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Green Business Certification Inc. Introduces TRUE Zero Waste Rating System

September 11, 20177 years ago Andrea Bertoli 0 Comments

The TRUE Zero Waste rating system is a compliment to the LEED green building rating system, and helps businesses and facilities define, pursue and achieve their zero waste goals. TRUE focuses on helping businesses, industrial sectors and schools quantify their performance and find additional ways to move toward zero waste. There are currently 88 certified facilities including Tesla, Microsoft, Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. and more.

Pueblo Targets All-Renewables Future To Bolster Local Economy

August 28, 20177 years ago John Farrell 0 Comments

Pueblo, Colorado, last month became the first city to commit to an all-renewables future since President Donald Trump took office.

Australia’s Electric Vehicle Transition Is Not A Matter Of If, But How & When

August 22, 20177 years ago Guest Contributor 0 Comments

Beyond Zero Emissions (BZE) says that with a concerted effort, the Australian car fleet could consist solely of electric vehicles (EVs) by 2025.

Thanks To Co-op, Small Iowa Town Goes Big On Solar

August 7, 20177 years ago John Farrell 0 Comments

In this small community, where many Amish and Mennonite families shun electricity and cars, solar power has proliferated. In fact, the Kalona area is a surprising national leader in solar power generation.

CDP Helps Cities, States, and Companies Report and Manage Climate Change Data

July 25, 20177 years ago Andrea Bertoli 0 Comments

CDP (formally the Carbon Disclosure Project) is the world’s largest environmental disclosure platform for cities, states, regions, and companies that want to track and manage their carbon and climate change data. I sat down with Katie Walsh, the Senior Manager of the Cities North America, to discuss the disclosure movement, and how cities around the world are taking a stand against climate change.

World’s Mining Companies Generating $16 Billion In Emissions Costs

July 24, 20177 years ago Joshua S Hill 0 Comments

The world’s major publicly-listed mining companies are generating up to $16 billion in emissions costs by passing the climate risk down their value chain, and are exposed to up to 30 times more emissions by passing down the buck.

San Francisco Strides Toward An All-Renewable Future

July 3, 20177 years ago John Farrell 0 Comments

Two key moves this year will propel San Francisco’s toward an all-renewable electricity mix by 2030, potentially making the city — the 13th largest in the nation — a model for others eyeing a similar transition.

EViation Aims To Propel Electric Aviation Forward

June 21, 20177 years ago Nicolas Zart 0 Comments

In addition to being the year of the Tesla Model 3, 2017 is turning out to be a major year for flying aircraft that are also electric and autonomous. Soaring cars, driving saucers, flying pontoons-bikes, and electric airplanes have broken into the news regularly. Another electric airplane contender from EViation is moving its product past regulations and certifications and hopes to be in active commercial service by 2021, with a prototype next year.

$12 Million Says Ocean Power Can Compete In The Big Leagues With Wind, Solar

June 19, 20177 years ago Tina Casey 0 Comments

Trump or no Trump, the US Department of Energy is forging ahead with another $12 million in funding for “game-changing” ocean power projects.

Trump Will Pull US Out Of Paris Climate Agreement — In FOUR YEARS

June 2, 20177 years ago Jeremy Bloom 0 Comments

For all the wrong reasons, he is pulling the US out of the Paris Climate Agreement, which took years to negotiate and to which every other country in the world has signed on except of Syria and Nicaragua.