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Waste Management unveiled its latest tech innovation today at its Outer Loop Recycling and Disposal Facility in Kentucky, turning waste from the landfill into usable, renewable natural gas (RNG). This new facility captures methane produced by the landfill and converts it into pipeline quality natural gas. The facility processes ... Read more »
The Hershey Company announced a new CSR strategy in conjunction with its 2017 social responsibility report – the Shared Goodness Promise is the company’s plan to “make a positive difference” in people’s lives through investments, collaborative programs, and sustainable business practices. The strategy will also help the company meet the ... Read more »
L’Oréal USA’s Garnier brand is the first mass market skin care brand to receive Cradle to Cradle Certified Silver recognition, the company announced today. The five products in the Garnier SkinActive line earned the certification based on an evaluation of material health, material reutilization, renewable energy and carbon management, water ... Read more »
Reckitt Benckiser Group, manufacturer of brands like Lysol and Woolite, has announced a new pledge concerning plastic in conjunction with this week’s World Environment Day. The company joins other global brands including Coca-Cola and Infosys that are using World Environment Day to initiate projects intended to “Beat Plastic Waste,” the ... Read more »
As municipalities across the country increasingly focus on climate change preparedness, water infrastructure has come under the microscope. Menlo Park, California, for example, will need to invest $90.3 million in order to rehabilitate its municipal water system infrastructure between now and 2040, according to The Almanac. The investment will include ... Read more »
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Asia Pulp & Paper (APP) is hoping to improve water quality and management on Indonesia’s Pari Island by piloting a project that includes water resource technology and water management efforts. APP will also provide the Pari Island community with water sanitation and hygiene training, and will educate tourists on smarter ... Read more »
Schneider Electric recently announced it is working on a $24 million project to improve energy security, resiliency and efficiency across Fort Huachuca’s facilities. The project will reduce energy costs at the U.S. Army installation by 23% annually, generating nearly $63 million in savings over 23 years. Schneider Electric will ... Read more »
The growing adoption of distributed power generation is prompting utilities to digitize and make use of intelligent operations and planning. According to Black & Veatch’s “Smart Cities and Utility Report,” utilities rank improving reliability, integrating distributed energy resources (DERs), and improving both efficiencies and analytics (tied) as the top ... Read more »
San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) has announced it will double its battery backup capacity in an effort to support its service area’s renewable energy growth. SDG&E President Scott Drury announced the initiative this week, saying the electric company is at the “forefront” of the industry in terms of ... Read more »
Big tech companies such as Amazon, Netflix and Facebook have been challenged by Governor Jerry Brown and UN Climate Chief Patricia Espinosa to start reporting environmental data by the time of a major conference this September. A majority (55%) of companies worldwide (by market cap) now report environmental data, according ... Read more »
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Viridity Energy Solutions Inc. will provide energy management and demand response software and services to Consumers Energy commercial and industrial customers in an effort to help customers manage their energy costs. The Viridity software and technology platform has been tailored to meet the specific energy programs being implemented by Consumers ... Read more »
The Taj Mahal is among 100 monuments in India that will go litter-free in a bid to beat plastic pollution in the city of Agra and beyond. The move comes in conjunction with World Environment Day on June 5 and is part of India’s participation in the Beat. Major global corporations like Coca-Cola are also engaging in the campaign.
NV Energy has contracted for more than 1 gigawatt of new renewable energy resources to be built in Nevada. At the same time, voters are considering whether to open up the state’s the electric energy market.
Data centers are likely to become a big market for batteries over the next five years, predicts a director at the Swedish power company Vattenfall. Owners of data centers see advantages to battery installation such as energy security and co-location with renewables, Vattenfall’s head of battery projects Sebastian Gerhard told ... Read more »
Belgium-based cleaning product company Ecover launched a pop-up café in London that accepted customers’ recyclable plastic waste as payment.
Social media giant Facebook has announced it will build a nearly 1 million-square-foot data center at the foot of Eagle Mountain in Utah. Facebook will purchase its own water rights and construct the required water infrastructure. The data center facility is designed to be “incredibly water-efficient” and will “reuse water multiple ... Read more »
The Channel Tunnel, which connects the UK to France, has seen an energy savings of 33% after its first season of operating a new cooling system, according to the tunnel’s operator Eurotunnel. The operator saved 4.8 GWh and nearly $600,000 in 2017, courtesy of the new cooling system. The system ... Read more »
While the value and reputation of cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin fluctuate by the hour, the legitimacy of its operating system, blockchain, is staying intact. Blockchain’s verification system makes it a safe, secure way of organizing and respecting transactions between users, with an extremely rare chance of user fraud. The unregulated measures ... Read more »
The European Commission is proposing a ban on single-use plastic items like straws and utensils according to draft rules released this week.
Ricoh Australia became the first IT services provider in the country to achieve carbon-neutral status, the imaging and electronics company announced this week.
Shaw Industries Group has finished construction of a cogeneration combined heat and power plant at its fiber production facility in Columbia, South Carolina.
Limited supplies of surface water in Klamath Basin, Oregon, are wreaking havoc with the area’s $557 million agriculture industry. Farmers and ranchers in the area do not have a water allocation from the Klamath Project, as regulators from the US Bureau of Reclamation are currently struggling to supply enough surface ... Read more »
ButcherBox, a delivery service for sustainably-raised meat products, will begin delivering packages in new environmentally friendly thermal packaging that is recyclable, compostable, and keeps products frozen appropriately, the company announced. The company signed a $10 million packaging deal with Vericooler and plans to use the thermal cooler in deliveries to ... Read more »
California regulators today adopted plans by the state’s three major utilities to accelerate the electrification of light, medium and heavy duty transportation. The California Public Utilities Commission approved $780 million to fund these plans aimed at cleaning up the transportation sector, the state’s biggest source of air pollution. The revised ... Read more »
Mars Inc., the global candy purveyor, has announced that its Australian operations will be powered by 100% solar energy by 2020. The company signed a PPA with renewable energy company Total Eren for the 200 MW Kiamal Solar Farm in Victoria. The solar farm will provide electricity to match the ... Read more »