By Matthew Wheeland at Greener World Media Thursday Feb 24, 2011 1:00am EST Eighteen months ago, in the fevered run-up to the Copenhagen climate summit, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s lobbying priorities caused an uproar in the business and environmental communities. The group’s stance on climate legislation led a number of companies to abandon the chamber.…
Ford Motor Co. and Toyota Motor Corp. will bring their research and development forces together to accelerate the creation of a hybrid vehicle system for trucks and SUVs. The partnership is also likely to help the companies meet U.S. fuel economy standards quicker than operating alone. Ford and Toyota said they’ve been working individually on…
New U.S. Green Chamber of Commerce Gives the Old One a Run for the Money February 23, 2011 in Business, Green Jobs, Policy When a major U.S. company figures out a way to make cash out of sewage, you know that green businesses have come into their own. The problem is, until now green entrepreneurs…
Equinox Center and the San Diego Regional Economic Development Corporation (EDC) invite U.S. Green Chamber members to join other top business leaders and policy makers from the San Diego region for a luncheon event on September 14, 2011: “The Young & Restless: Winning the Race for America’s Top Talent.” This luncheon presentation will feature Portland…
Your company or organization is invited to compete in the iCommute Rideshare 2011 Corporate Challenge. Through the Corporate Challenge, companies encourage their employees to replace solo commutes with a new, more sustainable commute choice. It’s a great opportunity to try commuter benefits that can save employees money and time, help reduce stress, and improve health…
A new report issued by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) suggests that investing just 2 percent of global GDP in the green economy would cut humanity’s environmental footprint in half. The report, titled “Towards a Green Economy: Pathways to Sustainable Development and Poverty Eradication,” outlines ten key sectors of the economy that have the…
The U.S. Green Chamber of Commerce (USGCC) is encouraging local small business to take advantage of the San Diego County Department of Environmental Health’s fluorescent light recycling program, which offers small businesses the opportunity to recycle fluorescent lamps (tubes and bulbs) at no cost. Generally fluorescent lamps are four to five times more efficient than…
The U.S. Army has high hopes of using renewable energy to fulfill a quarter of its energy needs by 2025. But it can’t get there without adding large-scale renewable energy projects to its arsenal, so the Army has launched a special task force to enlist the private sector for the challenge. The Energy Initiatives Office (EIO) Task…
Over 250 business and industry professionals helped launch the Southeast Regional office of the U.S. Green Chamber on July 14 in Lake Mary. “We’re very excited to be playing a pivotal role in the economic development of local and regional markets that consider the broader, real world economy of efficiency and profit-making,” says Jennifer Barrows,…
Today President Obama announced the first-ever fuel economy standards for trucks and buses in the United States. The standards were developed by the collective efforts of the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the companies that would be affected. The President noted the unique circumstances of this historic event, in…