Collaboratev, that they say will make it easier for drivers to access EV charging stations on any network....
View ArticlePolicy & Enforcement Briefing: SEC Rules, Wisconsin Mining Permit, Offshore...
The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia has barred Oxfam America from taking part in oral arguments over SEC rules that force oil and mining companies to disclose payments to foreign...
View ArticleBNSF to Trial LNG Locomotives
BNSF will begin testing a small number of locomotives using liquefied natural gas as an alternative fuel later this year. The railroad has been working with two principal locomotive manufacturers, GE...
View ArticleMore Shoppers Demand Sourcing Info
Consumers have moved past ingredient lists and are now focused on seeking out non-genetically modified and sustainable “farm to table” products that can be traced back to local and regional farmers and...
View ArticleSustainability, Recycling Are in Our Culture
Every day, thousands of Ontario consumers play a major role in Canada’s largest beverage container recycling program, ensuring that glass bottles are re-used and millions of cans and other bottles are...
View ArticleMitsubishi, Applied Materials Dropped From FTSE4Good; Salesforce.com Added
Mitsubishi Corp., Swiss-based healthcare equipment provider Nobel Biocare and US semiconductor makers Applied Materials and Micron Technology have been dropped from the FTSE4Good Index for failing to...
View ArticleTD Bank Normalized Emissions Increase 7.5%
TD Bank increased its normalized carbon emissions 7.5 percent year-on-year, according to the company’s latest sustainability report. In 2010, the bank produced 2.92 metric tons of carbon dioxide...
View ArticleEnergy Optimization from the Boiler Room to the Board Room
Join ConEdison Solutions, DN Tanks, Haynes and Boone, LLP and Energy Manager Today for an energy management webinar on Wednesday, March 20, 2013, at 11 a.m. PST/2 p.m. EST. Today’s energy managers have...
View ArticleGM to Cut Vehicle Weight ‘Up to 15%’ by 2017
General Motors will save 12 billion gallons of fuel over the life of the vehicles it builds between 2011 and 2017 by reducing vehicle weight by up to 15 percent, along with other fuel efficiency...
View ArticleEbay Dashboard Links Business, Energy Use
Ebay has posted a Digital Service Efficiency (DSE) dashboard online that shows the full cost, performance and environmental impact of its customer buy and sell transactions — and it’s hoping other data...
View ArticleEnvironmental Executive Moves: Ingenium, Haley & Aldrich, Element Partners
Here’s the latest news on hirings, promotions and departures among environmental leaders. Ingenium: The environmental services company has named Heather Dody executive director. Previously director of...
View ArticleSay Yes to Green Cleaning—as Long as It Is Effective Cleaning
Green cleaning has been one of the most significant developments to hit the professional cleaning industry in years. However, even longtime advocates of environmentally responsible cleaning products...
View ArticleWastewater Could Be Used in Cellulosic Ethanol Production
Treated wastewater effluent could be a viable alternative to potable freshwater for cellulosic ethanol production, according to a study by the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. The study, “Use...
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