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Exxon, Microsoft, Target Added to Dow Jones Index; IBM Dropped

September 14, 2012September 14, 2012 by Kirsten Korosec

Exxon, Microsoft, Canadian National Railway and Target are among the largest companies added to, and IBM, GlaxoSmithKline and United Technologies among those dropped from, one of the world’s leading sustainability indices. Swiss-based investment firm SAM and Dow Jones Indexes released the 2012 Dow Jones Sustainability Index review, which tracks the ... Read more »

Kohl’s to Add 30 EV Charging Stations by Mid-December

September 6, 2012September 7, 2012 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Kohl’s Department Stores, along with partners Duke Energy, ChargePoint and ECOtality, will expand its electric vehicle charging station initiative with 30 new stations across 15 additional Kohl’s locations by the end of fall 2012, the company has announced. The expansion spans two states new to the Kohl’s program — Illinois ... Read more »

Rockefeller Group, McGraw-Hill Implement Demand Response

August 30, 2012August 30, 2012 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Rockefeller Group Development Corporation and Alcoa are among the companies that have implemented demand response initiatives, reducing their energy usage and reaping financial benefits, according to the Environmental Defense Fund. Rockefeller’s McGraw-Hill Building in New York City receives a net income of $500,000 annually after the group partnered with Schneider ... Read more »

Toyota, Duke Lanch Indiana EV Smart Grid Pilot

August 27, 2012August 30, 2012 by Leon Walker

Toyota Motor Company, Duke Energy and nonprofit energy industry initiative Energy Systems Network are to participate in a smart grid pilot project in Indiana. The aim of the project will be power grid load equalization and the establishment of an optimized vehicle-charging scheme. Toyota will provide five Prius Plug-in Hybrid ... Read more »

Environmental & Energy Executive Moves: GM, Duke Energy, Mohawk Group, Trina Solar

July 30, 2012July 30, 2012 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Here’s the latest news on hirings and promotions among environmental and energy management leaders. General Motors: Doug L. Parks has been appointed to GM’s newly created position of vice president, product programs. Parks was previously executive director and group vehicle line executive for electric cars, a position he held since ... Read more »

Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Duke on Carbon Pricing, Energy Efficiency, MATS Battles

June 15, 2012June 30, 2013 by Leon Walker

The CEO of Duke Energy, the third-largest electric utility in the US, has said that nationwide carbon pricing is “inevitable,” Point Carbon reports. Jim Rogers also told attendees of a Hamilton Project-Stanford University energy policy forum that natural gas expansion should not come at the expense of solar and wind ... Read more »

2012 Insider Knowledge Report Shares Lessons from McDonald’s, Unilever, 130 Others

March 1, 2012March 2, 2012 by Leon Walker

Environmental Leader has launched its 2012 Insider Knowledge Report, sharing lessons learned from 132 corporate environmental, energy and sustainability decision-makers. The second annual report gives real-world examples of how sustainability initiatives are making a difference at companies including 3M, Diageo, Duke Energy, Fujitsu, GM, IBM, Intel, McDonald’s, Marriott, Nike, Staples, ... Read more »

Sempra, Xcel Lead Utility Sustainability Index

February 15, 2012February 15, 2012 by Tamar Wilner

Sempra, Xcel Energy, PG&E, Edison International and Avista top a new sustainability ranking and set of stock indices for U.S. utilities, compiled by Target Rock Advisors. The advisory group says this is the first sustainability index focused exclusively on publicly-traded utilities in the U.S. The main index, called the Target Rock ... Read more »

Policy & Enforcement: EU 2020 Targets, Japan Nuclear Safety, Light-Duty Vehicle Emissions

January 20, 2012January 20, 2012 by Leon Walker

A European Commission analysis said that raising the EU’s 2020 emission reduction target to 30 percent may be less costly than previously reported. The cost of going to 30 percent, previously estimated at about $42 billion, is likely lower due to the economic downturn and resulting lower emissions, and costs ... Read more »

Google Invests in Hog-Waste Energy; Diaper Recycling Plant Opens

September 12, 2011September 13, 2011 by Leon Walker

Google has invested in a pilot project by Duke University and Duke Energy that converts waste from a pig farm into usable energy. The system, on a hog finishing facility 25 miles west of Winston-Salem, N.C., converts hog waste into electricity and creates carbon-offset credits. The two Dukes have spent ... Read more »

Policy & Enforcement Briefing: CA Tweaks Environmental Reviews; Hecla Settles; RGGI All-Time Low

September 12, 2011 by Environmental Leader

A group of environmentalists has launched a campaign urging EPA administrator Lisa Jackson not to resign, after President Obama ordered the agency to scrap a two-year-old proposal to tighten national air quality standards for ground-level ozone, The New York Times reported. After Jackson refused to defend Obama’s decision last week, ... Read more »

E2A Launches Energy Management System for Convenience Stores

August 3, 2011August 16, 2011 by Leon Walker

Efficient Energy America (E2America) has announced that its retrofit HVAC control system aimed at reducing energy costs and consumption is now available to the convenience store market. A large portion – in many cases, more than 50 percent – of the total energy used by commercial buildings can be attributed ... Read more »

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