Government
Renewables Briefing: Siemens and Army, Bancorp Bets on Renewables, and Wind Power Getting Cheaper
Siemens Government Technologies Inc. is to build the U.S. Army's largest solar photovoltaic system at the White Sands Missile Range, in New Mexico. The 4.465 ...
Microsoft, Coke, Nestle Detail Climate Adaptation Plans
Microsoft, Coca-Cola, Levi's, Nestle and Starbucks are among a slew of multinational companies listed in an online database just launched by the U.N. that details ...
Policy & Enforcement: Deepwater Horizon, Wind Tower Anti-Dumping Claim, Rio+20, Thai Flood Plan
The U.S. Department of Justice has asked a U.S. District Judge to declare BP, Anadarko and Transocean, as Deepwater Horizon owners and operators of vessels or ...
D.C. Tops LEED Certification List for Second Year
Colorado and Illinois have pushed out New Mexico and Nevada in the U.S. Green Building Council's annual ranking of states by certified LEED space ...
Higher Gas Prices: Ethanol Subsidy Expiration Could be to Blame
The expiration of ethanol subsidies from the federal government last month may already be driving up gas prices at the pump, according to AutoblogGreen.
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Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Moratorium on Uranium Mining, CDC on Fracking, CSAPR, Lake Tahoe Restoration
The Department of the Interior today is expected to announce a 20-year moratorium on new uranium mining claims in a million-acre buffer zone around the ...
Patagonia Pioneers Sustainability Legal Status
Outdoor clothing company Patagonia has become the first company in California to elect to be a "benefit corporation." The legal status affords a company's directors ...
Renewables Briefing: SunPower, CEI, Sound Solar, Matinee, CHP in Cambridge, Perdue and Fibrowatt
Matinee Energy Inc. has broken ground on a 120MW solar power plant planned for Benson, Ariz. WEIS GmbH Consortium from Germany supplied project partners for ...
Calif. DMV Retrofit Set for Summer Completion
A $130 million retrofit of the California Department of Motor Vehicles' headquarters (pictured) in downtown Sacramento is set to conclude this summer, reports Government Technology.
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Standards & Compliance Briefing: MARPOL, Sustainable Palm Oil, FIDE Certification, ISO 14001, LEED
ClassNK has issued its first-ever Statement of Fact for Tier III nitrogen oxide (NOx) reductions to a marine diesel engine with a selective catalytic ...
ACEEE Chief Calls 2011 Energy Efficiency Progress a Mixed Bag
Efforts to improve energy efficiency progressed in many areas in 2011 while stagnating in others, according to the executive director of American Council For An Energy ...
Ithaca Goes 100% Renewable
The City of Ithaca, N.Y., is to purchase 100 percent of its electricity consumption from renewable energy sources through a contract signed with Integrys Energy ...
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: RFS2 2012, Keystone XL, SolarWorld, Aviation Carbon Tax
The EPA finalized the Renewable Fuel Standard program (RFS2) 2012 percentage standards for four fuel categories as part of the annual renewable fuel volume ...
Honeywell Wins State Department ESPCs
The U.S. Department of State has awarded Honeywell an energy savings performance contract for a project at two of its facilities in the Washington, D.C., ...
Ameresco, DoE Announce Completion of Cogeneration Facility
The U.S. Department of Energy has issued energy service company Ameresco final acceptance for the completion of the Savannah River Site Biomass Cogeneration Facility in ...
Stimulus Funding for Georgia Convenience Stores Lighting Retrofit Project
The Georgia Association of Convenience Stores (GACS) lighting retrofit fund has retrofitted more than 30 convenience store locations across the state. The group is one ...
EU Aviation Directive Challenge Quashed
United/Continental Airlines and American Airlines have failed in an attempt to block a European Union law charging airlines flying to the continent for their carbon ...
PwC’s Take on COP17 and Durban
PwC's take on the UN climate change summit in Durban which resulted in:
- The launch of the Durban Platform for Enhanced ...
National Landmark Building, U.S. Treasury Building, Earns LEED Gold
The 19th-century U.S. Treasury Building – a National Historic Landmark neighboring the White House – was awarded LEED Gold certification. The USGBC believes that the ...
Minnesota Retrofits to Save $3m a Year
Energy efficiency improvements across 36 facilities in Minnesota will generate more than $3 million in permanent, ongoing energy savings every year for the foreseeable future, ...
