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Chrysler Tests Wind Potential At Chelsea Proving Grounds

Chrysler is erecting a 26-story meteorological tower at its Chelsea Proving Grounds to determine if high-level winds are suitable for generating electricity. Energy experts from Washtenaw County, the University of Michigan and the consulting firm, North...

Published 03-24-2008 9:27 PM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Major Players, Business-to-Business, U.S., Automotive, Government, Wind Energy, Research & Technology

Starbucks Helps Growers Enter Carbon Credit Biz

Some Fortune 500 companies are getting involved in ecosystem services. That is, finding ways to repay nature for the products it produces, according to an article by Marc Gunther in Fortune. Starbucks is the latest. It will finance Conservation International’s...

Published 03-23-2008 10:39 PM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Major Players, Business-to-Business, Agriculture, Travel, Asia, Contracts & Installations, Carbon Offsets/RECs, Central & South America

Corporations Turn Environmental Activists Into Allies

Environmental stakeholders have changed from pesky activists to big investors - pension funds, state controllers, institutional investors, and even their investment bankers - and can no longer be brushed aside, according to an article in HBR Green by...

Published 03-23-2008 6:38 PM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Feature, Major Players, Sustainability, Business-to-Business, Marketing, Business-to-Consumer, Conservation, Water, Strategy & Leadership

P&G, Hasbro, Stew Leonard’s Among NEEP Energy Efficiency Honorees

Northeast Energy Efficiency Partnerships has announced the latest group of Northeast Business Leaders for Energy Efficiency: P&G-Gillette in Boston, Massachusetts cut energy use 9.1 percent with an annual cost savings of $1,444,792. Stew Leonard’s...

Published 03-23-2008 5:20 PM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Major Players, Business-to-Business, U.S., Business-to-Consumer, Efficiency, Awards, Electricity, Savings, Industry Events, Strategy & Leadership

Samsung, Toshiba Top Greenpeace Electronics Guide - Nintendo In Basement

Samsung and Toshiba share the top spot in the latest edition of Greenpeace’s quarterly Guide to Greener Electronics (PDF). Nokia missed out on top spot due to a “penalty point for inconsistent global takeback” and Nintendo is still in...

Published 03-20-2008 5:26 PM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Feature, Major Players, Business-to-Business, Business-to-Consumer, Hi-Tech, Research & Technology

Dow’s Liveris On High Energy Prices And USCAP

Dow Chemical CEO Andrew Liveris discusses high energy prices and USCAP at WSJ’s ECO:nomics conference.

Published 03-19-2008 9:02 PM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Major Players, Climate, Business-to-Business, Fossil Fuels, Government, Strategy & Leadership, Today's Green Video

Hospitals Cut Waste By Recycling Single-Use Devices

Hospitals are starting to recycle and reuse items that are labeled for single use - scissors, scrubs, even surgical blades. The Wall Street Journal (via Earth First) writes that the idea is to save money and clean up the waste stream. Of course, there...

Published 03-19-2008 7:28 PM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Supply Chain, Major Players, Business-to-Business, Waste, Healthcare, Recycling, Strategy & Leadership

Soaring Diesel Prices Spur Interest In Hybrid Trucks

New EPA standards and $100-a-barrel oil are creating demand for hybrid big rigs, garbage trucks and dump trucks, even with the 35 percent premium over conventional vehicles, Forbes reports. The appeal: hybrid trucks can deliver fuel savings of 5 percent...

Published 03-19-2008 2:40 PM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Transportation, Emissions, Supply Chain, Major Players, Sustainability, Business-to-Business, Automotive, Fossil Fuels, Manufacturing, Hybrid Technology, Strategy & Leadership

Involving Stakeholders in Measuring Sustainability Performance

In the remote fjords of east Iceland, a partnership between Alcoa, its electrical supplier Landsvirkjun, and various stakeholder groups helped ensure a new aluminum smelter and related hydroelectric facility would balance the environmental, social, and...

Published 03-18-2008 5:29 PM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Major Players, Business-to-Business, Facilities, Industrial Goods, Hydroelectric, Strategy & Leadership, Guest Column

Applied Materials’ Green Sales Triple To $122 Million

While Applied Materials’ chip-equipment-making business has struggled, according to MarketWatch, net sales for its energy and environment solutions group more than tripled on year to $122 million in the company’s fiscal first quarter, even...

Published 03-18-2008 4:18 PM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Major Players, Business-to-Business, Efficiency, Solar Energy, Finance & Reporting

Steelcase Buys Naming Rights To Wind Farm

Steelcase will purchase all the renewable energy credits produced by a new 10 megawatt wind farm in Panhandle, Texas developed by John Deere Renewables, the wind-energy development unit of Deere & Co., for at least the first five years of its operation...

Published 03-18-2008 12:44 PM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Feature, Major Players, Business-to-Business, Facilities, U.S., Marketing, Clean Energy, Electricity, Wind Energy, Contracts & Installations, Carbon Offsets/RECs

Merrill Lynch Partners With Carbon Disclosure Project

Merrill Lynch has signed a partnership with the Carbon Disclosure Project to support CDP’s development and growth worldwide over the next three years. Merrill Lynch’s global reach will be used to consolidate CDP operations in current regions...

Published 03-17-2008 6:30 PM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Major Players, Global, Climate, Business-to-Business, Financial, Finance & Reporting

Barclays To Cut Data Center Energy Use With HP Tech

Barclays will introduce HP’s Dynamic Smart Cooling technology to its new data center in Gloucester, U.K. HP’s technology is part of a package of energy-saving measures that Barclays says will save up to 13.4 percent of total energy used for...

Published 03-17-2008 6:16 PM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Europe, Major Players, Business-to-Business, Facilities, Hi-Tech, Research & Technology

Travelers Commercial Property Adds Green Coverage

Travelers Commercial Property Division has launched an endorsement, Green Building Coverage Enhancements, to its standard Deluxe Property Coverage for mid-sized businesses. The endorsement promotes the use of environmentally friendly building materials...

Published 03-17-2008 4:56 PM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Major Players, Business-to-Business, Facilities, U.S., Financial, Construction, Finance & Reporting

CEOs Take to Airwaves to Support Cap on GHG Emissions

A new national advertising campaign features Robert Lane, CEO of Deere & Co. and Alexander Cutler, CEO of Eaton Corp. - along with Frank Knapp, president of the 5,000-member South Carolina Small Business Chamber of Commerce, calling on Congress to...

Published 03-17-2008 4:29 PM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Emissions, Major Players, Business-to-Business, Marketing, Business-to-Consumer, Government, Manufacturing, Policy & Law, Today's Green Video

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