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MIT-Staples Study Finds Electric Delivery Trucks Cost 9-12% Less to Operate

MIT-Staples Study Finds Electric Delivery Trucks Cost 9-12% Less to OperateElectric delivery trucks can cost between nine and 12 percent less to operate than their diesel cousins, according to an MIT study using data from ...

February 8, 2012

EL Pro Nike, DyeCoo In Waterless Dyeing Team-Up

Nike, DyeCoo In Waterless Dyeing Team-UpNike Inc. has entered into a strategic partnership with DyeCoo Textile Systems B.V., a Netherlands-based company that has developed and built the first commercially available ...

February 8, 2012

Oasis Calls on Customers to Audit Its Paper Sustainability

Oasis Calls on Customers to Audit Its Paper SustainabilityOasis Brands has invited leading U.S. grocery chains to audit its Indonesia-sourced tissue products, including materials sourced from Asia Pulp & Paper. In a letter ...

February 8, 2012

TVA Power Savings Could Come from Energy Efficient Appliances

TVA Power Savings Could Come from Energy Efficient AppliancesThe mass installation of such energy efficiency measures as compact fluorescent lighting and heating and cooling systems could effectively flatten Tennessee's power demand for the ...

February 8, 2012

Eco-mode UPS for Data Centers

Eco-mode UPS for Data CentersMicroprocessor based loads for computer hardware need high fidelity voltage for continuous fault-free operation. For more than 20 years that power quality ...

February 8, 2012

Tools of the Manufacturing Trade, Part V

Tools of the Manufacturing Trade, Part VSoftware to the rescue... In part 4 of this series, I introduced the idea of the "design to production ...

February 8, 2012

EL Pro Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Bank of England Considers Carbon Bubble, Diesel Health Study Delayed

Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Bank of England Considers Carbon Bubble, Diesel Health Study DelayedThe governor of the Bank of England has acknowledged that there is a need for evaluation of the financial system's exposure to high carbon and ...

February 8, 2012

Rechargeable Lawnmowers Launched

Rechargeable Lawnmowers LaunchedRecharge Mowers has launched a line of emission-free rechargeable lawnmowers. The Recharge Mower G2 electric rechargeable riding mower can cut up to 2 acres on a ...

February 8, 2012

Google Jumps to 1st Place in Cool IT Climate Rankings

Google Jumps to 1st Place in Cool IT Climate RankingsGoogle has secured the top spot in Greenpeace's Cool IT Leaderboard, with 53 points, up from 47 points and fourth place in the rankings' last edition. The search giant is followed by Cisco – ...

February 8, 2012

Mitsubishi Ends Honda’s 8-Year Reign on Green Car List

Mitsubishi Ends Honda’s 8-Year Reign on Green Car ListThe Mitsubishi i-MIEV has unseated the Honda Civic Natural Gas from its throne and become the first electric car in 12 years to ...

February 8, 2012

Plastic Bag Bans ‘Present Hidden Environmental, Economic Costs’

Plastic Bag Bans ‘Present Hidden Environmental, Economic Costs’Plastic bag bans incur hidden economic and environmental costs that are "virtually ignored," according to conservative think tank the National Center for Policy Analysis. More than ...

February 7, 2012

UPM to Build Major Biodiesel Refinery

UPM to Build Major Biodiesel RefineryFinnish paper company UPM is to build the world's first industrial-scale plant to turn a wood byproduct into biodiesel. The Lappeenranta, Finland, biorefinery will produce annually ...

February 7, 2012

Win Recognition for Your College’s Environmental Program

Win Recognition for Your College’s Environmental ProgramEnviance and Environmental Leader are hosting a March Madness tournament to determine the university with the best undergraduate programs in environmental studies and sustainability....

February 7, 2012

Could Efficiency Help Iron out the Bumps in Ore Prices?

Could Efficiency Help Iron out the Bumps in Ore Prices?Many manufacturers now see raw materials as their biggest risk. Carmakers are among industries caught between volatile commodity prices and cash-strapped customers. Companies ...

February 7, 2012

Will Customers Pay More for ‘Green?’

Will Customers Pay More for ‘Green?’Will people pay to go green? That's a key question - maybe the question - for any company committed to sustainability. At Walmart, ...

February 7, 2012

EL Pro Colgate Sustainability Report: Goals Met for GHGs, Water Use, Energy, COD

Colgate Sustainability Report: Goals Met for GHGs, Water Use, Energy, CODColgate-Palmolive beat goals of cutting greenhouse gas emissions and water use by five and 25 percent from 2002 to 2010, achieving reductions of 7.8 ...

February 7, 2012

Solvay Unveils 1MW Nedstack Fuel Cell

Solvay Unveils 1MW Nedstack Fuel CellChemicals company Solvay has unveiled its 1MW fuel cell built by Nedstack. The emission-free system was installed at the Solvay's Lillo, Belgium, facility in September 2011. ...

February 7, 2012

EL Pro Standards & Compliance Briefing: GreenScreens, Global Sustainable Tourism Council, WaterSense, CarbonNeutral

Standards & Compliance Briefing: GreenScreens, Global Sustainable Tourism Council, WaterSense, CarbonNeutralNSF International now offers chemical reviews in accordance with Clean Production Action's (CPA) GreenScreen for Safer Chemicals program. The Greenscreen scores chemicals from one through ...

February 7, 2012

EL Pro O2 Sustainability Goals: 100% Renewables, an End to Bundled Chargers

O2 Sustainability Goals: 100% Renewables, an End to Bundled ChargersO2 will use 100 percent renewable energy and will no longer offer chargers free with mobile phone purchases, as part of a three-year sustainability ...

February 7, 2012

Carbon Disclosure Raises Stock Prices, Study Finds

Carbon Disclosure Raises Stock Prices, Study FindsCompanies that voluntarily issue press releases disclosing their carbon emission information see their stock prices rise significantly in the following days, according to a ...

February 7, 2012