Check-It Solutions Integrates With New Energy Star Portfolio Manager
Check-It Solutions has updated its Energy Management Starter Kit to integrate with the newly upgraded Energy Star Portfolio Manager. The starter kit simplifies Energy Star Portfolio Manager reporting...
View ArticleZero Waste at Distribution Centers
Rick Crandall, Albertson’s director of environmental stewardship for Southern California, discusses sustainability at the company’s distribution centers.
View ArticleUK Food and Drink Industry Cuts Water Use 16%
UK arms of food and drink manufacturers including Coca-Cola Enterprises, Heinz and Nestlé have collectively reduced their water use — excluding that in product — by 16.1 percent between 2007 and 2012,...
View ArticleAlternative Fuel Technologies ‘Can Produce $75 per Barrel Gasoline’
With crude oil price projected to top $140 per barrel by 2035, alternative fuel technologies, which can produce gasoline at the equivalent of $75 per barrel, will rise, according to a Lux Research...
View ArticleInvestors ‘Ignoring Climate Risks’
Infrastructure investors aren’t considering climate risk when building business models in areas that have yet to experience the effects of climate change and severe weather — but they should, says a...
View ArticleDuke Energy Tests Wireless EV Charging Tech
Duke Energy, a utility that says it’s eager to understand how solar, wind and electric vehicles will affect its electricity business, is testing a variety of technologies including a new wireless EV...
View ArticlePolicy & Enforcement Briefing: Halliburton Pleads Guilty, Energy Firms Sued
Halliburton will plead guilty to destroying evidence related to the 2010 BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, the Department of Justice said yesterday, according to Reuters. The company will pay a...
View ArticleDuPont to Divest Chemical Units; EPA Expands Safer Chemical Ingredients List
DuPont plans to divest a big portion of its traditional chemical business, including its Teflon fluoroproducts brand and its titanium dioxide pigment unit, Chemical & Engineering News reports. The...
View ArticleAEP: Power Industry on Track for GHG Goals
American Electric Power yesterday said that the power industry is already on pace to help President Obama meet his overall climate goal of a 17 percent cut in carbon dioxide emissions, from 2005...
View ArticleLG Cuts Carbon Footprint, Saves $1M in Six Months
LG Electronics has cut its greenhouse gas emissions by 61,348 metric tons of CO2e and saved about $1 million in operating expenses since December 2012, according to an EPA environmental assessment. The...
View ArticleOracle Study Says Utilities Not Seizing Smart Grid Data Potential
The majority (83 percent) of North American electric utilities are unprepared to manage the big data influx, according to an Oracle study. Utilities are, however, more prepared to manage the smart...
View ArticleMilwaukee Building Owners Can PACE Energy Efficiency Financing
Milwaukee is allowing commercial building owners to fund energy efficiency improvements through a commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) program. Milwaukee’s Economic Development Corporation...
View Article2014 BMW i3 Sustainable Car Interior
Promo video touting the sustainable elements of the 2014 BMW i3.
View ArticleCarbon Capture and Storage: Is There a Future?
And is it all about the money? Carbon dioxide emission reduction is moving to the forefront of priorities in many jurisdictions to combat climate change and maintain environmental stability. In the...
View ArticleCornell Opens Climate Change and Agriculture Center
Cornell University has started a center to help farmers adapt their operations to climate change. The Cornell Institute for Climate Change and Agriculture will serve as a clearinghouse for research,...
View ArticleElectronic Toll Collection System Revenues ‘Will Reach $8.5bn by 2018′
Electronic toll collection (ETC) system revenues will nearly double, from $4.48 billion this year to $8.5 billion by 2018, with a compounded annual growth rate of 14 percent, says a report from ABI...
View ArticleBusinesses’ Blue Tape Shows Climate Change Risk
Some 90 businesses in South Carolina have put posters, decals or blue tape marking a 6-foot rise in sea level — high tide in 2100 if worst-case climate change scenarios play out — as part of a campaign...
View ArticleSmall Businesses Face ‘Major Extreme Weather Challenges’
US small businesses — which employ 60 million Americans, or about half of the workforce — are particularly at risk from extreme weather and climate change and must take steps to adapt, according to a...
View ArticlePolicy & Enforcement Briefing: GHG Ruling, Exxon Fined $105m, Natgas Blowout
The US Court of Appeals on Friday rejected a legal challenge by Texas, Wyoming and several industry groups, who objected to the EPA forcing states to set greenhouse gas limits on industrial facilities....
View ArticleGreen Corporate Policies Tied to Brand Strength
Companies’ environmental policies and reporting practices are among the sustainability factors most linked to brand strength, according to research by corporate social responsibility database CSRHub....
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