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EPA Proposes Carbon Regulations for New Power Plants
The EPA has released its first proposed Clean Air Act standard for carbon pollution from new power plants.
Under the Carbon Pollution Standard for New ...
Consumers Don’t Trust Green Product Claims, Survey Says
Eight in ten Americans don't believe companies are addressing all of their environmental impacts, and only 44 percent trust companies' green claims, according to research ...
Starbucks, Stonyfield Paying Own Recycling Costs as Local Authorities Struggle
Food and drink companies such as Starbucks are increasingly bearing the costs of recycling their own packaging, which they then turn into new products, according ...
GM to Replace Volt Charger Cords – Says Problem is Consistency, Not Overheating
GM is to replace the 120-volt charger cords in most of the 9,500 Chevrolet Volts it has sold since late 2010, according to reports.
Stories of ...
Amazon IT Guru Questions Facebook, Apple Solar Arrays
One of Amazon's leading data-center experts has called into question the environmental logic behind large solar farms recently installed or proposed by Facebook and Apple.
In ...
Water Tools from GEMI, Ceres, Aqueduct Each Fill a Different Niche
The three latest tools for identifying and assessing water-related risks offer a variety of pros and cons, according to Bill Baue, a senior research fellow ...
OSHA Adopts Globally Harmonized System of Chemical Labeling
The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration has revised its Hazard Communication Standard, aligning it with the United Nations' Globally Harmonized System of chemical classification ...
BP Sustainability Report: Greenhouse Emissions, Energy Use Drop
Oil giant BP's direct greenhouse gas emissions dropped from 64.9 million metric tons in 2010 to 61.8 Mte in 2011, according to the company's latest ...
Liberty Paper Mill to Self-Power with Anaerobic Digester
Liberty Paper's mill in Becker, Minn., is expected to completely self-power using a $15 million water pretreatment plant with bio-gas generator, writes the Minneapolis ...
Solar Tariffs Meet with Relief, Disapproval
The U.S. Department of Commerce's decision to collect lower-than-expected duties on imported Chinese solar panels has been met with a mixture of approval and caution ...
McDonald’s Pledges UK-Only Chicken at Olympics; Testing Non-Polystyrene Cups at 2,000 Stores
McDonald's will serve chicken exclusively from U.K. farmers at this year's London Olympics, and 2,000 of its stores are testing alternatives to polystyrene cups, following ...
Johnson Controls Hikes Battery Prices, Cites Environmental Costs
On the heels of a Johnson Controls' China battery factory being ordered to suspend production after the Shanghai Environment Production Bureau found that the ...
Verizon Aims to Cut Carbon Intensity by Half by 2020
Verizon announced yesterday that it will cut its CO2 intensity in half by 2020, using 2009 as a baseline.
The company made the announcement as it ...
Tax, Sustainability Departments’ Disconnect is ‘A Missed Opportunity’
Many companies could be missing opportunities for financial savings as tax departments and sustainability programs lack integration, according to a survey from Ernst & Young.
Only ...
Fujitsu Launches ‘World’s Most Energy-Efficient’ Single-Node Server
Fujitsu has launched Primergy RX300 S7, a product that the company calls the world's most energy-efficient single-node server.
The server has a 51 percent energy-efficiency ...
Adidas, General Mills Drop Off ‘Most Ethical’ List; Kellogg’s, Hasbro, Alcoa Join
Starbucks, Patagonia and General Electric are among the 23 companies that have been named for six years running to Ethisphere's Most Ethical Companies list, ...
Sears, LG, Xcel, Lowe’s Among Energy Star Winners
Sears Holdings Corporation has won the Energy Star Corporate Commitment Award in recognition of what the EPA-run program calls its superior achievements in energy efficiency.
Sears ...
Google Data Center Gets Water Reuse System
A Google data center in Georgia is the internet firm's first U.S.-based data center to conserve water using a water reuse system.
The system, financed by ...
Coke Wastewater Straining City Resources, Officials Claim
Wastewater from a Coca-Cola bottling plant in Northampton, Mass., is becoming costly for public facilities to treat, leading the city to investigate revisions to treatment ...
Kroger Appoints First Sustainability Director; WRI Names President
Kroger has appointed Suzanne Lindsay as its first director of sustainability, and in another major hire, global think tank the World Resources Institute named Andrew ...
