Government Pumps $528 Million Into Fisker Hybrid Cars
The Department of Energy has granted Fisker Automotive a $528 million conditional loan for a project to develop fuel-efficient plug-in hybrid electric cars, Fisker said Sept. 22.
The Department of Energy has granted Fisker Automotive a $528 million conditional loan for a project to develop fuel-efficient plug-in hybrid electric cars, Fisker said Sept. 22.
For the first time, Newsweek ranked the 500 largest U.S. corporations in terms of their greenness, or commitment to environmental, energy and conservation issues.
Newsweek spent the last year working with research firms KLD Research & Analytics, Trucost and CorporateRegister.com to evaluate companies’ usage, emissions, policies and reputation.
LED Savings Solutions has recently established some ground-breaking international LED lighting production and financing relationships that include exclusive US distribution and reduce up-front costs to $0 for property owners.
Labor Day marks the psychological end of summer, and as “Back to School” sets in for the Fall 2009 semester, educators across the country are facing very difficult budgetary challenges.
The U.S. Navy just gave an extra boost to a lighting retrofit underway for navy ships to replace existing inefficient lighting with energy-efficient light emitting diode (LED) lights. The LED lighting retrofit project will use solid state lighting fixtures supplied by Energy Focus Inc. that use less energy and have a much longer life over the existing incandescent and fluorescent fixtures throughout the entire Navy fleet.
This guide to sustainability-focused career paths will help retrofit and solar-charge your work life. Below is a list of the 5 Best Green Jobs for the Next Decade.
The White House Council of Economic Advisers announced that the Cash for Clunkers program will help boost economic growth by 0.3 to .04 percent in the third quarter. In addition, it is estimated that 42,000 jobs will be saved or created throughout the course of the second half of the year.
Hiring, spending and attention in environmental departments is growing, according to a 2009 study conducted by GreenBiz.
A major rubber recycling company is set to buy one of the world’s biggest tire landfills, located in Colorado, where more than 30 million used tires sit awaiting new life.
As part of an agreement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Justice, Ohio Edison Co. will repower one of its coal-based power plants to operate primarily on biomass fuels. The transformation will reduce the plant’s greenhouse gas emissions by 1.3 million tons per year.