Milk and Fruit to Help Power Unilever Plant
Unilever has started building a system to derive energy from wastewater at a Dutch Ben & Jerry’s factory. The Paques bio-digester will derive energy from waste products released during the...
View ArticleUSDA Biobased Labels Debut
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has launched a voluntary product certification for biobased commercial and industrial products. The “USDA Certified Biobased Product” label will designate products,...
View ArticleU.S. Energy Efficient HVAC Market to Top $8 Billion by 2015
The U.S. Energy Efficient residential heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) market is projected to grow from $5.38 billion in 2010 to $8.15 billion in 2015, according to the latest issue of...
View ArticleGreen Homes ‘Need Cheaper Materials’
Three-quarters of builders and 59 percent of consumers think that the cost of products and materials needs to go down for green homes to become more affordable, according to a survey. The survey for...
View ArticleEnvironmental Enforcement: Dept of Justice Sues Texas Driller to Enforce EPA...
The United States Department of Justice filed a complaint on Tuesday against a Texas oil company in federal district court, seeking enforcement of a Dec. 7, 2010, emergency order issued by the U.S....
View ArticleUSDA Awards Over $400m to Biofuel Projects
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) yesterday announced over $400 million in grants and loan guarantees for bio-energy initiatives, spread across five major projects and many smaller ones. The...
View ArticleDOE Offers $1.2bn to Solar, Bio-Diesel Projects
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has offered loan guarantees of $967 million to an Arizona solar plant billed as the world’s largest, and $241 million to a project set to nearly triple the country’s...
View ArticleWorld Future Energy Summit Roundup: Vestas, Total, Masdar
Here is a round-up of news that came out of the World Future Energy Summit, the Abu Dhabi conference that closed yesterday: Wind turbine maker Vestas debuted WindMade, a label to designate products...
View ArticleWaste Management Meets Habitat Goal, Cuts Violations
Waste Management (WM) has met its wildlife habitat goal ten years ahead of schedule, according to the company’s 2010 sustainability report. The report says that the waste, recycling and bio-energy...
View ArticleSurvey: Reporting Indicates Company Sustainability
The vast majority of those reading sustainability reports – 97 percent – say that sustainability reporting itself indicates that a company is improving its performance on sustainability measures. In...
View ArticleTesco Installs Energy Monitors to Motivate Employees
Tesco plans to install touch screen energy boards in 500 stores across the UK, the Guardian reports. The energy boards will be placed in employee areas and will keep tabs on energy use in various store...
View ArticleEnvironmental Enforcement: Refrigeration Company Pleads Guilty to Dumping...
A Massachusetts refrigeration company has pleaded guilty (pdf) to a federal charge that a company technician contaminated a New Hampshire wastewater facility by pouring gallons of ammonia down a drain...
View ArticleEPA Permits 15% Ethanol in Cars From Past Decade
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Friday raised the amount of ethanol permitted for use in cars and light trucks built in 2001 or later. The EPA approved the use of E15, a blend of 85...
View ArticleBuilder DR Horton Rejects GHG Cap
Shareholders of home builder D.R. Horton voted down a call to adopt greenhouse gas reduction goals. The Nathan Cummings Foundation, which holds 500 shares of Horton stock, proposed that the board of...
View ArticleGreen Business Challenge Drops Anchor at Port of San Diego
The Port of San Diego has launched the Green Business Challenge, a year-round competition to reduce emissions and increase efficiency among commercial and office buildings. ICLEI USA will assist the...
View ArticleSmart KPIs for Sustainability Initiatives
In any corporate sustainability project, whether it is reducing greenhouse gas emissions, paper use, or supply chain waste, choosing the right key performance indicators (KPIs) is a key ingredient to...
View ArticleLEED Roundup: Conagra, ezStorage, Marine Bio Lab, UCSB
Here’s the latest roundup of businesses that have earned the U.S. Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification. ConAgra Foods has won the LEED Platinum...
View ArticleRenewable Energy – Only One Important Question Remains
Many of us look down the road and try to see into the future of clean energy, but actually, most of the handwriting is already on the wall. When I read articles that refer to the gaping uncertainties...
View ArticleShareholders Demand Fracking Risk Disclosure
Investors have filed shareholder resolutions urging nine major oil and gas companies to disclose risks of their U.S. natural gas fracturing, or fracking, operations. Five investment groups filed...
View ArticleApple Ranks Last for Environmental Response
A coalition of 36 environmental groups has accused Apple of ignoring unhealthy conditions at the Chinese factories of its suppliers. A report (Chinese only) by the Beijing-based non-profit Institute of...
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