Roundup: Perdue Farm’s Chickens Go Cluck Cluck for Solar
Perdue Farm’s chickens go cluck cluck for solar panels Clean Energy Authority BLM Charm Offensive Backfires, Critics Fume Over ‘Wild Lands’ Policy NY Times E.P.A. and Chrysler Link Up for Hybrid...
View ArticleDow, Nature Conservancy Form $10m Partnership
Dow Chemical and its foundation are committing $10 million over five years to a collaboration with The Nature Conservancy, to evaluate Dow’s environmental impacts. The chemical company and...
View ArticleHoliday Inn Group Gets LEED Pre-Certification
One of the world’s largest hotel chains has won LEED pre-certification status for sustainability initiatives on its existing hotels. InterContinental Hotels Group’s (IHG) Green Engage sustainability...
View ArticleEnvironmental Enforcement: Court Grants Brief Boiler Rule Extension to EPA
A federal District Court judge in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 20 issued an order extending by 30 days the Environmental Protection Agency’s deadline to issue emission standards for large and small...
View ArticleEDF, E&Y Creating Private Equity Sustainability Tool
The Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) and consultants Ernst & Young are creating a tool to help private equity (PE) firms improve the environmental performance of their portfolios. Under a pilot...
View ArticleFleet Roundup: Fuel Standards, TVA, Mazda, Chevy, Nissan, McCain’s ‘Joke’
Here’s a round-up of the latest environmental fleet news. California has pushed back the launch date for its new fuel economy and greenhouse gas (GHG) standards from March to the autumn. Both...
View ArticleMBAs to Find Savings at Facebook, Dunkin’
Five new companies have joined an Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) program that employs MBA students to find efficiency savings. Facebook, Dunkin’ Brands, Microsoft, JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Blue...
View ArticleObama Energy Czar Quits; Policies In Doubt
Carol Browner, President Obama’s top adviser on energy and climate change, is leaving her post. Two White House officials confirmed the move Monday, the Associated Press reports. Both USA Today and the...
View ArticleTools for Assessing Lifecycle Impact
Or, are we “doing the right thing?” The last couple of postings have focused on how to insure we can measure, and then take credit for (or get some credit for) changes made in a process that creates a...
View ArticleAfter Dismal Year, Wind’s Future Looks Brighter
More wind power is now under construction than was built in all of 2010, according to the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA). Last year the American wind industry built only 5,115 MW (5.1 GW) of...
View ArticleEnvironmental Enforcement: EPA Asks TCEQ to Postpone Las Brisas Permit
On Monday, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) received a letter (pdf) from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, requesting that the TCEQ not approve an air permit for the Las...
View ArticleCanadian Minister Rejects Cap and Trade Call
Canada has no plans to introduce its own emissions trading system, the country’s environment minister said, contravening the advice of a government-appointed think tank. Peter Kent said that his...
View ArticleDairy Cuts 3.3 MW with Free Demand Response
One of the nation’s largest diary cooperatives has cut more than 3.3 MW of power demand using an automated demand response (auto DR) system paid for by its electric utility. California Dairies,...
View ArticleBayer Opens ‘Climate Neutral’ Office Building in India
Bayer has completed what it’s calling a “climate-neutral” office building in India.
View ArticleDoes Your Green Company Buy Green?
It may seem like a silly question but after working with some of the oldest and greenest companies in the country, as well as some of the smallest and newest, I have noticed some great discrepancies...
View ArticleObama Calls for ‘Clean’ Energy Mandate, End to Oil Tax Breaks
President Obama has confounded many pundits by making energy policy a significant part of his State of the Union address. In the speech Tuesday night, Obama called for an end to tax breaks for oil and...
View ArticleBank of China Branch Cuts Paper 95%
Bank of China’s London operations have reduced paper consumption by 95 percent with help from IBM, the companies have announced. IBM Business Partner Centric iSolutions is helping the Bank’s London...
View ArticleSurvey: Brands’ Ethical Claims ‘A Con’
Most consumers don’t realize that multinational companies own many of the brands with reputations for ethics and sustainability, according to a survey to be published this week – and many are unhappy...
View ArticleEnergy and Environmental Management: Best Practices for 2011 and Beyond
This webinar will feature EMD Millipore, a division of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, who is a Life Science leader providing cutting-edge technologies, tools, and services for bioscience research and...
View ArticleEnterprise Sets Green Build Protocol for 1,000 Rental Locations
Enterprise Rent-A-Car will invest more than $150 million over five years in following a set of internal sustainability guidelines, informing the building and retrofitting of more than 1,000 locations....
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