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A high-efficiency system installed in partnership with Panasonic has brought nearly 1,700 solar panels to the raceway, which is also home to 3,000 sheep that tend its grasslands.
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Although natural gas is the big thing for energy in an era of $4 gasoline, we need a more balanced look at what's gained, and lost, if we embrace it too heartily.
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GE shows a 10-to-1 ratio on ecomagination investments to revenues, oil companies wholeheartedly embrace fracking disclosure laws, and air travel may get a little greener: These stories and more popped up on our radar this morning.
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Resolutions addressing the issue at Chevron and ExxonMobil, co-filed by As You Sow and other sustainable investors, win substantial shareowner support, and Ultra Petroleum declines to release results of vote at its annual meeting.
by Robert Kropp
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General Electric's announcement of its next-generation natural gas power plant illustrates how natural gas has become the fuel of choice for the global electricity business.
by Marc Gunther
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The recent IHS customer conference showed how its customers -- large emitters, such as utilities, oil & gas firms and heavy manufacturers -- are investing in sustainability, slowly moving from facility-based solutions to enterprise-wide processes and corporate energy management.
by Paul Baier
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NASCAR is taking a shot at environmental change by pumping 15 percent ethanol into cars this season. Television news magazine energyNOW! heads to the track for the story and shares its video with GreenBiz.com.
by energyNOW !
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Valvoline unveiled its latest product NextGen following years of research into making a recycled product as good as any other product it sells. Now the company has set its sights on developing a comprehensive sustainability strategy and plan it will roll out later this year.
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Shell wants to engage with critics and demonstrate to them that when well managed, fracking has benefits that far outweigh any harm.
by Marc Gunther
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In a time when energy is scarce, unused fuel is simply being burned away in the common but highly wasteful practice of gas flaring, according to a new report from General Electric.
by GLOBE - Net
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Bad timing takes on a whole new meaning as Transocean touts its safety record -- despite the deaths of 11 workers -- and BP seeks new Gulf oil drilling leases just ahead of the one-year anniversary of the nation's worst oil spill.
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The Gulf oil spill is front and center throughout the report, but achievements and future sustainability goals are nearly absent.
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In the wake of oil price increases after uprisings in the Middle East, the Spanish government is taking steps to make citizens and businesses cut down their oil use.
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Last month, the global oil and gas industry association released the latest revision of its corporate sustainability reporting guidance. In this Q&A, WRI's Janet Ranganathan offers her take on the strengths and shortfalls of the latest guidance.
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Despite their negative impacts, the BP oil rig explosion in the Gulf of Mexico and the U.S. Supreme Court's decision on the rights of corporations regarding political expenditures galvanized sustainable investors. Here's a look at those stories and three others with far-reaching effects on sustainable investment.
by Robert Kropp
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A BP-backed research project promises to commercialize a new method to make cellusosic ethanol "very soon."
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A report from the Southeast Energy Efficiency Alliance suggests that, led by wind and biopower, a diversity of renewable energy technologies could help replace the region's reliance on coal as a power source.
by Robert Kropp
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The Obama administration today took the wraps off its proposed national standards to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and improve fuel efficiency for heavy duty trucks and buses -- the first measures for such vehicles in the U.S.
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After a deadly explosion and several spills, new pipeline projects face more hurdles and higher levels of scrutiny than ever before. Project managers from companies like El Paso and TransCanada will have to go beyond the call of duty if they are to overcome stakeholder resistance and avoid the risk of costly delays or the potential of derailment.
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Research contracts between universities and the oil sector often fail to provide sufficient academic control and independence, a new report suggests.
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Shareholders have filed resolutions with three oil companies asking for their respective boards of directors to review political spending and policies in light of their support for overturning California's climate change law.
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Two Texas oil companies have come traipsing into California politics by funding a multimillion-dollar effort to suspend the state's landmark climate legislation, AB 32. The tactic has inspired this open letter on behalf of the Golden State.
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Royal Caribbean Cruises Limited, the world's second largest cruise operator, has cut fuel consumption by about 4 percent with better designed ships, smarter sailing practices and energy efficiency measures that include installing solar window film in every ship in the fleet.<br />
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The Pembina Institute published a briefing paper describing the environmental costs of oil sands extraction in Alberta, which was responsible for 52 percent of the country's increased emissions between 1990 and 2008, but only 18 percent of GDP growth.
by Robert Kropp
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Qatar Airways, the first airline to run a commercial passenger flight powered by fuel made from natural gas, was honored for its achievement in recent industry awards from Airline Business magazine.<br />