Environmental Conservation
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 ...
Roundup – Bridgestone, EIA, Germany
Western Climate group sees carbon cuts and savings
Reuters
Bridgestone to Partner with the World Agroforestry Centre to Assist Rubber Tree Farmers in ...
FSC Harmonizes Regional US Forest Standards
The Forest Stewardship Council (FSC–US) announced it has revised its Forest Management Standard for forest operations in the contiguous U.S. Nine regional standards have ...
Reuse IT to Promote Sustainability, Efficiency
As many school kids know, the 3Rs – reduce, reuse, recycle – are the fundamental building blocks for protecting the environment. ...
Cisco Goes After Enterprise Energy Management Market
Cisco has updated to its Smart Connected Buildings portfolio, a collection of services that provide for centralized management of buildings across global enterprise operations. The ...
Navy Evaluates New Technologies as Part of Energy-Saving Efforts
The Naval District Washington (NDW) has several improvement projects underway to reduce energy consumption ranging from testing experimental technologies to replacing light bulbs at ...
Moving Forestry to the Forefront of the Carbon Market
An estimated 16% of the total global GHG emissions are directly attributed to the destruction of tropical forests. Forest carbon based projects, w...
Roundup – Dell, Georgia Pacific, Ritz-Carlton
Where Thoreau Lived, Crusade Over Bottles
NY Times
Dell offers free computer recycling
Just Means
5 Green Data Center Startups You Need to Know...
Cox Recycles 500 Tons of Waste
Cox Enterprises succeeded in recycling 500 tons of waste last year, according to a company press release.
In 2009, Cox announced a partnership with Redemtech, which ...
Roundup – McCandless, Dow Corning, Ingram
Free range eggs contain a little something extra: pollutants
LA Times
Tree-free paper products come from bananas, waste
Scripps Howard News Service
ERA Carbon ...
Texas Instruments Sustainability Report: Normalized Emissions Jump 23%
