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Best Buy Launches Instant Rebates on Take-Back
Retailer Best Buy has launched a buy-back program aimed at the frequent electronics buyer.
For a fee, customers can join the Buy Back ...
Greenpeace: Electronics Cut Chemicals, Recycling Still Poor
Electronics companies have made significant environmental improvements to their products in the last two years but still have some ways to go, according ...
EPA to Limit Power Plant, Refinery Emissions
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has issued its plan for moving forward on GHG limits for fossil fuel power plants and petroleum refineries—which represent ...
Fireman’s Fund Expects Bloom Boxes To Meet 60% of Energy Needs
Joining a prominent list of customers such as Bank of America, Coca-Cola, E-Bay, FedEx, Google, Staples and Wal-Mart, insurance company Fireman’s Fund will install six ...
Poor Economy Helps Xerox Advance on Sustainability Targets
Xerox has released its 2010 Report on Global Citizenship Summary and 2010 Environmental Health & Safety Report, which together provide environmental overview ...
Share Your Environmental Insider Knowledge
Environmental Leader invites you to share a quote about the result of a sustainability initiative, environmental or energy management lesson or other insight you gained ...
Large Wind Projects Get Ready to Roll in Arizona, California
Two large wind projects are getting set to boost the wind energy output in the states of Arizona and California over the next several years. ...
Senators Push for a Renewable Energy Standard
Although Senator Majority Leader Harry Reid said he wouldn't include a renewable energy standard (RES) in his energy bill, which mandates that a certain ...
Kapolei Arenas Turn to Solar for 80% of Energy Needs
The Kapolei Inline Hockey Arenas on the island of Oahu in Hawaii announced they have installed two solar power systems on their roofs that will ...
Global V2G Market to Reach $26.6 B by 2020
The global vehicle-to-grid (V2G) market is expected to reach $26.6 billion by 2020, according to a recent study by Zpryme and sponsored by the ...
Seafood Industry Seeking Sustainable Solutions
Seafood restaurants are looking for new sustainable solutions for their supply chain amid worries that overfishing could threaten the viability of the industry, according ...
Gov Contractors Must Track Emissions or Risk Losing Contracts
Contractors for the federal government that do not track their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions could risk losing their contracts, according to a report in ...
Lobbyists Pull Out Checkbooks to Overturn CA Emission Law
Tesoro Corp. and Valero Energy Corp., both of San Antonio, Tx., have spent a combined $1.5 million or 79 percent of the funds ...
Two-Thirds of Healthcare Orgs Planning Efficiency Investments
Almost two-thirds of healthcare organization, 62 percent, said they plan to make capital investments in energy efficiency over the next 12 months, according to ...
Poultry Farms Could Turn Waste to Profit
Poultry farms have traditionally had to contend with the significant waste problem posed by the production of chicken manure, but they may now be able ...
LA Business Group Calls for Feed-in Tariff
The Los Angeles Business Council (LABC) has called the creation of a Feed-in Tariff (FiT) for the city of Los Angeles in a new report. ...
Kraft Reduces Waste 30%
Kraft Foods announced that it has succeeded in reducing the net amount of waste it produces by 30 percent in the last five years, ...
Best Buy Sustainability Report: Collecting 1B Pounds of E-Waste
Best Buy plans to collect 1 billion pounds of used consumer electronics, or e-waste, over the next five years, according to the company’s 2010 ...
Dow Reduces Energy Intensity 38%
Dow Chemical reduced the energy intensity of its production efforts by 38 percent between 1990 and 2009, according to a recent statement by the company. ...
NC E-Waste Recycling Paid by Manufacturers
North Carolina has a new electronic waste bill that would require manufacturers to pay for recycling old gadgets, according to a Bloomberg report. The ...
