A Michigan company that supplies solar energy systems to Fortune 500 companies and educational and government buildings has
tapped two local entrepreneurs to establish a beachhead in Indianapolis.
There is one commodity that may have more potential over the next several years than all else: natural gas.
Westfield-based Green Illuminating Systems sees a bright future in LED lighting as a way to reduce electricity consumption.
On May 15, the Wall Street Journal published a letter from Gov. Mitch Daniels laying out his sharp opposition to the Waxman-Markey American Clean Energy and Security Act, which would set limits on carbon emissions to combat global warming.
We are at a critical moment in environmental policy. We suffer a dearth of frankness on the matter that imperils the quality
of our decision-making.
A trade group for the state’s telephone companies is wringing its hands over budding efforts of electric companies to offer
so-called smart grids to better monitor and manage electric distribution.
Ma quande lingues coalesce, t va semblar un simplificat Angles, quam un skeptic Cambridge amico dit me que Occidental es.
Stellarwind is believed to be the first algae-oil company in Indiana and among dozens of others around the country at the
forefront of what’s being called the third wave of biofuels production.
John Erlandson, 63, of Lebanon, holds the patent on a recycled-rubber pencil,
which Staples plans to start selling in June.
Six experts in green issues shared their outlook on businesses’ environmental responsibilities during IBJ’s Power Breakfast Feb. 13.
The 600-seat Randall L. and Marianne W. Tobias Theater (nicknamed The Toby) is arguably the greenest facility of its kind
in the nation.
The staff of the Indianapolis Museum of Art decided to recycle the parts of old theater seats to prevent them from being unloaded in a landfill.
In a move to delay construction of expensive new generating capacity, Indianapolis Power & Light wants to roll out “smart”
electric meters to help customers conserve electricity.
Elkhart’s industries should shift to producing mass transit vehicles and manufactured housing for low-income, high-density neighborhoods.
The Central Indiana Corporate Partnership—the parent of the BioCrossroads, TechPoint and Conexus industry cluster initiatives—let it be known last month that there would be a fourth leg to its economic development stool: clean technology.
Contrary to fears, environmentally friendly construction isn’t expensive.
NASA begins to award more grants to Indiana firms and universities.
We at the Indianapolis location of AbitibiBowater, North America’s largest newsprint manufacturer and home of the Paper Retriever paper-recycling program, want to assure those who deposit paper in the green and yellow Abitibi Paper Retriever bins that all paper in this program is recycled and not landfilled.
The McKinney Family Foundation has created a fund to support initiatives of Mayor Greg Ballard’s 3-month-old Office of Sustainability, an environmental initiative that promotes projects ranging from energy-efficient city buildings to bicycle paths.
It’s the best of times and the worst of times for Indianapolis recycling firms. On the one hand, public interest and participation
in recycling programs have never been stronger. On the other, the industry’s capacity to turn all that trash into treasure
rarely has been weaker.
