Emissions
Emissions includes news stories on devices that produce air pollutants and greenhouse gasses (GHGs), power management solutions that lead to the reduction of carbon dioxide emissions, sustainability goals for emissions, and organizations that have successfully reduced emissions. Reports on The Clean Air Act, EPA emissions enforcement, fuel economy trends, and air quality standards also are highlighted.
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 ...
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 ...
Accor Launches Carbon Footprint Calculator for Events
Accor, the European hotel group that owns the Sofitel and Adagio brands, has launched an interactive tool designed to help seminar organizers determine the carbon ...
Winning App Helps Commercial Buildings Get Energy Star Benchmark
Melon, an app that simplifies the process of getting an Energy Star benchmark for a commercial building, was one of the big winners in ...
San Francisco 49ers Buy Low-CO2 Concrete for New Stadium
Central Concrete, a US Concrete company, will supply about 80,000 cubic yards of its low-CO2 concrete for the new San Francisco 49ers stadium, ...
NASCAR and EPA Partner on Environmental Initiatives
NASCAR and the EPA have signed a memorandum of understanding intended to raise racing fans' awareness of environmentally friendly products and initiatives.
Under the agreement, NASCAR ...
Top Environmental Services Firms Named
AECOM, AMEC, Arcadis, CH2M Hill, ERM, SAIC and URS lead the US market for environmental services, according to a report from Verdantix.
Green Quadrant ...
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 ...
University of Texas Taps Locus’ ePortal for Compliance
The University of Texas at El Paso has selected software company Locus Technologies' ePortal platform to provide an integrated system for monitoring and managing its ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
FedEx Express: Fleet 16.6% More Efficient Than in 2005
FedEx Express' vehicle fleet was 16.6 percent more fuel efficient in 2011 than it was in 2005, the company has announced.
The company has a goal ...
Steel Plants Could Provide 20 MW of ‘Green’ Thermal Energy
Steel plants located just outside Sheffield's city center could be connected to the UK city's existing district heating network (pictured) to provide ...
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 ...
GM Aims for Third LEED with Water Recycling, Solar, Composting
General Motors is building an engine plant in southern Brazil equipped with numerous sustainable features including solar energy and water recycling ...
Waste Management Expands CNG Fleet
Waste Management will add 35 compressed natural gas-powered vehicles to its Houston fleet by the end of 2012, the company said, and will soon open ...
