March, 2010
Advanced Diesel Engines May Cut Truck Fuel Use 20% by 2020
Using advanced diesel engines in tractor-trailers could lower their fuel consumption by up to 20 percent by 2020, and improved aerodynamics could deliver an 11 ...
Senate Takes Another Crack at Climate Bill, Obama Open to Offshore Drilling
Senator John Kerry (D-Mass.), along with Senators Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.), have made several concessions in the climate bill to get more ...
Detroit Edison Wants to Put Solar on Commercial Rooftops
Detroit Edison, a subsidiary of DTE Energy, is seeking commercial customers to participate in its SolarCurrents program that aims to generate 15 megawatts (MW) ...
Roundup: Coke vs. Pepsi, Marks & Spencer
EPA Proposes to Revoke New Source Review Final Rule
EPA
EU says its Kyoto support depends on Russia, ...
The Challenge of Managing Your Sustainability Reputation
I often hear managers saying, “We don’t talk publicly about our sustainability and CSR initiatives. We do it because it’s ...
Insurers Released From Mandatory, Public Climate Change Risk Disclosures
Bank’s Data Center Upgrade Yields $115,000 in Energy Savings Annually
Associated Bank's new data center expansion in Green Bay, Wisc., includes a new cooling system that will save the financial firm plenty of green - ...
Greenpeace Says Cloud Computing GHGs to Triple by 2020
Greenpeace predicts that greenhouse gases associated with cloud computing functions will triple by 2020, according to its "Make IT Green" report.
Cloud computing is projected to ...
Behind the Bowden Centre’s ‘Green’ Design
This video highlights environmentally friendly design and construction techniques for the Bowden Centre, ...
Intel Amends Charter – Sustainability Now a ‘Fiduciary Duty’
Responding to pressure from an environmental investment group, Intel said it would include "corporate responsibility and sustainability performance" in the committee's overall policy responsibility. ...
New Hormel Plant to Use 25% Less Water, Energy
The new Hormel Foods production facility in Dubuque, Iowa, is designed to use at least 25 percent less water and energy than ...
EPA to Assess Potential Health Risk of Bisphenol A
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is setting plans in motion to potentially regulate the use of bisphenol A (BPA), a chemical used in the ...
Sandals Resorts, Saunders Group Chase Down Energy Efficiency
Sustainability certification and "green" initiatives are helping hotel chains like Sandals Resorts and Saunders Group Hotel save on valuable energy and water resources, while helping their ...
Kaiser Permanente to Install Solar Power Systems at 15 Facilities
Kaiser Permanente has plans to deploy 15 megawatts (MW) of solar power across 15 facilities in California by the summer of 2011 in partnership with ...
Iron Oxide Helps Reduce Arsenic Levels for OK Water Plant
The City of Norman, Oklahoma, plans to install a novel arsenic treatment system across 11 wells that were shutdown when the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ...
Roundup: Pearl Jam, HSBC, Trader Joe’s
HSBC Ejects Carbon Traders From Index
NY Times
Trader Joe’s to Source Sustainable Seafood
Supermarket News
Cape Wind nets legal warnings
Boston ...
Dow Reduces Emissions for Styrofoam Process
Dow expects a new technology for making Styrofoam products to help reduce its emissions, however the company isn't saying by what amount.
Dow has converted all ...
EPA Delays Pollution Permit Phase-in to 2011
The EPA will not require pollution permits until January of 2011 for power plants, industrial plants and other large stationary greenhouse gas sources.
This confirmation from ...
Kimpton To Certify its 50 Hotels to Green Seal Standards
Kimpton Hotel & Restaurants Group has set a goal to have 100 percent of its 50 hotels attain at least the silver level of Green ...
Citigroup, BOA, 3rd Federal Among America’s ‘Greenest’ Banks
Citigroup, Bank of America, Johnson Financial Group, First National Bank of Omaha, New Resource Bank and 3rd Federal are among the nation's "greenest" banks, according ...
Texas Instruments Sustainability Report: Normalized Emissions Jump 23%
