A lawsuit filed in the Los Angeles Superior Court on June 10 alleges that Disney used air conditioners with hazardous substances and disposed of air cooling water and chemicals into municipal drains since 1988, Courthouse News Service has reported.
Detroit Edison has reached a milestone in a decade-long project to install state-of-the-art emissions control equipment at its Monroe Power Plant. The first of two flue-gas desulfurization systems -- commonly known as scrubbers -- recently was put into service. The second scrubber is scheduled to go into operation in October.
Siemens Building Technologies, Inc., working in cooperation with the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania's Department of General Services (DGS), has completed a performance-based contract to reduce energy consumption at the Commonwealth's Health & Welfare Building and Labor & Industry Building in Harrisburg, the state's capital.
The Factuality Tour came to Wisconsin recently to showcase the WE Energies Pleasant Prairie Power Plant as one of the premier demonstration sites in the U.S. currently capturing carbon dioxide (CO2) from the use of coal for electricity.
Over 230 of the most exciting eco-friendly companies will be exhibiting in Atlanta June 26 – 28 for the Go Green Expo at the Cobb Galleria.
With gas prices rising yet again, the easiest way to keep your driving costs low is to raise your fuel efficiency. If you don’t have the luxury of purchasing a new car (hybrids and manual-transmission cars can get considerably more miles to the gallon, if you do happen to have the luxury) you can still improve your driving habits to get more distance to your dollar.
Cities across the country are hopping on board the hybrid bus craze. Four U.S. cities have ordered over 1,700 hybrid buses alone, and many more are on their way. Numbers of hybrid buses on the road should soon escalate from 2 percent to 22 percent, and manufacturers say the hybrid diesel-electric bus is the transportation of the future.
Verisae Inc. announced June 5 that it has obtained a patent for its web-based system for tracking and reporting greenhouse gas emissions.
Green and sustainability business models are a low priority for smaller U.S. manufacturers even with increasing consumer demand and government incentives, according to The American Small Manufacturers Coalition (ASMC), which released a national study June 11.
