Hello
Sorry for the delay in posting…I had an event on Sunday and I’m still trying to catch up (It is Wednesday)!
In catching up on my e-mails and newsletters, I came across a really interested site called Sustainable Business News (http://green.bizjournals.com). There were three really interesting articles.
1.)Dem convention vehicles to run on waste beer
Beer will help fuel the Democratic Convention in Denver, Colo.
Environment News Service reports that flex fuel vehicles at the Aug. 25-28 convention will run on waste beer from Molson Coors Brewing Company. The company’s Golden, Colo., brewery annually produces about 3 million gallons of ethanol made from waste beer.
Coors is the first U.S. company to turn beer that’s deemed not up to snuff into ethanol and has been recycling the waste beer since 1996.
Environment News Service: Waste Beer Ethanol to Fuel Democratic Convention Motorpool
This is just such a GREAT idea! When I read this yesterday, I sent it to everyone I know. I now want a car that can run off of beer!
2.)Bay area levies first-in-nation carbon tax
San Francisco Bay area businesses will be the first in the nation to pay a tax on the greenhouse gasses they emit — 4.4 cents per ton of carbon dioxide.
The Bay Area Air Quality Management District Board voted 15-1 Wednesday to levy the tax, which will cost most businesses $1 or less a year, but hit the oil refineries around the bay harder, the San Jose Mercury-News reports. The new tax will cost the area’s five refineries up to $180,000 apiece each year. For the area’s largest polluter, a Shell Oil refinery in Martinez, the tax would be $186,475 a year based on its annual emissions of 4.4 million metric tons. Overall, businesses are projected to pay $1.1 million under the proposed tax.
All told, the tax is expected to generate about $1.1 million from 2,500 businesses, and the money will be used to pay for a program monitoring local sources of greenhouse gas.
San Jose Mercury-News: Bay Area pollution board first in U.S. to levy emissions fee
This is an interesting thought and many knew this was coming. I think it is a great idea and will really help companies involved…even if they are being forced into it.
3.)Dunkin’ Donuts building green store
Dunkin’ Donuts is joining the rush to greener stores.
The company was breaking ground Thursday on its first LEED-certified store, to be built in St. Petersburg, Fla., the Boston Business Journal reports.
bizjournals: Dunkin’ Donuts tries “green” concept
I find the Dunkin Donuts article really interesting because Starbucks had a negative article written about them and being environmentally friendly a couple of weeks ago. I posted it on Meeting Revolution’s Facebook page (http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=12869258796). Here is the link to that Starbuck’s article…http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2004412179_starbucks14.html.
Now I don’t go to Starbucks anyway and I try to get the people around me to not go to Starbucks. I feel that this is another reason to not go there. I am really impress with Dunkin Donuts and the LEED certification.
