Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Keystone XL, Korea ETS, Fracking Rules, Clean...
TransCanada is expected to reapply for its US permit to build the Keystone XL pipeline as soon as today, with a new route planned through Nebraska. The company has previously disclosed plans to...
View ArticleNorth America Has Capacity to Store 500 Years of CO2 Emissions
North America’s geological formations have the capacity to store 500 years of carbon dioxide emissions, according to an atlas produced by the United States, Canada and Mexico. The North American Carbon...
View ArticleDOE Guide to Help Hospitals Achieve 50% Energy Savings
LED surgery lights, HVAC systems and improved facility design, among other technologies, can cut large hospitals’ energy costs in half, according to a Department of Energy Guide. The Advanced Energy...
View ArticleFree Online Tool Helps Manufacturers Assess Sustainability Efforts
UL Environment, the environmental services unit of Underwriters Laboratories, has launched a free web-based tool to help manufacturers assess their corporate sustainability efforts. The online...
View ArticleSafeway, Whole Foods Win First ‘Good’ Greenpeace Seafood Ratings
Safeway and Whole Foods have become the first retailers ever to earn a “green”, or “good” rating for commitment to the sustainability of the seafood they sell, in Greenpeace’s annual Seafood Retailer...
View ArticleDiageo Stops Heartland Donations in Wake of Unabomber Billboard
Drink giant Diageo says it will no longer fund the Heartland Institute, a free-market think tank that denies global warming, the Guardian reports, following a controversial ad campaign by the...
View ArticleAdidas Carbon Tool Snafu Keeps Data out of Sustainability Report
Adidas missed the chance to include energy, water and carbon metrics in its 2011 sustainability report because of data deviations caused by a new environmental reporting and management tool. According...
View ArticleSustainability vs. ROI: How to Successfully Achieve Both
With the global population growing at a rate of 200,000 people a day, according to the World Bank Institute (WBI), there is an arduous strain on the world’s resources, especially food, energy and...
View ArticleFujitsu Joins Casella’s Closed Loop Recycling Program
Technology firm Fujitsu Frontech North America has joined Casella Waste Systems’ Power of Three closed loop recycling service. Power of Three is Casella’s newest service for customers aiming to create...
View ArticleEnvironmental & Energy Executive Moves: GE, First Solar, Chesapeake, ULI,...
General Electric: Sixteen-year company veteran Andy Holt has been named general manager of renewable energy services at GE Energy. Holt will lead the growing wind and solar services segment of GE’s...
View ArticlePort of Los Angeles to Pay Carriers for Using Low-Emission Ships
The Port of Los Angeles has adopted an international clean air program that will pay a monetary reward to ocean carriers for bringing their newest, most efficient and lowest emission vessels to port....
View ArticleLessons in Culture Management from Interface & Virgin Unite
Two types of memories stand out from GLOBE 2012, a renowned bi-annual Vancouver event that took place this spring: deeper connections forged with old friends and new connections established with others...
View ArticlePolicy & Enforcement Briefing: Australia Carbon Tax, Japanese Nuclear, More...
The Australian government’s preliminary list of companies facing a carbon tax included 248 names, much lower than the expected total of 500. Those on the list – primarily power generators, mining...
View ArticleUS, German Automakers Adopt Fast-Charging Standard at Odds with Nissan, Toyota
Audi, BMW, Chrysler, Daimler, Ford, General Motors, Porsche and Volkswagen have agreed to standardize a single-port fast charging approach, called DC-fast charging with a Combined Charging System, for...
View ArticleLightfair Briefing: Switch, EMerge Alliance, WAC, Lighting Science, Cirrus...
Here’s a round-up of lighting news being released as the industry gathers at the Lightfair International show in Las Vegas: Switch Lighting has announced the availability of its family of LED A-lamps....
View ArticlePolicy & Enforcement Briefing: Production Tax Credit, Light Bulbs, Buffett on...
President Barack Obama urged Congress to extend the Production Tax Credit and expand the 30 percent tax credit to investments in clean energy manufacturing, known as the 48C Advanced Energy...
View ArticleA Papermaker’s Perspective on Sustainable Forestry
There is not a single matter related to papermaking that touches each of us as personally and emotionally as forestry. Simply put, people love trees. Some people envision responsible paper manufacturer...
View ArticleFleet Briefing: Toyota, Siemens, Coda, ABB, VW’s Car of the Future
Here’s the latest alternative fuel and energy-efficient vehicle news affecting environmental and energy executives. Siemens has announced plans for the eHighway of the Future—the electrification of...
View ArticleAEP Sustainability Report: Carbon Emissions Rise 1.5%, Revenues up 4.8%
American Electric Power’s total CO2 emissions rose just shy of 1.5 percent from 2010 to 2011, while revenues rose 4.8 percent over that time period, according to the company’s 2012 combined annual...
View ArticleFive Denihan Hotels Install EcoSmart EMS
The Benjamin (pictured) and five other Manhattan boutique hotels can expect upwards of 30 percent energy savings by using Telkonet’s EcoSmart energy management platform, according to the technology...
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