Energy

General Electric, the world's largest industrial company, will work with the Department of Defense in a $2 million project to transform the Twentynine Palms facility, the world's largest Marine Corps base, into a model smart microgrid system. Read More

In the search for a clean, planet-friendly fuel, the startup Qteros has discovered and refined a microbe it calls the Q Microbe that turns biomass -- switchgrass, wood chips, grass, corn stover or even municipal liquid waste -- into ethanol. Read More

The biorefinery will be built on 24 acres at Dow’s site in Freeport, Texas, where it will use carbon dioxide produced at a nearby Dow manufacturing facility. Algenol applied for $25 million in stimulus funds to cover half the project's costs. Read More

The intersection of climate change and human rights is an emerging issue for global companies as climate change mitigation, adaptation and its direct effects impact human rights in the communities where they operate. Read More

There's a fundamental problem facing Wal-Mart and the rest of corporate America: How does a company get bigger without increasing its environmental footprint? Read More

Water conservation, energy efficiency, retrofits and other eco-friendly initiatives yielded Baxter International Inc. a total of $11.9 million in environmental income, savings and cost avoidance for 2008, the diversified healthcare products firm said in its latest sustainability report. Read More

From vastly expanding the amount of green-certified coffee it purchases to tripling the number of coffee pods it recycles, Nestlé subsidiary Nespresso is taking its green game to the next level with today's Ecolaboration announcement. Read More

A team of students from Ohio State University took first place in the first milestone of the three-year EcoCAR challenge. The 17 teams in the challenge must take a 2009 Saturn VUE and alter it into an electrified vehicle, improve its fuel economy, lower its emissions and maintain its performance and appeal to consumers. Read More

This report from banking giant HSBC highlights the performance of stocks in its climate change indices, and its finding that companies working on energy efficiency and energy management are taking the lion's share of global stimulus funds. Read More

New kinetic road plates have been installed at the supermarket giant's new store in Gloucester, U.K. It will harness enough energy from vehicles driving in and out of the store's parking lot to power all check outs. Read More