Manufacturers Challenge EPA’s Ruling Against BP
The Manufacturers’ Center for Legal Action has joined other business groups in supporting BP’s effort to fight the EPA’s debarment ruling, which suspended BP and its named affiliated companies from new...
View ArticleOvercoming Opposition to California’s Solar Energy Sector
Since the 1970s, California has taken the initiative to increase opportunities for renewable energy sources to replace fossil fuels. Progressive legislation and ideal land conditions have allowed for...
View ArticleMaine Shrimp Season Cancelled
The 2014 shrimp season in the Gulf of Maine has been cancelled — the first such shutdown since 1978, The New York Times reports. Regulators cited historic low stocks of shrimp due to overfishing and...
View ArticleContract Wins: GE, Novozymes, Axion, IDF International
Biotech company Novozymes will supply enzyme technology to the world’s first biomass-to-glycols bio-refinery to be constructed by M&G Chemicals in China. The bio-refinery will have capacity to...
View ArticleBloomberg Launches Carbon Risk Tool for Investors
Bloomberg has launched a tool to help investors determine how climate change might affect companies’ earnings and share prices. The Bloomberg Carbon Risk Valuation Tool illustrates the potential...
View ArticleRio 2016 Olympics to Serve Sustainable Seafood
All seafood served at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro will be certified as sustainably wild caught and responsibly farmed, according to an agreement signed yesterday. According to the...
View ArticleSave Money, Improve Sustainability with Packaging
Choosing the right packaging material can save money and improve sustainability metrics, writes David Moszak, a sourcing lead in the global packaging practice at Procurian, in a Packaging Digest...
View ArticlePolicy & Enforcement Briefing: Federal Buildings, Water Trading, Carbon...
The Obama administration will extend, through 2016, its 2011 executive order targeting $2 billion in energy savings from federal buildings. The order was due to expire at the end of this year, and...
View ArticleHow Green is Your Coffee?
A Green Coffee Carbon Footprint Product Category Rule has been published to help the industry calculate greenhouse gas emissions from coffee production. The Sustainable Agriculture Initiative (SAI)...
View ArticleChevron CO2 Injection Wells to Cut GHG Emissions 40%
Chevron has started drilling carbon dioxide injection wells as part of its liquefied natural gas (LNG) project in Western Australia, Oil & Gas Journal reports. The wells are expected to reduce the...
View ArticleMeeting Global Water Goals ‘Could Generate $3 Trillion in Direct Economic...
Meeting global goals for water access and safety will cost an estimated $840 billion to $1.8 trillion a year after 2015, but will deliver more than $3 trillion annually in economic, environmental and...
View ArticleBetter Climate Monitoring Could Aid Business Decisions
A report out this week may help companies as they try to determine the greatest climate-related risks to their business – but it also hints at how much firms still don’t know. Abrupt Impacts of Climate...
View ArticleChevy Spark EV Tops EPA Fuel Economy Guide
The 2014 Chevrolet Spark electric vehicle is the most fuel-efficient vehicle, according to the 2014 Fuel Economy Guide released by the EPA and Energy Department. The subcompact car achieves miles per...
View ArticleNestlé, Walmart, Coke, Pepsi and Unilever Support Recycling Network
Nestlé, Walmart Chile, Coca-Cola Chile, PepsiCo, and Unilever have signed a partnership to reduce waste and support a new recycling network in Chile. The companies have backed the Collective Recycling...
View ArticleAlternative Fuels at a Crossroads
Everywhere you turn today, there is a new commercial or news story giving the impression that alternative-fuel cars, trucks, and buses are taking over the roads and sending their gas-guzzling...
View ArticleCurbside Recycling: Will Convenience Increase Battery Collections?
Municipalities, waste management companies and recycling processors are joining together to find innovative and convenient ways to expand recycling. Curbside recycling is one area that municipalities...
View ArticleVehicle Fuel Economy Up Since October
The average fuel-economy value of new light-duty vehicles sold in the US in November was 24.8 mpg, up 0.1 mpg from the October value, according to the University of Michigan Transportation Research...
View ArticleASHRAE Honors Innovative Buildings
Nonprofit the Packard Foundation, construction firm McKinstry and cheese company Fromagerie des Basques are among the organizations whose buildings have been recognized by building technology society...
View ArticleInvestors to Unilever, General Mills, 38 Other Companies: Adopt Sustainable...
Unilever, Kellogg, Dunkin Donuts and General Mills are among the companies facing pressure from investors to adopt policies that would ensure palm oil development does not contribute to deforestation,...
View ArticleStandards & Compliance Briefing: Site Cleanup, Coffee Rule, Mobile Phones
ASTM International approved ASTM E2893, Guide for Greener Cleanups, which sets forth a process to reduce the environmental footprint of activities during all phases of site cleanup, from investigation...
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