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Honda Certifies Five Green Buildings in U.S. This Year
American Honda has certified five new green buildings under the U.S. Green Building Council's LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) standards this year as part of an effort to further...
View ArticleToyota Updates Progress On Environmental Goals
Toyota has issued its eighth annual update on progress toward the goals and targets in the company's 2011 Environmental Action Plan (EAP). The 2008 North America Environmental Report details Toyota's...
View ArticleBMW Manufacturing Launches Wind Power Study
BMW Manufacturing announced that it has begun a study into the feasibility of using wind energy on the plant site. BMW will partner with Gold Ring Power, LLC to conduct an energy audit to gather data...
View ArticleHonda's Ohio and Alabama Plants Earn Energy Star from EPA
Honda's auto plants in Ohio and Alabama have received Energy Star awards from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for advances in curbing energy use during the production of passenger cars...
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New Car CO2 Emissions in UK Fall at Fastest Rate on Record
New car CO2 emissions in UK fell by their biggest ever margin in 2008 with the average model now emitting just 158.0g/km - 4.2% less than the 2007 figure and 16.8% down on the 189.8g/km base level in...
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Mazda Develops Automated Recycling Technology for End-of-Life Vehicle Bumpers
Mazda has developed a world-first recycling technology which enhances the process it uses to recycle used bumpers from vehicles, whose useful life has ended, into raw plastic resin for use in new...
View ArticleFord’s Energy Efficiency Efforts Earn EPA Award
Ford’s actions to reduce the amount of energy used to manufacture vehicles and support its U.S. operations have earned it the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s coveted 2009 ENERGY STAR Award...
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EPA Finds Greenhouse Gases Dangerous to Public Health
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a proposed finding Friday that greenhouse gases contribute to air pollution that may endanger public health or welfare. The proposed finding, which...
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Lamborghini to Cut CO2 Emissions
Lamborghini has announced plans to cut CO2 emissions across its range by 35 percent by 2015 and from its Sant’Agata Bolognese factory by 30 percent by 2010. Lamborghini is pursuing several paths...
View ArticleHouse Passes Climate Change Bill
The U.S. House of Representatives narrowly passed critical legislation on carbon emissions linked to climate change. After hours of bitter debate, lawmakers voted 219-212 to put the US economy under a...
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Synthetic Trees to Catch CO2
Scientists from the Columbia University are developing a "synthetic tree" capable of collecting CO2 around 1,000 times faster than the real thing. Klaus Lackner, a geophysicist at Columbia, has been...
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USPS to Cut GHG Emissions 20 Percent by 2020
As part of its ongoing commitment to sustainability and environmental leadership, the U.S. Postal Service voluntarily conducted an inventory of its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. The study establishes...
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Switching to Electric Cars Could Speed Climate Change
The idea that a wholesale switch to electric cars would automatically reduce CO2 emissions and dependence on oil is one of a number of myths dispelled by a major new report conducted on behalf of the...
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Ford Installs Wind Turbines at Genk Plant
Ford has installed two gigantic wind turbines, each with a height of 150 meters, to produce green electricity for the Genk plant in Belgium. Installed by local energy company, Electrabel, each unit has...
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16 Ships Pollute More Than All Cars in the World
Just 16 of the world’s largest container ships can produce more pollution more than all the cars on the planet. In an editorial report in Britain's Daily Mail, an award-winning science writer Fred...
View ArticleFord Adds Third Wind Turbine at Dagenham Plant
Ford will install third wind turbine at its European engine diesel engine manufacturing plant at Dagenham, east of London. The three-bladed turbine, measuring 120 meters tall, is to be assembled on...
View ArticleObama Sets GHG Emissions Reduction Target
Federal Government will reduce its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 28 percent by 2020, President Obama announced Friday. As the single largest energy consumer in the U.S. economy, the Federal...
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Ford Makes Greener Vehicles Using Renewable and Recyclable Materials
Ford says it is making its vehicles greener through increased use of renewable and recyclable materials such as the soy and bio-based seat cushions and seatbacks on the 2010 Ford Taurus. Ford says that...
View ArticleChevrolet to Invest $40m in Clean Energy Projects
Chevrolet will invest $40M in various clean energy projects throughout America, with a goal to reduce 8 million metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions. The initiative is based on projects that promote...
View ArticleGM Turns BP Oil Spill Booms into Chevy Volt Parts
GM is collecting about 100 miles of plastic booms once used to contain the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, and will use recycled plastic from those booms to make Chevrolet Volt electric vehicles....
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