Australia Passes Carbon Tax
Australia has passed a carbon tax, making it the second major economy after the EU to put a cap on carbon. The legislation sets a fixed carbon tax of A$23 (US$23.7) a ton on the country’s 500 biggest...
View ArticleEcological Impact of the Bottled Water Industry
The IBWA reports that the bottled water industry maintains a strong commitment to environmental protection, stating that bottled water waste contributes to about .33 percent of the country’s total...
View ArticleThe Elephant In the Data Center?
The whole concept of “green” computing has been focused in recent times on the metric introduced by The Green Grid, PUE, Power Usage Effectiveness. PUE is simply the ratio of total facility power...
View Article40% of Firms Failing to Tackle Energy Efficiency, UK Says
More than 40 percent of companies ranked on their energy efficiency actions by the U.K. government failed to score a single point, it emerged yesterday. The Environment Agency’s Performance League...
View ArticlePolicy & Enforcement Briefing: New Source CO2 Standards, Gulf Drilling,...
The EPA said Tuesday that it will write carbon dioxide emissions standards for new power plants for the first time, The Los Angeles Times reported. The new rule, the “Greenhouse Gas New Source...
View ArticleMarriott, Crowne Plaza Install Energy Management Tools; Hilton Recycling Soap
Crowne Plaza Times Square Manhattan is now using Telkonet’s cloud-based EcoSmart energy management platform. The energy management system, installed by PAC Consultants, gives the hotel independent...
View ArticleLighting Brief: ‘Pop-Art Canopy,’ Detroit Windsor Tunnel, LEDs and Tower Bridge
Commercial-grade LED manufacturer Lumenpulse Inc. has created a programmable, “pop-art” canopy of light over the stores in Cermak Plaza, outside of Chicago. The fixture is powered by 12, 35-foot-high...
View ArticleRenewable Energy Pledge, Industry Association Launched
The City of Austin, Texas, the Bank of Georgetown, Stevens Pass ski resort, Diamond Packaging, Southern Oregon University and marketer-printer Sandy Alexander are the first organizations to sign up to...
View ArticleExperts Split on Conflict Between Sustainability and Growth
Some 40 percent of sustainability experts believe sustainability is “inherently” incompatible with economic growth, while just 43 percent see no conflict, according to research by consultancies...
View ArticleWhy Urban Density Matters
Futurist Alex Steffen talks to TreeHugger about the importance of urban density, and why it works like a tent pole.
View ArticleHP Knocks Nokia from Lead in Greenpeace Electronics Guide
HP has taken the lead in Greenpeace’s Guide to Greener Electronics, while the scores of former front runners Nokia and Sony Ericsson have dropped. The Guide to Greener Electronics ranks 15 companies on...
View ArticleGoogle Green Czar Steps Down
Google green czar Bill Weihl quietly stepped down from his post yesterday. Weihl, who headed the company’s Clean Energy Team, confirmed his departure to the website Fresh Dialogues only a few days ago....
View ArticleGreen Infrastructure: The Next New Deal
In an economy that continues to teeter on the brink of a second Depression, the government remains the largest employer in the United States. In the private sector, the top two employers are Wal-Mart...
View ArticleTwo Views of the Value of Sustainability
Sustainability is all the rage as many significantly-sized companies are evaluating it to maximize economic benefits and seeing how it can fit into company plans. We in the environmental community...
View ArticleStandards & Compliance Briefing: Compliance Survey Results, Bentley ISO...
The results are in from a survey of senior executives at more than 200 global process industry companies. According to the poll conducted by CSC and Chemical Week Magazine, regulatory compliance makes...
View ArticleIlios Launches Efficient Water Heater
Ilios Dynamics, a subsidiary of Tecogen Inc., has announced the commercial availability of the Ilios High Efficiency Water Heater. The water heater extracts energy from the atmosphere and pumps this...
View ArticleForging a Sustainability Career
Thomas Hesterberg of Navistar and Manish Shah of Fos Biofuels talk about their sustainability career paths at the Brennan School of Business, Dominican University.
View ArticleNoesis Energy Reveals ‘Freemium’ Business Model
Noesis Energy is to start giving away its energy management software, then charging customers for additional services related to the products. The company is hoping this “freemium” model will develop a...
View ArticleKimberly-Clark Signs Diaper Recycling Deal
Kimberly-Clark has signed an agreement aimed at expanding its recycling of used disposable diapers into Australia, Ireland, the U.K. and mainland Europe over the next 18 months. The agreement gives the...
View ArticleGlobal Action Needed by 2017 to Prevent Dangerous Temperatures, IEA Says
The world needs to take internationally co-ordinated action by 2017 to keep temperatures from rising to dangerous levels, the International Energy Agency said in its World Energy Outlook 2011. In the...
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