Storage Center Cuts Emissions 11.5% Via Renewables, Efficiency
A UK self-storage center has adopted energy efficient lighting and renewable energy to cut its emissions 11.5 percent in 2008. Big Yellow Self Storage saved $165,000 as a result of the changes, reports...
View ArticleIntel Uses Facebook App to Help Power Climate Research
Facebook users who acquiesce to an Intel application that operates on idle computer power are helping researchers conduct models on climate change and other global problems. The Progress Through...
View ArticleEPEAT Registry Goes Global
A registry that rates computer desktops, laptops and monitors by their energy efficiency and other environmental measures now has been synchronized with the equipment that is actually available for...
View ArticleStudy Finds Consumers Ready to Pay for Electrical Grid Upgrades
Fifty-seven percent of Americans agree that the nation’s electrical grid infrastructure should be upgraded to support new generation and further deployment of alternative energy technologies, according...
View ArticleGlobal Emissions Up 2%
Despite worldwide efforts to cut CO2 emissions, nations spewed 1.94 percent more CO2 emissions in 2008 than in 2007, according to new analysis by German-based renewable energy industry institute IWR,...
View ArticleNestle Loses Plastic in 100% Recyclable Christmas Boxes
It may be more than four months until Christmas, but Nestle already is finding ways to reduce the expected piles of holiday gift waste. The candy maker has eliminated a plastic tray from its holiday...
View ArticleDeloitte Opens Center for Sustainability Performance
Consulting firm Deloitte sees great enough promise in the sustainability sector that it has opened a new business unit dedicated to the sector. The Center for Sustainability Performance will provide...
View ArticleKraft Saves 3B Gallons of Water in Three Years
Over the past three years, Kraft Foods has reduced its water consumption in manufacturing processes globally by 21 percent, or by more than 3 billion gallons. This exceeds the company’s goal two years...
View ArticleUK Food Label Would Show Items’ Environmental Impact
The UK may implement a food labeling scheme that details elements such as the number of miles from the source to the UK – a.k.a. food miles - as well as the amount and type of chemicals used on the...
View ArticleHilton, Kimpton Hotel Chains Go for the Green
Thanks to energy-efficient features, recycling programs and water conservation, among other sustainable features, the Kimpton Hotel & Restaurant Group and Hilton Hotels Corp. have announced the...
View ArticleHow Fair Trade Relates to Sustainability
Teresa Fabian, Director of Sustainability and Climate Change for PricewaterhouseCoopers, speaks at the Fairtrade Foundation Commercial Conference.
View Article$500B Plan for U.S. Green Building Retrofits Touted
The United States can build a low-carbon economy by retrofitting existing homes and businesses for energy efficiency, which would reduce waste and pollution, jumpstart an economic recovery, create good...
View ArticleAside from U.S., Rich Nations to Cut CO2 Emissions 15-21%
Industrialized nations excluding the United States will cut greenhouse gas emissions between 15 and 21 percent below 1990 levels by 2020 under a new U.N. climate pact, reports Reuters. This means...
View ArticleU.S. CO2 Emissions From Fuels to Fall 5% in 2009
As a direct result of the recession, U.S. emissions from fuels, including coal plants, are predicted to fall 5 percent in 2009, according to the Energy Information Administration. The progress on...
View ArticleFTC Charges Clothing Firms With ‘Bamboo-zling’ The Public
Four companies selling clothing marketed as made from bamboo have been charged by the Federal Trade Commission with deceptive advertising and marketing claims. The companies sold rayon clothing and...
View ArticleCountry Club, Sports Arena Cut Energy Bills by 10-18%
Businesses that are serious about cutting their energy use should evaluate the variety of energy-saving technologies that are available to them. In many cases, the savings can add up to thousands of...
View ArticleJudge Terminates Boston’s Green Taxi Mandate
A federal judge recently ruled that a year-old mandate that requires cab owners in Boston, Massachusetts, to buy new hybrid cars by 2015 violated an act of Congress, reports The Boston Globe. Despite...
View ArticleChina to Start Cutting CO2 Emissions in 2050
China’s top climate change policy maker says carbon emissions will start falling in 2050, which is the first time the world’s largest emitter has provided a target date for carbon reductions, reports...
View ArticleAustralian Government Negotiates on Climate Change Bill
The Australian government has split its climate change bill into two parts so the renewable energy target will not be dependent on the carbon emissions scheme in an effort to break a deadlock in the...
View ArticleFrito-Lay Among Adopters of Cogen Plants
Adding an on-site electricity generating system that also benefits a manufacturing or business process is becoming increasingly more attractive for major companies and other organizations. Frito Lay,...
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