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Sustainable Consumption: Opportunity or Oxymoron?
Imagine that you’re the chief sustainability officer of a Fortune 500 company. During a meeting with your CEO, you say, “We need to talk to consumers about using less.” Imp...
August 20, 2010 by Marc Gunther - GreenBiz.com Senior Writer
GreenBiz.com

Sustainability initiatives lift profits
Investments in sustainable practices can be profitable, according to a majority of business decision-makers. Results from the second annual 2010 Fairfax Media-Shape NZ surv...
August 9, 2010 by ROMY UDANGA - BusinessDay.co.nz
Stuff.Co.NZ

Arizona takes top energy spot
Arizona has been labeled the nation's "Solar Energy King" by a leading business magazine, even though the state just has a handful of solar manufacturers and generating plants...
August 4, 2010 by Betty Beard
The Arizona Republic

Tyson Foods Sustainability Report Highlights Energy Efficiency Efforts
Tyson Foods has released a report covering the social, environmental and economic performance of Tyson’s U.S. operations for fiscal 2008 and 2009. The sustainability report, w...
August 4, 2010 by Environmental Leader
Environmental Leader

Graphene Organic Photovoltaics: Flexible Material Only a Few Atoms Thick May Offer Cheap Solar Power
ScienceDaily (July 24, 2010) — A University of Southern California team has produced flexible transparent carbon atom films that the researchers say have great potential for a...
July 24, 2010
Science Daily

E.P.A. Considers Risks of Gas Extraction
CANONSBURG, Pa. — The streams of people came to the public meeting here armed with stories of yellowed and foul-smelling well water, deformed livestock, poisoned fish and itch...
July 23, 2010 by TOM ZELLER Jr. – Editor and Writer, New York Times
The New York Times

Bipartisanship possible on energy
It’s no secret that Republicans and Democrats are not working together productively in Washington right now. It is a growing phenomenon; as former Senate majority leaders — an...
July 23, 2010 by TOM DASCHLE & BOB DOLE for POLITICO
POLITICO

Closing the Toilet Gap - Why the Democrats Abandonment of Energy Policy May Have Flushed Our Future
LONDON - After our eight year Bush and G.O.P. led holiday from reality we now find ourselves years, perhaps even decades behind Europe in everything from waterless toilets to ...
July 23, 2010 by Brian Ross – Writer, Journalist, Documentarian, and Political Satirist
The Huffington Post

Clean Energy Ministerial: The first-ever Clean Energy Ministerial hosted Ministers from 24 nations in their efforts to accelerate the global transition to clean energy
Ministers from 24 nations participated this week in the first-ever Clean Energy Ministerial. The countries participating in the Ministerial account for more than 80 percent of...
July 23, 2010
Voice of America

With a Whimper
On Thursday, the Senate majority leader, Harry Reid, abandoned the fight for meaningful energy and climate legislation. The Republicans — surprise — had been fiercely obstruct...
July 22, 2010 by Editorial - The New York Times
The New York Times

Filling the Global Energy Research Gap
Earlier this week, the International Energy Agency released a batch of new findings and reports as its contribution to the Obama administration’s “Clean Energy Ministerial” me...
July 22, 2010 by ANDREW C. REVKIN – Dot Earth Blog Writer for The New York Times
The New York Times

With No Obama Push, Senate Punts on Climate
As signs grew that the Senate was in no mood to set up a trading system for curbing carbon dioxide emissions, as I noted how the climate policy debate had circled back lately...
July 22, 2010 by ANDREW C. REVKIN – Dot Earth Blog Writer for The New York Times
The New York Times

Kohl's hits new milestone with 500 Energy Star stores
Kohl's Department Stores, aiming to become carbon neutral this year, has reached another green milestone: 500 -- nearly half -- of its its stores have earned the Energy Star l...
July 22, 2010
USA Today

Key Compound of Ozone Destruction Detected; Scientists Disprove Doubts in Ozone Hole Chemistry
ScienceDaily (July 22, 2010) — For the first time, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) scientists have successfully measured in the ozone layer the chlorine compound ClOOC...
July 22, 2010
Science Daily

Renewable Energy Policy Update For China: China's Latest Leap: An update on renewables policy
London As with the rest of the global renewable energy sector, China's renewables policy has evolved considerably over recent years. Here are the latest major developments a...
July 21, 2010 by Eric Martinot and Li Junfeng
Renewable Energy World

Target, Wal-Mart, others, to Pilot Program for Energy Efficiency in Commercial Building
3M, Cleveland Clinic, Dow Chemical, Grubb & Ellis, Marriott International, Nissan, Target and Wal-Mart as well as the Massachusetts Institute of Technology will pilot a new pr...
July 21, 2010
Environmental Leader

Kohl's hits new milestone with 500 Energy Star stores
UPS, headquartered in Atlanta will expand its carbon neutral shipping program to 35 countries and territories across Europe, Asia and the Americas on July 12. Millions more UP...
July 21, 2010 by Rick Limpert, Atlanta Gadgets Examiner
Examiner

