Owens Corning Wins EPA SmartWay Award

Owens Corning is one of  24 recipients of the Environmental Protection Agency's 2006 SmartWay Excellence Award. The award recognizes accomplishments ...

Top-10 Green Building Products

BuildingGreen, publisher of the GreenSpec Directory and Environmental Building News, has published its 2006 Top-10 Green Building Products. Three of the winning products ...

Toyota’s Hybrid Vehicle Leader Dies in Plane Crash

The senior executive at the Toyota Motor Corporation who oversaw its hybrid vehicle program died Saturday when a small aircraft he was piloting ...

CEL Overview: Carbon Offset Growth Continues

There are about 40 operations worldwide that offer carbon offsets, but it's difficult for a company to understand exactly where the ...

Connecticut Clean Energy Fund Boosts Commercial, Industrial Funding

The Connecticut Clean Energy Fund has increased funding for and modifications to its On-site Renewable DG Program which offers financial support for ...

EU Could Force Airlines to Join Emissions Trading Scheme

U.S. airlines flying into and out of Europe would need to buy permits to cover emissions on their European routes if draft European ...

China to Build 100MW, $766 Million Solar Power Plant

China says it will build the world's largest solar power station. The 100 megawatt project will cost approximately $766 million and construction ...

Report Examines Business Implications of Environmental Change

A new publication warns that companies must transform business models and operations if they are to avoid major economic losses caused by ...

Broin Plans $200 Million Cellulose-to-Ethanol Plant in Iowa

Dry mill ethanol producer Broin is planning to convert a 50 million gallon per year conventional corn dry mill facility ...

Tool Predicts Fuel Costs & Emissions for Fleet Managers

A new, interactive fleet processing tool lets fleet managers predict fuel costs and emissions for a wide variety of commercial passenger ...

Big Names Back 6 Degrees of Energy Efficiency Challenge

The Alliance to Save Energy, the American Gas Association, Dow Chemical Company and over 25 additional Power is in ...

Pennsylvania School District’s Buses Burn Biodiesel - First in State

Pennsylvania's Great Valley School District 's buses will burn B20 biodiesel in its fleet of 70 school buses - the first ...

Green-e Readies Greenhouse Gas Reductions Standard

The new Green-e Retail Greenhouse Gas Product Certification Standard will be released for comment in the next few weeks. The Center for Resource ...

Southern California Edison Signs Seven New Renewable Power Contracts

Southern California Edison has signed seven new long-term contracts with independent renewable energy power generators. The agreements secure up to 324 megawatts of clean ...

City of Millbrae Powers Wastewater Treatment Plant on Kitchen Grease

Millbrae, California's Water Pollution Control Plant is using inedible kitchen grease from restaurants to naturally produce biogas for generating renewable power ...

Prism Solar Technologies to Market Hitachi Solar Tech

Hitachi America has signed an agreement with Prism Solar Technologies that allows PST to market Hitachi’s bifacial photovoltaic cells and manufacture ...

HP Releases Energy-Efficient Business PCs

HP has released a variety of energy-efficient desk-based products for business customers. HP's Compaq dx2250 Desktop PC features energy-efficient processors. HP also plans to offer ...

Companies Pay $20 Billion for Pollution Control Equipment

The EPA has obtained commitments from industry, governments and other regulated entities to reduce pollution by nearly 900 million pounds in fiscal year ...

GEMI and BSR Release Sustainability Survey

Results of a new survey of sustainability business professionals show that corporate social responsibility (CSR) has a high profile inside their companies. Seventy-two percent of the survey ...

DuPont Wins Government Procurement Green Contractor Award

DuPont has won the Coalition for Government Procurement's Green Contractor Award, given annually to the government contractor that has made the ...