Unsafe Mineral Oils Entering Food from Transport Boxes
Harmful mineral oils in recycled cardboard can find their way into food – even if the cardboard does not touch the food directly, Packaging Technology and Science reports (via Environmental...
View ArticlePresentation from San Diego Clean Tech Program Manager
StartupCircle presentation from City of San Diego Clean Tech Program Manager Jacques Chirazi.
View Article5m Smart Meters Installed; Enbala, Fellon-McCord Partner Up
Five million smart meters have been installed nationwide as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, according to an update from the U.S. Department of Energy. Nearly 90 percent of the...
View ArticleInsurance Company Sees Big Savings From Energy Investments
A new rooftop solar power system at Harleysville Insurance in Harleysville, Pennsylvania will generate about 15 percent of the annual energy needs of the company’s corporate headquarters. Approximately...
View ArticlePremier Healthcare Alliance Adds Group Buy for Wind Turbines
The Premier healthcare alliance has added wind power to its group buy program by offering discounts on wind turbines from Southwest Windpower of Flagstaff, Ariz. The group buy provides discounts on all...
View ArticlePolicy & Regulatory Briefing: Ethanol Flip-Flop, EPA Rules ‘Won’t Cut Carbon’
The Senate Thursday made an abrupt reversal on ethanol subsidies, voting 73-27 to remove a major tax break for the industry. The measure by Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) ends a 45 cent per gallon credit...
View ArticleBonn Wrap-Up: Kyoto Faces Gap, Figueres Urges Action
The latest round of U.N. talks on global warming have ended in uncertainty: not only over the future of the Kyoto Protocol, but even over when the negotiators will next meet. UN Framework Convention...
View ArticleJapanese Firms Turn Out Lights, Redefine Weekend to Save Energy
Japan is embracing energy efficiency at an unprecedented rate, as the country continues to deal with the fall-out from its nuclear energy crisis, the Wall Street Journal reports. The government has...
View ArticleMunich Re Installing Carport Solar Power System
Munich Reinsurance America is installing a 2.5-megawatt solar power system at its Plainsboro, N.J. facility. SunPower is designing and building the system on a carport structure that will provide shade...
View ArticleLet’s Not Spoil Green Chemistry with Too Much of a Good Thing
Over the past few years a significant movement has been under way to institute green chemistry laws that would fundamentally change how chemicals are regulated and how the products that contain them...
View ArticleSoftware Briefing: Domtar, Viridity, EnergyOrbit, Nlyte
Viridity has updated its data center infrastructure management (DCIM) software to let businesses keep track of how much electrical power is being consumed by individual applications and lines of...
View ArticleEnvironmental & Energy Executive Moves: BT, CF, Coulomb, Deepwater Wind
BT: The British telecoms company has appointed Niall Dunne as chief sustainability officer. Dunne led sustainability efforts at advertising firm Saatchi & Saatchi. CF Industries Holdings: The...
View ArticleEleven Questions (and Answers) about Corporate Ecosystem Valuation, Part I
Sports apparel company PUMA announced last month that it had developed its first “environmental profit & loss” statement. The company’s and CEO Jochen Zeitz justified the move saying that companies...
View ArticleHoneywell, Safran Plan Green Jet Taxiing System
Aerospace suppliers Honeywell and Safran have signed a memorandum of understanding to create a joint venture company charged with delivering an electric, environmentally friendly taxiing system for use...
View ArticlePolicy & Regulatory Briefing: Light Bulbs, Mercury, BPA, Tidal Power
Presidential candidate and member of congress Michele Bachmann (R-MN) has hit out at a federal law that requires light bulbs to be 30 percent more energy efficient starting next year. “President...
View ArticleGE’s Ecomagination Spent $1.8bn, Launched 22 Products in 2010
GE spent about $1.8 billion on research and development of clean technologies and developed 22 new products as part of its Ecomagination initiative in 2010, the company has announced. According to its...
View ArticleNuclear Facilities: Extending Service Life
Resurgence in the nuclear power industry has generated recent discussion about the service life of structural and construction material components in nuclear power facilities. As several new nuclear...
View ArticleFrom Environmental to Value Reporting
Accepting the award for Best Sustainability Report last month at the annual Ceres conference, Nike’s Hannah Jones said that it was time to move from “environmental to value reporting.” In her speech,...
View ArticleSherwin-Williams Wins Green Chem Award for Bottle-Based Paint
Sherwin-Williams has won an EPA green chemistry award for paints made from recycled soda bottles, among other materials. The company won the Designing Greener Chemicals category at the Presidential...
View ArticleEnvironmental Enforcement: Shell UK Fined $2m for Gas Blast
Energy giant Shell UK Limited has been ordered by Norwich Crown Court to pay a total of £1,242,000 ($2.1m) in fines and costs over the explosion and fire at its Bacton gas terminal in Norfolk, England...
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