UPS Adds 300 Alternative Fuel Vehicles
UPS is adding 306 alternative fuel vehicles to its "green fleet" by placing an order for 167 Compressed Natural Gas delivery trucks while taking delivery of 139 new propane delivery trucks in North...
View ArticleBottled Water Manufacturers Face Uncertain Future
The bottled water backlash is costing beverage makers money, AdAge reports. Beverage Digest reports that retail sales of bottled water (excluding vending machines and Wal-Mart) grew only nine percent...
View ArticleBank Of Scotland Cuts Emissions 65%
Bank of Scotland says it has reduced its UK carbon emissions by 65 percent over the past two years and, in a first for a Scottish bank, will launch a new annual climate change report, The Sunday Herald...
View ArticleCompanies, Municipalities Installing VendingMisers To Cut Emissions, Lower Costs
Bed Bath and Beyond has installed VendingMisers on vending machines in 800 stores to help lower energy consumption and C02 emissions, and challenged stores nationwide to follow their example. The...
View ArticleHonda Releases Environmental Report
Honda has released an environmental report covering the performance in North America of the company's automobile, power sports and power equipment products, its 14 major manufacturing plants, and the...
View ArticleGE Dims Lights On Incandescents
General Electric is restructuring its lighting business to help the company "better respond to customer and industry demands – particularly the global market move to more energy-efficient...
View ArticleObama Plan Calls For Cap-and-Trade
Senator Barack Obama's energy plan includes imposing a national cap on carbon emissions, investing $150 billion over 10 years to develop new energy sources and reducing dependence on foreign oil by 35...
View ArticleAEP To Pay $4.6 Billion In Record Clean Air Settlement
In a record settlement, American Electric Power has agreed to cut 813,000 tons of air pollutants annually at an estimated cost of more than $4.6 billion, pay a $15 million penalty, and spend $60...
View ArticleFrito-Lay Completes Solar Installation
Frito-Lay, a division of PepsiCo, has completed installation of its planned solar electric power system on the roof of its Arizona Service Center, the company's largest U.S. distribution center,...
View ArticleTravelers Want Green Choices But Not At A Premium
More than half of all U.S. adults say they would be more likely to select an airline, rental car or hotel that uses more environmentally friendly products and processes, according to the results of the...
View ArticleMiller Cuts GHG Emissions 10% Per Barrel
Miller Brewing Company released its first sustainable development report (PDF) providing information on the company's "10 global sustainable development priorities" and progress in areas such as...
View ArticleP&G, Unilever, Others Form Coalition To Press Suppliers For Emissions Data
At least six of the world's largest companies, including Procter & Gamble, Unilever, Tesco and Nestlé, are joining together to form the Supply Chain Leadership Coalition, an organization that...
View ArticleApple Tree Natural Gas Plant Captures Vent Stack CO2
Blue Source is capturing vent stack CO2 flowing from the Apple Tree natural gas processing plant in La Veta, Colorado, to an oil recovery site which the company says is preventing millions of cubic...
View ArticleJohnson Controls Readies Proposal For Houston’s Energy Efficiency Overhaul
Within two weeks, Johnson Controls and other companies must submit detailed proposals on how they would improve energy efficiency in some 270 Houston buildings, including every police and fire station,...
View ArticleCompanies Advise Employees On Cutting Emissions After Hours
Reducing your carbon footprint with the help of the workplace is set to become one of the more popular employee benefits offered by companies, according to the Guardian. Since the summer, a number of...
View ArticleCurtis Packaging Goes ’100% Carbon Neutral’
Connecticut-based Curtis Packaging claims that they are the first 100 percent carbon neutral printing and packaging company in North America. During the last five years Curtis says it has been...
View ArticleToshiba Replacing Vehicle Fleet With Hybrids
Toshiba America Medical Systems will replace its fleet of sedans for its sales and service teams with Toyota Camry Hybrids over the next three years, Industry Week reports. The company hopes the move...
View ArticleUniversal Studios Tests Green DVD Packaging
In Canada only, Universal Studios is releasing the Hollywood comedy Evan Almighty in a rail-thin, cardboard sleeve, the Winnipeg Sun reports (via Sustainable Life Media). Except for the shrink-wrap...
View ArticleNaviSite Joins Green Grid
Application management and managed hosting solutions company NaviSite has joined the Green Grid. NaviSite...
View ArticleADM, Bunge, Cargill Targets Of RAN Agrofuel Campaign
Rainforest Action Network has launched a campaign to stop U.S. agribusiness expansion in the rainforests by draping a 50-foot banner on the Chicago Board of Trade building at the start of this...
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