December, 2008

In Queens, PepsiCo Bottles With Its Own Steam

In Queens, PepsiCo Bottles With Its Own SteamIn Queens, PepsiCo is now bottling drinks using its own steam. Last year, the company spent $2.35 million to install combined heat and power system at its bottling plant in College Point, The New York ...

December 31, 2008

WSJ Slams Dell Over Carbon Neutral Claim

WSJ Slams Dell Over Carbon Neutral ClaimThe Wall Street Journal has slammed Dell over the announcement it made back in August about reaching its carbon neutral goal. The problem, according to WSJ, is that Dell only counts the "emissions ...

December 31, 2008

Philips’ Dramatic Move Into LED Lighting

Philips’ Dramatic Move Into LED LightingRoyal Philips Electronics - the Dutch manufacturer known for its Magnavox televisions and Norelco shavers - is shifting its home electronics business to high-tech commercial lighting. The move into a new industry is ...

December 31, 2008

Dry Cleaners Use ‘Perc’ Altnernative, Recycled Coat Hangers

Dry Cleaners Use ‘Perc’ Altnernative, Recycled Coat HangersSeattle-based startup Blue Sky, one of just 35 dry cleaners in the U.S. to use toxin-free carbon dioxide to clean clothes, bought a conventional competitor and is converting it to its ...

December 31, 2008

Asia-Pacific Leads Demand for Data Center Management Apps

Asia-Pacific Leads Demand for Data Center Management AppsThree-quarters of respondents to an IDC global poll of IT decision-makers said that benefits from cost savings, followed by corporate social responsibility (CSR) and compliance, are driving them to invest in ...

December 31, 2008

Feller: Urban Planning Should Encourage Efficient Transit

Feller: Urban Planning Should Encourage Efficient TransitGordon Feller of the Urban Age Institute says the current era is "eco-overshooting." He offers a model for planned expansion, which integrates land use and bus transit to encourage high-efficiency transferring, Road ...

December 31, 2008

StubHub To Plant a Tree For Every Ticket Bought For NFL Post-Season

StubHub To Plant a Tree For Every Ticket Bought For NFL Post-SeasonStubHub has launched its "Tickets for Trees" program, which plants a tree for every ticket purchased on StubHub for the 2008-09 NFL Playoffs and Super Bowl. Working with the National Forest Foundation, ...

December 31, 2008

Green Bible Supports Creation Care Movement

Green Bible Supports Creation Care MovementThe Green Bible, which hit bookstores in October, sold 25,000 copies within the first few weeks, and some are taking it as a sign that the environmental movement within Christian communities ...

December 31, 2008

To Close or Not to Close: PGE Ponders Fate of Oregon Coal Plant

To Close or Not to Close: PGE Ponders Fate of Oregon Coal PlantPortland General Electric is facing a "dirty dilemma," as Oregon's Department of Environmental Quality has revived the 28-year-old issue of one of its main sources of power, the Boardman Generating Station. Situated about 150 miles east ...

December 30, 2008

Wind Energy Sector 2008 Highlights

Wind Energy Sector 2008 HighlightsThe American Wind Energy Association announced that in 2008, the industry had over 21,000 megawatt of wind capacity up and running, surpassing the amount generated in 2007. The U.S. also ...

December 30, 2008

Lockheed Martin Nabs Awards

Lockheed Martin Nabs AwardsLockheed Martin has been given several awards this year for its actions towards the aggressive 25 percent reduction goal for carbon, waste, and water use it set in 2007, to achieve ...

December 30, 2008

Coke Leads Movement for Clean Energy Billboards

Coke Leads Movement for Clean Energy BillboardsJust in time for the big New Year's celebration in Times Square, Coca-Cola has made the switch to wind power to generate the energy needed for its giant, iconic billboard. Coke has displayed ...

December 30, 2008

Dunkin’ Donuts Tries Out Cemtrex Climate Control System

Dunkin’ Donuts Tries Out Cemtrex Climate Control SystemCemtrex will provide four Dunkin' Donuts locations in Manhattan with its carbon dioxide-based Green Demand Control Ventilation (DCV) system. The system monitors the changes in occupancy levels and adjusts accordingly, helping to ...

December 30, 2008

‘Green’ Investing Remains Priority Despite Economy

‘Green’ Investing Remains Priority Despite EconomyEven with the economy down, business owners continue to be optimistic about giving to environmental causes, according to a survey released by SunTrust Bank Private Wealth Management. The survey found that 69 ...

December 30, 2008

Green Builders Thwarted by Housing Market, Utilities

Green Builders Thwarted by Housing Market, UtilitiesLow-energy housing developments that sprung up around the country when energy costs soared earlier this year are facing lukewarm reception from home buyers, writes the AP. Since July, the price of oil ...

December 30, 2008

NYC To Install LED Street Lamps

NYC To Install LED Street LampsNew York City will soon be installing LED street lamps. The city plans to test six lights this coming year but there is no word yet on their locations, Inhabitat.com reports. The ...

December 30, 2008

Whole Foods, Apple, Need Integrated Climate Change Policy

Whole Foods, Apple, Need Integrated Climate Change PolicyCeres' President Mindy S. Lubber writes in Leading Green that Whole Foods recently received low scores from a new report by the Ceres investor coalition because the company lacks a ...

December 29, 2008

Green IT in 2008

Green IT in 2008Ted Samson of InfoWorld looks at some of this year's green tech trends that he predicts will spill over in 2009, PCWorld reports. 1. Modular datacenters evolved IBM, Google, Sun, Rackable ...

December 29, 2008

LOHAS Consumers Drive Charitable Donations

LOHAS Consumers Drive Charitable DonationsSeventy-eight percent of LOHAS consumers, the portion of the population most interested in sustainability and the earliest adopters of sustainable products, donated to charitable organizations in the past year, according to the Natural Marketing Institute’s ...

December 29, 2008

Is Sustainability A Fad Or Here To Stay?

Is Sustainability A Fad Or Here To Stay?"Green to Gold" author Andrew Winston discusses sustainability's staying power and its role for the plastics industry.

December 29, 2008