How Battery Technology Killed Better Place
With EV battery swapping company Better Place filing for bankruptcy over the weekend, don’t expect to see other startups pursing battery swapping infrastructure, says Dallas Kachan, managing partner of...
View ArticleUS Weather Extremes Account for Two-Thirds of Global Losses
The US was seriously affected by weather extremes last year, accounting for 69 percent of overall losses and 92 percent of insured losses due to natural catastrophes worldwide, according to a...
View ArticleTool Will Help Facility Managers Assess Blackout Risks
Atmospheric and Environmental Research (AER) has formed a strategic alliance with The Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company (HSB) to create a service that will help facilities assess...
View ArticleTool Helps Power Plants Continuously Monitor Mercury
Gas analysis systems manufacturer Gasmet has launched a flue gas continuous mercury monitoring system (CMM). The CMM employs cold vapour atomic fluorescence (CVAF) to produce low detection limits. The...
View ArticleSki Resorts Call for Climate Change Policy
Park City Mountain Resort and Vail Mountain are among the 108 US ski areas that have joined Ceres and its BICEP (Business for Innovative Climate and Energy Policy) coalition in signing the Climate...
View Article10 Steps to Water Sector Revitalization
Water scarcity, aging infrastructure, climate volatility, water quality issues and rising water-related energy risks are increasing the need for action in the US water sector, an Ernst & Young...
View ArticlePolicy & Enforcement Briefing: FERC Resignation, EU Fisheries, GMO Wheat Escapes
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission chairman Jon Wellinghoff (pictured) is stepping down. Wellinghoff guided the agency’s Order 1000, which encouraged solar and wind integration while requiring grid...
View ArticleEnvironmental Executive Moves: CBRE, Wilo, EnSafe, Earth911
Here’s the latest news on hirings, promotions and departures among environmental leaders. CBRE: The commercial real estate firm has appointed Rebecca Pearce as head of sustainability for Europe, Middle...
View ArticleWhole Foods, Safeway, Trader Joe’s Top Sustainable Seafood List
Whole Foods, Safeway and Trader Joe’s are the only three grocery chains to earn a green rating in Greenpeace’s annual report evaluating and ranking supermarkets on their sustainable seafood policies....
View ArticleFedEx Sustainability Report: Aircraft CO2 Intensity Drops 4%
FedEx reduced its aircraft CO2 emission intensity by 4 percent from FY 2011 to FY 2012, for a cumulative reduction of 18 percent compared to FY 2005, according to the company’s 2012 Global Citizenship...
View ArticleBMW, Audi ‘Underreport CO2 Emissions’
BMW and Audi are the worst offenders at underreporting CO2 emissions, according to an International Council on Clean Transportation report. The study compares official and “real-word” fuel consumption...
View ArticleCapturing Carbon on the Cheap
Some of the processes being looked at as cheaper ways of capturing carbon dioxide emissions include a government-led large-scale implementation at a power plant, a installation at a natural gas...
View ArticleZero Net Energy Center Houses Energy Training
The Zero Net Energy Center in San Leandro, Calif., opened last week and its owners say the commercial building retrofit meets the US Department of Energy’s requirements for a “zero net energy”...
View Article3 Steps to Smarten Up Your Green Marketing
We’ve heard the rumors, read the blogs, and saw the headlines that said green marketing is dead. To me, that was good news. We certainly do not need another man-hugging-polar bear commercial cut loose...
View ArticleGreen Business Engagement Programs Join Forces
Representatives from green business engagement programs are working to create a national association to help companies reduce greenhouse gas emissions and strengthen the coordination and impact of...
View ArticleESG Ratings Standard Open for Public Comment
A public comment period is now open to review a set of core principles for a global environmental, social and governance ratings standard developed by the Global Initiative for Sustainability Ratings....
View ArticleContract Wins: GDF Suez Gas, CB&I, Socket Mobile
GDF Suez Gas has begun supplying Transgas, the largest liquefied natural gas trucking company in the Northeast, with LNG for use as a vehicle fuel (pictured). Transgas is using LNG to fuel 10 new...
View ArticleSainsbury’s Fleet Drives Carbon Reductions
Sainsbury’s has extended its dual-fuel fleet to 51 vehicles, saving up to 25 percent in carbon emissions, the UK supermarket chain says. The fleet operates on a combination of diesel and biomethane,...
View ArticleHow to Leverage Social Media for Sustainability Reporting
Just having a robust social media platform to communicate a company’s sustainability reporting is not enough; firms need to incorporate social media into an overall communications strategy and have top...
View ArticlePolicy & Enforcement Briefing: Wheat Bans, Plastic Bag Bill, Nile Dam
South Korea and Japan halted some US wheat imports and the European Union advised member states to test certain shipments, the Washington Post reported, following the discovery of a test strain of...
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