‘National Mission’
To anyone watching the oil spew into the Gulf of Mexico, the argument for curbing this country’s appetite for fossil fuels could not be clearer. President Obama was right last...
July 20, 2010 by Editorial - The New York Times
The New York Times

Cool Roofs Can Offset Carbon Dioxide Emissions and Mitigate Global Warming, Study Finds
ScienceDaily (July 20, 2010) — Can light-colored rooftops and roads really curb carbon emissions and combat global climate change? The idea has been around for years, but now,...
July 20, 2010
Science Daily

EIA Finds Senate Climate Bill Could Cut GDP by $452B
The Senate climate bill, which aims to cut greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions 17 percent from the 2005 level by 2020, could cut U.S. gross domestic product (GDP) by $452 billion o...
July 19, 2010
Environmental Leader

June Was the Fourth Consecutive Month That Was Warmest on Record
ScienceDaily (July 19, 2010) — Each month NOAA's National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) releases two assessments, one national and one global, of the previous month's climate. T...
July 19, 2010
Science Daily

Turning Energy Promises into Action: Secretary Chu Brings Together 20 Nations for Clean Energy Ministerial
Energy ministers and stakeholders from over 20 countries will come together in Washington next week for the first-ever Clean Energy Ministerial. U.S. Energy Secretary Steven C...
July 16, 2010 by Julian L. Wong and Arpita Bhattacharyya, Center for American Progress
Center for American Progress

Carbon Sequestration: Steam Process Could Remove Carbon Dioxide to Regenerate Amine Capture Materials
ScienceDaily (July 15, 2010) — Because they can remove carbon dioxide from the flue gases of coal-burning facilities such as power plants, solid materials containing amines ar...
July 15, 2010
Science Daily

Pollution fight cools climate talks
Closed-door meetings between a select group of environmentalists and a handful of electric utility executives may determine the fate of climate change legislation in the Senat...
July 14, 2010 by Darren Samuelsohn and Coral Davenport
Politico

New Rules May Cloud the Outlook for Biomass
An energy technology that has long been viewed as a clean and climate-friendly alternative to fossil fuels is facing tough new regulatory hurdles that could ultimately hamper ...
July 9, 2010 by TOM ZELLER Jr. – Editor and Writer, New York Times
The New York Times

Energy Yield of ‘cheap’ Solar Panels Raised from 7 to 9 Percent
ScienceDaily (July 8, 2010) — Researchers from TU Delft have shown how the energy yield of relatively cheap solar panels, made of amorphous silicon, can be considerably raised...
July 8, 2010
Science Daily

TXU Energy 'Goes Green' & Encourages Customers to Do the Same
As more and more individuals and businesses are striving to "go green," TXU Energy is demonstrating its ongoing commitment to the environment through its award-winning, energy...
July 6, 2010 by Press Release
PR-USA.net

City earns Big Green award for sustainable practices
The U.S. Green Building Council's Arizona Chapter has awarded Peoria its 2010 Big Green Award for Corporate Green Programs and Practices. Big Green Awards recognize leaders...
July 6, 2010 by Peoria Times Staff
Peoria Times

An Urban Masterplan Community that Consumes More Carbon than It Emits
A master designed urban community in South Africa was chosen as one of the sixteen real estate project by the Clinton Climate Initiative Development (CCI) . The Zonk’izizwe To...
July 5, 2010 by Susie Kim-Carberry
Green Building Elements

Sheboygan Alliant center earns Gold certification
Wisconsin Power and Light Company, an Alliant Energy company, has announced its new operations center in Sheboygan has attained LEED Gold certification from the U.S. Green Bui...
July 5, 2010
Sheboygan Press

In dependence: Commitment to a sustainable energy future would be worthy of
It's been 234 summers since our nation's Founding Fathers gathered in Philadelphia on July 4, 1776, to sign the Declaration of Independence. For at least 37 summers, from 1...
July 3, 2010 by Houston Chronicle Op-Ed
Houston Chronicle

Report: U.S. Green Building Market Will Balloon to $173.5 Billion by 2015
Think the trend of businesses making green office renovations is just a passing fad? Not according to the latest issue of EL Insights [1], which reports that the U.S. green bu...
July 2, 2010 by Ariel Schwartz
Fast Company

Starwood Introduces Sustainability Guidelines
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide has introduced sustainable-meeting guidelines at all its North American properties and will expand the program globally in 2011. The Sus...
July 1, 2010 by Susan Hatch
Meetings.Net

DOE proposes new energy efficiency and sustainable design standards for federal buildings
Introduction The green and sustainability landscape is constantly changing, and to prove it, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) recently proposed new energy efficiency and...
June 29, 2010 by Martha L. Perkins, Whiteford Taylor & Preston LLP
Lexology

