Barbara Grady
Barbara Grady is a contributing writer to Trellis. A long-time journalist and sustainability communications strategist, Barbara reported for Reuters, the Oakland Tribune, GreenBiz, Yale Climate Connections and other news outlets during her career. Most recently she was a senior manager at Ceres, leading communications for the Ceres Investor Network. She has won national, regional and state journalism awards.
AMD and chip-makers' efforts to create energy-efficient microchips
Amid growing awareness of the huge energy appetite of computer processing and particularly high end graphics, computer chip-maker AMD releases a more energy efficient chip — and a study to prove it. Read More
From Kellogg's to Unilever, a quiet revolution in sustainable farming
Midwest row crops, including corn for cereal and soybeans in mayonnaise, are increasingly farmed sustainably. Read More
It's rush hour for urban electric buses
There's an all out push to get more zero emissions buses into the urban core. Along with government incentives, electric bus maker Proterra has opened its patents for transit EV charging stations. Read More
Want to expand renewable power? Know these states
A study of the 30 largest utilities' deployment of renewable energy can serve as a guide to where you should site facilities. Read More
What the new Chemical Safety law means for business
The Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act replaces the Toxic Substances Control Act. Is this good or bad news? Read More
Hawaii's grand experiments in the ag-energy nexus
What produces food also can produce energy. This paradise state of lush vegetation and sunshine is full of startups trying to cultivate both. Read More
SolarCity's solar + storage play on Kauai
A test case combining solar arrays, battery storage and distributed rooftop solar tied together with DER services is a new SolarCity offering. Read More
Can Greenhealth Exchange transform hospital supply chains?
Dignity Health, Gundersen, Dartmouth-Hitchcock and Partners HealthCare are targeting the $300 billion market for supplies, furniture and food. Read More
One way to sell a tax on carbon: Cut other taxes
An interview with Nigel Topping, CEO of the We Mean Business coalition of 400 companies and 183 investors, about the emerging consensus on the need for carbon pricing. Read More
How to profit from sustainability: 3M, Ricoh tap the B2B market
Trucost finds that half to two-thirds of Fortune 500 companies profit from selling sustainability products or using sustainability technologies to cut costs. Read More
