Wal-Mart Says Switch to LEDs Could Net 66% Energy Savings
Wal-Mart is outfitting low- and medium-temperature refrigerated display cases in over 500 U.S. stores with GE LEDs from GELcore, a GE Consumer & Industrial business. In stores where the LEDs will...
View ArticleBP Plans $70 Million Expansion
BP Solar is planning a $70 million expansion project at its North American headquarters in Frederick, MD. The expansion will nearly double the facility’s current casting and sizing capacity to...
View ArticleRetailers Offer Customers ‘Carbonfree’ Shipping Option
Four retailers, BetterWorld.com, Evogear.com, 3r Living, and Alonovo.com, are using a new program from Carbonfree.org and Carnegie Mellon University’s Green Design Institute that offsets...
View ArticleDuPont Wins Government Procurement Green Contractor Award
DuPont has won the Coalition for Government Procurement’s Green Contractor Award, given annually to the government contractor that has made the strongest overall commitment to the environment by either...
View ArticleGEMI and BSR Release Sustainability Survey
Results of a new survey of sustainability business professionals show that corporate social responsibility (CSR) has a high profile inside their companies. Seventy-two percent of the survey responders...
View ArticleCompanies Pay $20 Billion for Pollution Control Equipment
The EPA has obtained commitments from industry, governments and other regulated entities to reduce pollution by nearly 900 million pounds in fiscal year 2006. Today’s report reflects a sustained...
View ArticleHP Releases Energy-Efficient Business PCs
HP has released a variety of energy-efficient desk-based products for business customers. HP’s Compaq dx2250 Desktop PC features energy-efficient processors. HP also plans to offer 80 percent efficient...
View ArticlePrism Solar Technologies to Market Hitachi Solar Tech
Hitachi America has signed an agreement with Prism Solar Technologies that allows PST to market Hitachi’s bifacial photovoltaic cells and manufacture modules for sale under the Hitachi brand name in...
View ArticleCity of Millbrae Powers Wastewater Treatment Plant on Kitchen Grease
Millbrae, California’s Water Pollution Control Plant is using inedible kitchen grease from restaurants to naturally produce biogas for generating renewable power and heat to treat the city’s...
View ArticleSouthern California Edison Signs Seven New Renewable Power Contracts
Southern California Edison has signed seven new long-term contracts with independent renewable energy power generators. The agreements secure up to 324 megawatts of clean power, the amount needed to...
View ArticleGreen-e Readies Greenhouse Gas Reductions Standard
The new Green-e Retail Greenhouse Gas Product Certification Standard will be released for comment in the next few weeks. The Center for Resource Solutions is developing the new standard with the...
View ArticlePennsylvania School District’s Buses Burn Biodiesel – First in State
Pennsylvania’s Great Valley School District ‘s buses will burn B20 biodiesel in its fleet of 70 school buses – the first school district in the state to do so, The Daily Local reports. The 20 percent...
View ArticleBig Names Back 6 Degrees of Energy Efficiency Challenge
The Alliance to Save Energy, the American Gas Association, Dow Chemical Company and over 25 additional Power is in Your Hands partners launched the 6 Degrees of Energy Efficiency Challenge – a Web site...
View ArticleTool Predicts Fuel Costs & Emissions for Fleet Managers
A new, interactive fleet processing tool lets fleet managers predict fuel costs and emissions for a wide variety of commercial passenger vehicles. Using these measurements, fleet managers can calculate...
View ArticleBroin Plans $200 Million Cellulose-to-Ethanol Plant in Iowa
Dry mill ethanol producer Broin is planning to convert a 50 million gallon per year conventional corn dry mill facility in Emmetsburg, Iowa into a 125 million gallon per year commercial scale...
View ArticleReport Examines Business Implications of Environmental Change
A new publication warns that companies must transform business models and operations if they are to avoid major economic losses caused by the current degradation of ecosystems. Ecosystem Challenges and...
View ArticleChina to Build 100MW, $766 Million Solar Power Plant
China says it will build the world’s largest solar power station. The 100 megawatt project will cost approximately $766 million and construction will take five years, Reuters reports. Planners chose...
View ArticleEU Could Force Airlines to Join Emissions Trading Scheme
U.S. airlines flying into and out of Europe would need to buy permits to cover emissions on their European routes if draft European Commission Legislation is adopted, The Times reports (via...
View ArticleConnecticut Clean Energy Fund Boosts Commercial, Industrial Funding
The Connecticut Clean Energy Fund has increased funding for and modifications to its On-site Renewable DG Program which offers financial support for behind-the-meter clean energy distributed generation...
View ArticleCEL Overview: Carbon Offset Growth Continues
There are about 40 operations worldwide that offer carbon offsets, but it’s difficult for a company to understand exactly where the money is going, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer reports. Here’s how...
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