Former Shell Oil President: $5 Gasoline in U.S. by 2012
Americans will pay $5 for a gallon of gasoline by 2012, thanks to growing global demand for oil, tighter supplies and inadequate responses by the U.S. government, the former president of Shell Oil said...
View ArticleRoundup – Corporations Stay Ahead of Federal Mandates to Track Emissions
Corporations get out ahead of federal mandates in keeping track of their emissions CT Post Q&A: Disputes can increase as green building grows Houston Chronicle Eel, Not Tuna: Europe’s Top Chefs...
View ArticleEnvironmental Enforcement: Ohio Water District to Pay $1.2 Million Penalty
Ohio Water District to Pay $1.2 Million Penalty for Discharge of Raw Sewage The U.S. Justice Department and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has announced a comprehensive Clean Water Act...
View ArticleEnvironmental Enforcement: EPA Moves to Intervene in Sewer Lawsuit
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, has filed a Motion to Intervene in U.S. District Court in a case against the Boston Water and Sewer Commission (BWSC) for violations of the Clean Water Act....
View ArticleCompleting Nuclear Energy’s Digital Transformation
As the nuclear power industry enters it second great era of growth, a new generation of plants will make electricity using the same fundamentals of physics first harnessed some 60 years ago. But the...
View ArticleHousing Authority to Save $60M with New Energy Performance Contract
The San Francisco Housing Authority entered a $30-million energy performance contract (EPC) with energy efficiency and renewable energy solutions provider, Ameresco, Inc., that will bring energy saving...
View ArticleCaterpillar Achieves Zero-Waste at Two Facilities
Caterpillar has reached the 100-percent recycling mark at two UK-based facilities and has saved the company $200,000 during the process. The Caterpillar Remanufacturing & Components Division United...
View ArticleGreen Chemistry Initiative under Review in Schwarzenegger’s Final Days
Environmental groups in California are crying foul on a number of last-minute activities of departing Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, according to the Los Angeles Times, including revisions to the state’s...
View ArticleRoundup – Wind Power About As Dependable As, Well, The Wind
Wind power is about as dependable as, well, the wind Wizbang Renewable and fossil electricity generation costs compared The Oil Drum Commuting by Car is Losing Favor in New York State TreeHugger Top 6...
View ArticleEPA Provides New Guidance for CFL Cleanup
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today updated its guidance on how to properly clean up a broken compact fluorescent lamp (CFL). Included with the guidance is a new consumer brochure with...
View ArticleAlvarado Bakery Adds Solar Power for 40% of Energy Needs
The Alvarado Street Bakery, an organic bakery in Petaluma, Calif., has completed the installation of 1,722 onto its rooftop with the expectation to generate nearly 40% of its energy needs. The solar...
View ArticleWhat Sustainable Building Can Learn from Treehouses
In response to the current malpractice of marketing almost everything as green I would like to propose an unusual remedy – tree-houses. Specifically, I think the design and construction of “green”...
View ArticleJapan Backs Up On Carbon Trading
Japan seems to be stepping back from its plans to start carbon trading in 2013, according to Bloomberg. Environment Minister Ryu Matsumoto declined to commit to the fiscal 2013 date recommended by an...
View Article100 Million Milestone for Eaton Hybrids
Eaton Corporation, a manufacturer of hybrid power systems for commercial trucks and buses, calculates that its hybrid customers have collectively accumulated more than 100 million miles of service,...
View ArticleIKEA Outfits Two East Coast Stores with Solar Panels
Home furnishings retailer IKEA will begin solar rooftop installations on two East Coast stores in Paramus, New Jersey and Stoughton, Massachusetts. The project will begin in early 2011 with completion...
View ArticleThe Future of the Green Car Industry
For many years car companies have brought out “green” cars which they claim are the big revolution, which will reduce our usage of fossil fuels. The majority of these have been false dawns which have...
View ArticleEU Still Fighting Carbon Trading System VAT-Fraud
Italian police authorities raided about 150 companies in eight different regions of Italy earlier in December related to as much as $662 million in VAT tax-evasion scams; operations that came a few...
View ArticleGreenalytics Measures Carbon Impact of Websites
The Centre for Sustainable Communications, (CESC), part of Sweden’s Royal Institute of Technology, has released the beta-version of an online application that can calculate the carbon emissions of a...
View ArticleRoundup – 16 Green Building Innovations of 2010
16 Green Building Innovations of 2010 Jetson Green US Papermaker is Certified ‘Renewable Energy Resource Generating Facility’ in Ohio IndustryWeek More than Crumbs Recycling Today Feds propose fine...
View ArticleEnvironmental Enforcement: Cam-Or Superfund Settlement
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Department of Justice, Indiana Department of Environmental Management and the Office of the Indiana Attorney General have reached a proposed settlement with 13...
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