Airport Rules Prevent Farmers from Installing Wind Turbines in NW Indiana
Farmers in Kentland, Ind., say a hardly used airport is preventing them from installing wind turbines on their farmland, reports Chicago Tribune. Both the town’s mayor and the Federal Aviation...
View ArticleAirline Industry Lacks Standard Recycling Practices
Recycling and environmental programs in the airline industry vary across the nation and often consist of a number of partners including airports, airlines, municipalities, private waste companies and...
View ArticleCharlotte/Douglas Buys Hybrid Buses
Charlotte/Douglas International Airport is buying five DesignLine hybrid buses, according to a report on the Charlotte Business Journal. The airport already has two such hybrids in its fleet, which it...
View ArticleRoundup – Pro Mach, Food Lion, Panduit
Pro Mach Receives 2010 Green Award for Sustainable Packaging Machinery Solutions BusinessWire Food Lion Sees Slight Energy Savings in Cascade Refrigeration Supermarket News Panduit Produces 39% Energy...
View ArticleCustom, Green and Factory Built Homes
To suggest that prefab homes are green simply because they reduce waste is like saying insulation is a great way to reduce noise – it’s only the proverbial tip of the iceberg! A primary indication of...
View ArticleIKEA Eliminates Incandescent Bulbs
IKEA announced it will eliminate all incandescent light bulbs in its U.S. stores starting August 1, 2010, according to a company press release. The initiative is slated to be completed by January 1,...
View ArticleCoke Sustainability Report: Carbon Footprint Down Nearly 12%
Coca-Cola Enterprises (CCE) has reduced its carbon footprint, cut energy use, improved water efficiency, and increased internal recycling rates in 2009, according to the company’s fifth company-wide...
View ArticlePanasonic Exceeds CO2 Reduction Targets
Panasonic announced yesterday that it has exceeded its 2009 targets for reducing CO2 emissions in its European manufacturing operations. The company had targeted a 10 percent reduction in emissions, or...
View ArticleTimberland CSR Report: 2% GHG Reduction
Timberland succeeded in reducing greenhouse gas emissions by a little more than two percent compared with the first quarter of 2009, according to the company’s latest CSR report. In Q1 2010, the...
View ArticleNew Ford Propane Conversion Systems
Alliance Autogas has announced a new set of propane conversion systems for a range of Ford trucks and SUVs. According to a company press release, the systems will allow fleet operators to convert their...
View ArticleSGM Supply Chain Project Cuts Energy Use by 80M kWh
Shanghai General Motor’s (SGM) supply-chain initiative has yielded a reduction of more than one million tons of water, more than 80 million kWh of energy and more than 55,000 tons of greenhouse gas...
View ArticlePA Moves One Step Closer to an Electronics Recycling Law
The Pennsylvania House of Representatives approved a bill that requires computer and television manufacturers to establish and manage recycling services for those electronics sold in the state, reports...
View ArticleRoundup – BP, FieldTurf, Orlando, SCTE
Economic Concerns Could Affect Green Building Efforts Earth911 Climate Bill Lacks Momentum Even After BP Spill, Democrats Say Bloomberg FieldTurf Becomes the First to Recycle an Artificial Turf Field...
View ArticleU.S. Army to Test Honeywell Micro-Grid System
The U.S. Army Tank Automotive Research Development Engineering Center (TARDEC) has awarded Honeywell a $4.6 million contract to test and demonstrate its Micro-Grid system at Wheeler Air Base, Hawaii,...
View ArticleWater Savings a Top Business Concern
Water stewardship is one of the top five business concerns among 52 percent of sustainability professionals, according to a survey by Ethical Corporation, while 99 percent believed water will become a...
View ArticleROI Driving Supply Chain Sustainability
Return on investment is the second-highest driver of supply chain sustainability initiatives among shippers, third party logistics companies and supply chain solution providers, according to a recent...
View Article5 ‘Green’ Retrofits Electricians Should Pitch to Drive Business
Earlier this year I wrote about the “coming renaissance of electrical contracting,” an upward trend of electricians transitioning into energy contractors to keep up with demand for green construction....
View ArticleEADS Signs Biofuel Deal With BioCombustibles
European Aeronautic Defence And Space (EADS) and its subsidiary, Eurocopter, have signed a deal with an Argentinean biofuels supplier to evaluate the potential for an algae-based biofuel, according to...
View ArticleCSL to Test Carbon Scrubbers on Ships
Canada Steamship Lines (CSL) has signed an agreement with ECOSPEC Marine Technology to develop and install a system to reduce the CO2, SO2 and NOX emissions from its ocean trading vessels on the Great...
View ArticlePG&E Tops Utility Ranking for Solar Integration
Pacific Gas & Electric Company (PG&E) topped the list of utilities with the most solar megawatts (MW) added to the grid for the second straight year with 85.2 MW, according to the Solar...
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