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First reported May 22 2013 - Updated 2 hours ago - 1 reports

Solar Energy Industries Association

Solar's Growing Role in the US Military

05/21/2013SustainableBusiness.com NewsA new report shows solar energy's growing role in powering military installations and military homes across the US.As of early 2013, over 130 megawatts (MW) of solar PV are supplying energy to Navy, Army and Air Force ... [Published Sustainable Business - May 22 2013]

Entities: Military/Armed Forces, Solar Energy Industries Association, Solar Power

First reported 6 hours ago - Updated 3 hours ago - 1 reports

Transformational Boost Comes From China On Climate Change

05/22/2013SustainableBusiness.com News In what the China is preparing to set an absolute, can't-go-above cap on greenhouse gas emissions.Not immediately, but by 2016.And although the government hasn't divulged what that cap will be, the fact that they ... [Published Sustainable Business - 6 hours ago]

Entities: China, Global Warming/Climate Change, Boost, Emitter, Greenhouse Gas

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated 3 hours ago - 2 reports

While Keystone Provides Full Employment for Lobbyists, Canada Hedges Bets With More Pipeline Options

05/22/2013SustainableBusiness.com News As the tar sands pipeline today, Canada is looking for other avenues to push tar sands out if the US ends up saying no.The government's idea of pushing a pipeline west through Canada to the Pacific coast - the Northern ... [Published Sustainable Business - 3 hours ago]

Entities: Oil Sands, Pipeline, Canada

First reported 8 hours ago - Updated 8 hours ago - 1 reports

North Carolina Renewable Energy Policy Stays in Force

05/22/2013SustainableBusiness.com News Remember the (RPS)? It's gotten a reprieve because it didn't get to the floor by the mid-May deadline. It won't be voted on during this session of the legislature.The bill is stalled in committees in both the state's ... [Published Sustainable Business - 8 hours ago]

Entities: Renewable Energy, Energy Policy, Biogas, Deadline

First reported 8 hours ago - Updated 8 hours ago - 1 reports

Kaiser Permanente

Kaiser Permanente Goes LEED-Gold

05/22/2013SustainableBusiness.com NewsOne of benefits of LEED certification for buildings is that over the years, the US Green Building Council has developed custom standards that apply to specific industries, such as Health care group Kaiser Permanente ... [Published Sustainable Business - 8 hours ago]

Entities: Kaiser Permanente, Health Care, Polyvinyl Chloride, Environment, Green Building

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 1 reports

Oregon

Over 100,000 Plug-In Vehicles Sold in US

05/21/2013SustainableBusiness.com NewsThis month, plug-in cars reached a significant milestone when the 100,000th vehicle was sold in the US.In fact, according to the , 100,351 cars have been sold.It's been about two years since the latest generation ... [Published Sustainable Business - May 21 2013]

Entities: Oregon, Plug In America, Coal, BMW 7 Series

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 1 reports

Solar Manufacturers Poised to Make a Come Back

05/21/2013SustainableBusiness.com News The end of is in sight as market forces finally engineer a turnaround, says Lux Research.The world's solar PV market is poised to grow to $155 billion in 2018, to a healthy 10.5% compound annual growth rate(CAGR), ... [Published Sustainable Business - May 21 2013]

Entities: Lux Research Inc, CAGR, Nightmare

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 1 reports

Samsung Smartphone First to Be Certified Sustainable

05/21/2013SustainableBusiness.com NewsSamsung is the first to achieve the new international smartphone certification, which rates the devices on environmental design and socially responsible manufacturing.Its flagship Galaxy S4 smartphone received certification ... [Published Sustainable Business - May 21 2013]

Entities: Smartphone, Samsung Group, Certification, Samsung Galaxy S4

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 1 reports

Largest Wind Farm on Tribal Land Goes Forward

05/20/2013SustainableBusiness.com NewsFive Native American tribes are teaming up to develop the largest wind farm on US tribal land.The 90-turbine wind farm will be in Oklahoma on 6000 acres of land, half owned by the Cherokee Nation and the other half ... [Published Sustainable Business - May 20 2013]

Entities: Wind Farms, Tribe, Oklahoma (United States)

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 1 reports

175,000 Mattresses a Year Thrown on The Curb? Manufacturers Will Pick Them Up

05/20/2013SustainableBusiness.com NewsImagine looking into a landfill (or incinerator) - what would you see? Tons and tons of still-useful stuff that could be recycled into new products (creating lots of jobs too). What a waste - and a huge expense - ... [Published Sustainable Business - May 20 2013]

