Staying Ahead of the Regulatory Curve in the Fracking Industry
Like it or not, studies indicate that fracking operations will continue and grow within the regions of the United States that boast large shale formations. Despite the fact that fracking is taking the...
View ArticleEuropean Aviation GHGs ‘Likely to Fall 1.5% in 2013′
Greenhouse gas emissions from flights within Europe are likely to fall by around 1 million tons or roughly 1.5 percent this year, according to Bloomberg New Energy Finance. The drop should come as...
View ArticleWinemaker Vincor Installs Efficient Bottling Line
Vincor International’s Quebec bottling plant is saving water and energy after installing a System Plast NG conveyor chain and a Nolu-S wear track from Power Transmission Solutions. The so-called “dry...
View ArticleEnvironmental Issues Affect Market Value, Deloitte Says
An organization’s environmental, social and governance (ESG) performance can directly and indirectly impact its market valuation, according to a Deloitte report. Finding The Value In Environmental,...
View ArticleBloomberg Seeks Ban on Plastic-Foam Packaging
New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg will propose in his final State of the City address today a citywide ban on plastic-foam food packaging from stores and restaurants. Bloomberg also plans to use...
View ArticleInternational Paper Joins Better Plants Program
International Paper has committed to cut its energy intensity by at least 25 percent over 10 years, across its US facilities, as a partner of the Department of Energy’s Better Plants program. Read more...
View ArticleFlextronics on Sustainability in the EMS Industry
Sebastian Nardecchia, sr. director, Corporate Sustainability at Flextronics, talks to EMSNow’s Philip Stoten about sustainability and corporate social responsibility in Flextronics and in the wider EMS...
View ArticleMSA Unveils Sugar-Based Hard Hat
Pittsburgh-based MSA, the largest producer of industrial hard hats in North America, has launched the V-Gard GRN hard hat, which it says is the first industrial safety product produced from nearly 100...
View ArticleDNV, PSE Develop Maritime Carbon Capture Storage
Classification society Det Norske Veritas and process modeling firm Process Systems Enterprise have developed a concept design for on-board chemical capture, liquefaction and temporary carbon dioxide...
View ArticleBrookshire joins EPA GreenChill Partnership
Brookshire Grocery Co. has joined the EPA’s GreenChill partnership, an initiative that works with supermarkets to reduce refrigerant emissions. By joining GreenChill, Brookshire pledges to go beyond...
View ArticleQuebec Buying up to 1,675 Volvo Hybrid Buses
Volvo Buses’ North American subsidiary, Nova Bus, has received an order for 475 hybrid buses from Quebec, Canada, with an option for a further 1,200 vehicles. The customer, ATUQ, is a consortium...
View ArticlePolicy & Enforcement Briefing: Climate Bill, GAO High Risk List, Koch Penalty
Senators Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., and Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., introduced their fee-and-dividend climate bill. The fee-and-dividend idea puts a price on carbon at its source and rebates most of the money...
View ArticleSIN List of Harmful Chemicals Grows 66%
Non-profit ChemSec has added 249 chemicals to its Substitute It Now list, which names substances of very high concern. The additions expand the number of listed chemicals by 66 percent. With the...
View ArticleTransocean Pleads Guilty, Pays $400M for Gulf Spill
Rig operator Transocean pleaded guilty to a violation of the Clean Water Act and agreed to pay $400 million in criminal penalties for the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster, which killed 11 workers and...
View ArticleDebunking Myths About Energy Purchasing
An online poll conducted during an Energy Manager Today webinar this week found that the majority of webinar participants only looked at their energy procurement strategy once a year. Read more...
View ArticleCruise Ship Environmental Practices and Waste Management
Jamie Sweeting, Vice President of Environmental Stewardship & Global Chief Environmental Officer of Royal Caribbean Cruises, discusses how cruise ships are regulated on environmental issues, from...
View ArticlePolicy & Enforcement Briefing: Keystone Rally, Monsanto in Supreme Court, NYC...
Thousands of protesters gathered on the National Mall Sunday calling on President Barack Obama to reject the Keystone XL oil pipeline plan and take action on climate change. The Forward on Climate...
View ArticleDefense Department ‘Should Continue’ LEED Certification
The US Department of Defense should continue to require that its new buildings or major renovations to facilities be designed to achieve a LEED-Silver or equivalent rating, according to a report from...
View ArticleBuilding a Sustainable Digital Future
Last year was a seminal year for the development of digital Britain. In 2012, we hosted the first truly digital Olympics, hit 10 million users on twitter and completed the digital switchover for the...
View ArticleFarmers Weigh Floating Islands As Pollution Solution
Farm groups worried about stricter federal regulations are considering using floating islands built from recycled bottles and seeded with native plants to combat pollution in the Mississippi River....
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