August, 2009
Feds Add $300M to Boost Commercial Trucking Sector
The nation's supply chain is getting an energy-efficient shot in the arm that will make transporting goods more cost-effective, energy efficient and environmentally friendly. A series ...
Thanks to Government, Carbon Capture Projects Taking Off
Touted as an alternative to alternative energies, carbon capture and sequestration for coal-fired utilities is gaining steam, thanks in part to support from federal and state ...
Final Thoughts from Stockholm World Water Week 2009
I've been coming to World Water Week for years, in fact since the start, as ITT was one of the first founders and supporters of the ...
CARB Giving Fleet Managers Headaches
Many of California’s efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from motor vehicles may cause headaches for small commercial fleet owners whose older trucks are difficult to ...
Stony Brook Medical Center Pledges to Reduce Environmental Impact
Stony Brook University Medical Center is the first hospital in the U.S. to sign a comprehensive agreement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, pledging to ...
FedEx Office, Office Depot Get Top Grades for Paper Practices
Office retail stores FedEx Office and Office Depot earned top grades in the latest Green Grades office supply report card that ranks retailers and wholesalers/distributors ...
Airports Consider Energy Efficiency, Solar Power in New Designs
Chipmaker AMD to Reduce Emissions 33% by 2011
Already having reduced emissions 6 percent from 2007 to 2008, AMD plans to further reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 33 percent by 2011.
At the company's ...
NY Times Lighting Retrofit Saves $600K Annually
Denny’s Goes Green in Joliet
The new Denny's restaurant in Joliet, Illinois, is the restaurant chain's first Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certified restaurant, reports the Chicago Tribune. One ...
USGBC Launches Initiative to Track Buildings’ Performance
The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) has stepped up its efforts for continuous improvement in building performance with the launch of the Building Performance Initiative. This ...
Only 12% of Major Firms have Executive Team for Sustainability
Many large corporations are merely paying lip service to their environmental policies, according to a new report from the Sustainable Enterprise Institute.
Among companies in the ...
Energy-Efficiency at Vorwerk
The German vacuum-cleaner company has been building its Kobold model for almost 80 years, and sold more than 80 ...
Carbon Disclosure Demands on the Rise: Is Your Organization Ready?
Home Depot battled negative headlines in May when shareholders voted down a resolution to enforce more rigid and transparent energy efficiency measures. The resolution ...
Facing Newsstand Nightmare, Publishers Gain From Sustainable Thinking
With newsstand sales in a freefall for nearly all publishing segments, publishers can streamline their distribution process, reduce paper use and do a good turn for ...
NASA Goes for Energy Efficiency in New Building
A new $20.6 million NASA building is being hailed as the greenest-ever construction project by the federal government.
The new Ames Research Center, dubbed the ...
NYC Tests Hybrid Garbage Trucks, EVs
The New York City Sanitation Department will add several hybrid electric diesel collection trucks to its fleet. New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg announced ...
Consumers Rank Environment No. 4 Among Top Concerns
When it comes to their top concerns, consumers put the environment behind the economy, health care and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, according to new research from the Shelton Group.
The research, GreenLivingPulse 2009, ...
Chamber of Commerce: Put Climate Change Science on Trial
In an attempt to stop potentially sweeping federal emissions regulations, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce wants the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to hold a public ...
Lawsuit Halts Logging Plans Over Emissions Concerns
In response to recent lawsuits, Sierra Pacific Industries has formally withdrawn plans this week to log more than 1,600 acres of Sierra Nevada forests. The ...
