Environment, Health, Safety, & Sustainability (EHS&S) News

Energy Firms Anticipate New Emissions Regulations

November 29, 2006 by Paul Nastu

Top executives at many of the nation’s largest energy companies have accepted the scientific consensus about climate change and see federal regulation to cut greenhouse gas emissions as inevitable, The Washington Post reports (via BlogNetBiz’s Environmental page). Companies have hired lobbyists in the hopes of presenting a unified front and are ... Read more »

Holiday Push Begins for Carbon Offset Companies

November 29, 2006November 29, 2006 by Paul Nastu

Green Mountain Energy, which launched a new carbon offset purchase site two weeks ago called BeGreenNow, has begun its holiday push with an email marketing campaign to people who registered on the new site. Dubbed “Gift of Green,” the campaign sells trees planted on behalf of people who the gift is bought for. According ... Read more »

Xerox Invents ‘Erasable Paper’

November 29, 2006October 3, 2009 by Paul Nastu

Xerox has invented a way to make “erasable paper” whose printed text or images last only a day – so that the paper can be used again and again. The experimental printing technology, a collaboration between the Xerox Research Centre of Canada and Palo Alto Research Center, could someday replace ... Read more »

Green Building’s Bottom Line Comes into Focus

November 29, 2006October 3, 2009 by Paul Nastu

A new white paper from Building Design and Construction (via Jetson Green) reviews the financial and economic dimensions of green building across 10 different building types. Here’s the white paper’s 10-point action plan for green building stakeholders: 1. State and local government pension funds and so called socially responsible investors ... Read more »

Ethical Companies Make More Money

November 29, 2006October 3, 2009 by Paul Nastu

An index of companies deemed ethical, including Intel, Starbucks, The Timberland Company and Whole Foods Market, has outperformed the S&P 500 by more than 370 percent over five years, according to an ethics and compliance company. The conclusion reached by Corpedia, the creator of the Ethics Index, is that organizations that ... Read more »

New SmartWay Loan for Trucking Companies

November 28, 2006November 27, 2006 by Paul Nastu

A new loan initiative for small trucking companies will help pay for fuel-saving technologies. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is partnering with the Small Business Administration to make loans available to purchase SmartWay Upgrade Kits. This loan initiative uses SBA Express Loans and partners with Bank of America, Business Loan Express, ... Read more »

IRS Approves 610 CREBs Applications

November 28, 2006November 27, 2006 by Paul Nastu

Last week, the IRS announced that 610 projects have been given the authority to issue Clean Renewable Energy Bonds, New Rules Project reports. Projects for the governmental borrowers will receive allocations in 24 states and projects for the cooperative borrowers will receive allocations in 22 states. The allocations for the ... Read more »

Wal-Mart Makes ‘Climate Project’ Donation and Peddles Gore’s Book

November 28, 2006October 2, 2009 by Paul Nastu

Wal-Mart has made a $75,000 donation to The Climate Project, founded by Al Gore, to support of its mission to educate the world on global warming. The funds donated by Wal-Mart will be used to train 1,000 lecturers, who will share information on environmental affairs to audiences across America. The donation coincides ... Read more »

Sun’s Douglas Discusses BlackBox

November 27, 2006October 2, 2009 by Paul Nastu

David Douglas, vice president for eco-responsibility at Sun Microsystems Inc., spoke with The Boston Globe recently about energy efficiency and Sun’s Project BlackBox – a data center with eight racks in a shipping container. According to the interview, the key to the BlackBox’s energy efficiency is that it’s an integrated system. ... Read more »

Saks Saves with Green Christmas Windows

November 27, 2006October 2, 2009 by Paul Nastu

Saks Fifth Avenue’s famous Christmas windows have received a green upgrade. The department store’s “snowflake spectacle” light show has 40,400 newly upgraded LEDs from Philips that use only 2600W of energy – the equivalent of three toaster ovens, according to Phillips. The display consists of 50 8-foot and 20-foot illuminated snow flakes ... Read more »

Williams-Sonoma Catalogs to Receive FSC Certification

November 27, 2006October 2, 2009 by Paul Nastu

Williams-Sonoma has begun sourcing more than 90% of the paper used in the company’s seven catalogs (Williams-Sonoma, Pottery Barn, Pottery Barn Bed and Bath, Pottery Barn Kids, PBteen, west elm and Williams-Sonoma Home) from sources certified by the Forest Stewardship Council. FSC certification will ensure that catalog paper comes from well-managed forests ... Read more »

Owens Corning Wins EPA SmartWay Award

November 27, 2006October 2, 2009 by Paul Nastu

Owens Corning is one of 24 recipients of the Environmental Protection Agency’s 2006 SmartWay Excellence Award. The award recognizes accomplishments and leadership in the EPA’s SmartWay Transport Partnership, a program designed to reduce greenhouse gases and air pollution by developing fuel- saving and energy-efficient practices in the freight industry. Since ... Read more »

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