Enphase Energy, Kior added to Nasdaq Clean Edge Green Energy Index
Enphase Energy and biofuels company Kior have been added to the Nasdaq Clean Edge Green Energy Index, while 14 companies including Suntech Power Holdings, FuelCell Energy, Echelon Corporation and LDK...
View ArticlePolicy & Enforcement Briefing: House Coal Bill, EU-China ETS, NY Fracking,...
The House will vote today on GOP legislation to roll back or prevent White House policies that Republicans call anti-coal. The bill would scuttle federal climate change regulations and rules to limit...
View ArticleEPA Honors SC Johnson, Diversey in Clean Air Excellence Awards
Diversey’s ReNew Air Scrubber technology and SC Johnson’s sustainability program are among the winners announced in the EPA’s Clean Air Excellence Awards. The Air Scrubber, which is a pollution control...
View ArticleEnergy Generation’s Water Demands a Huge ‘Hidden Cost’
Huge demands on increasingly scarce water are a major hidden cost of a “business as usual” approach to American electricity generation that needs to be more fully understood by policymakers and the...
View ArticleBusiness Groups Protest California’s Impending Cap-and-Trade Market
Industry groups as well as executives and workers from refineries and factories demanded the California Air Resources Board make changes to the state’s impending cap-and-trade carbon market, arguing...
View ArticleHilton Reaches 20% Waste Reduction Goal
Hilton Worldwide has achieved its five-year goal to reduce total waste output by 20 percent over 2008 levels, two years ahead of schedule, according to figures from its Lightstay sustainability...
View ArticleBest Buy, LG, Panasonic Join EPA Electronics Recycling Challenge
Best Buy, LG Electronics, Panasonic, Samsung, Sharp, Sprint and Staples have joined the EPA’s Sustainable Materials Management Electronics Challenge, committing to send 100 percent of the used...
View ArticleBayer, Lockheed Martin Commit to Cut Energy, Water 20% in Two Years
Bayer, Integral Group, Lockheed Martin, Method and three other companies have committed to the US Green Building Council’s California Best Buildings Challenge, agreeing to reduce energy, water and...
View ArticleLucid, HonestBuildings.com Provide Real-Time Energy Usage for ‘Thousands of...
Cleantech software company Lucid and HonestBuildings.com have partnered to provide real-time energy usage for thousands of commercial buildings across the US. This allows anyone to type in an address...
View ArticleNew York Establishes Solar PV Initiative
Last month, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed a series of bills jump starting a new program to bring more solar power to New York, called the NY-Sun Initiative. Managed by the New York State Energy...
View ArticlePolicy & Enforcement Briefing: EU Aviation, ‘Stop the War on Coal,’ Drought...
The Senate unanimously passed a bill Saturday that would shield US airlines from paying for their carbon emissions on European flights on the EU ETS. The House passed a similar measure, and could work...
View ArticleSolar Roundup: IKEA, SunPower, D.C.’s Largest PV Array
Ikea installed a 1.6 MW solar energy system on the rooftop of its central Texas store in Round Rock, its 33rd rooftop PV project in the US. The 273,700-square-foot PV array is built with 6,664 panels,...
View ArticleSmart Grid Data Analytics Spending to Total ‘More Than $34bn Through 2020′
The worldwide market for smart grid data analytics will grow steadily through 2020, with cumulative worldwide spending from 2012 through 2020 totaling just over $34 billion, according to a report from...
View ArticleAlcoa Investing $2m to Increase US Recycling Rate
Aluminum producer Alcoa and the Alcoa Foundation will invest $2 million to help fund a national initiative with Keep America Beautiful aimed at increasing the US recycling rate of aluminum, plastic,...
View ArticleUSPS Expands Electronics Buyback Program to 3,100 Locations
The US Postal Service has expanded the availability of a recycling program that pays cash for cellphones, cameras and other small electronic devices, to 3,100 retail locations. The program ships...
View ArticleJohnson & Johnson, Starbucks, 17 Other Companies Tell Congress to Extend Wind...
Starbucks, Johnson & Johnson, Sprint and 16 other companies have sent a letter to Congress, urging elected officials to extend the wind production tax credit (PTC) before it expires at the end of...
View ArticlePG&E Sustainability Report: Plant CO2 Emissions Up 31%
Power plants operated by Pacific Gas & Electric increased their absolute carbon emissions almost 31 percent year-on-year in 2011, according to the company’s latest sustainability report. In 2010,...
View ArticleEL Accepts Submissions for Environmental & Energy Tech Reviews; Judges Come...
Environmental Leader has launched the Environmental Leader Technology Reviews, a program that recognizes excellence in products and services that provide companies with energy and environmental...
View ArticleReport: NASA, DOD, GSA Use Information Tech to Cut Energy Use
NASA, the General Services Administration, the Department of Defense and the Smithsonian Institution have all used information and communications technologies to reduce energy consumption and emissions...
View ArticleAT&T and RMI Developing Energy Strategy for 65,000 Buildings
Rocky Mountain Institute and AT&T are working together to improve energy efficiency across the company’s 65,000 facilities in over 60 countries, and share the results with others, as part of the...
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