Are You Throwing Money Out with the Trash?
Less than a third (27.9 percent) of environmental executives say they have visibility into both waste cost and volumes, according to a poll conducted during last week’s waste management webinar, hosted...
View Article$2M Funding Available to Reduce Diesel Engine Pollution
The EPA has made available $2 million in funding for rebates to help public and private construction equipment owners replace or retrofit older diesel construction engines. Rebates will be offered as...
View ArticleProduct & Project Awards: Early Bird Deadline Tomorrow
There’s still time to meet the Early Bird deadline for submissions to the Environmental Leader Product & Project Awards – submit by tomorrow (Friday) for reduced entry fee. The second annual...
View ArticleA Challenge to the Building Industry
While it seems that Americans have become more fiscally aware since the recession, we certainly can’t be accused of embracing a culture of frugality. Our excesses are well known by societies across the...
View ArticleMeet Environmental Compliance Requirements with ProComplianceWare
ProEnvironmentWare says its new web-based environmental management system enables companies to electronically manage compliance obligations imposed by environmental regulations or facility-specific...
View ArticleHyundai, Honda Roll Out Fuel Cells Vehicles
Hyundai and Honda both made fuel cell vehicle news at the Los Angeles Auto Show this week. Hyundai says it plans to offer its next-generation Tucson Fuel Cell vehicle for the US market for $499 per...
View ArticleSupermarket Green Roof Collapses, Killing 33
A green roof atop a Latvia supermarket is under investigation after it collapsed on shoppers on Thursday, killing at least 33 and injuring at least 38. Prime minister Valdis Dombrovskis said police had...
View ArticleUK Plastics Recycler Expands, Meets Growing Dairy Industry Needs
Closed Loop Recycling is expanding its HDPE recycling capabilities to meet the demands of the dairy industry, which increasingly requires higher levels of rHDPE in its milk bottles. The UK-based...
View ArticleLargest Methanol Plant in US Planned
A Dutch fertilizer company plans to build the US’ largest methanol plant in Texas, FuelFix reports. The more than $1 billion plant, planned for Beaumont, Texas, would produce about 1.75 million tons of...
View ArticleSustainability Assessment Firms Develop HPD Third-Party Verification
Seven product sustainability assessment companies have partnered with the Health Product Declaration Collaborative to develop an official protocol for third-party verification of Health Product...
View ArticlePolicy & Enforcement Briefing: Diesel Engines, NRC ‘Intimidation’
The EPA has made $2 million in rebates available, under the Diesel Emission Reduction Act, to help public and private construction equipment owners replace or retrofit older diesel construction...
View ArticleSupply a Barrier to Bio-Based Carbon Fiber
A number of technical challenges stand in the way of making carbon fiber for vehicle components from bio-derived materials and using biomass feedstock to produce drop-in carbon fiber intermediates,...
View ArticleApple’s Green Flying Saucer Campus Cleared for Liftoff
Apple has received final approval to build its sustainable, flying-saucer-shaped headquarters (pictured) in Cupertino, Calif., Industry Week reports. The tech giant, working with Foster and Partners...
View ArticleUN Agrees REDD Rules – But No Climate Deal
Delegates at the UN climate talks in Warsaw have managed to agree on one thing, at least. Negotiators agreed that developing nations will only receive funding under the Reducing Emissions from...
View ArticleHow ITC Firms Can Tackle Climate Change
Information and Communication Technology (ICT) can reduce energy use, cut greenhouse gas emissions and build resilience to the effects of climate change, say ITC firms that, on Thursday, launched a...
View Article90 Firms Responsible for Two-Thirds of Emissions
Just 90 companies, including ChevronTexaco, ExxonMobil and BP, are responsible for causing almost two-thirds of all man-made global emissions during the industrial era, according to research by the...
View ArticleCarbon Market in CA Caps off Successful First Year
The results of California’s fifth carbon auction were released last week, marking an important environmental milestone for the state – one year since the debut of its cap-and-trade system. While...
View ArticleCummins Power Generation Engines Meet EPA Tier 4 Emissions Regulations
Cummins Power Generation says its two new diesel G-drive engines are certified to meet EPA Tier 4 Final emissions regulations for nitrogen oxides (NOx) and particulate matter (PM or soot) without the...
View ArticleWaste Tire Recycling Facility Moves Forward
Environmental Waste International (EWS) says it has completed a continuous four-day (100-hour) run of its TR-900 waste tire recycling facility in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. This doubles the previous...
View ArticleHaworth to Source 100% Sustainable Wood by 2015
Furniture designer and manufacturer Haworth has set a goal to source 100 percent of the wood used in Haworth casegoods, systems, tables and storage products, globally, from sustainably managed forests...
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