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Xerox has reduced its energy consumption 12% since 2012, according to the global business services company's 2016 sustainability report, which details its successful energy saving strategies.

The culmination of three summers hosting fellows from the Environmental Defense Fund's Climate Corps program, Comcast is now equipped with a plan to significantly reduce the energy use and carbon dioxide emissions.

Microsoft and the business association Advanced Energy Economy on Oct. 6 announced a new predictive policy tool to support legislative advocacy in energy.

As part of its mission to serve the unique information needs of large commercial and industrial companies, Smart Energy Decisions on Oct. 4 announced the launch of its new, free webinar series.

American Airlines has retained a boutique investment bank to help evaluate alternative jet fuels and identify the most promising companies and technologies, the company announced Sept. 28.

Oral arguments in the long-anticipated D.C. Circuit Court hearing of the case against the U.S. EPA's Clean Power Plan were held Sept. 27, with neither side coming ahead as a clear winner.

This report details recent energy efficiency successes from a growing number of manufacturing organizations — including big corporations like 3M, Celanese, General Mills, General Motors and Procter & Gamble — within the U.S. Department of Energy's Better Plants program.

Indicative of increasing interest from both large and small businesses in community solar, NRG Energy Inc. on Sept. 27 announced plans for five such installations in Minnesota alongside subscription agreements signed by more than 1,000 residents and businesses including U.S. Bank, Land O'Lakes, Macy's and Ecolab.

Offering a new progress update on the Better Plants program, the U.S. DOE announced that 12 manufacturers met their energy or water savings goals in 2016 and 30 new partners have joined the challenge. In 2015, partners reported an estimated cumulative energy savings of 600 trillion British thermal units and saved more than $3.1 billion in energy costs.

The U.S. DOE has launched a new program within the Better Buildings Initiative aimed at helping commercial building reduce their energy use with Macy's, Wendy's, Whole Foods and 15 other organizations as partners.