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These smart freezer sensors help Domino’s, 7-Eleven combat food waste Jesse Klein Wed, 03/24/2021 – 00:05 As director of operations for 11 Domino’s Pizzas in Colorado, Bill Oliver has a unique anxiety that rattles around his brain — that one morning his staff will open the store and head back to the freezer section to start […]

It’s time to speed up the sustainability shift Katie Thompson Levey Tue, 03/23/2021 – 01:45 “I am discovering a whole new respect for chief sustainability officers,” I texted the facilitator of Leading the Sustainability Transformation. I was general manager of a mock company, Rio Negro Bioproducts, with the express goal to transform it from a […]

An Oregon utility’s unique model for supporting clean energy goals  Sarah Golden Fri, 03/19/2021 – 01:00 Want more great analysis of the clean energy transition? Sign up for Energy Weekly, our free email newsletter. Portland General Electric (PGE) in Oregon manages a two-year-old program it hopes will accelerate the speed of renewable deployment in the […]

The Biden administration will study what could be the first solar power project inside a California renewable energy zone, just a week after nixing a Trump-era proposal that critics say would have undermined the intent of the zone to balance development and wildlife protection. Read More

Researchers have discovered 55 chemicals never before reported in people in a study involving pregnant women and their newborn babies. Read More

Bird declines due to deforestation also change how survivors sing, according to research published today in Proceedings of the Royal Society B. Read More

E-commerce will remain popular — redefining the consumer goods space — with 77% of consumers indicating they’ll continue online shopping, said the Consumer Brands Association. Read More

Ten years after a nuclear accident at the Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear power plant rocked Japan and the world, Democratic lawmakers and nuclear regulators fear the impacts of climate change could threaten the existing nuclear fleet if proper precautions are not put in place. Read More