Archive for November, 2008
Kokuyo Opens Rooftop Office To Cut CO2, Workers Get Blankets
In an effort to cut back on electricity usage and CO2 emissions, office supplies manufacturer Kokuyo Co. opened a “garden office” on the rooftop of its headquarters in Tokyo last week, Mainichi Daily News ...
12-State Report Finds Over $1 Billion Spent On ESPC Projects
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and the National Association of Energy Service Companies (NAESCO) issued a new report, “Performance Contracting and Energy Efficiency in the State Government Market” (PDF). The report found ...
More than 900 U.S. Mayors Sign Climate Protection Agreement
The United States Conference of Mayors announced that more than 900 mayors have signed the U.S. Conference of Mayors Climate Protection Agreement. Under the agreement, cities pledged to reduce carbon emissions by ...
Server MPG – It’s Time for Action
Would you buy a car if you had no idea about its MPG rating? Especially with today’s volatile fuel prices, it seems like a crazy idea. But that’s the situation in data centers today, because there’s ...
Bioplastics Market To Reach 1.2 B lbs By 2012, But Improvements Needed
According to John Kalkowski, editorial director at Packaging Digest, “bioplastics' time has not yet come, but it can't be far off.” According BCC research, the market for biodegradable plastics reached 541 ...
EMA: Ready For EPA’s 2010 Heavy-Duty Emissions Standards
The Engine Manufacturers Association (EMA) affirmed that its members are on schedule and ready to meet EPA's 2010 emission standards for heavy-duty engines and see no technological barriers to meeting the standard. "Engine manufacturers successfully ...
U.N. Releases Climate Proposal Before Poznan
The United Nations published a report last week to help lawmakers at the upcoming meeting in Poznan, Poland to move closer to sealing a new global climate pact, Reuters reports. In the ...
California Shows Willingness to Tackle Climate Change Despite Economy
California's Air Resources Board is planning to call for tougher emission rules and new fees. The blueprint, which will be voted on next month, calls for a gradual rollback in emissions to ...
U.K. Gov. Reaps $81 M in First Auction of CO2 Permits
Europe held its first auction of carbon dioxide permits last week. The U.K. government reaped about $81 million from sales of 4 million permits, which allow buyers to emit carbon under the ...
Global Recycling Standard Issued for Textiles and Clothing
Control Union Certifications has launched the first Global Recycling Standard (GRS) for textiles and clothing to ensure greater sourcing clarity right through the production supply chain, EcoTextile News reports. The Control Union ...
Green Spending And The Uncertain Economy
With the economic crisis, the green movement has been slowing down due to tightening cash flows. But Andrew Winston writes on the Leading Green blog that “delaying action on sustainability plans ...
P&G Cuts C02 Emissions 52% Since 2002
The Procter & Gamble Company has released its 2008 Sustainability Report. P&G says is on track to meet or exceed five-year goals established in 2007. During the last year, P&G operations reduced ...
‘Green Car Of the Year’ Unveiled
Sit in on the Green Car of the Year Award presented at the 2008 LA Auto Show (via AutoNetwork).
Sustainability is Not a Color – Sustainability is Transparent.
Green was an obvious color to hang the environmental renaissance on. It was a reclaiming of the old pejorative “greenies” and “treehuggers.” Both of those terms have been reclaimed by the fringe, but then quickly ...
92% Of Organizations Working To Make Facilities More Sustainable
Ninety-two percent of respondents to The Global Facility Management Association's recently released Green Practices Study (PDF) say that they are working to make their facilities more sustainable. In addition, 67% say their customers ...
London 2012 Publishes Sustainable Sourcing Code
The London 2012 Organizing Committee published the first edition of an online “Sustainable Sourcing Code” (PDF). The code is an effort to ensure the products and services used for the ...
Owens Ups Recycled Content in Fiberglass Insulation, Cuts Energy Use, CO2
Owens Corning announced that it has increased the the certified recycled content in its PINK Fiberglas insulation to a minimum of 40 percent. The company says at this level of recycled content, ...
Austin Retailers Report 40% Reduction in Plastic Bag Use
Austin retailers who participated in the city-led , “Reduce, Reuse and Recycle” campaign report that they have recycled over 20 percent more bags at stores during the first half of 2008 compared ...
Minnesota Paper Recycler To Power With Biogas
St. Paul Port Authority has gained unanimous support from the City Council to develop a once-controversial biogas plan, Star Tribune reports. The biogas plan is aiming to pipe rural Minnesota manure and ...
Waxman Wins Control of Energy Panel
House Democratic leaders voted 137-122 to oust auto-industry ally Representative John Dingell from his chairmanship of the House Energy and Commerce committee, replacing him with Representative Henry Waxman, Bloomberg reports. Waxman is ...
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