Spending
PG&E, SoCal Edison Investing the Most in Demand-Side Management
Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) and Southern California Edison (SCE) top a list of the utilities making the highest investments in demand-side management.
The ...
Another Year in the Sun for Tax Grant Program 1603?
Extension of an $858-billion tax credit package, including the suite of renewable energy tax cuts and grants outlined in Department of Treasury Section 1603 tax ...
Wal-Mart, 20th Century Fox Among Recipients of ARRA Funded Energy Efficiency Projects
During a live online chat at the White House earlier this week, U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced that 24 projects are receiving a total ...
California, Massachusetts Lead in Energy Efficiency
California is the leading state in energy efficiency, for the fourth year in a row, followed closely by Massachusetts, according to the American Council for ...
U.S. Sustainable Business Spending to Reach $60B by 2014
The U.S. sustainable business market will double over the next four years, reaching $60 billion in 2014 up from $28 billion in 2010, according to ...
Audit Finds Only 8% of U.S. Stimulus Funds for Energy Efficiency Spent
Only about 8.4 percent of the $3.2 billion that Congress voted in February as part of an economic stimulus package to provide energy and conservation ...
Green Data Centers to Capture 28% Market Share by 2015
With the IT industry responsible for about two percent of the world's carbon emissions and data centers as the fastest growing part of that equation, ...
VA Gov Denies Lifting Bottle Ban For Industry
Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell denied that he lifted a ban on the state government purchasing bottled water at the behest of friends in the bottled ...
Survey Finds Consumers Still Buying ‘Green’ Products
U.S. consumers are buying the same or more environmentally responsible products, regardless of region, age, gender or state of the economy, according to a second annual survey commissioned by SCA and conducted by Harris ...
Green Building Market To Hit $173.5 Billion by 2015
From 2010 to 2015, the total US green building market value is projected to increase from $71.1 billion to $173.5 billion, according to ...
Gates, Immelt, Want $16bn for Energy R&D
Bill Gates, Jeff Immelt, and other CEOs, investors, and industry leaders lobbied the US to increase its level of spending in energy research and developing ...
Burt’s Bees, Whole Foods Perceived Greenest US Brands
A global study on consumer perceptions of green brands and corporate environmental behavior reveals global differences about their top environmental concerns. A key finding shows ...
US Small Wind Market Reaches 100 MW
The U.S. market for small wind turbines has reached 100 MW of installed capacity, expanding 15 percent above 2008, according to a report by ...
Survey Reveals Ethical Sales Tripled over Decade in UK
Consumer spending on "ethical" products ranging from Fairtrade goods to "green" products for the home has almost tripled in the UK in the past decade, according ...
Copenhagen Climate Conference: Day 1
The 15th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP15) gets underway today in Denmark's capital of Copenhagen for a 12-day conference to establish a new global ...
Feds Inject $620M into Smart Grid Projects
Smart grid demonstration projects should benefit from the $620 million in Department of Energy funding announced Nov. 24.
In addition to smart meters, the ...
U.S., China Partner on Renewable Energy, Energy Efficiency
President Barack Obama and China's President Hu Jintao have agreed to a wide ranging package of programs and initiatives (seven in total) to strengthen the ...
Peabody, Exxon Accused of Undermining Climate Talks
Negotiations for a new climate treaty in Copenhagen this December are being blocked by a multi-national backlash led by fossil fuel industries and other heavy ...
DOE Awards $155M to Make Industrial Sector More Energy Efficient
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is awarding more than $155 million in funding under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act for 41 industrial energy-efficiency ...
Partisan Bickering Puts Climate Bill in Jeopardy
A key U.S. Senate panel, controlled by Democrats, will begin debating a climate change bill this week despite a planned boycott by minority Republicans who demand ...
Tesco Tackles Food Waste with Ethylene-Absorbing Strips
