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BRT Sustainability Report: Create, Grow, Sustain: Celebrating Success

Apr 25, 2014 2:30 PM ET - At AT&T, we’re all about using communications technology to improve people’s lives and help businesses — including our own — operate more sustainably. We connect millions of people every day, making everything more immediate, seamless and...

New Study on Corn Waste Biofuel’s Emissions: Worthy Topic, Flawed Conclusion

Apr 25, 2014 2:10 PM ET - A recent study in Nature Climate Change is attracting a lot of attention because of its headline grabbing claim that cellulosic ethanol made from crop residues produces higher carbon emissions than gasoline. (See related blog post: “...

Citi Issues 2013 Global Citizenship Report

Apr 23, 2014 9:00 AM ET - Citi has helped provide $365 million to 40 microfinance institutions in 22 countries, reaching 975,000 borrowers

Green & Healthy Homes Initiative, National Center for Healthy Housing Support Healthy Homes Conference in Nashville

Apr 22, 2014 10:00 AM ET - WASHINGTON, April 22, 2014 /3BL Media/ - Rebuilding Together, a national nonprofit with a vision of a safe and healthy home for every person, is pleased to announce that the Green & Healthy Homes Initiative (GHHI) and the National Center...

Decade of Climate Action: Celestia Begins

Apr 21, 2014 5:50 PM ET - Last week, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released the third installment of its benchmark scientific study on climate change. There were no surprises in the...

TD Looks at Importance of Listening to Stakeholders, Releases 2013 Corporate Responsibility Report

Apr 21, 2014 9:00 AM ET - April 21, 2014 /3BL Media/ - TD Bank Group published its 2013 Corporate Responsibility Report, available online at www.td.com/responsibility....

Loan Guarantees for U.S. Renewables Making a Comeback

Apr 17, 2014 2:30 PM ET - Federal loan guarantees for renewable energy, which spurred the development of massive projects like the recently completed Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System in California – and roiled the 2012 elections – are emerging from...

AECOM’s Fifth Urban SOS Student Competition Seeks Designs for “New Industry”

Apr 17, 2014 12:00 PM ET - NEW YORK, April 17, 2014 /3BL Media/ - AECOM has launched “Urban SOS: Towards a new industry,” its fifth Urban SOS student competition. Open to students at undergraduate and graduate levels around the world, this year’s competition seeks...

Advancing Wind Energy

Apr 16, 2014 10:05 AM ET - Advancing wind energy Thirty years ago a single wind turbine generated a half megawatt of electricity per year – enough to power approximately 500 homes. Today, wind turbines are being built...

Why do we celebrate Earth Day if the Earth doesn't care?

Apr 16, 2014 9:00 AM ET - Nature always wins. The Earth will experience seismic activity, volcanic activity, pandemics and cyclical changes in climate that will affect our lives in some way. There’s no disputing this, so how can we be ready to keep our...

Can Elon do it Again?

Apr 10, 2014 4:00 PM ET - Elon Musk is changing the world. The visionary South African-born entrepreneur has radically changed the transportation sector through his groundbreaking companies Tesla and SpaceEx. His solar leasing company, SolarCity, is delivering...

U.S. Homeowners to Benefit from Groundbreaking Home Energy Loan Financing Platform

Apr 9, 2014 4:30 PM ET - San Francisco, CA, April 9, 2014 /3BL Media/ – Homeowners across the United States will benefit from an innovative public-private partnership announced today to make it easier to find lower-cost loans for home energy efficiency improvements. ...

U.S. Used More Energy in 2013 Than the Year Before, But Efficiency Is Up Too

Apr 8, 2014 11:50 AM ET - Energy use increased in the United States in 2013 as a fourth consecutive year of economic growth exerted its influence, but the longer-term trend shows the country operating with greater efficiency while also revealing the small but growing role...

Fuel Cells Power Up: Three Surprising Places Where Hydrogen Energy is Working

Apr 3, 2014 3:00 PM ET - The concept is tantalizing: Use abundant hydrogen to fuel vehicles and power plants, producing nothing but water and heat as a byproduct. The advent of hydrogen fuel cells would help provide the energy the world needs, while...

LA Better Building Challenge Partners with EDF’s Investor Confidence Project to Accelerate Citywide Energy Efficiency Goals

Apr 2, 2014 2:25 PM ET - Environmental Defense Fund’s ...

Conference on Clean Energy Financing Signals a Shift in Funding the Low-Carbon Economy

Mar 31, 2014 11:25 AM ET - In 2010, I began working on financial policy at EDF. Our objective was to implement policies that would allow private sector companies to profitably deliver financing solutions to residential and commercial...

