Power company Exelon Corp. is now officially the next company to join the list of disgruntled companies quitting the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. A significant amount of companies have already left the chamber, complaining about its stance on federal climate-change legislation that could potentially have a negative impact on several of these companies’ business.
 
Exelon, the nation’s biggest nuclear power plant operator, left the chamber in much the same fashion as the other power companies dissenting from the Chamber of Commerce, highlighting a growing divide between American power companies and the government. Power companies are concerned over the government’s slowness in …read more

In news that may have architects across the country groaning, the American Institute of Architects has decided that all of its members take four hours of sustainable design courses each year as part of the green movement. The policy, which will last until 2012, is aimed to reorient architects at a time when environmentally friendly buildings are quickly becoming the standard.
According to the AIA, the policy exists to make sure that its architects remain in the loop as the requirements of the profession change to fit the needs of a changing world. The AIA maintains that architects who can confidently …read more

In one of your future visits to Wal-Mart, you may notice that something has changed. Wal-Mart has announced that it will put into effect a program that will assign environmental labels to all of its products, labels that will allow customers to easily determine the environmental costs of producing their merchandise.
This move may come as a surprise to many of the environmental groups that have vehemently protested Wal-Mart for its alleged disregard of the environment. Wal-Mart has taken several steps toward reducing man’s effect on the environment, such as its massive sale of low-energy light bulbs to its creating much …read more

As people around the world continue to “go green,” the electronics industry finds way to use alternative energy sources, reduce energy consumption, increase recycling efforts and explore other green innovations. Though some consumers actually buy green products because they are better for the environment, studies show that others shop green because it’s the trendy thing to do.
Whatever reason shoppers are buying green products, electronics companies like Sony strive to improve their green technology to remain competitive.
Check out this video where CNN’s Morgan Neill takes a look at Sony’s lab where researchers are working on the company’s green efforts.

NV Energy, the biggest power company in the state of Nevada, has reached the “green” goal set out by state regulators. The goal was for the company to use at least 9% renewable power. Compared to other power supplies, renewable power is much better for the environment.
Although the goal has been around since 2001, this was the first time NV Energy reached the goal. Renewable power includes everything from wind to water, and from geothermal to solar.
While this was a step in the right direction, the goals will increase over the next few years. According to reports, the goal in …read more

Today as we celebrate Earth Day, I wanted to share some resources and information that can help your business “go green”. There are many different way that you can “Go Green” in business and a few are listed below:

Research how others in your industry are “going green”
Analyze your business and define areas where you can “go green”
Create a list of things that you can do to “go green” according to your analysis
Develop an implementation list and go for it
Encourage others to analyze their business and find areas where they can “go green”
Check out the following resources to help your with …read more