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College Facilities Make the Green Grade

December 29, 2009 by Gina Roos

Several colleges including Bellevue College and Hamilton College have earned the U.S. Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification. Cornell University also recently teamed up with the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) to help more colleges achieve greater energy efficiency and lower ... Read more »

$5B Clean Energy Tax Credit May Draw Three Times More Private Investment

December 17, 2009 by Paul Nastu

An additional $5 billion in clean energy tax credits proposed by the Obama Administration are expected to generate an additional $15 billion in private investment, if Congress approves the plan, reports Reuters. Wind, geothermal and solar projects are expected to the chief beneficiaries of the program, reports the New York ... Read more »

Copenhagen Negotiators Make Up for Lost Time After Walk Out: Day 9 Roundup

December 15, 2009 by Gina Roos

When talks resumed on Dec. 14 after a delegation representing developing nations walked out of a meeting over sidelined discussions on the Kyoto Protocol, negotiators worked into the night to make up for lost time, but still came up nearly empty-handed at the start of day 9 of the 15th ... Read more »

Trash Trucks Make the Switch to Clean-Burning CNG Fuel

December 1, 2009December 14, 2010 by Gina Roos

Waste management operators in Florida, New Jersey, Idaho and California have opened compressed natural gas (CNG) fuel stations to support the deployment of their CNG trash collection truck fleets. CNG trash trucks cut greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 23 percent compared to diesel-powered models, according to natural gas provider Clean ... Read more »

DOE Invests $18M into Small Business Clean Energy Research

November 25, 2009 by Gina Roos

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is awarding $18 million in funding from the stimulus act to small businesses for the development and deployment of clean energy technologies and to help create new jobs, reports the Gov Monitor. The first phase of funding will award 125 grants of up to ... Read more »

Green Energy Execs Implore Congress for Sweeping Climate Change Bill

October 8, 2009October 21, 2009 by Gina Roos

More than one-hundred green-energy company executives went to Washington, D.C., this week to urge members of Congress to pass a sweeping climate change bill, reports Mercury News. Clean-tech entrepreneurs and investors believe a bill that includes a cap on carbon emissions will help drive billions of dollars in clean-energy investments ... Read more »

Pfizer Exceeds Emissions Reduction Goals, Misses Clean Energy Target

October 7, 2009October 21, 2009 by Gina Roos

Pfizer has achieved three of its four public environmental goals to reduce emissions, according to the company’s 2009 corporate responsibility report (PDF). The pharmaceutical company exceeded its goal to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 35 percent on a relative basis from 2000 to 2007, cutting emissions by 43 percent ... Read more »

P&G, HDR, ISC Highlight Sustainability at Clinton Global Initiative Meeting

September 25, 2009October 21, 2009 by Gina Roos

The key theme at the Fifth Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) Annual Meeting, held this week in New York, is innovation, reports Businessweek.com. Attendees included executives from Wal-Mart, Coca-Cola and Goldman Sachs, who were asked to focus on profitable ways to address humanitarian issues such as health care, climate change and ... Read more »

Major U.S. Companies to Senate: Pass Climate Legislation

September 10, 2009September 10, 2009 by Gina Roos

Twelve major U.S. companies delivered an open letter to the U.S. Senate urging legislators to pass comprehensive climate change legislation that will reduce greenhouse gas emissions, drive investment in technological innovation and solutions, and jumpstart a clean energy economy. In the letter, Bumble Bee Foods, Dell, DuPont, FPL Group, Google, ... Read more »

Clean Energy Patents Hit New Quarterly Record

August 21, 2009 by Paul Nastu

As a sign that companies once again view clean tech as a solid investment, a quarterly record of 274 U.S. clean energy patents were granted in the second quarter of 2009. The biggest growth was in fuel cells, wind and solar. Honda once again applied for more patents than any ... Read more »

Wisconsin, San Antonio Spur Manufacturers to Adopt Renewables

July 28, 2009 by Paul Nastu

Wisconsin and San Antonio are launching separate initiatives to push area manufacturers toward innovation and adoption of renewable energy and energy efficiency. Wisconsin is getting $28 million under the American Recovery Act to reduce fossil fuel use in manufacturing by adding renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies, reports BizJournals.com. The ... Read more »

Clean Energy Investments Starting to Rise in 2Q 2009

June 11, 2009October 19, 2009 by Gina Roos

New investment in the global clean energy sector in the second quarter of 2009 has already surpassed investments made in the first quarter by a third, according to new research by New Energy Finance. Clean energy investments in the first quarter of 2009 were down 44 percent from the fourth ... Read more »

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