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Rio Tinto Shuts Coal Power Plant for Kennecott Utah Copper Operation

May 2, 2019November 15, 2019 by Alyssa Danigelis

Metals and mining corporation Rio Tinto permanently closed the coal plant that powered its Kennecott Copper operation in Utah. Combined with renewable energy certificates, the move should reduce the site’s annual carbon footprint by as much as 65%, the company says.

Georgia Power Introduces Renewable Energy Development Initiative for C&I Customers

September 21, 2017 by Alyssa Danigelis

Georgia Power launched a new Renewable Energy Development Initiative (REDI) for commercial and industrial customers on Tuesday. The voluntary program offers hourly credits matching production as well as solar renewable energy credits from up to 200 megawatts of renewable resources, the electric utility announced. Commercial and industrial customers with an ... Read more »

Geothermal Energy’s Implications for Buildings and Homes

February 29, 2012February 16, 2012 by Jennifer Hermes

Did you know that the US spends between $30 and $50 billion every month on foreign oil? I find that number to be huge and think that we need to reduce that amount if we want to remain competitive, independent, and environmentally friendly. It doesn’t make long-term economic sense to ... Read more »

AK Steel Energy Project Hinges on Ohio Definition of Renewables

February 24, 2012 by Leon Walker

An Ohio Senate Bill would allow local steel maker AK Steel Corp. to convert waste gas released by its manufacturing process into power it can sell on the state’s renewable energy market, the Middletown Journal reports. Senate Bill 289 would widen the legal definition of “renewable energy resource” to include ... Read more »

Green House Data Doubles Renewables Purchase

December 20, 2011 by Leon Walker

Cloud data hosting firm Green House Data doubled the amount of renewable energy credits it purchases. The company has purchased 1.8M kWh in 2011 – twice the amount it purchased in 2010. This annual electricity purchase is equivalent to avoiding 1,303 tons of carbon dioxide emissions, Green House Data says. ... Read more »

Detroit Edison Offers $25m in Solar Incentives

May 25, 2010 by Sarah Roberts

Detroit Edison has provided more than $1 million to customers in Southeastern Michigan to help power their homes and businesses with solar energy through its SolarCurrents program, according to a company press release. There’s more money still available to help customers reduce their monthly electricity costs, as well as their ... Read more »

Intel Cuts Emissions by 45%, Water Use Rises 3%

May 20, 2010December 14, 2010 by Gina Roos

Intel has reduced its absolute global-warming emissions by more than 45 percent below 2007 levels and more than 40 percent below 2004 levels on a per chip basis as of the end of 2009, according to the company’s 2009 Corporate Responsibility Report. Intel also reduced its PFC emissions by more ... Read more »

CH2M Hill Cuts Paper Use by 21% from 2006 to 2008

November 23, 2009 by Gina Roos

CH2M HILL, a global consulting, design, construction, and operations firm, has decreased per employee paper usage 21 percent between 2006 and 2008 and increased electronic waste recycling by almost 4 percent in 2008, according to the company’s 2009 Sustainability Report (PDF). Here are some highlights of the company’s environmental performance ... Read more »

UC Merced Campus to Generate 20% of Electricity from Solar Energy

November 12, 2009November 11, 2009 by Gina Roos

Helping California meet its renewable energy goal by 2020, the University of California Merced campus has unveiled the university’s 1-megawatt (MW) solar power system. The system, consisting of 4,900 solar panels, will provide two-thirds of the campus’ electricity on summer days and 20 percent of the campus’ annual electricity needs. ... Read more »

Pitney Bowes Cuts CO2 Emissions 4.5%

August 18, 2009October 19, 2009 by Gina Roos

Pitney Bowes Inc. has reduced its overall carbon emissions by 4.5 percent and increased its waste recycling/prevention by 45.5 percent, according to the company’s Corporate Responsibility Report for 2008. Pitney Bowes’ online report covers topics such as environmental initiatives, ethics and governance, employee diversity and development, philanthropy and voluntarism. Here ... Read more »

Weyerhauser Generates 75% of Energy Needs from Biomass Fuels

August 3, 2009October 19, 2009 by Gina Roos

Weyerhauser Company, a forest products company, has met 75 percent of its operations’ energy needs through the use of renewable and greenhouse-gas-neutral biomass fuels including wood residuals and other organic byproducts in 2008, according to the company’s 2008 online sustainability performance report. Weyerhauser said biomass fuel from sustainably managed forests ... Read more »

More Federal Incentives Needed to Drive Solar Growth

July 23, 2009October 19, 2009 by Gina Roos

Although the United States has become one of the more aggressive nations in promoting renewable energy thanks in part to support from the Obama Administration, it is still lagging behind solar market leaders like Spain and Germany, according to a new report from Pike Research. A key finding reveals that ... Read more »

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