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CDP Launches Water Disclosure Project

CDP Launches Water Disclosure Project

The Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) has launched a global water disclosure project to help businesses and institutional investors understand the risks and opportunities associated with ...

November 20, 2009

National Grid Again Rejects High Costs of Offshore Wind

National Grid Again Rejects High Costs of Offshore Wind

National Grid for the second time has turned down a proposal from a Rhode Island offshore wind developer that wants ...

November 20, 2009

Agilent To Save $3.5M Over 10 Years With Solar

Agilent To Save $3.5M Over 10 Years With Solar

A new set of solar arrays atop buildings at Agilent's headquarters in Santa Clara, Calif., are projected to help save the company $3.5 million ...

November 20, 2009

Canada Delays GHG Emissions Regs, Russia Ups Emissions Cuts

Canada Delays GHG Emissions Regs, Russia Ups Emissions Cuts

Add Canada to a growing list of countries that want to wait until a global climate deal is struck and the United States decides how it ...

November 19, 2009

News Corp. Taps Hara for Energy Efficiency, Environmental Management

News Corp. Taps Hara for Energy Efficiency, Environmental Management

News Corp. - owner of Fox News, the Wall Street Journal and numerous other media properties - is adding software to help manage its environmental impact ...

November 19, 2009

Rising Sea Levels Would Hit U.S. East Coast Hardest

Rising Sea Levels Would Hit U.S. East Coast Hardest

Miami would become an island city - and Miami Beach an underwater reef - if climate change projections of a one-meter rise in sea ...

November 19, 2009

By Scaling Back Catalogs, JC Penney to Save 30% on Paper

By Scaling Back Catalogs, JC Penney to Save 30% on Paper

J.C. Penney will cease publishing its twice-annual Big Book catalogs, instead focusing on its Christmas catalog and other niche catalogs. The move will save the retailer ...

November 19, 2009

Intel Eyes Wind, Electric Cars

Intel Eyes Wind, Electric Cars

Seeing a fit for its processing prowess in emerging industries, Intel is considering getting into wind forecasting and even information management for electric cars. While ...

November 18, 2009

Nike Tops Annual Climate Action Scores

Nike Tops Annual Climate Action Scores

Nike has topped Climate Counts' third annual corporate climate performance scorecard with 83 points (out of a possible 100) for the second year in a row. ...

November 18, 2009

Solar Rebates Are Going Fast

Solar Rebates Are Going Fast

The popularity of solar rebates, which is causing shortages in some communities, is also the primary reason why rebate programs are being cut back across the ...

November 17, 2009

Mafia Ties to Wind Fraud in Italy Investigated

Mafia Ties to Wind Fraud in Italy Investigated

Italian finance police have arrested two prominent businessmen -- including one with ties to a former investor in the Cape Wind project in Nantucket -- in ...

November 17, 2009

Dry-cooling Challenges Notion of Water Intensity for Desert Solar

Dry-cooling Challenges Notion of Water Intensity for Desert Solar

Many desert-based solar thermal power plants increasingly are being criticized for the amount of water they use, but a new dry-cooling technology may help ...

November 17, 2009

Consensus: No Climate Deal at Copenhagen

Consensus: No Climate Deal at Copenhagen

The decision by some world leaders to not seek a binding climate change agreement in Copenhagen has dealt a significant setback to efforts leading up to ...

November 16, 2009

Airbus ‘Sharklet’ Wingtip Design Reduces Fuel Use 3.5%

Airbus ‘Sharklet’ Wingtip Design Reduces Fuel Use 3.5%

Airbus is developing new "Sharklet" wingtip devices for its A320 aircraft that are expected to cut fuel burn by 3.5 percent and reduce 730 metric tons ...

November 16, 2009

Lower Renewable Energy Benchmark May Discourage Production

Lower Renewable Energy Benchmark May Discourage Production

As more utilities begin offering customers the ability to purchase electricity generated from renewable sources, other utilities may benefit from ...

November 16, 2009

Offshore Wind Power Capacity Estimates Rise, Yet Support Seems Weak

Offshore Wind Power Capacity Estimates Rise, Yet Support Seems Weak

Offshore wind power development is starting to gain a foothold in the renewable energy industry thanks to several new reports that cite big potential capacity. But ...

November 13, 2009

Greenbuild Conference News Roundup: Day 3

Greenbuild Conference News Roundup: Day 3

As the Greenbuild International Conference and Expo wraps up, more than 30,000 attendees are estimated to have attended the job fair or any one of ...

November 13, 2009

Sam’s Club Testing Solar, Radiant Flooring

Sam’s Club Testing Solar, Radiant Flooring

Among other environmental initiatives, Sam's Club is testing solar at five locations. The wholesale club store also is looking into radiant flooring ...

November 13, 2009

‘Green’ Building Sector to Contribute $554B to GDP from 2009-13

‘Green’ Building Sector to Contribute $554B to GDP from 2009-13

While the green building industry added $173 billion to the U.S. gross domestic product from 2000-08, that's just the beginning. From 2009 to 2013, ...

November 12, 2009

GreenBuild Conference News Roundup: Day 2

GreenBuild Conference News Roundup: Day 2

As day two kicks off at the GreenBuild International Conference and Expo in Phoenix, Arizona, more new building products and reports are being unveiled on ...

November 12, 2009

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