Quiz: What You Don't Know About Space-Age Energy

Mar 28, 2014 9:00 AM ET - For more than 50 years we've had the power—literally—to send robots and humans to explore the solar system. See how much you know about the energy innovations that are taking us to the stars and the ways space can affect power generation on Earth...

California Drought Dries Up Hydro, But Power Stays On

Mar 27, 2014 9:00 AM ET - California's record drought has parched crops, but hasn't yet dimmed lights or choked the flow of electricity, even though the Golden State, with more than 300 dams, has long been a hydroelectricity leader among U.S. states. California's...

Transitioning to a Clean Energy Future Will Require Lots of Private Capital, but How Do We Get There?

Mar 25, 2014 5:25 PM ET - The past two decades have seen a tremendous growth in our understanding of the climate change imperative and in the enormity of the challenge that confronts us. It has become clear that meeting climate change...

White House Meeting on Climate Change Resilience Shows National Commitment

Mar 20, 2014 9:30 AM ET - Today, the White House is hosting an ...

‘Utilities 2.0’: The Future May Be Sooner Than We Think

Mar 19, 2014 12:00 PM ET - Last month, I had the pleasure of moderating a panel called “Utilities 2.0: The Role of...

Blog: Energy & Climate Ambitions: The Road to Paris in 2015, by Sandrine Dixson-Declève, Director of the EU Corporate Leaders Group on Climate Change

Mar 19, 2014 8:00 AM ET - Climate change is one of the most important environmental challenges of our time – and one that requires governments and businesses to take action. As a business leader, it is a critically important issue to me, and I am proud to...

AECOM Releases Presentation Outlining Practical Strategies For Developing Resilient Cities

Mar 17, 2014 8:00 AM ET - LOS ANGELES, March 17, 2014 /3BL Media/ — AECOM Technology Corporation, a leading provider of professional technical and management support services for public and private clients in more than 150 countries around the world, announced today that...

Changing Times for Electric Utilities

Mar 6, 2014 2:35 PM ET - Two seemingly unrelated announcements drew much attention in the electric utility industry recently. First, the Edison Electric Institute (EEI) (the trade group for the U.S. electric utility industry) and the...

Connected Cities Blog Shares AECOM Insights for an Improved Urban Future

Mar 3, 2014 8:00 AM ET - LOS ANGELES, Mar. 3, 2014 /3BL Media/ — As part of a sharpened focus on urban issues globally, AECOM offers its Connected Cities blog to share its professional city-related...

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BRT Sustainability Report: Create, Grow, Sustain: Celebrating Success

New Study on Corn Waste Biofuel’s Emissions: Worthy Topic, Flawed Conclusion

Citi Issues 2013 Global Citizenship Report

Green & Healthy Homes Initiative, National Center for Healthy Housing Support Healthy Homes Conference in Nashville

Decade of Climate Action: Celestia Begins

TD Looks at Importance of Listening to Stakeholders, Releases 2013 Corporate Responsibility Report

Loan Guarantees for U.S. Renewables Making a Comeback

AECOM’s Fifth Urban SOS Student Competition Seeks Designs for “New Industry”

Advancing Wind Energy

Why do we celebrate Earth Day if the Earth doesn't care?

Can Elon do it Again?

U.S. Homeowners to Benefit from Groundbreaking Home Energy Loan Financing Platform

U.S. Used More Energy in 2013 Than the Year Before, But Efficiency Is Up Too

Fuel Cells Power Up: Three Surprising Places Where Hydrogen Energy is Working

LA Better Building Challenge Partners with EDF’s Investor Confidence Project to Accelerate Citywide Energy Efficiency Goals

Conference on Clean Energy Financing Signals a Shift in Funding the Low-Carbon Economy

Quiz: What You Don't Know About Space-Age Energy

California Drought Dries Up Hydro, But Power Stays On

Transitioning to a Clean Energy Future Will Require Lots of Private Capital, but How Do We Get There?

White House Meeting on Climate Change Resilience Shows National Commitment

‘Utilities 2.0’: The Future May Be Sooner Than We Think

Blog: Energy & Climate Ambitions: The Road to Paris in 2015, by Sandrine Dixson-Declève, Director of the EU Corporate Leaders Group on Climate Change

AECOM Releases Presentation Outlining Practical Strategies For Developing Resilient Cities

Changing Times for Electric Utilities

Connected Cities Blog Shares AECOM Insights for an Improved Urban Future

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