The Executive’s Daily Green Briefing

Archive for November, 2006

Retailers Offer Customers ‘Carbonfree’ Shipping Option

Retailers Offer Customers ‘Carbonfree’ Shipping Option
Four retailers, BetterWorld.com, Evogear.com, 3r Living, and Alonovo.com, are using a new program from Carbonfree.org and Carnegie Mellon ...

BP Plans $70 Million Expansion

BP Plans $70 Million Expansion
BP Solar is planning a $70 million expansion project at its North American headquarters in Frederick, MD. The expansion will ...

Wal-Mart Says Switch to LEDs Could Net 66% Energy Savings

Wal-Mart Says Switch to LEDs Could Net 66% Energy Savings
Wal-Mart is outfitting low- and medium-temperature refrigerated display cases in over 500 U.S. stores with GE LEDs from GELcore, a GE ...

PG&E and Hi-Tech Companies Offer Incentives on Energy Efficient Server Technology

PG&E and Hi-Tech Companies Offer Incentives on Energy Efficient Server Technology
Pacific Gas and Electric has started a utility financial incentive program to support virtualization projects in data centers in northern and central ...

Walgreens Tests Energy-Saving Ballast System

Walgreens Tests Energy-Saving Ballast System
Walgreens is installing Axis Technology Group's Dimming/Daylight Harvesting Ballast system in test stores. Energy Solutions Group, which supplies lighting equipment ...

AES Submits Bids to NYPA to Construct Clean Coal and Biomass Facility

AES Submits Bids to NYPA to Construct Clean Coal and Biomass Facility
AES has submitted two bids to construct a clean coal and biomass facility in Upstate New York in response to a ...

SunPower to Acquire PowerLight

SunPower to Acquire PowerLight
SunPower, a manufacturer of solar cells and solar panels, is positioning itself as a solar power plant designer, developer, and operator with ...

Most Consumers Will Pay More for Renewable Energy

Most Consumers Will Pay More for Renewable Energy
Seventy-six percent of Americans feel it’s extremely important that their electric utility offers power produced from renewable sources, according to Energy ...

Chicago School Buses Test O2Diesel

Chicago School Buses Test O2Diesel
Chicago Public Schools have launched a pilot program to replace the traditional diesel fuel used to power school buses with O2Diesel, ...

San Diego Gas & Electric Increases Renewables by 120MW

San Diego Gas & Electric Increases Renewables by 120MW
San Diego Gas & Electric  has contracted for an additional 120 MW of solar and geothermal power by 2010. Two ...

Ohio Markets State as Alt-Energy Leader

Ohio Markets State as Alt-Energy Leader
Ohio is pushing hard to be recognized as an ideal location for the alternative energy industry. As part of the state's marketing efforts, ...

Green Mountain Launches Site, Viral Campaign to Sell Offsets

Green Mountain Launches Site, Viral Campaign to Sell Offsets
Green Mountain Energy has launched a new site, BeGreenNow, a My Space viral campaign, and a social networking program to sell carbon offset ...

New Commercial Bank Targets Green Businesses

New Commercial Bank Targets Green Businesses
A new commercial bank in San Francisco is focusing on green business sectors. New Resource Bank has attracted an investor group ...

NJ Doubles Solar Capacity in 9 Months

NJ Doubles Solar Capacity in 9 Months
New Jersey has more than doubled its solar capacity in the first nine months of 2006 and now has more than 1840 ...

New Database Tracks U.S. Fuel Cell Activity

New Database Tracks U.S. Fuel Cell Activity
Fuel Cells 2000 and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Hydrogen Program have launched a new searchable database that documents fuel ...

Shocker: Green Marketer’s Survey Says Green PR a ‘Must’

Shocker: Green Marketer’s Survey Says Green PR a ‘Must’
Fifty percent of marketing and PR management believe that an organization’s green credentials are important to customers, according to research (...

Boulder’s Municipal Carbon Tax Passes

Boulder’s Municipal Carbon Tax Passes
Ultra-liberal Boulder, Colorado has passed the country’s first municipal carbon tax, MSNBC reports. The Boulder tax will raise average home bills ...

Wal-Mart Evaluates Environmental Efforts

Wal-Mart Evaluates Environmental Efforts
Wal-Mart has reviewed early results of various environmental projects at its experimental stores located in McKinney, Texas, and Aurora, Colorado ...

BAE Wins Award to Build Fuel Cell for Hybrid Transit Bus

BAE Wins Award to Build Fuel Cell for Hybrid Transit Bus
The FTA has selected BAE Systems to develop advanced hydrogen fuel-cell technology on a hybrid electric transit bus. The $5.35 ...

Spain Makes Solar Power Mandatory

Spain Makes Solar Power Mandatory
All new and renovated buildings in Spain must now have solar panels, Reuters reports.  The code will come into force fully ...

Today's News

Industry Needs Energy Star For Servers - Now!

Industry Needs Energy Star For Servers - Now!

The other day while out shopping for Energy Star rated household appliances with my wife, I got to wondering why we ... continue »

Parse The Greens, Pass The Spectacle
Timberland’s Journey to Quarterly CSR Reporting
Peak Carbon
Consumers Understand Greenwash, So Why Can’t The Communications Industry?
MIT Report: World Can Learn From European Cap-And-Trade System

MIT Report: World Can Learn From European Cap-And-Trade System

The EU cap-and-trade system has operated well and has had little or no negative impact on the overall EU economy, according to ...

click to view full size chart »

Fewer Willing To Pay Premium For Green
EIA Projects 50% Growth In World Energy Use By 2030
Fuel Prices, Environment Drive Consideration Of Hybrids
UK Facing Higher Green Taxes

UK Facing Higher Green Taxes

Political and business leaders are warning that Britain faces a sharp rise in its tax bill to fund the country's move to ...

click to view video »

Climate Change And Public Health
Commute Program Helps Juniper Employees Reduce Trips
Clean Diesel Talked Up At Mid America Trucking Show
The Bottom Line

Marketing

New Video Shows Innovations In Textile Industry

Enterprise Rent-A-Car Says Thin Clients Will Save $500,000

Parse The Greens, Pass The Spectacle

Emissions

Ericsson Solar Cell Solution Deployed In South America

MIT Report: World Can Learn From European Cap-And-Trade System

Leaving Computers On Over Holiday Weekend Costs Big Bucks

Hi-Tech

Industry Needs Energy Star For Servers - Now!

Novomer Makes Sacrificial Binder From Recycled CO2

‘Old’ IT Doesn’t Have To Mean ‘Inefficient’

Efficiency

Logan Airport Wind Energy Excursion A Success

Ball Aims To Reduce GHG 16 Percent by 2012

Branson Plans Zero Carbon Resort, Launches Eco-Consulting Group

Manufacturing

Lee Company Installs Solar Power System

Anaerobic Digestion Facility At Maker’s Mark Powers Distillery

EPA Web Site Provides Importing, Exporting Environmental Rules

Carbon Offsets/RECs

Harrah’s Pitching Carbon Offsets

Denver International Carbon Offset Program Fails To Take Off

Passengers Will Pay For New EU Airlines Emissions Rules

CSR Reports

GHG Emissions Up At Owens Corning, Energy Use Down

IBM Launches Green Consulting Service

Baxter Aims To Reduce GHG Emissions By 45% By 2015

Major Players

P&W Geared Turbofan Engine Could Help Industry Cut Emissions

Dell Power Supply First To Receive ‘80 Plus Gold’ Certification

Dow Raising Prices, Again

See All Topics »