Utility to Save $1 Billion with Clean Energy, Efficiency
Consolidated Edison, the utility that provides New York City’s electricity, faces higher demand for power than its existing infrastructure can supply. But instead of adding a substation, which would...
View ArticleFood Companies, Retailers Urge Stricter Big Rig Emissions Rules
The EPA and US Department of Transportation’s proposed rules to cut carbon pollution from heavy-duty trucks should be stricter, according to a dozen major food and retail companies. In a letter to the...
View ArticleVeolia Wastewater System Management Saves City Millions
Water and waste giant Veolia has saved the city of Poughkeepsie, New York, millions while improving efficiencies throughout the city’s wastewater system and facilities over the course of a 35-year...
View ArticleUtility-Technology Partnerships Produce Energy Savings for Corporate America
A new type of marriage is taking place in energy circles that is providing customers with some financial assurances while also giving them access to new technologies. The latest such venture is between...
View Article$100 Million Recycling Project Terminated
A $100 million recycling and waste-to-energy facility, planned for Grove City, Ohio, has been cancelled after Team Gemini, the company that was supposed to build the facility, failed to pay rent on its...
View ArticleBusiness Benefits Driving Green Building
In the third episode of Construction Climate Talks, James Drinkwater, European regional director for the World Green Building Council, discusses the basics of building change in the industry, and why...
View ArticleThe Far REACH of the EU’s Chemical Rules
Chemical regulations for US companies are changing rapidly these days, as the bill that will reform the Toxic Substances Control Act moves closer to the president’s desk and as states implement — or...
View ArticleS&P 500’s Carbon Emissions Equal to France, Germany, UK Combined
The carbon emissions from S&P 500 companies is equivalent to the total combined emissions produced in France, Germany and the UK, according to the S&P Index Carbon Emitter Scorecard. The...
View ArticleThe Sun is Shining on San Diego’s Solar and Energy Storage Ventures
The sun may be shining on the energy storage business. If the latest deal between San Diego Gas &Electric and Hecate Energy Bancroft is an indicator, the utility may be on its way to securing 165...
View ArticleGE Bets Big on 3D Printing with $39M Additive Manufacturing Hub
General Electric has opened a $39 million hub for additive manufacturing — or 3D printing — near Pittsburgh that GE says “will drive innovation and implementation of additive manufacturing across the...
View ArticleCreating a Legal Registry for Compliance Attainability
The compliance challenges that entities such as chemical, energy, or mining companies face are seemingly endless – and endlessly complex. And because the word “compliance” means different things to...
View ArticleWhy a Sustainable Supply Chain Is Key to Staying Competitive (Hint: Look at...
Apple’s latest supply chain audit report shows its push for more rigorous environmental standards and renewable energy production across its supply chain is working: suppliers in 2015 diverted more...
View ArticleCummins-led Team to Develop Plug-in Hybrid Truck that Reduces Fuel Use by 50%
Cummins says it will develop a Class 6 commercial plug-in hybrid electric vehicle — these are typically buses or single-axle work trucks — that reduces fuel consumption by at least 50 percent compared...
View ArticleThe Bar for Corporate Leadership on Climate Has Been Raised
As the legal briefings pile up over the Clean Power Plan (CPP), I’m inspired by the growing number of companies and business organizations standing up for the most significant step in U.S. history...
View ArticleCity Meets Safety Rules, Stops Boil Water Advisories with GE Water Treatment
With the Flint water crisis still fresh in city water managers’ — and community members’ — minds, ensuring water treatment plants produce safe drinking water is top priority for environmental officials...
View ArticleWaste-Heat-to-Power Technology Cuts Oil & Gas Costs, Emissions
As oil and gas companies look to cut costs during this time of price volatility and meet strict emissions regulations, Alphabet Energy and Coyote North have developed a product that that they say does...
View ArticleREC Solar, Sungevity Partnership Aims to Make Solar More Affordable for...
Upfront solar energy capital investments remain a key barrier for businesses, especially small- and medium-sized firms, that want to go solar. A new partnership between REC Solar and Sungevity aims to...
View ArticleThe Cloud: A Moonshot that is Paying Off for Cities and Businesses
Last June, Kansas City struck up a nearly $16 million partnership with Cisco Systems and Sprint to help make that city a lot smarter. How so? By tapping into digital technologies to improve such vital...
View ArticleSmart Cities and the Age of Urban Tech
In June 2015, Kansas City formalized a $15.7 million public-private partnership with Cisco Systems, Inc., Sprint and partners to implement a comprehensive smart city framework to pilot along Kansas...
View ArticleGM Drives Closed-Loop Manufacturing, Recycles Water Bottles for Car Parts
General Motors is turning its employees’ recycled water bottles into noise-reducing fabric insulation that covers the Chevrolet Equinox engine. The bottles, collected from five of its Michigan...
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