Roundup – JC Penney, CertainTeed, China
Biz Buzz: Colonial Heights J.C. Penney renovated Richmond Times-Dispatch China orders energy-wasting factories to close Businessweek CertainTeed’s Shreveport Roofing Plant Paves the Way to Greener...
View ArticlePepsiCo CSR: Reduces Per Unit Energy Use in Beverage Plants by 16%
PepsiCo has saved more than more than 12 billion liters of water through efficiency improvements, compared to a 2006 baseline, bringing the beverage company closer to meeting its goal to improve water...
View ArticleSAP Gets 50% of Electricity from Renewable Sources
SAP AG now obtains 50 percent of the its global electricity requirements from renewable sources, according to the company’s quarterly sustainability update for the quarter ending June 30, 2010. The...
View ArticleNREL Study Finds Feed-in Tariffs Are Responsible for 75% of all Solar PV...
Feed-in tariffs (FITs) are responsible for 75 percent of all solar photovoltaic (PV) and 45 percent of all wind development worldwide, according to a new report from the National Renewable Energy...
View ArticleSustainability Efforts Derailed by Lack of Credible Data
A perceived lack of information and credible resources are holding U.S. businesses back from becoming environmentally responsible, according to a study from Ipsos Public Affairs. However, the survey...
View ArticleLED Lighting Retrofit to Save Hawaii Hospitals $1.2M
Hawai’i Pacific Health (HPH), comprised of four nonprofit hospitals and 44 outpatient clinics and service sites, expects to save more than $1.2 million thanks to a LED lighting retrofit across its...
View ArticleEPA Sets Limits to Reduce Mercury Emissions from Cement Plants
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Monday issued final rules it says will protect Americans’ health by cutting emissions of mercury, particle pollution and other harmful pollutants from...
View ArticleHow to Use Sustainability Metrics to Drive Business Performance, Innovation...
Environmental metrics were not much of an issue when I started as a young environmental coordinator at a Utah coal mine 30 years ago. The few environmental metrics I used were mainly driven by...
View ArticleDOE Reestablishes Secretary of Energy Advisory Board
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has reestablished the Secretary of Energy Advisory Board (SEAB) under the Federal Advisory Committee Act., which was eliminated under the Bush Administration....
View ArticleEaton, JCPenney, PNC Add to their LEED Portfolios
Despite support for the U.S. Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification slipping in 2009, businesses across all sectors including retail, financial and...
View ArticleRoundup – Google, Facebook, Coca-Cola, Clorox
Google & Facebook: A tale of two data centers Datacenter Knowledge Coca-Cola gets real about its business People’s Daily Online Clorox goes green with new natural product line San Francisco...
View ArticleWalmart Canada, Green Business Partners Provide Progress Reports on...
Walmart Canada and some of Canada’s largest corporations including Heinz Canada, Frito-Lay Canada, and Coca-Cola Canada have provided progress reports on their sustainability initiatives that they...
View ArticleEnvironmental Group Claims Marcellus Shale Drilling Illegally Uses Water in PA
The Allegheny Defense Project claims that Pennsylvania’s Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) is illegally permitting natural gas companies to withdraw water from rivers and streams for use in...
View ArticleSolar Project to Make Butte College First Grid Positive School in the U.S.
Butte College is set to become the first grid positive college in the U.S. with the recent approval to complete phase III of its solar project, which will produce more electricity than it needs to meet...
View ArticleSolar Power Plants Find Homes in Arizona
Arizona is about to become home to two new solar power plants. The University of Arizona will host a 1.6-megawatt (MW) system, while the Luke Air Force Base (AFB) will house a 15-MW plant, touted as...
View ArticleExpect Slightly Higher Prices for Gasoline, Electricity
Prices for motor gasoline and residential electricity are expected to rise slightly in the short term, while natural gas pricing remains stable for now, reports the latest EIA Energy Outlook Report....
View ArticleClean Technology Industry Opposes Prop 23
Clean technology industry advocates packed the “Googleplex” Tuesday morning to voice their opposition to a California ballot proposition that would suspend a law to curb greenhouse gas emissions,...
View ArticleRoundup – Cape Wind, Active Power, Indonesia
Approve National Grid’s deal with Cape Wind The Boston Globe Active Power Offers Online Energy Efficiency Calculator Active Power In Crackdown on Energy Use, China to Shut 2,000 Factories The New York...
View ArticleU.S. Consumers, Executives Skeptical about Corporate Sustainability Commitment
A new sustainability survey reveals that only 16 percent of U.S. consumers and 29 percent of Fortune 1000 executives believe that a majority of businesses are committed to sustainability. The Gibbs...
View ArticleBuilding U.S. Energy Resilience
Post Carbon Institute Renewable Energy Fellow David Fridley discusses global renewable energy technology development and what may be a “pipe dream” of energy independence. Fridley also discusses the...
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