Dole, Chiquita Targeted by Anti-Tar Sands Ads
Dole and Chiquita were confronted yesterday by full-page ads in USA Today, criticizing the banana distributors for their use of Canadian fossil fuels. Green campaigners ForestEthics used the ads...
View ArticleUSGBC Beats LEED False Advertising Claims
The U.S. District Court in New York City yesterday dismissed a lawsuit charging the U.S. Green Building Council with false advertising over its Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED)...
View ArticleArchitecture Controling the Future of Sustainability
This video was awarded the Grand Prize in the AIA Florida Committee on the Environment’s (COTE) 2011 Video-Arch Competition. Award presented to Maike Acosta and Javier Cuevas.
View ArticlePolicy & Regulatory Briefing: $3m for Hazmat Spill, Offshore Wind, Carrier...
Klaus Genssler, chief operating officer of U.S. Oil Recovery L.P., has agreed to pay $3 million to settle a Harris County, Texas, lawsuit. The county claimed the company spilled hazardous materials...
View ArticleAmerican Water Raises Wastewater Compliance, Cuts Emissions Intensity
American Water raised its wastewater compliance rate in 2010 and held its drinking water compliance rate steady at 99.9 percent, according to the company’s first full corporate responsibility report....
View ArticleLEED Briefing: Yahoo!, GE, Waterton Residential, Testa Produce
GE’s appliances and lighting division has opened its new, LEED platinum certified data center at its Louisville, Ky., appliance park headquarters. GE says that the data center is 34 percent better in...
View ArticleGreen Fleet Briefing: AeroVironment, Holiday Inn, Ecotality, Kemet, Ford
The Oregon Department of Transportation has selected AeroVironment to supply, install, operate and maintain 22 electric vehicle charging stations along major transportation corridors and travel...
View ArticleCisco, 1E to Integrate IT and Building Management
Cisco and 1E have signed a partnership agreement to integrate their energy consumption software, according to news reports. Business Green reported that 1E is producing a version of its NightWatchman...
View ArticleRecycling Surveys Fail Manufacturers, Earth911 Says
Traditional surveys of recycling methods and rates around the U.S. tend to give a distorted picture to manufacturers looking to promote the recyclability of their products, according to a report by...
View ArticleNike Bows to Greenpeace, Plans to Drop Hazardous Chemicals
Sportswear giant Nike has bowed to pressure from Greenpeace and promised to eliminate all hazardous chemicals across its entire supply chain, and the entire life-cycle of its products, by 2020. Nike’s...
View Article2010 Saw Largest CO2 Rise for 22 Years
Energy-related carbon dioxide emissions rebounded in 2010 but still remained six percent below 2005 levels, according to an analysis by the Energy Information Administration. Energy-related CO2...
View ArticleBMW Factory to Use 100% On-Site Wind
Automaker BMW is to power its Leipzig, Germany, factory using wind power alone. The company plans to build four turbines at the Leipzig facility that should provide the necessary energy by 2013, the...
View ArticleUniCredit Discusses Sustainability as Core Business
Speech by UniCredit CEO Federico Ghizzoni at the 2011CSR Forum about sustainability as a core business and UniCredit Group’s aim.
View ArticlePolicy & Enforcement Briefing: Calif. Renewable Auctions, Oil Sands Protests,...
The California Public Utilities Commission has given unanimous approval to the Renewable Auction Mechanism (RAM), a program under which developers will bid on the lowest levelized cost of energy (LCOE)...
View ArticleUrban Mining: The New Frontier
In six short years, I’ve watched as the products coming into our electronics recycling business have grown to include not just computers and televisions, but now a wide range of products we never...
View ArticleImpact Everyday
This is the first in a series of articles from the winners of the 2011 Dow Sustainability Innovation Student Challenge Awards. Have you ever peered out of the cabin window of an airplane at a vast...
View ArticleVantage Data Center Wins LEED Platinum, Saves $3m a Year
Vantage Data Centers’ 60,000 square foot V3 facility in Santa Clara, Calif., has been awarded a LEED platinum rating by the U.S. Green Building Council. V3’s lighting design is a 41 percent improvement...
View ArticleUNEP: Farming Can Double Production, Protect Ecosystems
A “radical overhaul” in agriculture could double production while protecting ecosystems, according to a report released today by the United Nations Environment Program and the International Water...
View ArticleGRI Cuts Electricity, Heating; Conference Emissions Rise
The Global Reporting Initiative’s electricity and heating consumption both fell in 2009/10 while conference-related emissions rose, the organization reported in its latest sustainability report. The...
View ArticleEmbattled Coke Bottle Recycling Plant Reopens
The troubled Coca-Cola joint-venture recycling plant in Spartanburg, S.C., is set to reopen today after being shuttered by the company in March. But Coke is considering selling its 49 percent stake in...
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