Roundup – Office Depot, Sainsbury’s, Kmart
Office Depot’s New ‘Recycling Rules’ Program Helps Classrooms Recycle and Earn Free Supplies MarketWatch Sainsbury’s stores save energy with Smartcool Oh-Yay.com Racine Kmart Receives Energy Star...
View ArticleEnvironmental Enforcement Roundup: CARB Decision to Increase Ethanol Demand;...
Environmental Leader’s daily roundup of key environmental enforcement news California Regulator’s Decision Will Increase Ethanol Demand. Trade Group Says A decision on Thursday by California...
View ArticleAT&T Expands Alternative Fuel Fleet in California
AT&T has unveiled a first-of-its-kind medium-duty truck as the latest alternative-fuel vehicle addition to its California fleet. The custom Ford F-450 truck has been converted to compressed natural...
View ArticleU.S. Foodservice Lighting Project Yields Energy Savings, Boosts Light Levels 30%
U.S. Foodservice plans to install LED technology and intelligent occupancy sensors from Orion Energy Systems in freezers at five of its facilities, reports Reliable Plant. These products are expected...
View ArticleBuildingGreen Unveils Top 10 Green Products
BuildingGreen, publisher of the GreenSpec Directory and Environmental Building News (EBN), released the winners of its ninth annual Top-10 Green Building Products. The list recognizes the top green...
View ArticleThe Future of Green Retail: Clean Energy Now Available in Aisle 4
Now that top retailers like Wal-Mart and Starbucks embrace green practices, “green retail” is more than just a Google trending topic. In September, the Retail Industry Leaders Association (RILA) held...
View ArticleRenewable Energy Powers Benjamin Moore, Estee Lauder, Verso Facilities
What do manufacturers of skincare products and makeup, paint and coatings, and paper products have in common? They are all using renewable energy to meet a portion of their electricity needs. Benjamin...
View ArticleGlobal Mayors Sign Climate-Change Agreement as GHG Emissions Projected to...
Ahead of the United Nations climate change conference (COP16) set to start in Cancun, Mexico, next week, global mayors have signed a voluntary pact in Mexico City to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG)...
View ArticleBest Practices – Environmental Data Collection and Reporting
Integration among the systems necessary to collect and report environmental data can be challenging. Web services, however, enable systems to be integration agnostic, which means no longer needing to...
View ArticleCarbon Accounting: The Real Way to Put Greenwashers Out of Business
It’s time to get rid of greenwashers once and for all, and the only way to do it is to make it so hard to greenwash that it’s just not worth it anymore. Despite some of the obvious weaknesses of our...
View ArticleRoundup – Nissan, Sears, Cape Wind
Nissan Says Its Electric Leaf Gets Equivalent of 99 M.P.G The New York Times Sears picks EnerNOC efficiency service Boston Business Journal Cape Wind Takes a Step Forward The New York Times US Navy’s...
View ArticleHasbro Bolsters Sustainability with New Goals
Hasbro has set several new goals aimed at boosting the toy maker’s environmental sustainability. These goals include eliminating all wire ties from its packaging starting in 2011 and replacing them...
View ArticleUS Utilities Set to Install 57.9M Smart Meters
Utility plans to install smart meters are underway with 57.9 million units already planned for installation by more than 90 utilities in the United States, according to a tracking report from Pike...
View ArticleEPA Finalizes Two Carbon Rules to Protect Drinking Water
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has finalized two rules — related to the capture and sequestration of carbon dioxide — to protect drinking-water supplies from future efforts to capture...
View ArticleNestle, P&G, IBM, J&J, GE, among Top Holdings in New Sustainability Index
The Dow Jones Indexes and SAM, a firm that specializes in sustainability investing, have launched a new index aimed at giving investors a broader sustainability benchmark, reports TheStreet.com. The...
View ArticleRoundup – Airbus, Hertz, BNY Mellon
TAM Airlines and Airbus first to fly Jatropha-based biofuel in Latin America Aviation News Hertz adds more EV options CNET Bank of New York Mellon Installs Lumenergi Intelligent Lighting Control...
View ArticleUS Farmers Ready to Grow Energy Crops on Underutilized Land
A survey of U.S. growers showed that 71 percent of respondents were very interested or interested in growing dedicated energy crops to produce biomass for biopower and advanced biofuels, according to a...
View ArticleLEED Roundup: eBay, Diversey, PECO, Crescent, University of Redlands
Here’s the latest roundup of some of the most recent businesses and office buildings that have earned the U.S. Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED)...
View ArticleEnvironmental Enforcement Roundup: Tronox Settles with EPA for $270 Million;...
Environmental Leader’s daily roundup of key environmental enforcement news EPA Announces $270 Million Bankruptcy Settlement with Chemical Manufacturer The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the U.S....
View ArticleBusinesses Bring the Climate-Change Fight to COP16
Focusing on the role of business in developing solutions to climate change, a group of business, finance and government leaders is launching its inaugural World Climate Summit at the UNFCCC COP16...
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