Ford Cuts Water Use, Expands Dry Machining
Ford Motor Company has added its water-saving dry machining capability to six plants globally and says it will nearly double this number in the next few years. Near-dry machining, also known as minimum...
View ArticlePolicy & Enforcement Briefing: BP and Chevron Trials, Airliner Carbon, Ameren...
Anthony Badalamenti, former cementing technology director at Halliburton, formally pleaded guilty in federal court yesterday to destroying evidence connected with the 2010 BP oil spill in the Gulf of...
View ArticleBoeing, Oracle Team USA Recycle America’s Cup-Class Yacht
Boeing and Oracle Team USA, winner of the 34th America’s Cup, are collaborating to recycle 7,000 pounds of carbon fiber of USA-71, a yacht built for training during the America’s Cup campaign in 2003....
View ArticleEPA GHG Emissions Rules Will Get Supreme Court Review
The Supreme Court has agreed to review whether the EPA can require greenhouse gas emissions permits for stationary sources such as refineries. In its Oct. 15 order the court said it would limit its...
View ArticleClean Energy Investment Down, Rooftop Solar a Bright Spot
Global clean energy investment is headed for its second annual fall in a row, according to Bloomberg New Energy Finance. The research company found that investment in clean energy — including...
View ArticleBusinesses Must Help Save Oceans, World Bank Says
Big and small business must join governments and the science community to help reverse damage to the world’s oceans, according to a panel convened by the World Bank. The panel of 21 experts, which...
View ArticleUsing the Market to Get Better Results in Recycling
In a recent column published in the Environmental Leader, Laura Thompson, Director of Sustainable Development for Sappi Fine Paper North America, asked about the necessity for industry-financed...
View ArticleCableLabs Uses Fuel Cell Backup Power
CommScope deployed its hydrogen fuel cell technology at CableLabs, the nonprofit research and development consortium for the cable television industry. CableLabs wants to take a leadership role in...
View ArticleGreen Concerns Driving Seals Market Growth
As shale gas exploration and the launch of high-value projects in power and water industries lead to new pump and equipment installations, environmental and health concerns for such projects are...
View ArticleStandards & Compliance Briefing: ISO 14001 Revision, LEED for Obama Poster...
In a meeting in Bogota last week, a working group approved the ISO 14001 Committee Draft 2 (CD2) document for publication, in the latest step towards revision of that standard. The document is expected...
View ArticleEnvironmental Executive Moves: A123, Camfil, AF&PA, UL, Progressive Waste...
Here’s the latest news on hirings, promotions and departures among environmental leaders. A123 Systems: The electric car battery maker that was purchased in bankruptcy in January by China’s largest...
View Article‘Bottle-to-Bottle’ Recycling Plant Signs Nestlé Waters as Customer
CarbonLite plans to build a “bottle-to-bottle” recycling plant in Abilene, Texas, that will process used plastic beverage bottles into food-grade raw material to make into new bottles. Nestlé Waters...
View ArticleClorox Sustainability Report: GHG Intensity Down 10% in One Year
Clorox last year cut its scope 1, 2 and 3 greenhouse gas emission intensity by 10 percent compared with the year before, putting it halfway towards its goal of a 20 percent cut by 2020, according to...
View ArticleClimate Earth Launches Online Natural Capital Management System
Climate Earth has launched what it says is the first online natural capital management system (NCMS), an enterprise tool to help companies manage the risks and opportunities associated with natural...
View ArticleEPA Gets Back to Work
Furloughed workers at the EPA, Department of the Interior and other government agencies headed back to work today, after the House and Senate agreed an 11th-hour deal to keep the government operating...
View ArticleWhich Companies Have the Best CSR Reputation?
Microsoft, the Walt Disney Company, Google and BMW are the companies with the best corporate social responsibility reputation, according to a study by corporate reputation management consultancy...
View ArticleSupermarket Chains Fail HFCs Survey
Major supermarkets chains in the US including Walmart and Whole Foods continue to use hydrofluorocarbons, gaseous compounds used in refrigerants and a major source of greenhouse gas emissions more...
View ArticleTop Corporate Environmental Projects of the Year
This year, the Environmental Leader Product & Project Awards have been opened for corporations to submit projects they have implemented that helped improve sustainability metrics (or for...
View ArticleConservation as a Mindset
The beginning of October held an interesting week of extremes, replete with the full spectrum of emotions and events that make this very small world go round. The week began with a distressing reminder...
View ArticleUS Solar Patents Outpace Fuel Cells for First Time
The second quarter of 2013 saw US solar patents outnumber fuel cell patents for the first time, according to research by Heslin Rothenberg Farley & Mesiti. The number of solar patents jumped 29 to...
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