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Peterbilt, Eaton, Wal-Mart Partner on Heavy-Duty Truck

Peterbilt Motors Company and Eaton Corporation have jointly developed a hybrid, heavy-duty vehicle based on the design of Peterbilt's model 386. Wal-Mart Stores, which operates the nation’s second largest private fleet, is supporting development of new hybrid technologies by helping to validate the concept and refine the final design...

Report: Catalyst Top Canadian Forest Industry CSR Performer

Transforming the forest industrty into an environmentally sustainable one remains a challenge, The Globe and Mail reports. Producing paper and wood products still generates significant air and water pollution, and companies such as Abitibi-Consolidated, Norbord, Tembec and West Fraser Timber have all paid significant fines for violating environmental regulations in recent years. The Globe article grades nine Canadian Forest industry

Foss Maritime to Build Hybrid Tug

Foss Maritime plans to build the world’s first true hybrid tug boat that will significantly reduce nitrogen oxide, particulate matter, sulphur dioxide and carbon emissions. It will also consume less fuel and be quieter than its conventional predecessors. Officials of the Seattle-based marine services company say the project must still gain final board approval...

Tesco, Marks & Spencer, Others Pledge to Cut Plastic Bag Use

An agreement involving top British retailers such as Tesco, Marks & Spencer, Sainsburys and Wal-Mart's ASDA will encourage consumers to use fewer bags and re-use those that they already have, Reuters reports. Retailers will also switch over to recyclable bags where they can. Details of the plan are still to be worked out, but the goal is to...

EPA: Wal-Mart, Other Retailers Need to Step Up CFL Recycling Initiatives

The Environmental Protection Agency and some large businesses, including Wal-Mart, are aggressively promoting the sale of compact fluorescent light bulbs. The move is gaining momentum. Recently, California Assemblyman Lloyd Levine introduced legislation to make his state the first to ban incandescent lightbulbs. Earlier this week, Australia announced it would phase out incandescents and yesterday, Greenpeace asked India to follow Australia's

AMD Report Pegs Global Data Center Energy Costs at $7.2 Billion

U.S. data centers and their associated infrastructure consumed five million kW of energy in 2005, the equivalent of five 1,000 MW power plants, according to Randy Allen, corporate vice president, Server and Workstation Division, AMD, revealing findings from a report (PDF) that measures the energy consumed by national and global data centers annually. That five million kW of energy use

RGGI Will Cut Maryland CO2 Emissions, Electricity Bills

If, as planned, Maryland joins a regional compact designed to cut greenhouse gas emissions, it will have a modest positive environmental impact and will not translate into higher bills for electric customers, according to a new study (pdf) from the University of Maryland’s Center for Integrative Environmental Research. The study is the first to look at the economic and environmental


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