Warehouses, Ports Can Reduce Emissions with Electric Yard Tractor
A new lithium-ion battery powered heavy duty electric vehicle may be an option for companies aiming to reduce emissions at warehouses, ports, railyards and industrial plants. The Nautilus XE20 electric...
View ArticlePhiladelphia to Reduce Energy Use by 10% in 2010
The cash-strapped city of Philadelphia, which is in dire need of energy-efficient retrofits at many of its government buildings including City Hall, has come up with a unique way to pay for the...
View ArticleCA’s Sonoma County Requires Water-efficient Landscaping
New or revised landscaping at commercial buildings in California’s Sonoma County will have to adhere to strict new water efficiency rules, reports the North Bay Business Journal. The rules, which also...
View ArticleAt 1 MW, Wal-Mart Completes its Largest Solar Array to Date
More than 5,300 solar panels at Wal-Mart’s Apple Valley distribution center in California will generate about a megawatt of electricity, reports LATimes blogs. The ground-mounted installation covers...
View ArticleSolar Plays Role in Haiti Relief Efforts
Solar-powered phones and lighting are on their way to help relief efforts in Haiti, along with solar-powered audible bibles. Sol, a provider of solar lighting systems, is donating $300,000 and is...
View ArticleCalifornia Plans Tax Break for Clean Tech Manufacturing
To boost the ranks of “green” and “clean” manufacturers, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger is pushing a plan to exempt cleantech manufacturers from sales tax on equipment they purchase, reports...
View ArticleRoundup – Seventh Generation, Boeing, Resene, Renaissance Lighting, WM, Camco
Seventh Generation: Protecting Its Green Turf Forbes Price fixing – Why it is important to put a price on nature Economist Boeing joins new Sustainable Bioenergy Research Project in Abu Dhabi Trading...
View ArticleAndersen Windows Discusses Sustainability Initiatives
Andersen Windows touts sustainability initiatives in this promo video.
View ArticleFive Times as Many Firms to Use Enterprise Carbon Accounting by 2011
More than $46 million in venture capital was invested in enterprise carbon accounting (ECA) startup companies in 2009, while software giants Computer Associates and Microsoft entered the market and...
View ArticleWal-Mart Canada Invites Competitors to Green Business Summit
Competitors of Wal-Mart Canada, including Loblaws, Home Depot, Staples and Best Buy, are playing nice for sustainability, having accepted an invitation to Wal-Mart Canada’s Feb. 10 Green Business...
View ArticleUPS Adds 245 ‘Green’ CNG Trucks
UPS has deployed 245 new delivery trucks fueled with compressed natural gas (CNG) to cities in Colorado and California as part as the company’s effort to reduce emissions from the use of fossil fuels...
View ArticleSimplot, ConAgra Earn Energy Star for Food Processing
For using an average of 20 percent less energy than similar plants, three potato processing plants are the first to earn EPA’s Energy Star rating for food processing, according to a press release. The...
View ArticleIT Directors Cite Energy Savings As No. 6 Data Center Concern
About 42 percent of IT directors globally said they expect to make significant changes to their data centers in 2010, including energy efficiency upgrades and server virtualization, according to the...
View ArticleNY Nursery Adds Wind Energy
A Long Island nursery has added a 100-kilowatt wind turbine to offset some of its energy consumption, reports North American Wind Power. The Half Hollow Nursery in Laurel put the 121-foot-tall turbine...
View ArticleUK Not Counting Emissions Reductions Achieved During Economic Slowdown
Britain will not count carbon dioxide emissions reductions achieved during the economic downturn to meet its climate targets, according to Britain’s Energy and Climate Change Secretary Ed Miliband,...
View ArticleThe Good and Bad of Russia’s Environmental Policies
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin is allowing a paper mill to resume dumping waste in Lake Baikal, when he signed a decree that removed waste discharges in the production of pulp, paper and...
View ArticleDespite Hurdles, UW Converting Coal Plant to Biomass
Proponents of a $250 million project to convert a coal-fired power plant to biomass at the University of Wisconsin-Madison say the project is moving ahead, damn the torpedoes. Those torpedoes include...
View ArticleSenator Murkowski Aims to Shut Down GHG Reg
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) is expected to introduce an amendment that would prevent the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from regulating greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) under the Clean Air...
View ArticleRoundup – LG, Taza, Co2 Tax, Food Waste, Greenroads, Intel, Solar Zone
Court Sides With Energy Department in Efficiency Dispute With LG Electronics NY Times Taza To Increase Sustainability Efforts Candy & Snack Today Canada launches CSR website for extractive...
View ArticleGoing Big – The Rising Influence of Corporations on Cleantech Growth
At a time when one of the key challenges facing the cleantech industry is finding ways to bridge the chasm between the laboratory and the marketplace, our survey indicates that corporations will play a...
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