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Subscribe- A company in San Diego called Genomatica says it can create one of the most common compounds used in making plastics using sugars instead of petroleum. And it can scale the process, they say.
- The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation is giving $2 million over four years to Environmental Defense Fund to incentivize private landowners to protect wildlife. It sounds like the plan may be similar to an effort by FSC to help private forest owners see economic returns for not harvesting timber.
- The Federal Trade Commission has finally moved to dismiss its anti-trust case against Whole Foods (subscription required). The settlement orders the company to sell 32 Wild Oats stores to resotre competition in 117 markets.
- The Department of Energy plans to put $256 million toward improving energy efficiency across major industrial sectors. They're also putting $50 million toward geothermal heat pumps.
- Oregon Governor Ted Kulongkowski is arguing with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission about permits for LNG terminals off the coast of Oregon.
- Vermont is the first state with a feed-in tariff law.
- GE is set to release the first hybrid electric hot water heater. It will meet the new 2009 Department of Energy ENERGY STAR standards by using heat pump technology that absorbs ambient heat.
- Some surprising, some not so surprising companies on the 100 Best Green Companies in Oregon list.
- The Green Building Certification Institute is now testing candidates pursuing the new LEED Green Associate credential or the new LEED Accredited Professional (AP) Operations and Maintenance (O+M) credential.
- Pacific Seafood, a family-owned seafood company based in Portland, is getting in on the traceability trend with its Automated Production Control tracking system. Like other companies reported on by Sustainable Industries, Pacific Seafood lets customers track the boat fish came in on, the equipment it came in contact with, when it went into production, and where the product was shipped.
- As part of its own CSR efforts, HP (NYSE: HP) launched a new desktop widget that tracks the energy savings associated with turning off idle PCs when not in use.
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