How corporate partners can "drive" a push to more humane, sustainable practices.
Food mega-wholesaler Sysco pledges to liberate pigs from crates
"In a statement to the Humane Society of the U.S. (HSUS), the company wrote: 'Sysco is committed to working with its suppliers to create a gestation crate-free supply system, for the good of all. Like many of our customers, we’re going to work with our pork suppliers to develop a timeline to achieve this goal.'"
Innovation in closing the loop within processes to eliminate the concept of waste.
Microbes Treat Waste and Produce Power
"Once scaled up and further optimized, Reguera sees this research allowing farmers to process their agricultural wastes into ethanol and hydrogen, which can be stored and used as a household or transportation fuel."
A clarification on a previously shared article that hits the point.
What I left out when I wrote about lowball renewable energy projections
"Why were projections of renewable energy growth from 2000 so woefully off the mark? The main answer, which I passed over in my post, is policy."
With a projection for what is to come.
Wind Power Will Grow by 100 TWh per Year, Says IEA
"By 2017, wind power (onshore and offshore) should make the largest contribution to global renewable electricity generation after hydro at 16.7%. Between 2011 and 2017, wind power should grow on average by 100 TWh per year — an increase of 15.6%, says the IEA. Onshore wind power will account for 90% of this growth, as its capacity rises from 230 GW to over 460 GW."
And simply because I love baseball!
MLB takes part in White House sustainability forum
"Nutting and the Pirates have exemplified that green impact, as the owner spearheaded the "Let's Go Bucs. Let's Go Green." initiative at PNC Park in 2008, shortly after assuming control. The program focuses on the three key elements of recycling, conservation and awareness. The results have been remarkable, as the Pirates now divert nearly 70 percent of all waste from PNC Park out of the waste stream through recycling and composting efforts. That number has increased steadily each year from 27 percent in 2009, 36 percent in 2009, 40 percent in 2010 and 61 percent last year."
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