Germans Develop Comprehensive Data Center Energy Monitoring Tool
Energy efficiency in high-performance computing (HPC) data centers needs to be viewed from the thousand-foot perspective, according to scientists at the Leibniz Supercomputing Centre of the Bavarian...
View ArticleVerizon’s GreenBizSummit: Panel 1: Why Sustainability?
Verizon’s #GreenBizSummit: Panel 1: Why Sustainability? Panelists Moderator: Brian Castelli, SVP Alliance To Save Energy Sharon Baxter Pollution Prevention Virginia Dept. Of Environmental Quality UWE...
View ArticleDow to Offset Sochi Olympics’ Travel Carbon Footprint
Sochi 2014 will be the first Olympic Games to offset 100 percent of the estimated travel footprint associated with spectators and media, amounting to 160,000 metric tons of CO2 equivalent emissions,...
View ArticleStarbucks, Unilever Urge White House ‘Prepare for Climate Change’
One year after Superstorm Sandy, which resulted in $70 billion in economic losses, 20 major companies including Starbucks, Unilever and Mars have called on President Obama and the White House to follow...
View ArticlePolicy & Enforcement Briefing: Obama Climate Order, DuPont Penalty, Hurricane...
President Obama is due to sign an executive order today that would help states and cities to include climate resilience considerations when they spend federal money on roads, bridges, flood control and...
View ArticleConsumers to Food and Beverage Brands: Step Up Recycling Efforts
Consumers expect companies to play an active role in recycling and they want a product’s packaging to tell them if it is recyclable, according to a survey conducted by Research Data + Insights on...
View ArticleArizona Public Service Should Come Clean on Solar
An Arizona utility commissioner is asking for all parties in the state’s brewing solar controversy to come clean – and says he is concerned that public funds could have been used to run an ad campaign...
View ArticleFTC Cracks Down on Companies’ False Biodegradable Plastics Claims
The US Federal Trade Commission has taken action against six companies — ECM Biofilms, American Plastic Manufacturing, Champ, Clear Choice Housewares, Carnie Cap and AJM Packaging — for making false...
View ArticleLululemon, Patagonia Pledge End to Endangered Forest Fiber Use
Designer Eileen Fisher, apparel companies Quiksilver, Prana, Patagonia, Lululemon Athletica and other global clothing brands with revenues totaling more than $4 billion have partnered with...
View ArticleREI Saves 93% on Data Center Energy with Evaporative Cooling
Outdoor retailer REI retrofitted its Seattle data center, resulting in a 93 percent reduction in the cooling energy used to operate the facility. The retrofit uses “free cooling” via a rooftop...
View ArticleEgg Production GHG Emissions Down 71% Since 1960
US egg production has increased since 1930, but the greenhouse gas emissions associated with egg production have fallen by more than 71 percent overt that time period, according to research by the Egg...
View ArticleWRI Updates GHG Emissions Tool
The World Resources Institute has updated its online tool that can help businesses manage and benchmark their greenhouse gas emissions. The latest version of WRI’s Climate Analysis Indicators Tool,...
View ArticleURS Technology Demonstrates 85% Mercury Removal for Coal-Fired Power Plants
URS says full-scale testing of its emissions control technology at a Midwestern power plant has demonstrated greater than 85 percent mercury (Hg) removal and greater than 98 percent sulfur trioxide...
View ArticlePolicy & Enforcement Briefing: EPA Adaptation Plans, Chemical Safety, Water...
The EPA has released 17 climate change adaptation implementation plans for its various regions and offices – such as the Office of Water, and the Office of Air and Radiation – to provide more detail...
View ArticleEnvironmental Management Certifications on the Rise
ISO certifications in environmental management systems grew 9 percent to 285,844 in 2012 while energy management certifications grew 332 percent to 1,981, according to the annual ISO Survey of...
View ArticleCarbon Budget to be Spent by 2034, PwC Warns
The world is on track to blow the 2 degree Celsius carbon budget, estimated by the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change for the next 89 years, within 21 years, according to...
View ArticleEPA Enforcement Programs Vulnerable to Climate Change
The EPA has outlined a number of areas in which its enforcement programs will be vulnerable to the effects of climate change, along with some ways the agency can start adapting its activities to cope....
View ArticleHow to Best Manage Your Firm’s EH&S Program
Big-data driven environmental, health and safety (EH&S) programs not only improve companies’ health and safety records, they also can be fully integrated into sustainability and other business...
View ArticleClimate Change and Big Business: Bridging the Gap
Of the 10 most expensive hurricanes in US history, eight occurred within the past decade. To a lot of people, the increased severity of storms points directly at climate change. Personally, I’m...
View ArticleElements of a Sustainable Packaging Initiative
Benchmarking, “right-sizing” and noticing the impact of secondary packaging are just three of the elements needed when establishing a sustainable packaging initiative, reports Greener Package. As...
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