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Recent winners of the VERGE 25 awards nail down what's driving change in sustainability and technology in 2013, 2014 and 2020.
by Elaine Hsieh
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Fedex used its own twist on the old environmentalist's maxim of "reduce, reuse, recyle" en route to slashing its aircraft emissions 14 percent and notching other achievements in sustainability.
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At VERGE London, speakers discussed how the convergence of energy, information, transportation and building technologies is impacting cars, buildings, cities, energy and more. Check out the Twitter chatter from attendees during the event.
by Jennifer Kho
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A top Nike official says the signals for greater sustainability are getting "louder and louder" across the company's supply chain and the industry as a whole.
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Walmart in particular marks a big leap forward, coming up from 15th place three months ago to land in third place. Generating green power on-site -- where Walmart is the second-biggest green power creator -- is what helped move the retailer up.
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The company's CEO is leading a drive to convince businesses and individuals that solar energy makes sense -- today.
by Marc Gunther
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General Electric and Inovateus Solar are working together to offer solar-powered carports equipped with charging stations for electric cars -- a concept that enables large-scale EV charging in commercial and corporate parking lots without a huge draw on the grid.
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Google's multimillion bid to help fund residential solar projects, Proterra's $30 million boost for electric bus development and a nextgen fuel cell that looks like a refrigerator are among the stories in the news that caught our eye today.
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Solyndra, the Silicon Valley solar panel-maker that received $535 million in federal loan guarantees to expand, will close a plant, consolidate manufacturing operations and layoff as many as 40 employees.
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GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare has begun installing 11,000 panels for a 3-megawatt solar energy system that will become the largest roof-mounted array thus far in North America.
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FedEx Corp. subsidiary FedEx Express inaugurated a solar-powered hub yesterday at the Cologne Bonn Airport in Germany. News of its launch was among the many announcements in the past month about solar projects, including installations at Massport Logan Airport, Macy's and in Canada.
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The Recovery Act has kept the country on track to halve the cost of solar power and has helped lay the foundation to double renewable energy generation and renewable equipment manufacturing in the U.S., according to a White House report.
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The U.S. auto market is about to be inundated with electrified vehicle options, but without widespread initiatives to educate drivers, the new wave of electrification could crash and burn before these cars get off the lot.
by Anna Clark
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At a much-buzzed event yesterday on eBay's campus, Bloom Energy unveiled its Energy Server, fuel cell generators that could change the shape of how companies and municipalities get their energy.
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The city of Wilmington and Honeywell have embarked on a sweeping $14.5 million efficiency project that includes two solar arrays, increased water reservoir capacity, a traffic light retrofit and upgraded lighting and HVAC systems for 11 facilities.
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The Southern California Public Power Authority and Ice Energy are launching a project to shift 53 megawatts of peak-time power consumption to hours of lower demand by deploying units that make and use ice to run air conditioners.
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The Golden State Warriors and The Solar Company are cutting the ribbon today on a solar installation at the basketball team's practice facility — the first in the NBA to be powered with renewable energy.
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The news is chock full of stories about the widespread greening of China, and although it's great news for the planet, some say it's bad news for the U.S. Is China a competitor or partner, or both?
by Marc Gunther
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As the sun began to set on 2009, we asked some of our readers and partners to share their innovations, commitments, and passions for the coming year.
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Proven, existing efficiency technologies -- in everything from lighting to climate control and more -- can unlock the untapped reserves of efficiency gains buried in many real estate holdings, according to a new report.
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As 2009 sputters to an end, it's perhaps unsurprising that we're in the midst of a torrent of studies and findings that all offer some roadmap of where to go from here.
by Joel Makower
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A near-Herculean effort, Newsweek's new list of the greenest companies in the S&P 500 Index may be imperfect -- and are sure to be debated -- but they may also be the best effort to date to assess the mainstream corporate marketplace in the U.S.
by Joel Makower
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One of the automaker's oldest and largest plants, shuttered in 2007, will be converted to making solar panel and energy storage technologies, and could create as many as 4,000 jobs.
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Google's search for a high-tech solution to lower costs for solar power and the World Bank's freeze on palm oil investments are among the news items in this week's roundup.