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Siemens Expects $8B In Green Tech Contracts from Stimulus
Siemens AG expects to win new orders of around $21 billion in the next three fiscal years (2010 to 2012), which will be generated by ...
Pew Center Launches Online Climate TechBook
The Pew Center has released an online resource -- called the Climate TechBook -- that delivers information on technologies to help reduce greenhouse gas ...
Cap-and-Trade Financial Risk Small For Most, Disaster for Some
The financial risk to companies in the S&P 500 would vary greatly under a cap-and trade program requiring the purchase of carbon emission credits, according to ...
Steel Industry Faces Carbon Hurdle
The U.S. steel industry in general, and U.S. Steel Corp., AK Steel, ArcelorMittal SA and OAO Severstal in particular, which operate carbon-intensive integrated mills, could be ...
Recession Drives Down U.S. CO2 Emissions 2.8%
Energy-related carbon dioxide emissions in the U.S. declined by 2.8 percent in 2008, according to a Energy Information Administration flash estimate. That's the largest annual ...
Diamond Delivers Greener Packaging
Diamond Packaging is using recyclable and renewable source materials and wind power to create a greener package for Highland Lilac Perfume.
The Rochester, N.Y.-based company designed ...
Heavy Industries Not Likely to Bolt Over Cap and Trade
Heavy industries likely will not pull up shop and head overseas if the U.S. implements a cap and trade system for carbon emissions, as the Obama ...
PPG's Carbon Emissions Fall, Ozone-depleting Emissions Rise
PPG, a global supplier of paints, coatings, chemicals, optical products, specialty materials, glass and fiber glass, reduced nitrogen dioxide emissions by 5 percent and particulate ...
Invista Settles With EPA, Violation Fixes Will Cost $500M
After self-reporting environmental violations at 12 facilities in seven states, Invista will spend up to $500 million to correct the problems, on top of a $1.7 ...
EPA May Classify Carbon Dioxide as a Pollutant
The Environmental Protection Agency is proposing to regulate carbon dioxide as a pollutant under the Clean Air Act, a move that may have far-reaching impacts on ...
When Scaling Back Production, Energy Cost Per Unit Spirals Upward Without Careful Planning
Without reducing fixed energy cost, a company that scales back manufacturing and other operations will actually see increased energy costs as a percentage of total expenditures.
A ...
Alcoa Ahead of Schedule on Reducing Emissions
Alcoa, the world's leading producer of aluminum, continues to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions of its global aluminum production processes, the company announced.
Using their 1990 ...
Foreign Pressure Driving China’s “Green Ink” Industry
Market pressure and foreign regulations are driving China toward more eco-friendly printing practices, announced consulting firm Frost & Sullivan.
Though regulations against petroleum-based inks on food packaging ...
Pitney Bowes Reclaims 1 Million+ Pounds of Equipment in 2008
Pitney Bowes says it has recovered nearly 1.1 million pounds of U.S. equipment and parts in 2008 for recycling or remanufacturing.
Pitney ...
Chemical Industry Focuses on Energy Efficiency
Even with a growing recession, the chemical industry is continuing to focus on energy management and efficiency, according to ChemicalProcessing.com. A recent survey by AspenTech of Burlington, Massachusetts finds ...
UL Offers Environmental Claims Verification Service
Absolute Steel Refocuses Marketing Efforts on Green Products
Absolute Steel, a government contractor of steel building materials, has redesigned their marketing campaign in an effort to highlight their green products.
In the past few years, the company has ...
CO2 Cuts in U.S. Steel Industry Surpass Kyoto Protocol
The U.S. Steel industry has reduced its energy intensity per ton of steel shipped by about 33 percent since 1990 - an improvement on the 29-percent reduction reported in 2006, according ...
Green Business 2008 – Environmental Leader’s Most Popular Stories
With 2008 just out the door, it's a good time to look back at the green business issues and news items popular with top sustainability executives. Here are Environmental Leader's top green business stories for ...
CSR Reporting Efforts: Electronics, Financial, and Metals
The Roberts Environmental Center of Claremont McKenna College released new Pacific Sustainability Index scores on the environmental and social reporting for the financial, electronics and metals sectors. ...
