Fleet Briefing: GM and Teijin, Networkfleet, NREL on EVs, and Mitsubishi
General Motors and carbon fiber products company Teijin Limited are to co-develop carbon fiber products for potential worldwide, high-volume use in GM cars, trucks and crossovers. The agreement...
View ArticleHasbro to Cut PVC from Packaging; Beats 10% GHG Goal
Hasbro will eliminate polyvinyl chloride (PVC) from all new core toy and game packaging beginning in 2013, the company has announced, as it launches its 2010 corporate social responsibility report. The...
View ArticleBattery Rooms Can Be Hotbeds of Waste
Six out of the eight most common sources of waste in warehouses can be found in the battery room, according to Harold Vanasse, vice president of sales and marketing at battery company Philadelphia...
View ArticleDiageo Sets Sustainable Packaging Guidelines
Diageo has published its first sustainable packaging guidelines, setting 2015 goals to reduce average weight by 10 percent, increase recycled material content by 20 percent and ensure 100 percent of...
View ArticleCase Set to Challenge EPA’s GHG Regs
Oral arguments will begin February 28 in a case challenging a “weak link” in the EPA’s regulatory process for greenhouse gas emissions, according to Greg Gasperecz, VP of environmental, health and...
View ArticleUp to Half of Solar Costs are Administrative, DOE Says
Between 40 and 50 percent of the cost of ownership and operation for a rooftop solar system is contributed by administrative costs such as permitting, financing and connecting to the grid, according to...
View ArticleAvon Calling: US Consumer Goods Firms Respond to Pressure on Carbon
Investors are pressing companies that supply goods such as automobiles, food, beverages and furnishing to report greenhouse gas emissions and cut them. Consumers want companies to go green. Avon is...
View ArticleEmployee Engagement: Why Do It If You Can’t Do it Right?
All of us who own, manage or lead companies long for employees who are productive and engaged with their work. In fact an increasing number of business leaders have come to believe that employee...
View ArticlePolicy & Enforcement Briefing: Keystone XL, Wyoming Aquifer, Alaska Energy...
Republicans expressed confidence that Congress will reach an agreement that extends the payroll tax cut, now in the Senate. The House bill contains a measure to expedite a TransCanada Corp.’s Keystone...
View ArticleCOP 17 Closing Statement by UNFCCC Executive Secretary
Here’s the COP 17 closing statement by UNFCCC executive secretary Christiana Figueres. Also, below see the closing statement by COP 17 president Maite Nkoana-Mashabane.
View ArticleEmerson Launches Data Center Management Hardware
Emerson Network Power has introduced the Avocent Universal Management Gateway, a product it calls the first data center appliance to enable true real-time, integrated monitoring, access and control...
View ArticleCalif. State Publisher Buys Munters Dry Evaporation Units
Four indirect evaporative cooling units built by Munters Corporation were recently installed at the California Department of General Services, Office of State Publishing in Sacramento, Calif., – making...
View ArticleSilicon Labs Launches Efficient Microcontroller for Smart Meters
Silicon Laboratories has introduced an energy-efficient microcontroller (MCU) and wireless MCU for power-sensitive embedded applications such as smart metering and building automation. The company says...
View ArticleService Neutralizes Emissions from Websites
Carbon offsetting firm CO2 Neutral Seal has launched its CO2NS Website product that aims to make web sites carbon neutral by buying carbon credits matched to their visitor statistics. CO2NS Website...
View ArticleStarbucks Builds Store out of Shipping Containers
Starbucks is about to open a Seattle-area store made mostly out of four upcycled shipping containers, the New York Times reports. The prototype – unusual for Starbucks in that it is take-out only – may...
View ArticleDurban Parties Agree Kyoto Extension
Negotiators at U.N. climate talks in Durban yesterday agreed a second commitment period under the Kyoto Protocol, to run from 2013 through 2017, pulling negotiations back from the brink days after the...
View ArticleRexam Discusses Sustainability Strategy
FoodBev’s Bill Bruce talks to John Revess at Brau Beviale 2011 about Rexam’s sustainability strategy.
View ArticleStandards & Compliance Briefing: Turbine Standards, Sustainable Forestry...
The American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) and the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), agreed to cooperate on the advancement of more efficient permitting for wind turbine equipment and...
View ArticleAsphalt Preservation Emulsion Wins First EPD in Its Class
Asphalt Systems, Inc.’s GSB-88 emulsion has received the first environmental product declaration for an asphalt preservation product, the company says. The Institute for Environmental Research &...
View ArticleA Bad Year for Solar Energy
By virtually any yardstick, 2011 was probably a year the PV solar panel industry may like to forget. First and foremost, of course, there was the Solyndra case, which quickly morphed into a major...
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