Entities: Recycling, Encumbrance, Landfill

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 1 reports

Interior Disappoints With Proposed Fracking Rules

05/20/2013SustainableBusiness.com NewsA second round of draft regulations for natural gas fracking on public lands has been released by the Interior Department, which are much weaker than the previous version.But they are still stronger than what the ... [Published Sustainable Business - May 20 2013]

Entities: Hydraulic Fracturing, Jessica Ennis-Hill, Ed Markey, US Bureau of Land Management

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Auto Dealers Don't Like Tesla's Success

05/17/2013SustainableBusiness.com News lately - its stock price is up to $91 since exceeding analyst expectations in its It's getting kudos all over the place for gaining traction on its electric car, including getting 99 out of 100 possible points from ... [Published Sustainable Business - May 17 2013]

Entities: Electric Car, Consumer Reports, Elon Musk

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Enbridge's proposal is "just as bad as Keystone because the expansion carries the additional risk of polluting the Great Lakes. This stuff is going to end up in Lake Superior" Eddie Scher of the Sierra Club, told Bloomberg. The State Department just close the comment period on this May 13

While Keystone Provides Full Employment for Lobbyists, Canada Hedges Bets With More Pipeline Options [Published Sustainable Business - 3 hours ago]

...And it improves the prospects for a strong international treaty being agreed at the United Nations climate change summit in 2015," he says. "This is a big shift in China's position and should unblock the standoff between the US and China in the global climate change negotiations. Without an agreement between these two major players it is hard to see how an agreement can be reached in 2015" Doug Parr, chief scientist for Greenpeace, told The Independent...

Transformational Boost Comes From China On Climate Change [Published Sustainable Business - 6 hours ago]

Its Napa California data center received "LEED-Platinum for Existing Buildings and two medical centers in Georgia are expected to earn LEED-Silver. "The LEED certification system's rigorous strategies for such features as pedestrian friendliness, sustainable site development, water and energy use, indoor environmental quality and"

Kaiser Permanente Goes LEED-Gold [Published Sustainable Business - 8 hours ago]

Here's SEIA's report, "Enlisting the Sun: Powering the U S Military with Solar Energy" : Website: www.seia.org/research-resources/enlisting-sun-powering-us-military-solar-energy-2

Solar's Growing Role in the US Military [Published Sustainable Business - May 22 2013]

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Solar Manufacturers Poised to Make a Come Back [Published Sustainable Business - May 21 2013]
Samsung Smartphone First to Be Certified Sustai... [Published Sustainable Business - May 21 2013]
Largest Wind Farm on Tribal Land Goes Forward [Published Sustainable Business - May 20 2013]
175,000 Mattresses a Year Thrown on The Curb? M... [Published Sustainable Business - May 20 2013]
Interior Disappoints With Proposed Fracking Rules [Published Sustainable Business - May 20 2013]
LEED Remains Top Choice for Government Buildings [Published Sustainable Business - May 20 2013]
Sprouts Farmers Market Files for IPO [Published Sustainable Business - May 17 2013]
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Important Research in Cleantech Gets Rewards [Published Sustainable Business - May 14 2013]
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Amtrak's Locomotives Send 100% of Energy Back t... [Published Sustainable Business - May 14 2013]
Kyocera's Green Curtains Save Energy, Produce Food [Published Sustainable Business - May 14 2013]

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Energy Storage Update 5/3 [Published Michele Kearney's Nuclear Wire - May 04 2013] Energy Storage : The Holy Grail of Our Energy Revolution? Huffington Post Pairing "Holy Grail" with " energy storage "is becoming as common a combination as a peanut butter and jellysandwich. At New York's Advanced Energy 2013 Conference this week, ...
April 12 News: McKibben Says The Planet’s Fever... [Published Think Progress - Apr 12 2013] Bill McKibben has a new article in Rolling Stone showing that the fight to keep us below two degrees C is not so one-sided anymore. Here’s the beginning but it’s worth a full read . It got so hot in Australia in January that the weather service had ...
Energy Storage Udate 4/2 [Published Michele Kearney's Nuclear Wire - Apr 03 2013] Gravity Energy Storage For The Electricity Grid CleanTechnica Gravity energy storage for the electricity grid involves using electricity from the grid topower a motor that lifts a weight upwards, and the weight is allowed tofall/roll down when electricity ...
California Requires Energy Storage As Preferred... [Published Michele Kearney's Nuclear Wire - Feb 19 2013] California Requires Energy Storage As Preferred Energy Source SustainableBusiness.com WhenCPUC approved Southern California Edison's plan to buy 1,400-1,800megawatts (MW) of renewable energy by 2021, CPUC inserted therequirement that at least 50 MW ...