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Dow: Reaching 'Stretch Goals' for Energy Efficiency
The business case for energy efficiency at Dow is simple: Saving energy makes the company money. Dow benefits from wider uptake of energy efficiency standards through less upward price pressure on the hydrocarbons it uses as feedstocks, and greater demand for its efficiency-related products. Read More
Florida's Disney Hotels All Achieve State's Green Lodging Designation
All 24 Walt Disney hotels have earned the Florida Department of Environmental Protection's (DEP) Green Lodging Program designation for their energy-efficiency and facility management efforts. Read More
Starbucks Sets New Goals for Renewables, Green Building
Starbucks wants to slash energy consumption in its stores by 25 percent and buy enough renewable energy certificates to satisfy half of its stores’ energy needs, all by 2010, the company said Wednesday. All new construction will incorporate green building principles. Read More
Patents for Crop Genes Tolerant of Climate Change Tops 530
A report on patents related to "climate-ready" crops looks at which companies are filing the patents and how such crops, while providing food in extreme conditions, could hurt certain countries and people. Read More
Merrill Lynch Enters the Carbon Offset Business
Merrill Lynch launched a full-service carbon offset service Wednesday, with assistance from ICF International, to help companies develop and manage climate-related strategies. Read More
Swapping PCs for Thin Client Terminals Slashes Enterprise's Energy Use, Emissions
Enterprise Rent-a-Car will finish switching out PCs for thin client terminals in its rental locations to streamline car rental transactions and slash energy consumption and emissions. Read More
The Clinton Climate Initiative: A Business Solution to Climate Challenges
Because the Clinton Climate Initiative is taking a very practical approach to addressing climate change through building energy efficiency, it presents an opportunity for companies to learn vital lessons about implementing energy efficiency programs in their own facilities. Read More
Energy Incentives Reborn
More programs, more money: Here's a look at the kind of incentives available and how the programs work. By David Kozlowski. Read More
Firm Marks 100 Million Tons of Trash Into Energy
Wheelabrator Technologies will mark a significant achievement in the nation's waste-to-energy industry: the conversion of 100 million tons of municipal solid waste into energy since 1975. Wheelabrator also recently celebrated 10 years of operation for its two Broward County, Fla., waste-to-energy facilities which opened in 1991. Read More
Copper Might Hold Key To Electrical Energy Efficiency
Copper, the mainstay of power grids worldwide, still has considerable untapped potential to carry energy better and reduce wastage but the industry must first come up with a hefty investment, according to a trade group. Read More