Refinery Emissions Fall; Mineral GHGs Rise
While carbon pollution from power plants in the US has fallen 10 percent since 2010, according to EPA figures out this week, not all sectors have seen a decline in emissions. Greenhouse gas emissions...
View ArticleIrish-American Restaurants Go Green with Recycling Machines
Two Irish-American restaurants are cutting waste disposal costs and saving space with PEL Waste Reduction Equipment’s cardboard balers and “Baby Jaws” under-counter bottle crusher, the manufacturer...
View ArticleSiemens, Texas A&M to Commercialize Cost-Saving Remediation Treatment
Siemens Water Technologies and Texas A&M AgriLife Research have agreed to continue to develop and commercialize a chemical-based technology that the organizations say will more efficiently and...
View ArticleInvestor Group Pressures Fossil Fuel Companies to Calculate Climate Risk
A group of 70 investors with more than $3 trillion of collective assets under management is pressuring fossil fuel companies to calculate the financial risks that climate change poses to their business...
View ArticleEight States Push for 3.3M Zero-Emission Vehicles by 2025
Governors from eight states including California, Connecticut and Maryland have formed a coalition that aims to get 3.3 million zero-emission vehicles on the road by 2025. Governors in the eight-state...
View ArticleITRI Launches ‘Carbon Negative’ Biofuel
Taiwan’s Industrial Technology Research Institute says its ButyFix is the first biochemical technology for bio-butanol transportation-fuel production that has a negative carbon footprint and uses...
View ArticleContract Wins: DuPont, Newalta, Desalitech, Amyris, Xylem
Newalta and DuPont Canada have signed a development agreement to test a water processing technology in the Alberta oil and gas industry. The technology removes solids from water and facilitates a...
View ArticleGreen Tech Grows Mining Spending 600% in Last Decade
Mining has embraced new green technology over the past 12 years, driving capital spending up 600 percent to $100 billion in 2012, a Lux Research report says. Spending will fall 24 percent to $76...
View ArticlePolicy & Enforcement Briefing: NY Gas Reserve, Tesla Fire, Coal Protest
New York plans to create a gasoline reserve holding three million gallons of fuel, in an effort to avoid long lines at gas stations such as those seen after Hurricane Sandy, the New York Times reports....
View ArticleFord Uses Big Data to Drive Sustainability
Ford is using big data and analytics to increase fuel economy, reduce vehicle emissions and drive other sustainability advances, the automaker says. John Viera, Ford’s global director of sustainability...
View ArticleGreen Globes Making Strides
The GSA’s decision to recommend the Green Globes building standard as an alternative to LEED, for federal buildings outside the GSA portfolio, represents another milestone for the upstart...
View ArticleGreen Globes Wins GSA Recommendation
In a big win for the Green Building Initiative’s Green Globes certification program, the US General Services Administration (GSA) on Friday recommended the federal government use either the Green...
View ArticleHow ‘Green’ Is Your Ride?
If you live in an urban area, you may have started seeing cars on the road with a striking accessory – a hot pink fuzzy mustache attached to the front grille. Maybe you’ve seen cars with bright orange...
View ArticleChemical Materials and Sustainable Design
As a chemist working at Haworth, a major office furniture company, Michael Werner has the assignment to analyze many of the materials used in their company’s products. He shares with us the story...
View ArticleSolar Battle Flares Up in Arizona
The utility, Arizona Public Service Company (APS), has admitted to funding some anti-solar ads. The Arizona Republic reported that APS acknowledged it provided money to two conservative nonprofits that...
View ArticleEnvironmental Executive Moves: RGGI, United Water, Vinson & Elkins, Canada...
Here’s the latest news on hirings, promotions and departures among environmental leaders. United Water: The water services company has appointed David Carter as its new general manager and vice...
View ArticleCovanta Energy, Turning Earth Provide Organics Recycling to Businesses
Covanta Energy and Turning Earth have partnered to provide organics recycling to Connecticut businesses and municipalities. Under the 10-year agreement, Turning Earth will build, own and operate an...
View ArticleOSHA Launches Web Resources to Protect Workers
The US Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has launched two new web resources that aim to safeguard workers from exposure to hazardous chemicals in response to its own...
View ArticleStandards & Certification Briefing: Prop. 65, Wireless Power, ISO 50001
The Chanler Group reached a settlement with China’s Hangzhou GreatStar Tool Company, in the first example of California’s Proposition 65 being used for international prosecution, the law firm said....
View ArticleWorld Bank Pledges 10% Emissions Reductions by 2017
The World Bank has set a new emissions reduction goal: to reduce emissions from its owned and managed facilities by 10 percent from a fiscal year 2010 baseline by fiscal year 2017. This goal, published...
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