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Military Efficiency Projects Of Note
Marine Corps Air Station Miramar (MCAS), Calif., earned a Presidential Leadership Award for federal energy and water management, Navy News reports. MCAS Miramar saved 97 million gallons of water in 2007, translating ...
Army to Curb GHG Emissions 30% by 2015
The U.S. army is planning to cut its greenhouse gas emissions by 30 percent in 2015, initiatives include using biofuel for Air Force planes to solar panels at air bases, Reuters ...
DOD Deploys First GHG Management System At Army Base
The U.S. Army has implemented its first real-time GHG reporting and management system at a military base -- Fort Carson, in Colorado. Developed in conjunction with National Defense Center for Energy and Environment, ...
Fort Knox Gets Energy Efficiency Overhaul
Here's a short video highlighting the energy improvement initiatives at Fort Knox Military Reservation. Installations were done by Nolin Electric Cooperative....
U.S. Air Force Goes Supersonic On Synthetic Fuel
A B-1B Lancer from the 9th Bomb Squadron at Dyess Air Force base recently became the first Air Force aircraft to fly at supersonic speed using an alternate fuel, the Air Force ...
U.S. Air Force Serious About Alternative Fuels
By early 2011, the U.S. Air Force wants its entire fleet of bombers, fighters, transports and other aircraft to have the ability to use a domestically produced 50-50 blend of synthetic and petroleum-based fuel, Reuters ...
GSA Adds Saturn Hybrids To Fleet
The U.S. General Services Administration has purchased 55 Saturn Aura Green Line hybrid sedans to bolster its inventory of fuel-efficient vehicles. GSA will lease 43 of the hybrids to the Air Force, Army, Marine Corps and ...
Honeywell’s UOP Developing Bio-Jet Fuel For Military
UOP, a Honeywell company, is accelerating its research and development (PDF) on converting vegetable and algal oils to military jet fuels, Industryweek reports. The research is backed by an investment of $6.7 million ...
U.S. Coast Guard Taps Honeywell For Energy Efficiency Upgrades
Honeywell is upgrading building systems at nine U.S. Coast Guard locations across California, Hawaii, Oregon and Washington. The improvements - which include solar-powered utility metering and hot water technology - are expected to help the ...
AIG, Ben & Jerry’s, Citigroup, Alcoa, Intel, Timberland, Toyota and HP to Debate Climate Change Strategies
Environmental Leader is pleased to be a supporting partner of Ethical Corporation's Climate Change Strategies and Environmental Communication conference: With CEO after CEO now committing to act on climate change, big US brands are scrambling to ...
BAE Systems Releases Corporate Responsibility Report
BAE Systems has released its 2006 Corporate Responsibility Report (PDF). According to a stakeholder engagement Q&A included in the report, participants, including representatives from BAE, Environmental Groups, and the UK government, were disappointed that BAE ...
Carmanah’s Solar Power Systems Head to U.S. Base in Kuwait
A U.S. army base in Kuwait has ordered 39 of Carmanah's stand-alone MAPPS solar power systems. They will be used by a defense contractor to power radio-frequency identification readers to track inventory at the base. ...
EPA Seeks Comment on U.S. Greenhouse Gas Inventory
The EPA is seeking public comment on a draft report that analyzes sources of greenhouse gas emissions. The report, Inventory of U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks: 1990-2005, will be open for public comment for ...
Wells Fargo Leads EPA’s Top 25 Green Power List
For the first time, a corporation leads EPA's national Top 25 list of green power purchasers. Wells Fargo & Company claimed the top spot, purchasing 550 million kilowatt hours annually. Organizations that purchase electricity ...
DOD Gives EERC $5 Million for Bio-Jet Fuel
The U.S. Department of Defense's Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has awarded The Energy & Environmental Research Center $5 million to develop and demonstrate a new domestic bio-jet fuel with the specifications of JP-8. ...
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