May, 2009
Budweiser Cold Beer Storage Building Installs Solar
Markstein Sales Company has installed a 416kW DC solar installation on its Budweiser cold beer storage building in Contra Costa County, California.
The solar system was designed ...
Climate Bill Clears House Committee, Vote in August
The House has moved the Markey-Waxman climate legislation out of the Energy and Commerce Committee and the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee is debating its ...
Tesco To Roll Out Carbon Labels for TP and Kitchen Towels
Tesco, a major UK retailer, plans to announce that its toilet and kitchen rolls are the next products to join the company's list of products ...
European Investors Call for Changes in Carbon Trading
The Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC), the European investors' forum for collaboration on climate change, is calling for key changes in the carbon markets ...
DOE, DOC Release First Set of Smart-Grid Standards
The U.S. Departments of Energy and Commerce recently announced the first set of standards that are needed to drive the development of a smart electric ...
World’s Cement Makers Seek 25% Cut in Emissions
Perhaps acting in advance of global climate talks, a coalition representing the world's leading cement makers agreed May 20 to target emissions reductions of 25 percent.
Cement ...
Canada Slates $880M for Clean Energy Fund
The Canadian government has announced details of the C$1-billion (approximately $882 million) Clean Energy Fund, which will go to the development and advancement of clean ...
Nestle, Coke, Bud Target Public Arenas for Recycling
Increasingly, companies are putting sponsorship dollars toward support of recycling initiatives at sporting stadiums, public areans and other public venues.
Working with Keep America Beautiful, Nestle Waters ...
Steel Industry Faces Carbon Hurdle
The U.S. steel industry in general, and U.S. Steel Corp., AK Steel, ArcelorMittal SA and OAO Severstal in particular, which operate carbon-intensive integrated mills, could be ...
Renewable Energy Standard May Save $200B In Annual Energy
Energy efficiency and renewable energy standards could save U.S. consumers $200 billion a year by 2030.
There also is an equal opportunity for the commercial and industrial ...
Coke, Pepsi, Inbev Top Sustainability Survey of Food/Bev Firms
In a survey of environmental and sustainability practices at top consumer food and beverage firms, Coca-Cola, PepsiCo and and Inbev came out on top.
Among companies surveyed ...
Recession Drives Down U.S. CO2 Emissions 2.8%
Energy-related carbon dioxide emissions in the U.S. declined by 2.8 percent in 2008, according to a Energy Information Administration flash estimate. That's the largest annual ...
Yahoo! Kicks Off ‘Make It Green’ Promotion
As an example of institutional marketing of its green microsite, Yahoo! has launched a promotion called Make It Green.
Using its broad reach, Yahoo! is inviting ...
Cutting Operating Expenses with Efficiency
With corporate revenues falling, corporate energy bills are becoming even more glaring as a cost center and source of waste.
Commercial and industrial (C&I) buildings account for ...
Total Cuts Emissions by 5.2% in 2008
Total, the world's fifth largest publicly-traded integrated oil and gas company, has cut its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 5.2 percent in 2008, according to its recently ...
Intel Cuts Emissions by 27% in 2008
Semiconductor giant Intel Corporation has cut its global-warming emissions by 27 percent in 2008, compared to its 2007 baseline, keeping the company on track to meet its ...
Military Seeks Fuel Efficiency With Ships and Electric Vehicles
TV Ad Extols Obama’s Clean Energy Push
A new television ad falls in line with President Obama's push for clean energy and higher fuel standards.
The ad, ...
Dell Comes Up Roses in Corporate Sustainability Index
Dell took the top spot in the inaugural Corporate Sustainability Index, a survey of technology firms' sustainability efforts put together by Technology Business Research, a ...
Global Voluntary Carbon Market Doubled in 2008 to $705M
With an estimated 123 million tons of carbon credits traded in 2008, the voluntary carbon market across the world nearly doubled from the 65 million tons ...
