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PG&E to Measure, Reduce Supply Chain Emissions

July 1, 2010July 1, 2010 by Paul Nastu

California’s largest utility, PG&E, will start auditing its supply chain emissions in an effort to identify opportunities to reduce emissions, according to a report on Next 100. The project will survey 50 of PG&E’s suppliers, with three to five eventually being selected for case study profiles to look at ways ... Read more »

Carbon Management Software Market to Grow 33%

July 1, 2010July 1, 2010 by Paul Nastu

The market for carbon management software and services for the manufacturing sector is expected to grow by 33 percent annually from 2009 to 2017, according to “Carbon Management Software and Services,” a new study by Pike Research. According to an executive summary of the report, Western Europe will remain the ... Read more »

Google Eyes Water and Gas for PowerMeter

June 28, 2010June 28, 2010 by Paul Nastu

Google hopes to expand the capabilities of its PowerMeter technology to monitor water and natural gas use, in addition to its ability to monitor home electrical use, according to a report on CNET. PowerMeter allows homeowners to monitor their home’s energy consumption on their smartphone or computer using data collected ... Read more »

Ford Highlights Volunteer Efforts

May 17, 2010August 16, 2012 by Paul Nastu

Ford Motor Company highlighted its volunteer efforts Friday with the announcementthat 600 company employees and retirees would spend the day working on water conservation projects in the Detroit area, supported by $60,000 in mini-grants. The activities were to include habitat restoration at the Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge, creating storm ... Read more »

ProLogis Claims Largest Rooftop Solar Array in NW

March 4, 2010 by Gina Roos

ProLogis, a distribution facilities company, plans to install a 2.4-megawatt solar system in partnership with Portland General Electric (PGE) that will cover 900,000-sq.-ft. of rooftop across seven warehouses in Portland, Gresham and Clackamas, Oregon. This is PGE’s second rooftop project with ProLogis, which now totals 3.5 megawatts of solar energy. ... Read more »

GE Tops List of Most Sustainable Companies

January 28, 2010 by Gina Roos

Corporate Knights has announced its sixth annual Global 100 list of the most sustainable large corporations in the world at the World Economic Forum in Davos. The top five leaders in sustainability are General Electric, PG&E, Tnt Nv, H&M Hennes & Mauritz, and Nokia. The Global 100 includes companies from ... Read more »

PG&E Expands Net Metering, California Solar Producers Jump For Joy

October 30, 2009October 29, 2009 by Paul Nastu

Solar advocates in California say that a recent move by Pacific Gas & Electric to expand net metering will encourage adoption of more rooftop solar. Earlier this week Governor Schwarzenegger convinced PG&E to up the amount of net metering allowed in its territory from 2.5 percent of peak demand to ... Read more »

U.S. Chamber of Commerce: Between a Rock and a Hard Place?

October 7, 2009September 14, 2010 by Andy Hultgren

With high-profile members – including PG&E, PMN, Exelon, and now Apple – leaving its organization, and Nike threatening the same, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce must feel that it is between a rock and a hard place on the climate change issue. On the one hand, many of its members ... Read more »

Smart Grid Projects Get Ready to Roll in the U.S., UAE

October 5, 2009 by Gina Roos

Cisco, together with utility, technology and local government partners, are developing some of the nation’s first projects to create a smarter electric grid. General Electric is also testing how smart appliances can help lower power demand in a pilot program at Masdar City in Abu Dhabi. Hoping for a piece ... Read more »

Businesses Find New Ways to Save Energy, Cost in Data Centers

September 24, 2009October 21, 2009 by Gina Roos

Whether it’s a novel technique to cool data centers like the one tested by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, installation of new hardware chosen by Skyservice Airlines, or leveraging rebates through utilities like PG&E, businesses are looking at a variety of ways to reduce the cost of cooling their data centers ... Read more »

PG&E Quits U.S. Chamber of Commerce Over Climate Change, Nike Applies Pressure

September 24, 2009October 21, 2009 by Paul Nastu

Citing the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s “extreme position on climate change,” Pacific Gas & Electric has quit the chamber, reports the New York Times. Nike also is taking umbrage with the chamber’s position, according to various news outlets. The move by PG&E, a major California utility, follows similar moves by ... Read more »

HP, Dell, J&J, Intel and IBM Top Newsweek’s Inaugural Green Rankings

September 22, 2009 by Gina Roos

Hewlett-Packard, Dell, Johnson & Johnson, Intel and IBM are the top five leaders in Newsweek’s inaugural environmental rankings of America’s 500 largest corporations. The Green Rankings were the result of collaboration among environmental researchers KLD Research & Analytics, Trucost, and CorporateRegister.com that ranked the 500 largest U.S. companies based on ... Read more »

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