China Ban Slows, Stops GMO Seed Roll-Out
Syngenta and Dow AgroScience are tightly controlling US launches of new GMO seeds, and Bayer CropScience has decided to keep a new soybean variety on hold as the result of China’s import barriers of...
View ArticleBoeing ecoDemonstrator Tests Green Technology
The Boeing ecoDemonstrator 787 has begun flight testing more than 25 technologies aimed at improving aviation’s environmental performance. This new round of testing, using 787 Dreamliner ZA004, will...
View ArticlePricing Water Is Key to Mitigating Business Risk
Businesses are becoming increasingly aware of the risks of water scarcity. The CDP’s recent survey found that two thirds of the world’s largest companies are exposed to water related risks, with almost...
View ArticlePanasonic Helps Build Planned Eco Town
Panasonic’s Fujisawa Sustainable Smart Town, which held a grand opening on Thanksgiving, is a planned eco town, with smart, sustainable buildings and other energy efficient features.
View ArticleBluesphere Acquires Lithium-Ion Fast Charge Technology
Bluesphere, a clean energy company that develops, manages and owns waste-to-energy projects, announced today that its technology division has acquired the rights for fast-charge battery technology. The...
View ArticleEnvironmental Industries Grew in 2013
The global environmental industry grew 3.6 percent in 2013, generating revenues of $1.047 trillion, while the US environmental industry grew just 0.7 percent in 2013 compared to 4.5 percent in 2012,...
View ArticleGE Aviation, Turbocoating Form Coating Joint Venture
GE Aviation and Turbocoating SPA of Parma, Italy, have formed a 50/50 joint venture, called Advanced Ceramic Coatings, to provide thermal barrier coatings for ceramic matrix composite components (CMCs)...
View ArticleEnvironmental Executive Moves: Global e-Sustainability Initiative, ET...
Here’s the latest news on hirings, promotions and departures among environmental leaders. Global e-Sustainability Initiative: The global sustainability partnership has announced its 2015 board of...
View ArticleCoke, Heinz, Ford, Others Drive Biobased PET
The global biobased plastic polyethylene terephthalate (PET) market is expected to reach 5,800 kilo tons by 2020, up from 650 kilo tons in 2013, — for a CAGR of 40.9 percent from 2014 to 2020 —...
View ArticlePowerCell Converts Toxic Waste to Electricity
Swedish fuel cell company PowerCell is leading a project to convert toxic waste from olive oil production into electricity. Biogas2PEM-FC is an European Union-funded project coordinated by PowerCell...
View ArticleE.On Shifts Focus to Renewables
E.On is shifting its focus to renewables, distribution networks and energy efficiency services. The German energy giant says it’s “radically” altering its business — splitting into two companies with...
View ArticleWashington Post Op-ed Missed a Few Key Points
The way we produce and consume food in America cannot be sustained in the face of increasing demand and climate change – and for all the other reasons a recent Washington Post op-ed forcefully laid...
View ArticleFirst Utility Receives B Corp Certification
Green Mountain Power, a Vermont-based energy company, has become the first utility in the world to become a certified B Corp. B Corps are certified by the nonprofit B Lab to meet standards of social...
View ArticleCoca-Cola, NRG eVgo Partner to Cut Emissions
The Coca-Cola Company has partnered with NRG eVgo, a subsidiary of NRG Energy, to assist in the effort to have 1.5 million zero-emission vehicles on California’s roads by 2025, an initiative championed...
View ArticleGreen Tech Generates Revenue, Transforms Wastewater into Raw Materials
Applied CleanTech’s sewage recycling system reduced the Dutch Waterschap Aa en Maas’ daily operational costs by about $2,700 in addition to reducing sludge by up to 30 percent, according to a report...
View ArticleLima Climate Talks: US, EU Clash Over Binding Emissions Targets
The climate change conference opened this week in Lima, Peru, with the US and the European Union clashing over legally binding emissions targets. The EU wants legally binding emissions cuts to be...
View ArticleVWR Launches Recycling Program
Laboratory products and services provider VWR has launched a recycling program to divert single-use garments from landfills. VWR’s “Gown Up, Give Back” campaign allows the company’s US customers to...
View ArticleHotel Cuts Nat Gas Use 98% with Low-Water Laundry System
A Massachusetts hotel has earned a $9,369 incentive from National Grid as part of a program to promote various energy-saving cleaning technologies after installing Xeros’ ultra-low water laundry...
View ArticleCargill to Develop Beef Sustainability Assessment
Cargill Cattle Feeders, the cattle supply arm of the company’s US beef business, has entered into an agreement with Wichita-based consultancy Kennedy and Coe to create a verified beef supply chain...
View ArticleNestlé, JLL, Levi’s Among 223 Companies Supporting the Clean Power Plan
More than 200 companies, including Nestlé, JLL, Novelis and Levi Strauss & Co, have announced their support for the EPA’s Clean Power Plan. The comment period on the proposed carbon standard for...
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