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Novozymes, the leading producer of enzymes that turn biomass into biofuels, applauded a move by Senator Debbie Stabenow to extend the Cellulosic Producer Tax Credit and Accelerated Depreciation Allowance for Cellulosic Biofuels Plant Property through January 1, 2014.
Lusio Solid-State Lighting announced that its high bay lighting fixtures have again taken top honors in Architectural SSL magazine’s 2012 Product Innovation Awards. This marks the second win in a row by Lusio in the high bay lighting category of the annual competition.
The Bloom Box has the potential to reduce customers’ CO2 emissions by 40-100 percent compared to the U.S. grid and virtually eliminate all SOx, NOx, and other harmful smog forming particulate emissions. It enables the possibility of affordable on-site, user-owned power generation that is constant and reliable and provides an attractive economic payback for customers.
A new study concludes that fossil fuel emissions are likely contributors to a substantial amount of organic carbon found on glaciers in Alaska.
In the last two years numerous studies and reports have confirmed the health dangers faced by employees combined daily to office cubicles. TrekDesk has designed a brilliant solution: treadmill desks!
After a long series of delays and amendment votes, the Senate passed its version of the Surface Transportation Bill. MapLight has conducted an analysis of campaign contributions from interest groups invested in the votes on selected amendments to current members of the U.S. Senate between July 1, 2005 and June 30, 2011.
The world’s top international collectors, philanthropists, celebrities, and designers will convene for a very high-profile, black-tie, star-studded night of entertainment, fashion, and an incredible live auction. All proceeds will benefit A Bid to Save the Earth, a collaboration between businesses and environmental nonprofits committed to protecting the future of our Earth.
Calgon Carbon Corporation will construct a new water treatment carbon reactivation plant in Gila Bend, Arizona. This will bring high-quality jobs to the state, and represents a multi-million dollar investment in the state.
A newly published study by BizBuySell, the Internet’s largest business-for-sale marketplace, has shown that a sluggish business succession market hindered 2011 national full-time employment by 308,000 jobs.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has awarded Jones Lang LaSalle a 2012 ENERGY STAR Sustained Excellence Award in recognition of its continued leadership in protecting our environment through energy efficiency.
How to invest in an evolving economy?
As businesses — many of whom have record levels of cash on hand — look for new opportunities, readers and experts chime in on where to put corporate investments.
Companies, readers and analysts had a lot to say about what happened in 2011 and what it means for 2012. Read the best of the reader’s responses, along with interviews with Panasonic, Mohr Davidow, Jones Lang LaSalle, Duke Energy, Acorn Energy, and Advantage for Analysts.
For a wide range of businesses, the green economy continues to be stalled behind a lack of vision and a supporting plan. In this issue we look at a long term plan, two businesses creating new markets, and a mass movement that has lost its way.