Obama Announces $510m for Biofuels
The Departments of Agriculture, Energy and Navy will invest up to $510 million over the next three years to produce advanced drop-in aviation and marine biofuels to power military and commercial...
View ArticleHow Connectivity Changes Cars
Gigaom Interviews Paul Mascarenas, CTO, Ford Motor Company.
View ArticlePolicy & Enforcement Briefing: Port Emissions, Lake Tahoe, PA Bans Clean...
California Attorney General Kamala D. Harris settled with seven companies operating terminals at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach over alleged diesel emission standards violations, the Los...
View ArticleAll CVS Locations Now Offer Disposal of Unwanted Medication
CVS has announced that all 7,200 of its locations now offer the Sharps Compliance Corp.’s Environmental Return System, which provides customers with the ability to safely dispose of unused medication....
View ArticleEnvironmental Software Briefing: Westin, Silver Spring, Freestyle, BuildingIQ
Telkonet Inc. has announced that it will install its EcoSmart Suite energy management platform at Cornerstone Real Estate Advisers’ Westin Alexandria Hotel (pictured). The EcoSmart platform will...
View ArticleIndustrial Distributed Power Could Grow by 85% in Five Years
The total capacity of industrial distributed generation is set to grow by at least 46 percent between 2011 and 2016, according to a report by Pike Research. The report, Industrial Distributed...
View ArticleRecycling Mining Tailings on Lake Superior
Imagine the “ideal” environmental success story. Perhaps it involves the removal of tons of solid waste from an otherwise pristine location, material that not only ruins the scenery but also...
View ArticleCowboys Home Games Go Wind-Powered
The Dallas Cowboys will buy enough renewable energy to power the stadium on game days, the team has announced. The football franchise has signed an agreement with Reliant Energy that makes the company...
View ArticleAir Products Fuels Cars with Hydrogen from Wastewater
Specialty gas company Air Products has opened a hydrogen fueling station (pictured) that draws feedstock from municipal wastewater. In addition to providing hydrogen, the process, taking place at the...
View ArticleRecycling Surveys Fail Manufacturers, Earth911 Says
Traditional surveys of recycling methods and rates around the U.S. tend to give a distorted picture to manufacturers looking to promote the recyclability of their products, according to a report by...
View ArticleNike Bows to Greenpeace, Plans to Drop Hazardous Chemicals
Sportswear giant Nike has bowed to pressure from Greenpeace and promised to eliminate all hazardous chemicals across its entire supply chain, and the entire life-cycle of its products, by 2020. Nike’s...
View Article2010 Saw Largest CO2 Rise for 22 Years
Energy-related carbon dioxide emissions rebounded in 2010 but still remained six percent below 2005 levels, according to an analysis by the Energy Information Administration. Energy-related CO2...
View ArticleBMW Factory to Use 100% On-Site Wind
Automaker BMW is to power its Leipzig, Germany, factory using wind power alone. The company plans to build four turbines at the Leipzig facility that should provide the necessary energy by 2013, the...
View ArticleUniCredit Discusses Sustainability as Core Business
Speech by UniCredit CEO Federico Ghizzoni at the 2011CSR Forum about sustainability as a core business and UniCredit Group’s aim.
View ArticlePolicy & Enforcement Briefing: Calif. Renewable Auctions, Oil Sands Protests,...
The California Public Utilities Commission has given unanimous approval to the Renewable Auction Mechanism (RAM), a program under which developers will bid on the lowest levelized cost of energy (LCOE)...
View ArticleUrban Mining: The New Frontier
In six short years, I’ve watched as the products coming into our electronics recycling business have grown to include not just computers and televisions, but now a wide range of products we never...
View ArticleImpact Everyday
This is the first in a series of articles from the winners of the 2011 Dow Sustainability Innovation Student Challenge Awards. Have you ever peered out of the cabin window of an airplane at a vast...
View ArticleVantage Data Center Wins LEED Platinum, Saves $3m a Year
Vantage Data Centers’ 60,000 square foot V3 facility in Santa Clara, Calif., has been awarded a LEED platinum rating by the U.S. Green Building Council. V3′s lighting design is a 41 percent improvement...
View ArticleUNEP: Farming Can Double Production, Protect Ecosystems
A “radical overhaul” in agriculture could double production while protecting ecosystems, according to a report released today by the United Nations Environment Program and the International Water...
View ArticleGRI Cuts Electricity, Heating; Conference Emissions Rise
The Global Reporting Initiative’s electricity and heating consumption both fell in 2009/10 while conference-related emissions rose, the organization reported in its latest sustainability report. The...
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