Climate Pulse

An Energy Star program aimed at increasing the energy efficiency of manufacturing plants has helped the auto industry cut the amount of electricity and fuel needed to make vehicles, slashing greenhouse gas emissions by 750,000 tons. [continue]

General Electric is committing $10 billion to ecomagination research and development in the next five years after reaching a $5 billion investment milestone for its portfolio of environmentally sensitive products, services and technology. [continue]

Image via FTC Late last year we reported that the US Federal Trade Commission proposed a new label for compact fluorescent lightbulbs that would show vital statistics like mercury content and the light output in terms of lumens rather than watts, which would make the brightness of CFLs, LEDs and... [continue]

Photo via [jeremy] The security of the smart grid, from privacy and ownership of personal information among consumers to hackers' ability to fell the entire grid in one sweep of malicious code, has been a hotly debated topic since the smart grid's earliest days. So it is no surprise to hear that... [continue]

Fireman's Fund Insurance Company, the first carrier to broadly offer green insurance to the U.S. commercial marketplace, is expanding its coverage of property owners' energy efficiency and other environmental upgrades. [continue]

Not long ago, it would have been unthinkable for a big utility company to encourage customers to put solar panels on their roofs. That’s changing, as evidenced by a deal announced this week by PG&E Corp., the $13.4 billion a year utility company based in San Francisco, and SunRun. [continue]

IT and a new wave of startups hold the promise for the next big thing in energy and environmental management systems, a Climate Corps fellow learns. [continue]

Like major league sports teams, college athletic departments are putting more muscle into energy efficiency, recycling and other environmental programs at their facilities. [continue]

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is offering comprehensive technical assistance to state capitals for the design and development of more sustainable neighborhoods -- ones that incorporate green building and infrastructure to foster social, economic and environmental benefits. [continue]

Starwood Hotels and Resorts plans to slash energy use in each of its 1,000 hotels by 30 percent by 2020, in addition to a 20 percenty drop in water consumption. [continue]