Archive for January, 2007
Coal-Fired Power Off Limits to California Utilities
California's Public Utilities Commission is barring investor-owned utilities from entering long-term contracts to obtain electricity from sources that emit more carbon dioxide than a modern natural gas plant, AP reports. The so-called "greenhouse gas ...
College Study: Green Practices Need Improvement
The Sustainable Endowments Institute released its College Sustainability Report Card, which grades 100 leading colleges campus greening practices and endowment policies (via Sustainablog). The report's grade of "A-", the highest cumulative sustainability grade, ...
Federal Govt Shifts to Hybrids & Green Procurement
President Bush issued an executive order requiring federal agencies to cut their energy consumption, shift federal fleets to plug-in hybrid vehicles, and expand procurement programs to focus on environmentally friendly products, GovExec reports. Under ...
Whirlpool Joins EPA’s SmartWay Transport
Whirlpool is the latest company to join SmartWay Transport, the partnership between the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the freight industry that's designed to increase energy efficiency and reduce greenhouse gases and air ...
California Discusses Joining EU’s Emissions Trading Scheme
EU Environment Commissioner Stavros Dimas said members of his staff met with Californian officials last week, before Bush's State of the Union address, and discussed how to bring the state into the 27-nation bloc's ...
Alabama Switches State Fleet to Flex-Fuel
Alabama is switching its state fleet to E-85. Construction of a 12,000 gallon E-85 tank and two fueling pumps began this week and is scheduled to be finished in early May. Of the 207 vehicles at ...
Safeway First Retailer to Join California Climate Action Registry
Safeway is the first retailer to join the California Climate Action Registry, California's only official registry for greenhouse gas emissions reduction projects. Joining the registry requires Safeway to annually monitor, report and certify its ...
London Releases Sustainable Development Strategy for 2012 Olympics
The London 2012 Olympic Games are being billed as the greenest games in modern times by the The Olympic Delivery Authority. During the construction phase, the ODA says it will set new standards for the sustainable design ...
California EPA: Bush’s Energy Plan Could Increase Emissions
California environmental officials are now saying that President Bush's energy plan to reduce gasoline consumption by 20 percent could increase greenhouse gas emissions, AP reports. "We think it not only does not go far enough but ...
Lexus Looks for Hybrid Market Share, Steps Up Marketing
As Toyota's Lexus brand steps up production of hybrid cars such as the LS 600h L, it will launch a broadband video channel this summer featuring topics such as art, architecture, fashion, technology, and eco-friendly ...
BMW Among EPA’s Landfill Methane Partner Award Winners
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Landfill Methane Outreach Program has assisted in developing over 325 landfill gas projects in the past 12 years, reducing methane emissions by about 90 million metric tons of carbon ...
GE, ConocoPhillips Vie for Hunton IGCC Contract
Hunton Energy is planning a $2.4 billion power plant in the Houston, Texas area that includes CO2 sequestration. The Lockwood integrated gasification combined cycle plant will consist of two phases with the first phase scheduled ...
Bush’s State of the Union Energy Plan Gets Mixed Reaction
President Bush set a goal of reducing U.S. gasoline consumption by 20 percent in the next 10 years during last night's State of the Union speech. The White House dubbed the program Twenty in ...
NYC Plans Hybrid Wind, Solar, Tidal Energy Plant on Randall’s Island
New York City's Department of Parks and Recreation is in final contract negotiations with Highland, NY-based Natural Currents Energy Services to build a hybrid wind, solar and tidal-energy power plant on Randall’s Island ...
Clif Bar’s ‘Save Our Snow’ Roadtrip Visits Ski Resorts
Clif Bar has launched (via TreeHugger) a new marketing campaign, Clif Bar Save Our Snow Winter Roadtrip, that features World Champion freeskier Alison Gannett. The roadtrip started from this weeks' Snowsports Industry Association ...
DOE Plans $17 Million for Auto Efficieny
The U.S. Department of Energy intends to issue $17 million in solicitations to improve automobile efficiency and reduce U.S. dependence on foreign sources of oil under the FreedomCAR and Vehicle Technologies Program. The funding ...
AWEA: Wind Power Capacity Will Grow 26% in 2007
U.S. wind power generating capacity increased by 27 percent in 2006 and is expected to increase an additional 26 percent in 2007, according to a market forecast released today by the American Wind Energy Association. The U.S. ...
Ford Plans Escape Hybrid E85 Demos, Unveils Edge with HySeries Drive
Ford is producing 20 demonstration Escape Hybrid E85 vehicles for use in fleets in six different states. Deliveries will begin this spring. The demonstration vehicles use hybrid electric power and flex-fuel capability. Escape Hybrid E85 ...
100 Most Sustainable Companies in the World
Innovest Strategic Value Advisors is releasing its Global 100 list of the most sustainable corporations in the world at the World Economic Forum in Davos. The G100, initiated by Corporate Knights with Innovest as ...
Grgich Latest Winery to Plug Into Solar
Grgich Hills winery in Napa Valley has contracted SPG Solar to complete a PV installation that will produce 170.08 kilowatts DC of electricity during peak production hours. When combined with a solar system ...
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