December, 2008
In Queens, PepsiCo Bottles With Its Own Steam
In 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 ...
WSJ Slams Dell Over Carbon Neutral Claim
The 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 ...
Philips’ Dramatic Move Into LED Lighting
Royal 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 ...
Dry Cleaners Use ‘Perc’ Altnernative, Recycled Coat Hangers
Seattle-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 ...
Asia-Pacific Leads Demand for Data Center Management Apps
Three-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 ...
Feller: Urban Planning Should Encourage Efficient Transit
Gordon 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 ...
StubHub To Plant a Tree For Every Ticket Bought For NFL Post-Season
StubHub 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, ...
Green Bible Supports Creation Care Movement
The 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 ...
To Close or Not to Close: PGE Ponders Fate of Oregon Coal Plant
Portland 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 ...
Wind Energy Sector 2008 Highlights
The 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 ...
Lockheed Martin Nabs Awards
Lockheed 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 ...
Coke Leads Movement for Clean Energy Billboards
Just 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 ...
Dunkin’ Donuts Tries Out Cemtrex Climate Control System
Cemtrex 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 ...
‘Green’ Investing Remains Priority Despite Economy
Even 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 ...
Green Builders Thwarted by Housing Market, Utilities
Low-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 ...
NYC To Install LED Street Lamps
New 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 ...
Whole Foods, Apple, Need Integrated Climate Change Policy
Ceres' 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 ...
Green IT in 2008
Ted 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 ...
LOHAS Consumers Drive Charitable Donations
Seventy-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 ...
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.
Tesco Tackles Food Waste with Ethylene-Absorbing Strips
