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Green Science Park Ready for Development

Green Science Park Ready for Development

Silicon Border Development has completed phase one for the infrastructure development of its first eco-friendly science and technology park located near the U.S.-Mexico border in ...

April 1, 2009

Siemens Evaluating Blast Furnace Efficiency

Siemens Evaluating Blast Furnace Efficiency

Siemens is taking a long, hard look at efficiency at four U.S. steel mill clients. The company is in the process of evaluating blast furnace ...

March 30, 2009

Hemlock Printers Goes Carbon Neutral

Hemlock Printers Goes Carbon Neutral

Hemlock Printers, a commercial sheetfed printer, claims it is the first printing company in Canada to achieve carbon neutral status. Hemlock also recently won the ...

March 25, 2009

Options Abound for Low-Emission Big Trucks

Options Abound for Low-Emission Big Trucks

Trucking companies increasingly are finding options to reduce their fuel costs and emission. Eaton Corp. recently established a program to help diesel truck fleet owners in ...

March 20, 2009

Solar Power Costs Declining

Solar Power Costs Declining

The cost of installing solar is trending downward. Companies that aren't in position to reap the rewards will fall behind their competitors, according to a report ...

March 13, 2009

WSJ ECO:nomics Conference Roundup

WSJ ECO:nomics Conference Roundup

ECO:nomics, a conference hosted March 4-6 by The Wall Street Journal in Santa Barbara, Calif., has generated much discussion. Here is a smattering of the coverage ...

March 6, 2009

Tesla Starting Canadian Auto Sales

Tesla Starting Canadian Auto Sales

Tesla Motors has begun selling its electric cars in Canada, and hopes to begin deliveries to the Great White North starting this fall. Tesla, which has delivered ...

March 6, 2009

University of Toledo Considers Alternative Energy School

University of Toledo Considers Alternative Energy School

Universities are starting to respond to the need for engineers trained in alternative, or renewable energy, as the United States transitions into an economy geared to meet ...

February 27, 2009

Ontario’s Green Energy Act Promises Jobs, Infrastructural Change

Ontario’s Green Energy Act Promises Jobs, Infrastructural Change

Ontario's recently proposed Green Energy Act could add as many as 50,000 jobs and help decrease energy use, said supporters of the Canadian provincial measure. The measure was tabled Feb. 23 by the Ontario legislature. Supporters ...

February 24, 2009

Georgia-Pacific Professional Products Sport EcoLogo Certification

Georgia-Pacific Professional Products Sport EcoLogo Certification

Georgia-Pacific Professional has received EcoLogo certification for a broad selection of its tissue, towel and napkin products. As part of the program, independent audits were conducted at the ...

February 24, 2009

Canada Proposes Companies Pay For Recycling, Improved Packaging

Canada Proposes Companies Pay For Recycling, Improved Packaging

Canada's environment ministers are proposing to charge the corporate world for recycling their packaging once consumers are done with it, the Canadian Press reports. The Canada-wide Action ...

February 24, 2009

Rooftop Wind Power Picking Up in Michigan

Rooftop Wind Power Picking Up in Michigan

Michigan-based retailer Meijer Inc is installing six Swift Wind Turbines, on its corporate offices near the shores of Lake Michigan, reports Mlive.com. Local planning boards are ...

February 23, 2009

Golf Course Tries Turf Reduction To Boost Sustainability

Golf Course Tries Turf Reduction To Boost Sustainability

With a new turf reduction project to lower irrigation and maintenance needs, Barona Creek Golf Club is positioning itself as a model for other golf courses that want to incorporate sustainability efforts. Barona Creek will convert ...

February 23, 2009

GM to Add Some Hybrid, Sustainable Aspects to Canadian Production

GM to Add Some Hybrid, Sustainable Aspects to Canadian Production

In an effort to reorganize its Canadian operations, General Motors envisions adding production of hybrids and other advanced alternative energy cars. The moves include advanced research and development for next generation electric car systems, with suppliers ...

February 23, 2009

New DOE Loan Process Promises Faster Funding

New DOE Loan Process Promises Faster Funding

A new loan process from the Department of Energy could jump-start the alternative energy business, observers say. Under the Obama Administration, energy companies can expect a ...

February 20, 2009

BMW’s South Carolina Plant May Add Wind to its Alternative Power Arsenal

BMW’s South Carolina Plant May Add Wind to its Alternative Power Arsenal

Already a big user of alternative energy, the BMW Manufacturing plant in Greer, S.C., is investigating whether wind turbines can help complete the cycle of self-sufficiency. BMW is partnering with California-based Gold Ring Power LLC ...

February 20, 2009

Energy Producers Taking Long Look At Carbon Capture and Storage

Energy Producers Taking Long Look At Carbon Capture and Storage

With the Kyoto Protocol due to be renegotiated later this year, and many nations still overwhelmingly reliant on coal for energy production, energy producers are ...

February 20, 2009

EPA Poised To Regulate Greenhouse Gas Emissions

EPA Poised To Regulate Greenhouse Gas Emissions

In what could be a major boon to cleantech industries, the Environmental Protection Agency appears poised to regulate carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas, The New York Times reports. Impacting transportation, manufacturing and the way ...

February 20, 2009

Business Group Lambasts Western Climate Initiative

Business Group Lambasts Western Climate Initiative

In September of 2008, seven governors of western states and four Canadian provincial premiers established the Western Climate Initiative, with the goal to reduce regional greenhouse gas emissions to 15% below 2005 levels  by ...

February 19, 2009

Investors Target Exxon, GM, Massey For Lack Of Climate Action

Investors Target Exxon, GM, Massey For Lack Of Climate Action

Ceres, a coalition of investors and environmentalists, has put companies including Exxon Mobil Corp., General Motors and coal miner Massey Energy Co. on a “Climate Watch” ...

February 19, 2009

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