February, 2008
Is It Time To Ease Off On The Sustainability Talk?
The language of sustainability - phrases like "being proactive;" "our social responsibilities;" and "sustainable value creation" - is becoming the new variety of "weasel words," according to an article in The ...
APS Plans 280 MW Solar Power Plant
Arizona Public Service plans to build one of the world’s largest solar facilities – a 280-megawatt concentrating solar power plant 70 miles southwest of Phoenix, near Gila Bend, Arizona.
The Solana Generating ...
Carbon Sciences Wants To Turn CO2 Into Chalk
Carbon Sciences says it can efficiently turn carbon dioxide from smokestacks into chalk for use in drywall and other products.
Global Warming Changing Corporate Mindset
Climate change is beginning to change the mind-sets, policies and actions of corporate heads, financiers and entrepreneurs as well as leaders of organized labor, governments and the United Nations itself, according to the United ...
Johnson Controls Wins First Contract Under Clinton Climate Initiative
Johnson Controls has signed a contract to cut energy use and emissions from the largest shopping mall in India's largest city, Mumbai, JS Online reports. The deal is with ...
Merck Pledges To Cut GHG Emissions 12% By 2012
Merck plans to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from its global operations by 12 percent by the end of 2012, using 2004 as its base year.
Karen Klimas, vice president, Global ...
Hitachi’s CTO Hu Yoshida On Green Storage
With storage hardware poised to overtake servers as the power hogs of the data center, Hitachi Data Systems CTO Hu Yoshida discusses his company's approach to boosting its products' eco-friendliness....
Draft Of Energy Star Efficient Server Guidelines Released
The Environmental Protection Agency has released the first draft (PDF) of the Energy Star power efficiency specifications for computer servers, EDN reports. The plan is for the EPA to ...
Intel Tops List Of 100 Best Corporate Citizens 2008
Intel placed No. 1 in CRO's 100 Best Corporate Citizens 2008 (PDF), the ranking of top corporate citizens among U.S.-headquartered public companies.
The list ranks the corporate responsibility efforts of ...
Make Room Tupperware, EcoMom Parties The New Thing
EcoMom parties, where the talk is about installing compact fluorescent light bulbs, buying in bulk, and using "smart" power strips that shut off electricity to the espresso machine, microwave, X-Box, VCR, coffee grinder, television ...
UPS, FedEx Find Ways To Save Gas
With record setting gas and diesel prices, fuel-efficient package delivery has taken on an even higher level of importance for UPS, FedEx, and other truck-dependent businesses, AP reports.
High-tech solutions, old-fashioned fuel ...
Porche Will Fight London’s Emissions Tax
Porsche says it will fight London's £25 daily charge for cars with low fuel efficiency, The Times Online reports.
The company, which failed to persuade any other car manufacturer to support its ...
Chinese Polluters Relocate To Avoid Environmental Scrutiny
Chinese factories are moving inland from coastal regions to provinces such as Hunan, Guangxi, Zhejiang and Jiangxi in order to escape tighter environmental scrutiny, according to China's Institute of Public and Environmental Affairs, Reuters ...
Cadbury Unveils Eco-Eggs
Cadbury has unveiled a range of 'eco-eggs' called Cadbury Treasure Eggs, which rather than being sold in a box is simply foil wrapped. The Treasure Eggs represent a reduction of over ...
Toy Makers, Retailers Announce New Safety Policies
The Toy Industry Association has endorsed the general direction of a proposal for a new toy testing and safety verification system for toys sold in the U.S. market. Key elements of ...
Wouldn’t It Be Nice – U.S. Solar Industry Basks in California Sun
"Wouldn't it be nice if we were older, then we wouldn't have to wait so long, and wouldn't it be nice to live together, in the kind of world where we belong..."
In 1966, the Beach ...
Duke Energy Plans To Sell Carbon Offsets
Demand For Organic Food Grows On Campuses
College students are demanding that schools purchase regional produce, AdAge reports. That's forced major food-service companies to look for organic alternatives - and allowed regional rivals to enter the $5 billion ...
Subaru Among Companies Nearing Zero-Waste
Subaru says that 99.8 percent of the refuse from its Indiana plant - on track to produce 180,000 cars this year - is recycled or reused so it doesn't go to a ...
Champagne Region Releases Emissions Data, Reduction Plan
Representatives from the Champagne region say that the region produces 200,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide per year - or approximately 700g per bottle, Decanter reports.
In Champagne, 24 percent of the emissions came from viticulture ...
Maritime Shipping: EL Insights, Issue 36 - May 24, 2012
