Intel Leads Ranking of Top 50 Green Power Purchasers
environmentalleader.com 5/1/2009 — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has released its updated quarterly ranking of the Top 50 Green Power Purchasers in the United States. Intel comes in at number one for the second year in a row with PepsiCo, Dell, Whole Foods Market and ...

Why climate change legislation is turning corporate America green
forbes.com 10/5/2009 — Forbes: What's the "green" driving some high-profile corporations to break with the country's largest business lobbyist over climate change? Hint: It's not the environmental kind. This is a precarious moment for supporters of a measured ...

How to Power Up Energy Efficiency in Schools
greenerbuildings.com 6/19/2009 — About a year and a half ago, Ron Wilcox, the superintendent of schools in Madison County, North Carolina, had a big problem. Electricity bills for the district were 38 percent higher than budgeted. Since then, Wilcox has become an evangelist for ...

Everything you always wanted to know about EPA greenhouse gas regulations, but were afraid to ask
grist.org 9/24/2009 — by David Roberts Two years ago, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the EPA has the authority and the obligation to regulate greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act. At a stroke, the politics of climate change were changed. The choice was no longer ...

Schools Find Energy Savings in Lighting Retrofits, Green Roofs
environmentalleader.com 8/26/2009 — Educational facilities from colleges to grade schools are finding that they can achieve significant cost savings as well as reduce their carbon footprint by implementing a few key sustainable measures that range from lighting retrofits to ...

Top Official: 'The EPA Is Back On The Job'
npr.org 10/22/2009 — National Public Radio: The Environmental Protection Agency released a long-secret document last week that reveals the agency's conclusions on global warming while President Bush was in office. The December 2007 document says greenhouse gases are ...

EPA floats new rules on greenhouse gases
chron.com 10/1/2009 — Houston Chronicle: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency proposed rules Wednesday that would control emissions of greenhouse gases from factories, power plants and refineries for the first time. The new rules would apply to facilities emitting at ...

EPA to Monitor Toxic Air Released Near Schools
environmentalleader.com 3/2/2009 — Businesses and manufacturers located near schools may soon fall under increased scrutiny by the Environmental Protection Agency. On March 2, Lisa Jackson, administrator of the EPA, said the agency and its state partners will measure levels of toxic ...

Envir-O-Safe Green Cleaning Products
got2begreen.com 9/1/2009 — Green cleaning products seem to be popping up all over the place. We just saw an ad for another new one yesterday. But what makes a cleaning product green? Have you checked the product labels lately? Chances are that your green cleaning products aren’t all that green. But what can you as a ...

Assessing Outdoor Air Near Schools | US EPA
epa.gov 4/1/2009 — Our job is to protect the American public where they live, work and play and that certainly includes protecting schoolchildren where they learn. Administrator Lisa P. Jackson As part of a new air toxics monitoring initiative, EPA, state and local air ...

Wendy Gordon: Beyond Green — Green on HuffingtonPost.com 29 days ago
“Green is the new black” is so 2007. Oscars were won for a film about a slide show about global warming. Demand for hybrid cars outpaced production. Media companies, sports teams, everyone it seemed was turning green, toting thermoses and ...

China-U.S. Group Plans to Build Texas Wind Farm — NYT > Environment 29 days ago
The project marks the first time that China will export wind turbines into the United States.

National Briefing | Midwest: Kansas: Buyout for a Small Town — NYT > Environment 29 days ago
The Environmental Protection Agency announced plans to buyout the residents of the contaminated town of Treece.

US issues $2.2 billion in green bonds to fuel renewables sector — The most recent articles from BusinessGreen 28 days ago
Danny Bradbury, BusinessGreen , Friday 30 October 2009 at 09:28:00 Government-backed Clean Renewable Energy Bonds to provide project developers with new source of finance The US Treasury released $2.2bn in new bonds this week to help ...

A Clunker of a Climate Policy — Scientific American - Environment 28 days ago
The Cash for Clunkers program offers a cautionarytale for the future of climate change control. The federal program paid individuals up to $4,500 to replace their “clunker” automobiles with new, higher-mileage vehicles. Part of the ...