Report: Renewable Energy, Energy Efficiency Will Grow Based on Cost...
Renewable energy and energy efficiency are competitive resources in today’s marketplace that will not only be cost-effective mechanisms for compliance with EPA’s Clean Power Plan (CPP) but should also...
View ArticleTrending: Island Nations Poised to Reap Billions in Benefits Through Renewables
Perhaps one of the silver linings of the climate crisis is the continued emergence of innovations from both the private and public sectors to avert impending disaster while creating new growth and...
View ArticleCommon, Rigorous, Robust Standards Needed for Sustainability to Fly in the...
If you think about air travel and sustainability, a couple of things might occur to you: First, that you are not involved or interested; second, that since airlines are so dependent on liquid fuel,...
View ArticleBoeing Developing Sustainable Aviation Fuels For 2020 Olympics in Japan
Boeing and Japanese aviation industry stakeholders have partnered to develop sustainable aviation biofuel for flights during the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Tokyo, when millions of people are...
View ArticleTrending: HP, Other Tech Giants Making Huge Investments in Wind Energy
Technology giants are making strides towards a sustainable cloud: in the past two weeks, HP, Facebook and Amazon announced significant investments in wind energy.HP’s first utility-scale renewable...
View ArticleFedEx to Purchase 3 Million Gallons of Jet Biofuel Annually
Red Rock Biofuels, maker of renewable biofuels, announced Monday that it will produce approximately three million gallons of low-carbon, renewable jet fuel per year for FedEx Express, a subsidiary of...
View ArticleHillary Clinton Promises Half a Billion Solar Panels by 2020
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton on Sunday pledged to construct half a million new solar panels within her first four years of taking office, Reuters reports.Clinton called for a...
View ArticleNational Association of Manufacturers Slams EPA-Proposed Ozone Rule as...
On Tuesday, the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) launched a multimillion-dollar media campaign against the EPA’s proposal to restrict ground-level ozone pollution limits. The new ads...
View ArticleReport: 90% of Colleges Expect to Invest More in Energy Efficiency
Nearly nine out of 10 higher education facility leaders expect to increase or maintain energy efficiency investments next year, according to a new study commissioned by Schneider Electric and the...
View ArticleUSDA Invests $63M to Support Renewables and Energy Efficiency
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack on Friday announced $63 million in loans and grants for 264 renewable energy and energy efficiency projects nationwide that USDA is supporting through its Rural Energy...
View ArticleLA Has Found a Creative, Low-Cost Way to Conserve 300M Gallons of Water a Year
In a creative attempt to protect California’s waning water supply, Los Angeles mayor Eric Garcetti yesterday announced the release of 20,000 “shade balls” into the LA Reservoir. The deployment marks...
View ArticleUK Trialing 'Electric Highways' That Will Wirelessly Charge EVs
Highways England and Under Secretary of State for Transport Andrew Jones MP announced today that off-road (test track) trials of technology needed to power electric and hybrid vehicles on England’s...
View ArticleIndian Airport Becomes World’s First to Operate Solely on Solar
Cochin International airport in Kochi, India has become the world’s first airport to completely operate on solar power, according to a recent announcement.The airport is powered by a 12 MWp solar power...
View ArticleDutch Venture Developing Livable Windmills Powered by Wind Energy
Imagine living in a luxurious circular skyscraper, with a breathtaking view and without electricity bills on the table. As futuristic as that my seem, it may not be too far off, according to Lennart...
View ArticleTrending: Promising Innovations, Public Sector Momentum Around Solar in the US
President Obamamade several announcements on Monday at the National Clean Energy Summit in Las Vegas, mainly related to executive actions under the Clean Power Plan. New financial commitments include...
View ArticleMore Than Words: The Book Producing Clean Drinking Water One Page at a Time
The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that the total number of people without access to clean drinking water now stands at 663 million; each year, more than 840,000 globally die from...
View Article2015 RILA Reports Benchmark Retail Industry's Progress on Sustainability,...
This week, the Retail Industry Leaders Association (RILA) released both its second Retail Energy Management Report— a resource for companies to compare energy management programs across the industry...
View ArticleLondon Coffee Shops to Fuel More Than Morning Commutes: Grounds Can Power 15K...
Coffee shops fueling Londoners with a morning caffeine fix will also be helping to power office buildings and supermarkets, under a new capital-wide scheme.The innovative coffee ground collection...
View ArticleBASF’s Creator Space Tour Heading to Shanghai to Explore Future Urban Living
Leading scientists and urban planning experts will gather at BASF’s Creator Space™ Science Symposium on November 10 and 11, 2015, in Shanghai, China to share the latest insights into the area of...
View ArticleClimate Week: Climate Neutral Now, RE100 Initiatives Recruit Fortune 500...
Two initiatives for reducing businesses’ impacts on the environment have attracted globally recognized brands this week at Climate Week NYC.On Tuesday, the United Nations (UN) announced a new...
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