Standards & Compliance Briefing: Butanol, Whirlpool, PAS 141
ASTM International has published ASTM D7862-13, Specification for Butanol for Blending with Gasoline for Use as Automotive Spark-Ignition Engine Fuel. The standard covers butanol that is intended to be...
View ArticleRogers Family Launches 97% Biodegradable Single-Serve Coffee Cup
Rogers Family Company has developed a single-serve coffee product that it says is 97 percent biodegradable. The company says an estimated 9.1 billion single-serve coffee and drink cartridges — some 19...
View ArticleAviation Deal: Questions Remain
Several uncertainties still threaten the planned market for reducing airliner emissions. Last week the International Civil Aviation Organization agreed to create a market-based program starting in...
View ArticleAirbus’ Fuel-Efficient Jets Fly into Boeing Territory
Airbus has received a $9.5 billion order from Japan Airlines for 31 fuel-efficient A350 jets (pictured), the New York Times reports. The planes will likely replace Boeing 777s — and signal a larger...
View ArticleLandmark Green Chemistry Regulations Take Effect in California
California’s groundbreaking Safer Consumer Product regulations took effect October 1, 2013. The long-in-the-making green chemistry regulations establish a process for the California Department of...
View ArticleStaples Canada Achieves Recycling Goals for Q2 2013
Staples Canada announced its sustainability achievements for the second quarter of 2013, showing that the company, along with partner Call2Recycle, diverted over 23,880 kg of batteries from landfills...
View ArticleVerisae Acquires Hara, Triples Customer Base
Minneapolis-based Verisae, a provider of energy and sustainability management for businesses, has acquired Hara Software based in San Mateo, Calif., for an undisclosed amount. Hara’s cloud-based...
View ArticleUPS Expands LNG Fueling Stations; AMP Americas Signs CNG Dairy Industry Deal
AMP Americas and UPS have announced plans to expand natural gas infrastructure across the US. AMP Americas has signed a deal with Dairy Farmers of America and Select Milk Producers, both national dairy...
View ArticleContract Wins: OriginOil, ISI, Solidia Technologies, Cool Planet, Locus
OriginOil, developer of Electro Water Separation (EWS), a high-speed, chemical-free process to clean up large quantities of water, has signed its first pay-per-barrel agreement with Industrial Systems,...
View ArticlePrivate Equity Groups Fail to Put Value on ESG Efforts, PwC Says
Private equity firms still mainly gear their environmental, social and governance management towards risk, rather than opportunity with less than 15 percent calculating the value they create through...
View ArticleDesalitech Water Treatment Cuts Manufacturing Plant’s Costs
Desalitech says its water treatment system — located at the Dead Sea Works chemical plant in Israel — has cost and wastewater disposal advantage that can benefit manufacturing plants worldwide. The...
View ArticlePolicy & Enforcement Briefing: RFS Lawsuit, LNG Forum, Smog-Producing Fires
The American Petroleum Institute has sued the EPA in the US Court of Appeals over the agency’s 2013 Renewable Fuel Standard, saying the rule mandates significantly more cellulosic ethanol than is...
View ArticleEmissions Rules Set to Increase Shipping Costs
A European Union proposal to regulate ships’ carbon emissions will likely increase shipping costs, reports Hellenic Shipping News. Maritime transport is the only transport mode not included in the EU’s...
View ArticleSenior Staff ‘Most Crucial’ Sustainability Driver
Senior leadership is the most critical driver of sustainability within a business, according to research by the Economist Intelligence Unit on behalf of Coca-Cola Enterprises. Some 44 percent of firms...
View ArticleGovernment Shutdown: Energy and Environment Update
The government shutdown is into its second week, and more details are emerging about the wide-ranging effects on energy and the environment. Chemical Safety Board chairman Rafael Moure-Eraso said the...
View ArticleElectric Vehicles: Thoughts on How to Increase Adoption in the US
Last year, I went to the Verge conference in Washington, DC. It was arranged with a noble idea to get people from various industries, those who are on the different sides of the same problem, to sit in...
View ArticleMidwest Energy Managers Should Prepare for a Stormy Winter, Says StatWeather
According to an expert in weather modeling and prediction, it’s going to be a cold, stormy winter for parts of the Midwest United States, so energy managers in that region should plan accordingly....
View ArticleAT&T Reaches Halfway Mark in Alternative Fuel Vehicles Goal
AT&T says it has reached the halfway mark of its commitment to invest up to $565 million to deploy about 15,000 alternative fuel vehicles over the course of a 10-year period through 2018. To date...
View ArticleUN: Treated Waste Could be ‘Gold Mine’
Recycling and waste treatment can be a “gold mine,” perhaps literally, according to a UN report that finds treated waste can be put to profitable use. For example, 1 metric ton of electrical and...
View ArticleStandards & Compliance Briefing: ASHRAE Update, Green Products Guide, Metering
ASHRAE has debuted an updated standard for energy use in buildings that is up to 50 percent more stringent than the 2004 version. ANSI/ASHRAE/IES Standard 90.1-2013, Energy Standard for Buildings...
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