Net Benefits of Biomass Power Under Scrutiny
GREENFIELD, Mass. — Matthew Wolfe, an energy developer with plans to turn tree branches and other woody debris into electric power, sees himself as a positive force in the eff...
June 18, 2010 by TOM ZELLER Jr. – Editor and Writer, New York Times
The New York Times

U.S. Conference of Mayors Embrace a Green Building Policy Agenda: Represents a powerful endorsement for implementing green building; spurring economic savings and green jobs nationwide says U.S. Green Building Council
(Oklahoma City, OK) June 16, 2010 – The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) applauds the U.S. Conference of Mayors (USCM) and its membership for embracing a green building pol...
June 16, 2010 by Press Release
USGBC Website

Valley hotels give guests option to go green
Guests checking into the Westin Kierland Resort and Spa or Sheraton Phoenix Downtown Hotel can do more than order breakfast or request privacy by hanging a card outside their ...
June 10, 2010 by Dawn Gilbertson
The Arizona Republic

LEED & Green Building Codes: The emergence of green building codes and standards...is an important next step for the green building movement.
(From ASHRAE Journal, June 2010, www.ashrae.org) Building codes are the tools we use to ensure the basic health and safety of a building’s occupants. They have long play...
June 1, 2010 by Brendan Owens, P.E., Member ASHRAE; and Jeremy Sigmon
ASHRAE Journal

EPA Considers Energy Efficiency as Part of BACT Rules
As the Environmental Protection Agency gets ready to issue guidance on how it will define best available control technology (BACT) for greenhouse gases from stationary sources...
April 27, 2010
Environmental Leader

EPA Signals Push for Efficiency to Control Greenhouse Gas Emissions
U.S. EPA's air chief has requested input from agency advisers about how the government can promote energy efficiency and innovative technology as it defines the "best availabl...
April 27, 2010 by ROBIN BRAVENDER of Greenwire
The New York Times

Intel's First 'Green Building' Receives LEED Gold Certification: Design Center in Haifa, Israel Obtains One of Highest Ratings, Opens in June
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS * Intel has received LEED Gold certification, one of the highest ratings for sustainable building construction, for its latest Intel Design Center – IDC...
April 22, 2010 by Press Release
Intel Website

LEED Gold for Intel’s Newest Data Center
Intel has been building powerhouse data centers for a long time. With more than 100,000 servers, it has a huge footprint of mission-critical facilities. But the company’s new ...
April 22, 2010 by Rich Miller
Data Center Knowledge

TXU Energy Awarded LEED Silver Certification: TXU Energy Headquarters Goes Green
TXU Energy, the state's leading electric retailer, has received Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Silver certification from the United States Green Building...
April 13, 2010 by Press Release
TXU Website

ICC, ASHRAE, USGBC and IES Announce Nation’s First Set of Model Codes and Standards for Green Building in the U.S.: First of its kind collaboration designed to boost critical green building practices across the country
March 11, 2010 (Washington, DC) – What do organizations representing building safety professionals, energy and lighting engineers, green building practitioners, architects and...
March 11, 2010 by USGBC Press Release
U.S. Green Building Council Website

DOE Offers $72 Million Conditional Loan Guarantee to SAGE Electrochromics: Project will create over 200 jobs and significantly reduce heating, lighting and cooling costs
Washington DC --- Energy Secretary Steven Chu today announced the Department of Energy has offered a conditional commitment for a $72 million loan guarantee to SAGE Electrochr...
March 5, 2010 by U.S. DOE Press Release
U.S. Department of Energy Website

First, do no harm: The best way to make hospitals green is to keep people out of them
IN JANUARY the National Health Service (NHS) in England calculated its carbon footprint as the equivalent of 21m tonnes of carbon dioxide a year—just short of the amount emitt...
March 2, 2010
The Economist

Intel’s First Green Building
After much internal debate and analysis, Intel moved a big step closer towards obtaining its first "LEED certified" green building. The LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environm...
February 28, 2010
Intel Website

Get This: Warming Planet Can Mean More Snow
February 15, 2010 With snow blanketing much of the country, the topic of global warming has become the butt of jokes. Climate skeptics built an igloo in Washington, D.C....
February 15, 2010 by Christopher Joyce
National Public Radio Website

The Bay State goes green: Massachusetts poised to be the most energy efficient state in the U.S.
Massachusetts is hoping to save some green by going green this year. State officials recently announced an energy efficiency plan - including a sweeping switch to energy-savin...
February 1, 2010 by Press Release - eLightbulbs.com
eLightbulbs.com Website

Growing Pentagon Focus on Energy and Climate
The Pentagon released its Quadrennial Defense Review on Monday, a wide-ranging report laying out rising priorities for keeping the peace and, when needed, waging war. For the...
February 1, 2010 by ANDREW C. REVKIN, New York Times – Dot Earth Blog
The New York Times

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