Environmental Conservation
Leveraging Manufacturing for a Sustainable World
I recently attended a conference on high performance manufacturing in Gifu, Japan, focusing on a variety of technical advances ...
Data Collection for Energy and Resource Monitoring
I mentioned in my last article that I was attending a manufacturing conference in Italy the end of ...
EPA Outlines Five-Year Plan
Five strategic goals will help the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) meet its plans for reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, protecting U.S. waters, advancing ...
Yahoo Unveils “Chicken Coop” Data Center
Yahoo is opening a data center in upstate New York that uses a radical new design to reduce energy costs by 40 percent, PC ...
Medtronic Corporate Citizenship Report: Energy Use, CO2 Emissions Down 12%
Medtronic has cut its energy consumption and CO2 emissions (normalized to revenue) by about 12 percent in fiscal year 2009, according to the company's ...
Office Tower Saves 2.5M Gallons of Water Annually
The 1450 Brickell office tower in Miami, Fla., has implemented a wide range of energy-efficient features and technologies that help save over 14 percent more ...
Can Green Business Make Big Change Fast Enough?
Over 70% of Fortune 500 companies have sustainability mandates, but do they go far enough? In a sea of corporate social ...
CertainTeed Plant Cuts Water Use by 35%
CertainTeed's manufacturing facility in Kansas City, Kansas, has reduced its water use by more than 35 percent in 2009. The facility, which produces fiberglass insulation, ...
Environmental Responsibility: Today’s Business Megatrend
The Gulf oil spill has captured the attention of millions around the world, stimulating discussions about the accountability every business carries to ...
Building U.S. Energy Resilience
Post Carbon Institute Renewable Energy Fellow David Fridley discusses global renewable energy technology ...
Green Rating Systems: Which One is Right for You?
Different green rating systems solve or create different problems depending on who’s using them and what they hope to get out ...
Why the BP Oil Spill is a Tragedy of the Commons, Part II
In Part I of this column, we asked: Can we use the BP oil spill to create systems which protect our shared resources ...
Coal Industry Sues Obama Admin
The coal industry announced that it will sue the Obama administration over plans to regulate surface coal mining, according to a report in the ...
Gibson Commits to Wood Sourcing Legality
Gibson USA announced today a plan to address legality of such its wood sourcing practices with the assistance from the Rainforest Alliance, according to ...
Corporate Water Treatment Market Projected to Reach $2.5B
From 2010 to 2015, the U.S. corporate water treatment market is projected to increase from $1.5 billion to $2.5 billion, according to the latest ...
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 ...
VA Gov Denies Lifting Bottle Ban For Industry
Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell denied that he lifted a ban on the state government purchasing bottled water at the behest of friends in the bottled ...
Biodiversity Loss a Significant Business Risk
The loss of biodiversity through the extinction of species poses a significant risk to business profits, according to a recent survey by PricewaterhouseCoopers.
According ...
Roundup – Isuzu, DoD, MLB
Cap and No More Trade
Wall Street Journal
Small subdivision to coexist with farm, equestrian center
Daily Herald
Geothermal Energy Could Make the Department ...
Colleges Selling Their Green Bona Fides to Students
Colleges are using their green credentials to burnish their reputations with prospective students, according to a report in USA Today.
The paper reported that according ...
