December, 2008
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EPA Administrator Bans Limits on Greenhouse Gases in Clean Air Act Permits
Out-going EPA Administrator Stephen Johnson recently issued a memorandum setting an agency-wide policy that prohibits controls on CO2 emissions from being included in air permits, coal-fired power plants and other facilities. Johnson ...
DOE Offers $200M in Biofuel Awards
The Department of Energy (DOE) will award as much as $200 million in grants to 5-12 projects over the next six years for advanced biofuel pilot refineries.
By giving support, the US hopes ...
UK Wind Industry Lowers Carbon Savings Claims
The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) in the UK told the British Wind Energy Association (BWEA) that it must tone down claims that wind turbines reduce CO2 emissions.
The wind industry trade ...
P&G Reduces Bill for Energy Conservers
Northern and central California energy customers are among the most energy-efficiency conscious in the US, said Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E), which has started a program to reward them for their ...
Companies Looking At Alternative To Clamshell Package
Companies like Amazon.com, Sony, Microsoft and Best Buy have begun looking into alternatives to plastic “clamshell” packages, The New York Times reports. A goal of at least some of these efforts is ...
Commercial Building Monitors Results From Its Green Features
The home of Ferreira Construction and Noveda Technologies is going one step ahead with its green building. The building uses patent-pending technology that is accessible from any computer to monitor the building's ...
Bombardier Meets 5-Yr Reduction Targets
Bombardier Inc. released its first company-wide corporate responsibility report (pdf), announcing that it has achieved five-year reduction targets set in 2003 for water and energy consumption and is on track ...
UPS Saves Fuel With Christmas Bike Delivery Service
UPS is now employing leg muscles as a new fuel-saving strategy. After a pilot run in 2007, the company is now adding bicycle carriers to meet its holiday demand, New York Times ...
Critics: Bentley’s Plan To Cut CO2 With Ethanol Flawed
Bentley, which is owned by Germany's Volkswagen, says biofuels are the way to cut its CO2 emissions. For the company, in the short to medium term, this means using ethanol as the ...
Companies Map Renewable Energy Potential
The sun shines everywhere, but not equally. The same array of photovoltaic solar panels can produce enough power for a home, or not even enough to reduce utility bills. But now that ...
DOE Awards Energy Savings Contracts Worth $80 Billion
The Department of Energy (DOE) awarded new Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) Energy Savings Performance Contracts (ESPCs) to 16 companies.
Under an ESPC, the contractor designs, constructs, and obtains the necessary ...
QVC Installs One-Megawatt Solar Power Farm
Liberty Media's QVC, working with SunPower Corp., announced the installation of a one-megawatt solar electric power farm at its Rocky Mount Inc. distribution center based in Rocky Mount, NC.
The solar array is expected to ...
Obama’s Vision for Auto Industry Tested by Economy, Gas Prices
Chipotle Introduces Green Cutlery
Chipotle Mexican Grill is starting to introduce sustainable cutlery in its Millbrae, Calif. restaurant and is planning a system-wide rollout to its 800 other locations in the near future.
Marketing Daily writes ...
Scottrade Turns Down A/C at Data Center
St. Louis-based Scottrade, looking to reduce power consumption, hired engineering firm Glumac to improve energy use at it data center, CIO reports.
Using a computational fluid dynamics (CFD) model of the center, ...
Zerofootprint Releases Carbon Manager Software
NeuCo Optimization Project Improves Emissions, Efficiency
NeuCo, working with Dynegy and the Department of Energy’s National Energy Technology Laboratory, announced the results of a four-year optimization software development and demonstration project that took place at the Baldwin ...
Waste Management’s Disney Exhibit Takes Upbeat View of Trash
Elizabeth Royte of OnEarth Magazine recently took a trip to Walt Disney World's Epcot, where Waste Management launched an exhibit called “Don't Waste It,” earlier this year. The exhibition offers ...
Toyota To Increase Use of ‘Ecological Plastic’ in Vehicle Interiors
Toyota announced plans to increase the use of plant-derived, carbon-neutral plastics in more vehicle models, starting with a new hybrid vehicle next year. The company's newly developed plastics, collectively known as ...
