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View ArticleWal-Mart Says Environmental Initiatives About Money, Not Brand Image
Wal-Mart’s efforts in recent years to adopt renewable energy and supply chain sustainability initiatives is more about the bottom line than it is about image, said Wal-Mart Chairman Lee Scott. Speaking...
View Article20% of Utility Supply Chain Measures Emissions
Only about 20 percent of utility industry suppliers are measuring their greenhouse gas emissions and setting voluntary goals to reduce them, according to a new report from the Electric Utility Industry...
View ArticleBiomass CoGen Project to Produce Power for NMU With Little Waste
Northern Michigan University decided to add a $68 million biomass cogeneration plant to help reduce its environmental footprint. The biomass cogeneration plant uses everything from sawdust to treetops...
View ArticleRetrofit Saves TXU Energy 30-40% on Lighting Bill
TXU Energy expects to save 30-40 percent on its lighting bill after undergoing a lighting retrofit at its Dallas headquarters. The energy retailer installed T5 and T8 fluorescent lighting, which should...
View ArticleFederal Agency Completes Wind Turbine Guideline
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service sent recommendations to Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar on how to minimize the impact of land-based wind farms on wildlife and habitat. Salazar will review and...
View ArticleFedEx Office Commits to Canon, HP Equipment for Energy Savings
FedEx Office – formerly known as Kinko’s – has decided to streamline its printing and copying infrastructure in an effort to gain economies of scale, as well as energy efficiency. By going with Canon‘s...
View ArticleAgilent Cuts Water Use by Nearly 24%
Agilent cut its global water consumption by nearly 24 percent in 2009, from 1.074 million cubic meters in 2008 to 0.818 million cubic meters in 2009, according to the company’s Corporate Citizenship...
View ArticleMLB Adopts League-wide Environmental Data Collection
Major League Baseball has adopted a program that will see all 30 clubs begin collecting and analyzing stadium operations data. There also is a marketing component to the program, which is being...
View ArticleBiofuel Producer Fined $176K for Pollution
Lincolnway Energy, an Iowa biofuel producer, has been fined $176,750 over pollution offenses. The fine stems from emissions of particulates and nitrogen oxides that exceed limits at an ethanol plant in...
View ArticleCultural Sustainability in Residential Architecture
Green is over. Green wants to embrace everything and everyone wants to embrace green. But when a definition becomes so overarching, it loses all significance. This term has been so used and abused that...
View ArticleGoogle Leads Charge against Data Center Standard
Google, Microsoft, Nokia, and Amazon, among others, are charging that new efficiency requirements proposed by a standards group are “too prescriptive” and prohibits innovation in the development of...
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Washington Sues to Revive Yucca Mountain Waste Site San Francisco Chronicle Some Republicans say open to climate bill Washington Post Carnegie Library turns new page on sustainable funding, sustainable...
View ArticleMcDonald’s Opposes Cage-Free Egg Proposal
McDonald’s is opposed to a proposal that would require the fast-food chain to buy five percent cage-free eggs for its restaurants in the United States, reports the New York Times. McDonald’s board of...
View ArticleWalmart Distribution Center to Install 1 MW Wind Turbine
Walmart will install a 1 MW wind turbine at its distribution center in Red Bluff, Calif., with a $5.5 million loan from Seminole Financial Services. The project, located about 120 miles northwest of...
View ArticleMelbourne Convention Center Shows Off Eco-innovations
The Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Center recently received 6 Star Green Star certification. To qualify, the building had to achieve 3 watts per square meter lux throughout the building, a feat...
View ArticleConsumers go to Energy Star, Consumer Reports Web Sites for Info on ‘Green’...
A national survey finds that consumers are most likely to visit Web sites from Energy Star and Consumer Reports in order to get more information about “green” products or manufacturers, according to...
View ArticleIBM Addressing Sustainability of 30,000 Suppliers
IBM has a new program to address sustainability and environmental aspects of its nearly 30,000-member-strong supply chain. The program covers suppliers in 90 nations, according to IBM’s Smarter Planet...
View ArticleUPS’ Latest Eco Gambit Involves Right-sizing Packaging
Fresh off a new program to save fuel by shaving delivery schedules, UPS is launching another service that involves using the right size of package, without overusing packing materials. The Eco...
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P&G Announces U.S. Sustainability Expert Advisory Panel CSR Wire Can Las Vegas Really go Green? Casino Online Wal-Mart’s Chairman Pulls a Long Supply Chain Toward Sustainability NY Times Plans...
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