IBM, Esty Environmental Partners Spearhead Sustainability Innovators Initiative
Esty Environmental Partners (EEP), a sustainable business consulting firm, and IBM have launched the Sustainability Innovators Working Group, together with 12 other companies, aimed at developing new...
View ArticleUnion Pacific Sues EPA for Omaha Lead Contamination Records
A federal judge has ordered the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to stop destroying any records that Union Pacific has requested about lead contamination in Omaha, reports Star Tribune. The legal...
View ArticleRepsol Sustainability Report: Missed CO2 Reduction Target by 13%
Repsol reduced CO2 equivalent emissions by 204,334 metric tons in 2009, missing its target of 235,000 metric tons by 13 percent, according to the company’s annual sustainability report. In absolute...
View ArticleWhat Consumers Want in Green Products
Bill Roth founder of Earth 2017 interviews Lee Ann Head, VP of Market Research with the Shelton Group on what consumers will buy and won’t buy in terms of green or sustainable products. Even the...
View ArticleMeritage Builds Green Neighborhood in AZ
Meritage Homes has built its first green neighborhood in Gilbert, Ariz., according to a report in the Phoenix Business Journal. The energy-efficient subdivision aims to reduce energy consumption by 80...
View ArticleKroger Sustainability Report: Energy Use Down 27% since 2000
The Kroger Co. has reduced energy consumption in its stores by more than 27 percent since 2000, according to the company’s 2010 Sustainability Report (PDF). The grocery retailer says that is enough...
View ArticleAgri Businesses Can Achieve Big Benefits from Solar Energy
While a fruit packing and storage company in California is eliminating its entire utility bill with a 622 kW solar power system, a Georgia pecan farmer is selling all of the power generated by its 200...
View ArticleMoving Forestry to the Forefront of the Carbon Market
An estimated 16% of the total global GHG emissions are directly attributed to the destruction of tropical forests. Forest carbon based projects, which include reforestation, afforestation, improved...
View ArticleShanghai Could Reduce Emissions by 60,000 Tons
Shanghai will get some help in its efforts to make its factories more energy efficient, according to an announcement by the World Resources Institute (WRI). WRI said it will launch a new initiative...
View Article‘Green’ Portfolio Keeps Siemens on Growth Path
Peter Loscher, CEO of Siemens AG told The Peninsula in an interview that the company targets global megatrends including climate change, which will transform environmental technologies. Already,...
View ArticleRoundup – Burger King, Xanterra, Janssen
Burger King Corp. Receives the 2010 Energy Efficiency Excellence Award MarketWatch Xanterra leaves smaller trace Sustainable Industries Reusable Bag E.Coli Scare: Industry Exaggeration? Triple Pundit...
View ArticleGoogle Eyes Water and Gas for PowerMeter
Google hopes to expand the capabilities of its PowerMeter technology to monitor water and natural gas use, in addition to its ability to monitor home electrical use, according to a report on CNET....
View ArticleSiemon Touts ‘Carbon Negativity’
Siemon says its U.S. and Canada operations have achieved “carbon negativity.” The company says it has achieved a carbon reduction that is more than 3.3 times larger than the company’s actual carbon...
View ArticleCarbon Trust Could be Scrapped
The Carbon Trust, the environmental organization that helps businesses reduce their carbon footprint and which is backed by the British government, could be disbanded, according to a report in the...
View ArticleEPA Toxics Rules Lag behind 10 Years
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has not met any of the key requirements set by a report released ten years ago to reduce health risks from toxic emissions in urban areas, according to a...
View ArticleSoap Phosphate Ban Begins July 1
Sixteen states are beginning a dishwasher detergent phosphate ban, according to a report in the Associated Press. Starting Thursday, stores will no longer be allowed to sell dishwasher detergent with...
View ArticleMore Compromises Ahead for Senate Energy Bill
Senate Democrats are expected to work on an energy bill this week (June 29) that could include a cap on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from utility companies instead of regulating GHG emissions from...
View ArticleNavy Evaluates New Technologies as Part of Energy-Saving Efforts
The Naval District Washington (NDW) has several improvement projects underway to reduce energy consumption ranging from testing experimental technologies to replacing light bulbs at a ballpark. The...
View ArticleVCs Target Silicon Valley’s LED Lighting Businesses
Venture capitalists invested $100 million in 14 LED lighting companies in the first quarter of 2010, up from $14 million in the same quarter a year ago, according to Cleantech Group, reports Reuters....
View ArticleCDM Attacked in New Report
The Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) initiative, the UN-backed program to offer carbon offsets, came under a new round of criticism after a report by the WWF and Germany-based Oeko-Institute....
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