The Korean electronics giant wants spend $4.3 billion to cut its factory emissions by 50 percent within four years and develop eco-friendly products. As large companies invest oodles of money to go green, their much smaller competitors will feel the pressure do so, too.
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With its purchase of eQuilibrium Solutions, EnerNoc moves one step closer to expanding into broader energy services – but big players like SAP and Microsoft are making moves of their own.
Yes, it sounds crazy, but Bio-Reaction Industries says it has devised a way to exploit bacteria to cleanse the air inside paint shops and factories.
The software maker is letting competitors know about its patent for how its carbon accounting software works. Carbon accounting is a growing business, with giants like SAP, Microsoft and CA moving in fast.
Forget cap-and-trade being the main driver for enterprise carbon management software. Right now it's public opinion that's driving the industry's growth, according to a joint Groom Energy Solutions and Greentech Media report.
Mitsubishi Heavy and Southern Company will jointly launch a field test in 2011 to recover high-purity carbon dioxide (CO2) from coal-fired flue gas.
The environmental group issues a report card that says IT companies such as IBM, Intel and Sony aren't doing enough to fight climate change and cut the world's 2020 emissions by 15 percent, a goal that is achievable if IT companies just put more efforts into it.
A few more details about Calera, the secretive and controversial company that wants to make cement without a lot of energy, have leaked out, courtesy of its investors. One of the clues: There’s pixie dust in it! And the company might owe royalties to the Egyptian deity Anubis.
It’s the first day of school for corporate America when it comes to environmental and carbon accounting, say execs from HP, Sony, Applied Materials and other companies.
As the House Democrats finalize a draft climate bill, they are making a host of concessions to utilities and other big industries on capping pollution and requiring renewable electricity generation.
President Obama faces an uphill battle from many states on cap and trade systems. So why not let them keep the money?
The search giant has bought enough carbon credits to offset all of its emissions from – get this – 2007. Google thought it could get that accomplished two years ago.
Two Berkeley Lab researchers have analyzed data from sea-diving devices and found that seeding iron to boost plankton growth doesn’t lead to the quick scrubbing of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.
It looks like the killer app for Green Button is still waiting in the wings.
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