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GE Establishes New Division for Appliances, Lighting Bloomberg VA Senator To Propose Energy Efficiency Mandates NBC Europe May Bundle Renewable Energy Generators, Sueddeutsche Says Bloomberg Vermont...
View ArticleYou’ve Heard of the Smart Grid: Get Ready for the Smart Tank
As companies with significant Scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions exposure get more sophisticated in their management of environmental resources, they are now exposed to the quadruple optimization function of...
View ArticleDenver Airport Getting ‘Green’ Parking Facility
Green Park DIA, a 4,200-stall parking lot servicing Denver International Airport, is setting a goal to be the world’s greenest parking facility. The $32 million Green Park DIA, which is being built to...
View ArticleU.S. Commercial Building Energy Efficiency Biz Worth $5.6B a Year
Companies providing energy efficiency consulting services to U.S. commercial building owners are expected to make about $5.6 billion a year. About 75 percent of the revenues come from implementing a...
View ArticleSenator: Cap and Trade a No-Go in 2010
As went the Copenhagen climate talks, so goes U.S. cap-and-trade legislation. Or so it would seem from the comments of Sen. Jeff Bingaman, D-N.M., chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources...
View ArticleRC2 Fined $1.25M for Lead-Tainted Thomas the Tank Engine Toys
The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) reached a $1.25 million settlement with Illinois-based toy company RC2, pertaining to the company’s 2007 recall of an estimated 1.7 million Thomas the Tank...
View ArticleEast Coast Targeted for Underwater CO2 Storage
Researchers say buried volcanic rocks, or basalt along the coasts of New York, New Jersey and New England, and as far south as Georgia and South Carolina, might be ideal reservoirs to store carbon...
View ArticleAir Quality Scrubbers Help Coal Plants Move Forward
While a retrofit project in Pennsylvania marks a step forward in cutting emissions from coal-fired power plants, a new coal-fired plant under construction in Illinois sparks debate over the use of coal...
View ArticleBrownFlynn Sets Baseline for Future Environmental Performance
BrownFlynn, a corporate responsibility and sustainability consulting firm, says it is “walking the talk” with the release of its first sustainability report based on the Global Reporting Initiative....
View ArticleBest Practices in Sustainability at Foodservice
Water efficiency, use of green building materials and HVAC systems play a role in sustainability in the foodservice supply chain, according to the 36-page “Sustainability in the Food Service...
View ArticleLarge Polluters Would Pay More in Revised Version of French Carbon Tax
Despite France’s Constitutional Council rejecting a tax on carbon emissions because of too many exemptions for major industrial polluters, the nation plans to move forward with a new version of the tax...
View ArticleOlof Kolte on Sustainable Industrial Design
Olof Kolte is a civil engineer and designer working as a designer and part time senior lecturer at Lund University, School of industrial Design, where, since 2001, he’s taught sustainable design....
View ArticleRoundup – NYC E-Waste, VW, FCC, Xcel, Munich Re
Court Showdown Looms for NYC Electronics Recycling Law NY Times Greening A Facility’s Water Systems One Step At A Time Chief Engineer VW’s Green Theme at Autostadt NY Times FCC Chairman on Smart Grid:...
View ArticleTurning CO2 into Natural Gas
Japanese researchers aim to use bacteria to help convert carbon dioxide trapped below the ocean into natural gas, reports Yahoo, via AFP. The Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology has...
View ArticleUK Government Calls for Food Labels to Show Carbon Footprint
Supermarket food in the UK will be labeled to show its carbon footprint, country of origin and animal welfare standards as part of the government’s new food strategy for the next 20 years, reports the...
View ArticleCalifornia Air Board, Port Truckers Strike Deal on Diesel Emissions Rules
Averting a possible shutdown, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) and Port of Oakland truckers agreed to a last-minute deal that included additional funding to help the truckers comply with...
View ArticleCES Roundup: Sony, Casio, HP, Samsung Unveil Energy Efficient Electronics
A rash of new, more energy efficient consumer electronics are drawing the spotlight at CES 2010 in Las Vegas. A good chunk of the 20,000-some new product launches at the show featured decreased energy...
View ArticleCO, NC, MA, WI, HA, Utah Starting Building Retrofit Programs
A pilot program will help institute energy efficiency building retrofit programs in six states. The National Governors Association announced the program, which is funded by the U.S. Department of...
View ArticleGreenpeace Rates Electronics Firms on Lobbying
The latest Guide to Greener Electronics from Greenpeace now rates companies on whether they lobby for industrywide rules that would prevent use of environmentally damaging materials. Greenpeace wants...
View ArticleEPA Puts Science Behind New Smog Standards
Strict new health standards for smog will impose extra costs as the Environmental Protection Agency rolls back the more lax Bush-era smog standards. The new limits, proposed Jan. 7, are likely to put...
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