Environmental Resources

Bank of America today announced the following initiatives within the company to promote energy conservation.

Low-interest financing for bank employees for energy-saving home improvements, such as upgrading insulation and weather strippin...

Verizon Communications is stepping up its long-standing energy conservation program by adjusting its building operating systems, identifying alternative energy sources, and encouraging its 16,000 California employees to use energy more efficiently.

Shell Forestry has been awarded Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certification for its 159,000 hectares of forests in Latin America.

Shell’s performance was measured against the 10 Principles and 56 Criteria of the FSC. These cover econo...

Most retailers stuff their customers' mailboxes with four or more seasonal catalogs each year. Weary consumers ultimately throw away each and every one of those catalogs, wasting valuable resources used to print, mail, and recycle all of those pages. Using Oracle Exchange to...

Solar Electricity Works in Chicago

The highest peaks in electricity demand in Chicago generally occur on sunny summer days when air conditioners are running full-blast and refrigerators are working overtime. It is also on these sunny day...

In response to the growing energy crisis that's gripping much of the country this winter, The Home Depot today announced a series of voluntary energy cutbacks at 80 stores in eight Northwest states to help conserve valuable energy during the peak cold weather months.

International Paper (NYSE: IP) and The Nature Conservancy today announced a historic agreement that will conserve the forested character of the Adirondack Park, protect important ecological resources, create significant new outdoor recreation opportunities, and maintain the ...

In an ever more stunning expose of Chevron's fraud before the Ecuador court, a U.S. federal judge has ordered the disclosure of documents that demonstrate Chevron used a secret lab in the United States to hide the existence of dirty soil samples taken from the company's contaminated former well s...

Trex Company (NYSE: TWP) was honored by the Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE) Recycling Division with the "Excellence in Plastics Recycling" Award at the SPE's Annual Recycling Conference in Dearborn, MI.

The award was based on recycled...

The Natural Resources Council of America honored IKEA and American Forests for their joint national environmental initiative to plant 300,000 new trees, helping to dramatically reduce pollution in the U.S. The awards banquet occurred in Washington, DC, on Wednesday, December...