August, 2009

CFTC to Regulate Chicago Climate Exchange

CFTC to Regulate Chicago Climate ExchangeThe U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) plans to impose position limits and reporting requirements on the Chicago Climate Exchange's voluntary carbon credit trading program for ...

August 31, 2009

Unwitting Businesses May Pay Twice in UK Carbon Credit Scam

Unwitting Businesses May Pay Twice in UK Carbon Credit ScamBusinesses that unknowingly participated in a suspected carbon trading scam could face millions of dollars in legal fees and penalties, reports the UK Sunday Times. ...

August 31, 2009

Green Meetings and Events Guidelines Drafted

Green Meetings and Events Guidelines DraftedTo help businesses conduct more environmentally conscious meetings and events, a new set of guidelines has been drafted by members of the Convention Industry Council. The council's Accepted Practices Exchange (APEX) Panel on Green ...

August 31, 2009

Northrop Grumman To Pay $21 Million For San Gabriel Valley Water Cleanup

Northrop Grumman To Pay $21 Million For  San Gabriel Valley Water CleanupThe U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has reached a $21 million settlement with Northrop Grumman Space & Mission Systems Corporation that requires Northrop Grumman to clean up groundwater contamination at ...

August 31, 2009

IBM, OASIS Advance Smart Grid Initiatives

IBM, OASIS Advance Smart Grid InitiativesSmart-grid initiatives are taking the form of many different partnerships including product improvements, standards development and demonstration projects that are designed to improve reliability and efficiency, ...

August 31, 2009

China May Hoard Rare Earth Metals, Vital to Some Clean Tech

China May Hoard Rare Earth Metals, Vital to Some Clean TechChina is considering a ban on export of rare earth metals, which are essential to the production of some alternative energy technologies, including hybrid vehicles and ...

August 31, 2009

Marketing Barriers Slow Adoption of Solar Power

Marketing Barriers Slow Adoption of Solar PowerA new report from the Clean Energy Group and SmartPower highlights several marketing initiatives across the U.S. that are driving growth and interest in solar power ...

August 31, 2009

EL Pro Maker of Jack Daniels Cuts Energy Use 2.3%, GHG Emissions Rise 9%

Maker of Jack Daniels Cuts Energy Use 2.3%, GHG Emissions Rise 9%Brown-Forman Corp., a producer and marketer of several leading beverage alcohol brands, has cut its energy use by 2.3 percent, although its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions ...

August 31, 2009

As Small-scale Solar Expands, Utilities and Critics Clash

As Small-scale Solar Expands, Utilities and Critics ClashResidential and small-scale business solar generation is growing by leaps and bounds, but critics allege that utilities are unfairly guarding their turf when it comes to ...

August 31, 2009

EL Pro Top 5 Energy Management System Considerations

Top 5 Energy Management System ConsiderationsThe economy has forced most - if not all - U.S. companies to seek ways to reduce non-essential and otherwise variable costs. A new opportunity ...

August 31, 2009

Sustainable Business Initiatives Session From UK Aware 2009

Sustainable Business Initiatives Session From UK Aware 2009 UK Aware 2009 speaker session on "Sustainable Business Initiatives." Among the speakers is Charlie Browne, IKEA UK Environment Director....

August 28, 2009

Scholastic Strengthens Sustainable Paper Push

Scholastic Strengthens Sustainable Paper PushScholastic has increased its use of Forest Stewardship Council-certified and recycled paper, with nearly 35 percent of all paper purchased in 2008 meeting those standards. In January ...

August 28, 2009

UM Uses Smart Meters, Twitter To Provide Energy-Use Updates

UM Uses Smart Meters, Twitter To Provide Energy-Use UpdatesThe University of Mississippi plans to reduce campus power consumption with the recent installation of smart meters at 16 of the school's buildings to monitor, analyze, and report ...

August 28, 2009

EL Pro American Airlines Cuts Emissions 5%

American Airlines Cuts Emissions 5%American Airlines emitted 29.1 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalents in 2008, down 5 percent from the previous year. Its operational intensity ratio, or emissions ...

August 28, 2009

Litetronics Announces Cinema Sustainability Program

Litetronics Announces Cinema Sustainability ProgramLitetronics International, which provides specialty lighting, has introduced  "Litetronics Energy Efficiency, Sustainability, and Safety Program for Cinemas and ...

August 28, 2009

CRT, EPA SmartWay Transport Tackle Emissions from Port Trucking

CRT, EPA SmartWay Transport Tackle Emissions from Port TruckingThe Coalition for Responsible Transportation (CRT) has partnered with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) SmartWay Transport Program to help develop a national SmartWay certification ...

August 28, 2009

Lawsuit Charges Midwest Generation with Air Pollution

Lawsuit Charges Midwest Generation with Air PollutionMidwest Generation in Illinois is being sued by federal and state lawyers for emitting noxious smoke at six plants, reports the Chicago Tribune. Lawyers allege ...

August 28, 2009

Atlanta Designing Eco-Friendly Motorsports Park

Atlanta Designing Eco-Friendly Motorsports ParkWealthy motorsports enthusiasts are backing a two-mile-long driving course in Atlanta that aims to become the most sustainable such track in the world. The Atlanta Motorsports ...

August 28, 2009

China, Switzerland, France Strengthen Climate Change Positions

China, Switzerland, France Strengthen Climate Change PositionsAhead of the Copenhagen meeting in December that will establish a new international treaty on global warming, China has announced it will work on controlling its ...

August 28, 2009

FreshDirect, Draper Valley Farms Adopt Recyclable Packaging

FreshDirect, Draper Valley Farms Adopt Recyclable PackagingTwo farm fresh brands and one chocolate maker are adopting sustainable packaging for their products. FreshDirect is moving to an environmentally friendly package that reduces breakage; ...

August 28, 2009