The Executive’s Daily Green Briefing

Archive for December, 2006

News Roundup: Owens Corning, Apple, EPA…

News Roundup: Owens Corning, Apple, EPA…
Greenpeace Demonstrates Outside Apple's 5th Ave. Store More than 60 Greenpeace activists on Friday gathered around New York's Fifth Avenue Apple Store to ...

Dell Faces Recycling Criticism

Last week, Dell announced that it had met a timetable set in June to provide ...

Duke’s Anderson: Tax Carbon Emissions

Duke’s Anderson: Tax Carbon Emissions
Taxing carbon emissions will produce immediate, economywide gains in energy efficiency and new, carbon-free energy production, Duke Energy Chairman Paul ...

Truckee Utility Rejects Wholesale, Coal-Fired Power Deal

Truckee Utility Rejects Wholesale, Coal-Fired Power Deal
California's Truckee Donner Public Utility District board of directors has rejected a proposed 50-year deal to buy wholesale-priced power from ...

Colorado Democrats Plan Renewable Energy Bills

Colorado Democrats Plan Renewable Energy Bills
Colorado, with Democrats in control of the governor's office as well as the state Senate and House, has a good chance of signing ...

Automakers Seek Dismissal for Global Warming Suit

Automakers Seek Dismissal for Global Warming Suit
Chrysler, General Motors, Ford, Toyota, Honda and Nissan are asking a federal judge in U.S. District Court in Oakland to dismiss a lawsuit by ...

Westinghouse Wins China Nuke Reactor Contract

Westinghouse Wins China Nuke Reactor Contract
China's State Nuclear Power Technology Company will use the Westinghouse AP1000 as the technology basis for four new nuclear power plants ...

PG&E to Launch Carbon Offset Program for Customers

PG&E to Launch Carbon Offset Program for Customers
Pacific Gas and Electric Company is launching a carbon offset program for residential and business customers. ClimateSmart, which PG&E is calling ...

GM Reports, Again, that Energy Use is Down

GM Reports, Again, that Energy Use is Down
General Motors is once again pointing out that it has cut its energy use by 25 percent and added solar and ...

Melbourne Joins CCX

Melbourne Joins CCX
The City of Melbourne is joining the Chicago Climate Exchange. Under the program, Melbourne will make a commitment to reduce its ...

BP, OCR Offer Solar Roofing Package

BP, OCR Offer Solar Roofing Package
Northern California’s largest roofing company, Old Country Roofing, and BP Solar have signed an agreement to offer more than 100 ...

First Commercial Biomass Unit in U.S. in Final Stage

First Commercial Biomass Unit in U.S. in Final Stage
Siskiyou Opportunity Center in Mount Shasta, California is in the final stage of beginning to produce its own biomass electricity from wood ...

FTA Gives Consortium $9 Million for Hydrogen-Fueled Buses

FTA Gives Consortium $9 Million for Hydrogen-Fueled Buses
A business consortium including New Flyer Industries, ISE Corporation and SunLine Transit announced (via Fuel Cell Works) that ...

Aspen Sells Tags to Offset Guests’ Travel Emissions

Aspen Sells Tags to Offset Guests’ Travel Emissions
Aspen Skiing Company is partnering with the Bonneville Environmental Foundation to sell Green-e certified SkiGreen Tags to resort guests ...

Branson: Airlines Can Cut CO2 Emissions 25% in 2 Years

Branson: Airlines Can Cut CO2 Emissions 25% in 2 Years
Even though high fuel prices have cost the Virgin Group and Virgin Atlantic about a billion dollars a year in increased costs because ...

Honeywell Energy Plan Saves School District $129,000

Honeywell Energy Plan Saves School District $129,000
A five-year energy savings plan at York School Department buildings in Maine cut $128,903 in energy costs its first year, the ...

Boeing Facility Receives ISO 14001 Certification

Boeing Facility Receives ISO 14001 Certification
Boeing's airplane manufacturing facility in Everett, Washington has received ISO 14001 certification, confirming that the facility has a certified system in place to monitor, ...

BPA Issues Renewable Energy RFP

BPA Issues Renewable Energy RFP
Bonneville Power Administration, a federal power marketing agency based in Portland, Oregon has issued an RFP for the research and ...

Multi-Site Manager Monitors Remote Solar Sites

Multi-Site Manager Monitors Remote Solar Sites
Fat Spaniel Technologies has launched TriStar Multi-Site Manager, a product designed to allow operators of multiple remote solar power systems the ...

Dell Hits Goal of Global Free Recycling for Consumers

Dell Hits Goal of Global Free Recycling for Consumers
Dell has launched free recycling in several additional markets, meeting a timetable set in June to provide free recycling of any ...

Today's News

Ecolabeling – Bridging The Gap

Ecolabeling – Bridging The Gap

There’s no question that ecolabeling is in demand as companies in all sectors launch marketing focused on "green" company and product attributes.  ... continue »

The Green Chemistry Tipping Point
Data Centers and Carbon Pricing
From Purchaser to Participant – Keeping Consumers’ Interest During Recession
The Greening of Retail: Lowering Costs and Raising Customer Loyalty
Over Half Of Consumers Factor Green Record Into Buying Decisions

Over Half Of Consumers Factor Green Record Into Buying Decisions

Close to all American consumers (90%) believe that acting in an environmentally responsible way is important, but feel corporations hold most of ...

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Cost-Savings Key Driver to Green IT in Small Businesses
The Media’s Key Role in ‘Greenwashing Washout’
Economy Won’t Slow Down Green Consumers
Sustainable Designers Speak Up

Sustainable Designers Speak Up

Nest recently held their 2nd designer discussion "Design with a conscious". with a packed house, three product designers spoke about their ...

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Carbon Trust On Impact of Policy on Sustainable Technology
Ineos Gets Biofuel From Waste
Commercial Composting Takes Root In Portland
The Bottom Line

Marketing

Patagonia Campagn Asks Customers to ‘Vote the Environment’

Over Half Of Consumers Factor Green Record Into Buying Decisions

Not So Easy Bringing Green Products To Market

Emissions

Crystal Rock’s Solar System Up and Running

Dell Reaches Carbon Neutral Goal 5 Months Ahead Of Plans

Method Provides Incentives for Supply Chain to Reduce Emissions

Hi-Tech

Cost-Savings Key Driver to Green IT in Small Businesses

IBM Plans to Build Energy Efficient, Adaptive Data Center

Pepsi Picks Redemtech to Handle E-waste

Efficiency

Ikea To Sell Solar Panels

DOE Assessments Help 3 Plants Save Over $1.5 Million Combined

NewPage Cuts Energy Use with Lighting Retrofit

Manufacturing

Herman Miller Sees 32% ROI in Energy Efficiency Investments

Climate Exchange Strikes China Emissions Trading Deal

Lotus To Raise Wind Turbines At Factory

Carbon Offsets/RECs

Ski Industry Releases Environmental Report

Burt’s Bees Sets Greenhouse Gas Reduction Goal

Results From Carbon Footprint Calculators Vary Widely

CSR Reports

Most Companies Skip Getting CSR Reports Assured

Campbell’s Cuts 1.5 Million Gallons of Water Per Day

KB Home To Build Only Energy Star Standard Homes

Major Players

Nissan Unveils Eco-Pedal

Japanese Steel Makers to Cut GHG Emissions by 30%

AT&T Joins Green Grid, Promotes Data Center Energy Efficiency

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