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Free Website Provides Corporate Environmental Financial Disclosures

A free website has launched that allows investors and the general public to research corporate environmental financial disclosures.

Water Reduction, Energy Efforts Achieve $72,000 Savings at Meat Processing Plant

Italian meat processor and producer Inalca SpA's projects to reduce water and energy use at its plant in Rieti, Italy, resulted in annual savings of 3.7 million gallons of water and more than $72,000.

Oil and Gas Spending Continues to Drop

Global energy investment fell by 12 percent in 2016, the second consecutive year of decline, as increased spending on energy efficiency and electricity networks was more than offset by a continued drop in upstream oil and gas spending, according to the International Energy Agency's annual World Energy Investment report.

Pentagon Adds Weight to Buy American Policy

The Pentagon is making a renewed push to enforce laws that shut out foreign suppliers from defense supply chains.

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Opinion: Changing the Renewable Fuel Standard Is Crucial to Revitalizing American Manufacturing

The Renewable Fuel Standard, or RFS, was developed during my tenure as Energy Secretary and has helped diversify America's fuel supplies. The credit program EPA created to ensure RFS compliance, due to changes in the oil industry, now merely serves to subsidize global oil companies and gasoline retail chains at the expense of independent American refiners and small fuel retailers.

Volvo Plans to Go Electric, to Abandon Conventional Car Engine by 2019

For Volvo the internal combustion engine has run its course.

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Transport Sector Primed for the Growth of Electric Vehicles

When it comes to reducing the greenhouse gas emissions, the electricity sector gets much of the attention, considering that it is responsible for 29 percent of those releases. But the transportation sector makes up 26 percent of them. If that is going to change, the electric car will have to make significant inroads.

Why Is China Suddenly Leading the Climate Change Effort? It's a Business Decision.

China watchers and other commentators debate China's resolve and capability to fill the political vacuum left by the U.S. withdrawal from the Paris climate accord this month. Why would China be eager to take leadership on climate change? To understand this transition requires looking more closely at the interests and motivations of the Chinese leadership in the rapid growth and development of Chinese renewables.

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Offshore Kites Ready to Transform Wind Technology

Kite Power Systems of Scotland has secured a £2m ($2.5m) equity investment from the Scottish Investment Bank for its offshore wind generation kite.

The Shale Revolution's Staggering Impact in Just One Word: Plastics

When new parents in Rio de Janeiro buy baby food in plastic containers, they are bringing home a little piece of the U.S. shale revolution.

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These Companies Are America's Hungriest Wind and Solar Power Users

Major U.S. corporations such as Wal-Mart Stores Inc and General Motors Co have become some of America's biggest buyers of renewable energy, driving growth in an industry seen as key to helping the United States cut carbon emissions.

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Opinion: Industrial Security Is About Protecting More Than Data

Industrial operators building their IoT security strategy need to think beyond protecting data and uptime. Within the plant, security also is about protecting employees and equipment. Beyond the plant, there is a responsibility to safeguard the environment, as well as critical infrastructures and supplies on which people depend.

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How a Leading U.S. Floral Distribution Company Reduced Warehouse Labor Costs by 45% with RFID

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