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.
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Fracking Controls, China Aviation Plan, CVS Settlement
Here's the latest policy, enforcement and legal news affecting corporate environmental and energy executives. Today's briefing includes 10 items.
The Obama administration has set national standards ...
Panasonic Launches Business Unit for Renewables and Efficiency
Panasonic has established Panasonic Eco Solutions North America, a new business unit that ...
FedEx, Purolator and UPS to Drive ‘Hybrids Without Batteries’
FedEx Ground, Purolator and UPS will soon deliver packages using hybrid hydraulic parcel delivery trucks.
The companies, members of the Hybrid, Electric and Advanced Truck ...
Solar Briefing: First Solar, Fujifilm, SunTrust, 2011 Installation Figures
Here's the latest news on solar power installations, contracts, financing and market changes affecting corporate environmental and energy executives.
First Solar will close its manufacturing ...
Nation’s Dams Could Provide Another 12 GW of Electric Power
Existing dams across the U.S. could provide more than 12 GW of additional electric generating capacity, the equivalent of roughly 15 percent ...
McDonald’s Unveils Sustainable Practices
Fast food chain McDonald's has employed techniques including $500 staff incentives, 30 percent wind power requirements and lightweight tractor-trailers to help green up its operations, ...
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Deepwater Horizon, Shell Oil Sheen, YPF Nationalization, Keystone XL, LNG Exports
Here's the latest policy, enforcement and legal news affecting corporate environmental and energy executives. Today's briefing includes 18 items.
A presidential commission investigating the 2010 Gulf ...
Battery Electrics Offer Best Savings; EV Emissions Beat Gas, Even in ‘Dirty Grid’ Regions
The total cost of ownership (TCO) over the lifetime of an alternative fuel vehicle can be lower than a conventional internal combustion engine vehicle, despite ...
McCormick Distribution Center Achieves Net-Zero Energy Status
Spices and seasoning company McCormick & Company and Constellation Energy, a subsidiary of energy provider Exelon, have announced that McCormick's 363,000-square-foot distribution center in Belcamp, ...
Fleet Briefing: Ford Partners with Dow; CNG for Veolia, Waste Connections and Hertz
Ford Motor Company is partnering with Dow Automotive Systems to research the use of advanced carbon fiber composites to reduce weight in high-volume ...
Market Perspectives from the LP-GP Clean Energy & Sustainability Forum
The most active investors in the cleantech, renewable energy and sustainability sectors share their views on the market at the fourth ...
Boeing 737 MAX to Improve Fuel Burn up to 12%
Boeing has made a series of design updates to its 737 MAX engine variant that will make additional fuel savings available to customers by 2017, ...
ConAgra Awards Cut 43,600 Metric Tons of Carbon
This year's entries to ConAgra Foods' internal Sustainable Development Awards collectively reduced carbon emissions by more than 43,600 metric tons.
Projects entered also eliminated 61,000 tons ...
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Canada Vehicle Emissions, Natural Gas, TSCA, Petroleum Reserve
Here's the latest policy, enforcement and legal news affecting corporate environmental and energy executives. Today's briefing includes 10 items.
Canada issued greenhouse gas emissions rules that ...
Walmart Sustainability Report: Supplier Scorecards to Launch in 100 Categories this Year
Walmart expects to develop supplier scorecards in up to 100 major product categories by the end of this year, in the latest stage of ...
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: EU Aviation Law, Carbon Permits, GHG Targets, Gulf Sheen
Here's the latest policy, enforcement and legal news affecting corporate environmental and energy executives. Today's briefing includes 11 items.
India's environment minister called the EU aviation ...
Clean Energy Records Lowest Quarter of Investment Since 2009
After clocking up a record in 2011, new financial investment in clean energy in Q1 2012 was the weakest since the depths of the financial ...
New Solar Finance Models Set to Replace Government Funding, Report Says
As government-funded financial incentives for solar photovoltaics are reduced in some major markets, price reductions and third-party ownership models will become the key drivers for ...
UMass Medical School, National Grid Partner for 7.5MW Cogeneration Plant
The University of Massachusetts Medical School plans a 14,000-square-foot cogeneration expansion of its existing power plant, using a $5.6 million check from National Grid - ...
Standards & Compliance Briefing: Energy Star Buildings, WindMade, Corrugated Packaging, WEEE
Here's the latest standards and compliance news affecting corporate environmental and energy executives. Today's briefing includes nine items.
The newly released list of U.S. cities with ...
