Energy

UPS recently completed a three-month overhaul of the preventive maintenance process for its 70,000 delivery vehicles. The new procedures will reduce oil use by 330,000 quarts and save an estimated $3 million annually. Read More

If selling fuels to move vehicles that use 1% of their energy to move the driver, and then send all the resulting carbon dioxide out tailpipes, were a big chunk of your income, what do you think your number one business strategy would be? By Cameron M. Burns Read More

Concise, well-written backgrounders available for free download from the Web. Read More

Three international organizations have announced the joint development of a new protocol for calculating emissions from primary aluminum production. Read More

Describes the pioneering work being done by leadership companies to inventory and report their greenhouse gas emissions. Read More

BMW Manufacturing Corp. has begun recycling methane gas as an energy source. The recycled methane gas, drawn from the Palmetto Landfill near Spartanburg, will supply BMW with 25% of its energy needs. Read More

Dow Chemical, the world’s largest chemical manufacturer, and General Motors, the world’s largest automobile manufacturer, have reached initial understanding on the world’s largest fuel cell transaction to date. Read More

Concise backgrounder covers the technology and environmental benefits of geothermal energy. Read More

Concise backgrounder covers the technology and environmental benefits of deriving energy from biomass. Read More

Concise backgrounder covers the technology and environmental benefits of fuel cells. Read More