Firms Need Stronger Sustainability-Related Risk Response, Study Says
Companies are increasingly recognizing sustainability-related risk — but not adequately aligning risk response to the scale of sustainability challenges, according to an Ernst & Young study. The...
View ArticlePolicy & Enforcement Briefing: Obama-Utility Meeting, Efficiency Bill, EPA in...
President Obama will meet with electric utility CEOs and power industry trade associations today to discuss lessons learned and actions taken since Hurricane Sandy, with an eye on the upcoming...
View ArticleWorld Bank Urges CO2 Price
World Bank President Jim Yong Kim has urged the world’s environmental ministers to combat climate change by implementing a five-point plan that includes putting a price on carbon dioxide emissions,...
View ArticleEPA Won’t Regulate Coal Mine Emissions
The EPA will not set methane emissions rules for coal mines, according to a document published in the Federal Register today. EarthJustice had petitioned the EPA to add coal mines to the Clean Air Act...
View ArticleDatabase Tracks Energy Legislation in All 50 States
Colorado State University’s Center for the New Energy Economy (CNEE) has gone live with an online database of energy-related legislation pending in all 50 states. The Advanced Energy Legislation (AEL)...
View ArticleHow a Design-led Approach Can Influence Sustainability Efforts
In recent times, the issue of sustainable consumption has gained renewed attention and relevance. A number of studies have highlighted the magnitude of the problem: the ecological, the economic,...
View ArticleGE’s Maritime Technologies Can Save $550,000 Annually
GE’s Power Conversion business has launched two technologies for ships that the company says can cut emissions and save up to $550,000 in fuel annually. The company’s Variable Frequency Active...
View ArticleAkzoNobel Paint to Use Renewable Oils
AkzoNobel, a major paints and specialty chemicals producer, and renewable oil and bioproducts company Solazyme today announced an agreement to develop renewable oils from algae. Tailored oils can...
View ArticleAgriculture, Livestock Remain Major GHG Sources
Global greenhouse gas emissions from the agricultural sector totaled 4.69 billion tons of carbon dioxide equivalent in 2010, the most recent year for which data are available — an increase of 13...
View ArticleSC Johnson Makes Compostable Bags for Commercial Facilities
SC Johnson has launched Ziplock Brand Compostable Bags designed for use in commercial composting facilities that accept food scraps and compostable bags. The compostable bags include sandwich bags,...
View ArticleEnvironmental Executive Moves: Shell, Alcoa, GEI, Steel Dynamics
Here’s the latest news on hirings, promotions and departures among environmental leaders. Royal Dutch Shell: CEO Peter Voser will retire from the oil company in the first half of 2014. Voser was...
View ArticlePolicy & Enforcement Briefing: Ship GHGs, Solar Panel Duties, McCarthy Vote...
Republicans boycotted a Senate Environment and Public Works Committee hearing on Gina McCarthy’s nomination for EPA administrator, leaving Democrats unable to get a quorum and forcing them to cancel...
View ArticleMIT Develops ‘GHG-Free Steel’
Researchers at MIT have found a way to manufacture steel without greenhouse gas emissions. Steel from the new process should be of higher purity, and — once the process is scaled up — cheaper,...
View ArticleAirport Hires Goats for Vegetation Management
The Chicago Department of Aviation (CDA) has hired a herd of goats to provide sustainable vegetation management at O’Hare International Airport. The city’s department of aviation awarded a $100,000...
View ArticleGeneral Mills Sustainability Report: Beats Packaging Goal Three Years Early
General Mills met its 2015 packaging volume goal three years early, selling 52 percent of its product volume in packaging that it improved since fiscal 2009, according to the company’s 2013 Global...
View ArticleBridgestone, Yulex Launch Separate Biorubber Projects
Bridgestone Americas and agricultural-based biomaterials company Yulex have both announced projects to investigate the use of the shrub guayule as an alternative natural rubber source. Bridgestone will...
View ArticleBMW Slams EU Emissions Targets
BMW chairman Norbert Reithofer says the European Union’s strict vehicle emissions standards are “impossible to meet,” Drive.com reports. The EU plan would cut CO2 emission outputs to 95g/km by 2020,...
View ArticleLighting Consulting Firm Scams Pennsylvania Towns
Richland, Penn., is among several municipalities in the state to have paid money for energy upgrades that were never delivered. In 2009, Richland paid $165,488 upfront to energy consulting company...
View ArticleUN Declares 2013 ‘International Year of Water Cooperation’
Water is the most important resource on the planet. This is a timeless truth. Yet, in this century, water faces increasingly acute and unique challenges. According to the World Economic Forum’s Global...
View ArticleGE Membrane Purifies Tough-to-Treat Water
GE says its new membrane to purify tough-to-treat water such as wastewater from industrial processes can reduce time between cleanings by up to 50 percent. The AG LF series is a low-fouling reverse...
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