Auto Roundup: GSA Doubling Hybrids, Ford and Microsoft Team for Hohm Recharging
Two recent developments should bolster the case for adding hybrids and electrics to corporate fleets. The federal government plans to demonstrate the efficacy of hybrids in fleets with the General...
View ArticleNYSE Goes Carbon Neutral Through Wind RECs
The New York Stock Exchange is purchasing renewable energy credits to offset the approximately 28 million kilowatt hours it uses annually, reports the Baltimore Sun. The NYSE is buying RECs to support...
View ArticleHeat Recovery Chiller System to Save Military Hospital 27% on Energy
A military hospital in Fort Belvoir, Va., will use a heat recovery chiller system along the way to 27 percent in energy savings. The hospital, scheduled to open in early 2011, also will be the first...
View ArticleDOT, EPA Set GHG Levels for Cars, Light Trucks
For the first time, passenger cars and light trucks will have to comply with federal greenhouse gas emissions standards. The Department of Transportation and the Environmental Protection Agency jointly...
View ArticleRoundup: Thunderbolt, Staples, Fossil Fools Day
Plastics recycler pleads guilty to storing hazardous waste without a permit American Recycler M&S leads way in Easter egg packaging RajaPack Britain brandishes olive branch to restart global...
View ArticleAccenture Targets 40% Carbon Footprint Reduction by 2012
Accenture is committed to reducing its per capita carbon footprint 40 percent by the end of fiscal year (FY) 2012 from its 2007 baseline, according to the company’s 2008-2009 Corporate Citizenship...
View ArticleShell to Pay $3.3M in Air Pollution Settlement
Shell Chemical L.P. and Shell Chemical Yabucoa will pay a combined $3.3 million civil penalty to the U.S., Alabama and Louisiana, in addition to $200,000 to Louisiana organizations for environmental...
View ArticleGreenpeace Claims Koch Industries Secretly Funded Climate Skeptic Groups
A Greenpeace report claims that Koch Industries, one of the biggest privately-owned industrial conglomerates, involved in everything from ranching to oil refining, is channeling millions of dollars...
View ArticleMA Businesses Say Solar Rules Will Add $250 Million in Energy Costs
Businesses, energy suppliers and business groups in Massachusetts are complaining that a new state mandate to increase solar power could cost electricity customers up to $250 million more annually,...
View ArticleNJ Real Estate Developer Partners with EPA on Energy, Waste, Water
Hartz Mountain Industries, a New Jersey real estate development company, has made a major commitment to cut energy, water, waste and emissions at its retail and commercial properties across the state...
View ArticleCrown Equipment Achieves Zero Landfill at Ohio Plant
Crown Equipment has achieved zero landfill status at its New Knoxville, Ohio, facility, recycling 96 percent of its waste, with the remaining 4 percent (less than 1 ton per month) converted into energy...
View ArticleFiber Roundup: Mohawk Makes Paper with Wind, SCS Certifies Indiana DNR Forests
In a more environmentally-friendly world, forestry and fiber companies like Mohawk Fine Papers that boost their “green” credentials, such as by using higher amounts of post-consumer waste or achieving...
View ArticleEDF Consolidates 3 Data Centers into a Single Energy Efficient Model
EDF, an energy company in the UK, recently decided to consolidate several older data centers into one energy efficient model. EDF worked with IBM to install the data center, from design to...
View ArticleEnvironmental Initiatives Save RSC Nearly $26M in 2009
RSC Equipment Rental saved approximately $25.8 million in 2009 by implementing several environmental initiatives ranging from an equipment refurbishment program to a tire pressure equalization system,...
View ArticleBy Slashing Saturday Service, USPS Would Save 500K MT of GHGs
In addition to saving money, by cutting out Saturday delivery, the U.S. Postal Service would trim its annual emissions by up to a half million metric tons. The USPS estimates that mail volume will drop...
View ArticleSprint, AT&T, Verizon Push eCycling Week, April 5-11
Sprint, AT&T, Verizon and other cellular players are promoting their cell phone recycling services in advance of EPA’s “Plug-In To eCycling National Cell Phone Recycling Week,” April 5-11. For its...
View ArticleRoundup: White House Easter Eggs, Spanish Carbon Fraudsters
CN offers online tool to calculate carbon emissions, rate at same time Progressive Railroading Agency Awards $7.6 M Chemical Review Contract to Versar Environmental Protection EU’s Carbon Pollution...
View ArticleEPA Addresses Mountaintop Removal Mining, Water Heater Efficiency
The Environmental Protection Agency on April 1 announced new rules on mountaintop removal mining, as well as new efficiency standards for water heaters. Rules on mountaintop removal mining, a...
View ArticleSynchrophasors To Increase Smart Grid-enabled Energy Boost
Using hundreds and hundreds of synchrophasors, it’s estimated that a smart grid-enabled high voltage grid would be able to reliably deliver more power, more efficiently, reports the New York Times. A...
View ArticleDatotel Installs ecoMeter to Trim Data Center Energy
Datotel installed a CA ecoMeter to gain central visibility of energy consumption at both the customer and device level. The software helps improve the level of detail on customer invoices, as well as...
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