Industry Groups Call for Delay of EPA Stationary Source Rules
The American Chemistry Council yesterday joined 16 other organizations in calling for a delay of new U.S. Environmental Protection Agency rules regulating greenhouse gas emissions from stationary...
View ArticleNY Jets Install Largest NFL Solar Power System
The New York Jets has completed the installation of a 690-kW solar power system at the team’s headquarters and training center in Florham Park, New Jersey. The team says this is the largest...
View ArticleNew 100% Recyclable Packaging Reduces Damage, Cuts Costs
As many businesses embrace sustainable packaging options, FoldedPak offers a new 100-percent recyclable packaging material that also is reducing product damage and cutting costs for shippers of fragile...
View ArticleRoundup – Ben & Jerry’s, Exxon, Goldman Sachs
EPA, Exxon settle hazardous waste case in Texas Houston Chronicle Ben & Jerry’s to curb use of ‘All Natural’ on labels Washington Post Capgemini Offers Modular Green Data Centres eWEEK Europe UK...
View ArticleNew Guidelines for Analyzing Air Quality Impacts Could Thwart Bay Area Infill...
Over the years, our society has developed the habit of confronting each newly perceived threat to health and welfare with legislation addressed to that issue alone, to be administered by a new...
View ArticleP&G VP of Global Sustainability Discusses Environmental Vision
Len Sauers, P&G’s vice president of global sustainability discusses the company’s vision for sustainability.
View ArticleRegulatory Roundup
Boeing Agrees to Build Storm Water Treatment System To Reduce PCB Discharges Yesterday the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency signed an agreement with The Boeing Company to construct a new storm...
View ArticleNew Clorox Corporate Logo Better Reflects Sustainability Focus
The Clorox Company has launched a new corporate logo, marking the most signicant change in its visual branding identity since 1957. The company says the updated version of its iconic diamond mark with...
View ArticleEnergy-Efficiency Solutions Deliver Major Cost Savings, says Schneider Electric
Schneider Electric North America expects that energy-efficiency solutions and services will deliver much greater cost savings for industrial and commercial facilities than alternative energy, reports...
View ArticleNature Made, Kashi, LeapFrog, Nestle Purina Partner with RecycleBank to...
Several national leading brands including Nature Made, Kashi, LeapFrog, and Nestle Purina, are partnering with RecycleBank to show new ways to reward consumers for their environmental actions, while...
View ArticleMohawk Paper Focuses on Energy Efficiency, Offsets
Mohawk Fine Papers began adopting environmental practices focused on energy efficiency in the early 1990s initially as a way to reduce costs, reports Timesunion.com. Since then it has morphed into a...
View ArticleKFC Rolls Out Reusable Side Container
KFC is rolling out its new reusable side container to restaurants across the country. The restaurant chain believes it’s the first consumer reusable food container in the fast food industry. Initially...
View ArticleIBM Unveils Software, Services to Monitor Building’s Environmental Data
IBM has added new software and service offerings to help owners and managers of commercial buildings leverage the latest energy-efficiency technologies and compliance systems. IBM also announced that...
View ArticleRoundup – GE, BP, Alcoa
Food distributor to use biodegradable packaging Plastics News GE introduces solution to treating shale gas frac water Energy Digital BP to pay record 15-million-dollar US air-pollution fine AFP Alcoa...
View ArticleVerizon, UPS Expand their ‘Green’ Fleets
Verizon and UPS are both expanding their hybrid fleets in the U.S. While Verizon plans to add more than 260 hybrid vehicles in New Jersey, UPS is rolling out 160 additional hybrids in New York, New...
View ArticleLEED Roundup: Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Courtyard by Marriott, Office Depot, Mars
Here’s the latest roundup of some of the most recent businesses and office buildings that have earned the U.S. Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED)...
View ArticleAkron Metro Unveils Largest Rooftop Solar Array in Ohio
The Akron Metro Regional Transit Authority (RTA) claims the largest solar rooftop array in the state of Ohio. The 48-kW DC solar rooftop system at Metro’s headquarters is expected to produce around...
View ArticleEnergy Tax Incentive Legislation Targets Building, Industrial Energy Efficiency
Senate Energy & Natural Resources Chairman Jeff Bingaman (D-N.M.) and Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-Maine) teamed up on Wednesday to introduce legislation providing tax incentives to the energy sector, The...
View ArticleNYC Reveals ‘Green’ Infrastructure Plans
New York City wants to curb water runoff that sends sewage into city waterways through the use of “blue” roofs that have a series of drainage pools and “green” or grass- or ivy-covered roofs, reports...
View ArticleEnvironmental Policy Roundup – 10/4/2010
Discount Store to Pay Record Fine for Selling Illegal Pesticides A federal judge has ordered retailer 99 Cents Only Stores to pay $409,490 in penalties for the sale of illegal unregistered and...
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