The Texas Clean Energy Project, a 400-megawatt, coal-fired plant designed to perform carbon capture, use and storage recently cleared two key milestones and is moving towards a July groundbreaking. In February, TCEP inked a deal securing supplies of water and, on Valentine’s…
Monthly Archives: February 2012
Will Greener Shoes and Uniforms Bring Nike More Olympics Gold? | GreenBiz
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Nike hopes to win both green and gold at this summer’s Olympics in London. On Tuesday in New York City, the sporting-goods giant unveiled a new line of sportswear designed to help Olympians go faster, farther and longer. Nike is manufacturing its…
Green Gamification Takes Root in the Big Apple | GreenBiz
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In my green lexicon, “gamification” gets a special prize: it’s among the clunkiest words to enter the sustainability conversation, yet may just have some of the greatest potential to alter the behavior of consumers, employees and households. Businesses are fast…
Venture capital investment in cleantech shrank by 4.5% in 2011 | GreenBiz
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In cleantech, as in most realms of emerging technology, venture capital acts as a sort of incubator for the youngest, most promising technologies. That’s why it’s a cause for concern when venture capital investment slows or shrinks.That’s just what happened…