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The newest Walmart Canada fresh and frozen food distribution center will be 60 percent more energy efficient that Walmart's other centers and will be topped by wind turbines and solar panels.
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The future of alternative energy is arriving faster than you might think. Advanced biofuels, solar thermal power and solar photovoltaics are all on a path to being cost-competitive with fossil fuels. Wind is already there.
by Marc Gunther
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Energy efficiency companies are stepping up their work to make schools greener with Johnson Controls Inc. and Ameresco Inc. providing the latest examples of far-reaching projects to help schools conserve energy and cut utility costs.
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Kingston General Hospital has enlisted Honeywell for a $10.5-million upgrade that will bring solar power and a host of other energy efficiency measures to the 456-bed research and teaching hospital in southeastern Ontario.
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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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Pharmaceutical firm Janssen, a Johnson & Johnson Company, launches the largest solar energy system in New Jersey today, and the Kohl's Department Stores chain has made good on its promise to host at least 100 solar installations.
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In the newest campaign against the social network's new data center in Oregon, Greenpeace has created a short animation mocking the company's CEO, Mark Zuckerberg.
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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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A mosque proposed near Ground Zero in New York has prompted great anger and may never be built. Sometimes you need to stand up to "mad" and other times you need to respect the sentiments behind the anger. This seems like one of those times to stand up to "mad" because if we don't, we become that which we abhor.
by Rob Watson
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Butte College in Northern California will begin generating more renewable energy next year than it uses, saving the school an estimated $150 million over the next 30 years.
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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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Kohl's Department Stores Inc. has reached another milestone in its aggressive sustainability campaign: 500 stores in the retail chain have now earned the<br />
Energy Star label.
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As the healthcare industry strives to reduce its environmental footprint, the makers of pharmaceuticals and medical devices are working to curb their use of energy and water and run their facilities more responsibly. Thera Kalmijn examines their efforts in Part 2 of her series on green initiatives in the healthcare industry.
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Biodiesel made from beef byproducts fuels rail operator's first green train, cutting carbon emissions and improving air quality.
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Healthcare facilities are second only to the food industry in producing waste. Yet in some sectors of the healthcare industry, major players have been slow to go green.
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San Francisco's GreenFinanceSF Program, already described as the largest retrofit loan program of its kind in the U.S., got a nearly $3 million boost from Recovery Act funds.
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The world's largest retailer has set a new goal for shrinking its environmental footprint and is turning to suppliers to help achieve a 20-million-tonne cut in greenhouse gas emissions from the lifecycle and supply chain of Walmart products by 2015.
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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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With 1,730 stores in the U.S. and western Canada, Safeway Inc. has contracted with environmental and energy management software firm Hara to help reduce energy consumption as well as the retail grocer's greenhouse gas emissions.
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Why should companies worry about carbon management given the lack of a definitive outcome from climate talks in Copenhagen? Panelists from UPS and Motorola shared their firms’ motivations at the State of Green Business Forum in Chicago.
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San Francisco has established a $150 million green financing program to allow businesses and homeowners to pay for efficiency, water conservation and renewable energy improvements through future property taxes.
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Business has officially entered The Age of Sustainability, and businesses that don't figure in sustainability aren’t likely to survive. Here’s a look at the reasons why as well as pointers on how your company can adapt to the change.
by Mahesh Pethe