Clean Energy
Clean energy includes renewable energy sources that have minimal impact on the environment such as solar and wind power which do not emit greenhouse gases (GHGs). They also are referred to as green energy because they do not deplete fossil fuels and other natural resources.
Texas Instruments Sustainability Report: Normalized Emissions Jump 23%
Technology firm Texas Instruments' emissions normalized on a per-chip basis rose 23 percent year-on-year amid a host of other disappointing environmental figures, according to its ...
P&G Shifts 200 Forklifts to Hydrogen Fuel Cell Power
Proctor & Gamble, owner of the Tide, Pampers and Gillette brands, will convert its battery-operated forklift fleets at three facilities to ones ...
Burning Down the House: The Shocking Economics of Energy
Imagine if Mitt Romney's sons burned through their entire family fortune in less time than it takes to watch Titanic in 3D. That would ...
Goldman Sachs to Pump $40bn into Clean Energy
Goldman Sachs Group plans to invest $40 billion over the next 10 years into renewable energy, an area ...
Fleet Roundup: SAE vs. CHAdeMO, Tesla, Waste Industries, Volvo
The battle over DC fast-charge standards heated up at a recent California State Senate public committee meeting. A GM representative asked the state ...
Alcoa Sustainability Report: 4.5% Drop in Water Intensity, but Landfilling up 10%
Last year saw aluminum products supplier Alcoa cut its normalized water use by 4.5 percent from 2010 levels, but increase the amount of waste it ...
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Rio+20, Natural Gas Lobby, NRC, Camp David Declaration
Here's the latest policy, enforcement and legal news affecting corporate environmental and energy executives. Today's briefing includes 11 items.
The World Business Council for Sustainable ...
Kimberly-Clark Sustainability Report: 99.9% of Virgin Fiber From Certified Sources
Kimberly-Clark, the company behind Kleenex, Scott and Huggies, has made significant progress on some of its 2015 sustainability goals, including aiming to source 100 percent ...
Japan Urges Industry to Cut Energy Use 15%
The Japanese government is pushing its industrial sector and citizens in certain parts of the country to reduce the amount of energy they use, in ...
O2 Measures Lifecycle of Mobile Voice, Data Emissions
O2 has measured the greenhouse gas emissions embedded throughout the entire lifecycle of its voice and data services. The UK-based telecom ...
Owens Corning CSO Discusses Bloom Energy
Frank O'Brien-Bernini, chief sustainability officer for Owens Corning, discusses Bloom Energy.
Intel Sustainability Report: Tech Giant Commits to 10% GHG Cut
Intel has pledged to reduce its direct greenhouse gas emissions by 10 percent on a per-chip basis by 2020 compared to 2010 levels, and announced ...
Sustainable Architectural Coatings ‘Will Grow Market Share’
Consumer awareness, government regulations and the widespread acceptance of energy efficiency standards for buildings are driving the development of ...
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Bonn Climate Talks, New Zealand ETS, IRIS Review
Here's the latest policy, enforcement and legal news affecting corporate environmental and energy executives. Today's briefing includes 11 items.
UN climate chief Christiana Figueres said that ...
Apple Data Center to be 100% Powered by Renewable Energy
Apple said it will power its 500,000-square-foot data center in Maiden, N.C., entirely with renewable energy by the end of the year.
The announcement, which ...
Mining Industry ‘to Spend $20bn on Renewable Energy and Conservation by 2020′
Worldwide investment by the mining industry in renewable energy and energy conservation will reach about $8.4 billion by 2016 and nearly $20 billion ...
Investor Coalition Pushes Shale Gas Industry to Clean Up Fracking
A coalition of 55 investment firms and institutional investors is urging the shale gas industry to adopt best practices to clean up hydraulic fracturing, a ...
International Paper Expects to Meet 12 Sustainability Goals by 2020
International Paper has outlined 12 voluntary sustainability goals that it expects to meet by the end of the decade, including a 15 ...
Telecom Industry to Shift More Capital to Energy Efficiency
The telecom service industry will invest more than 61 percent of its capital expenditures into sustainable infrastructure by 2016, representing a ...
Don’t Board the ‘Fracking Banned’ Wagon
In my last column, I preached patience for those who question the safety of extracting shale gas via fracking. ...
