October, 2008
Shippers: Offshore Wind Farms May Cause Hazards, Increase Emissions
NYC’s Black Cars Go Green
The streets of New York City could soon see the standard rows of Lincoln Town Cars disappearing, as Mayor Michael Bloomberg introduced a plan that requires new black cars entering service beginning ...
Cisco, ING, Kohl’s Among Corporate Green Power Award Winners
The EPA's Green Power Partnership announced the winners for its three leadership award categories: Green Power Partner of the Year, Green Power Purchase, and On-Site Generation. The combined commitments of these ...
Fiat Says Driver Feedback Tool Cuts CO2 Emissions By Up To 15%
Fiat has developed eco:Drive, a computer application that connects a car to a PC to evaluate driving styles and find ways to cut down on fuel consumption and CO2 emissions. Fiat says drivers can expect ...
Duke Caves To Criticism, Halves Solar Plan
Duke Energy has decided to cut its $100 million distributed solar rooftop program in half after the company was criticized by companies such has Wal-Mart as being "unfair," New York ...
Dynegy to Disclose Climate Risks
Dynegy Inc. agreed to disclose the company's financial risks associated with climate change to the S.E.C. under an accord announced by New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo and former U.S. Vice President ...
Reckitt Benckiser Slashes GHG Emissions
Reckitt Benckiser released its 2007 Sustainability Report (PDF) and has achieved a 30% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions from manufacturing energy use per unit since 2000 (a 21% reduction in ...
NY Port Authority To Hawk Carbon Credits
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey will start selling carbon offsets in early 2009. The measure was recently approved and the Port Authority will pay five companies a total ...
Nestle Aims to Reduce Carbon Intensity 20% In 5 Years
Nestle Waters North America has released its first corporate citizenship report, The Shape of Corporate Citizenship (PDF). The company reported that it emitted 55,000 tons of GHG emissions in 2007, up ...
China’s GHG Emissions Could Double By 2030
GE Switches Out Warehouse Lights, Cuts Energy Use 29%
Credit Suisse To Offer CO2 Deal Worth About $200 Million
Paul Ezekiel, Credit Suisse's head of carbon trading, told a conference this week that the bank will offer a structured carbon emissions deal next month worth about $200 million. According Ezekiel, the ...
Brill: Govt. Report on Data Center Efficiency ‘Misses The Root Cause’
The U.S. Department of Energy and the EPA recently released "Energy Efficiency in Data Centers: Recommendations for Government-Industry Coordination" (PDF), which details the discussions and recommendations covered during a national ...
Smithfield Foods Nabs McDonald’s Sustainable Supplier Award
McDonald's USA recently recognized Smithfield Foods, a pork supplier for the McDonald's system, with the company's first-ever Sustainability Award. The award, which will become an annual honor, recognizes the supplier ...
Hybrids Could Reach 17% Total Vehicle Sales By 2010
Dell’s Renewable Energy Purchase Up 870% Since 2004
Maryland Hotel To Be 100% Powered By Wind
Houston Cutting Energy Use in City Buildings
GE: Ecomagination Revenue To Hit $17 Billion In 2008
GE says that revenues from Ecomagination products and services will increase to $17 billion in 2008. While this is a 21% increase over last year, it's also a decline from a forecast of $18 billion ...
EU’s Climate Change Role May Be Weakened By Credit Crisis
