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.

With Energy Secretary Steven Chu by his side, U.S. President Barack Obama detailed stricter new lighting standards and promised the swift release of $346 million in Recovery Act funds to boost energy efficiency in new and existing commercial buildings and homes.

Two new reports on the impacts of moving to a low-carbon economy show putting money toward energy efficiency, building retrofits and renewable energy projects can create 1.7 million new jobs, significantly more than the same investment in fossil fuel industries.

Berkeley firm Scientific Conservation Inc. broadly goes to market today with its SCIwatch software-as-a-service solution -- a first in Automated Continuous Commissioning that its creators say enables building owners and operators to cut as much as 25 percent of annual energy spending by tackling a condition called energy drift.

Advocates for the U.S. cement industry and environmentalists are facing off in hearings this week as federal regulators call for comment on new rules to limit emissions from the energy-intensive kilns that are core to the business.

In a survey of almost 2,000 employees, the company found that, in addition to increasing job satisfaction among teleworking employees, Cisco saved $277 million as a result of its flexible work program.

Environmental Defense Fund and food service firm Restaurant Associates have released a set of Green Dining Best Practices covering everything from purchasing to the operation of corporate cafeterias that has already helped two major firms save thousands of dollars.

Yahoo! today said it will no longer purchase carbon offsets for its operations, focusing its climate strategy on reducing the energy used by its data centers.

California’s attorney general and 20 district attorneys filed a lawsuit against Target Corp. today that accuses the retailer of dumping pesticides, propane canisters and other hazardous waste in local landfills.

Banking giant HSBC has released a new report highlighting the performance of stocks in its climate change indices, and found that companies working on energy efficiency and energy management are taking the lion's share of global stimulus funds.

Siemens estimates that it will receive $21 billion in new orders as a result of stimulus programs from countries around the world, and expects about 40 percent of those orders to come from wind turbines, building efficiency systems and other green technology.

The U.S. House of Representatives narrowly passed a sweeping climate change bill today that will significantly change the way Americans use and produce energy. The American Clean Energy and Security Act (ACES), which passed on a 219-212 vote, now moves to the Senate, where experts predict another battle.

GreenBiz.com's senior writer Marc Gunther speaks with Eric Gillespie, the CIO of Onvia about how his firm's website, Recovery.org, is helping companies track federal stimulus spending -- and get a slice of the pie.

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.

Following on news that the global shipping industry could hit carbon neutrality in 15 years, a new report looks at how logistics and shipping companies have implemented environmentally friendly practices.

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.

The $1 billion Pulp and Paper Green Transformation Program also attempts to level the playing field between Canada’s pulp and paper industry and its U.S. competitors. U.S. mills now enjoy a tax break critics say gives them an unfair advantage over their Canadian rivals.

Business and residential customers participating in the Commonwealth Edison Company's energy efficiency programs saved more than $20 million in utility costs in the past year, the power company said.

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.

The company expects the plant, located in western China in the city of Chongqing, will use 22 percent less water and 23 percent less energy than other PepsiCo plants in the country.

The Carbon Trust expanded eligibility of an interest-free loan program that will dole out £100m (US$165.6 million) over the next two years to help small- and medium-sized businesses replace old and inefficient equipment and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

The company has contracted with Lime Energy to upgrade 286 sites nationwide, and expects to save $3 million per year in energy costs when the project is complete.

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.