Contract Wins: CB&I, Southwest Engineers, Calysta Energy, Linde
CB&I: The air quality control system company has been awarded two contracts with a combined value of more than $40 million for an air quality control program for five existing coal-fired units. The...
View ArticlePolicy & Enforcement Briefing: EPA Drops Study, Groups Sue Over Smog
The EPA yesterday dropped plans to further study the effect of natural gas drilling on a Wyoming aquifer. A draft agency report in late 2011 found that hydraulic fracturing fluid had likely...
View ArticleIFCO Containers ‘Use 92% Less Water Than Boxes’
IFCO Systems says a third-party study shows its reusable plastic containers for fresh products generate 82 percent less solid waste, consume 92 percent less water, require 49 percent lower energy...
View ArticleCap-and-Trade Starts in China
This week takes us from the lows to the highs of Chinese environmental policy. Yesterday we reported on the introduction of the death penalty as a possible punishment for polluters. But on the positive...
View ArticleTesco Expands Sustainable Supply Chain Hub
Tesco says its sustainable supply chain initiative, Knowledge Hub, has added its 1,500th member: Müller Wiseman Dairies, Britain’s biggest fresh milk firm. Additionally, Tesco’s Producer Network, a...
View ArticleReckitt Benckiser Sustainability Report: Water Use Down 6%
Reckitt Benckiser cut its relative water use by 6 percent in 2012, to 0.95 cubic meters per 1,000 consumer units of production, from 1.012 cubic meters in 2011, according to the company’s 2012...
View ArticleClimate Change ‘Will Increasingly Affect Businesses’
Extreme weather events, water scarcity, biodiversity loss and other global warming-related changes in the environment will increasingly affect businesses and how they operate, according to a report...
View ArticleTesla Debuts EV Battery Swap System
Tesla Motors has debuted a system that swaps battery packs in electric cars in about 90 seconds. At an event yesterday, the electric car maker’s CEO Elon Musk said the system offers an alternative to...
View ArticleConsumer Goods Company, Preserve, Pens Recycling Partnership with Berry Plastics
Preserve, a producer of sustainable consumer goods such as personal care, kitchenware and tableware items, has launched a marketing partnership with plastic packaging manufacturer Berry Plastics Group,...
View ArticleReckitt Benckiser Total Hazardous Waste Volume Jumps 19% in 2012
Reckitt Benckiser has reduced its total waste generation by 12% per unit of production since 2000, but the total waste volume has increased by 49%; hazardous waste was 19% higher per unit of production...
View ArticleObama Energy Plan Could Impact Buildings, Appliances
While in Berlin last week, President Barack Obama indicated he would use executive powers to do more to alleviate global warming, and some of those efforts will impact facility and energy managers....
View ArticleBipartisan Proposal May Pave a Path Forward for Federal Chemical Regulation...
To the surprise of many, on May 22, 2013, US Senators Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ) and David Vitter (R-LA) announced a bipartisan bill – the Chemical Safety Improvement Act (CSIA) – to modernize the federal...
View ArticleEarthSoft’s EQuIS Enterprise 6 Helps Manage Environmental Data
EarthSoft has released its EQuIS Enterprise 6 software, which the company says will help users better manage environmental data. The new user interface, on a commercial web dashboard platform, was...
View ArticleNavigant Forecasts 35m Natural Gas Vehicles by 2020
The number of natural gas vehicles (NGVs) on roadways worldwide will reach nearly 35 million by 2020, according to a Navigant Research report. The report says the market for NGVs is gaining increased...
View ArticleCorporate Knights Launches Sustainability Ranker App
Corporate Knights has launched CR Ranker, a mobile app that lets any company assess its sustainability performance and rank itself against the world’s biggest and best performing companies. CK Ranker,...
View ArticleGreen Fleet Roundup: Ford, Renault-Nissan, Bosch, Amyris
Amyris and Total announced a successful demonstration flight at the Paris Air Show using a technology that converts plant sugars into renewable jet fuel. The Airbus A321 (pictured) flew from Toulouse...
View ArticleCourt Tests Solar PPAs
A fight brewing between utilities and third-party solar companies may become a key driver – or restraint – of on-site commercial solar arrays. At issue is whether solar panel marketers can enter into...
View ArticleFirms’ Environmental Practices Influence Consumer Purchases
Half of all Americans consider the environmental impact of products and services when deciding whether or not to make a purchase, according to a national survey. The Americans’ Actions to Limit Global...
View ArticlePolicy & Enforcement Briefing: Obama’s Big Plan, Efficiency Bills, Cap and Trade
In a video address, President Obama announced that he would make a major speech tomorrow to outline his plans for combating global warming. Politico reports that the plan will address carbon limits for...
View ArticleHoneywell, DuPont Urged to Destroy HFCs
Honeywell and DuPont should destroy all of their hydroflourocarbon-23 (HFC-23), a chemical used in refrigerants and a potent greenhouse gas, according to an environmental group. The Environmental...
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