US Firms Cash In on China’s Air Pollution
China’s air pollution provides an economic opportunity for US clean-tech companies, Reuters reports. The US Department of Commerce forecasts China’s clean-tech market will triple to $555 billion by...
View ArticleConsumer Views ‘Favorable’ on Alt-Fuel Vehicles, LEED Not So Much
Consumers hold favorable views of alternative-fuel vehicles (see chart) including hybrid vehicles (67 percent), electric cars (61 percent) and natural gas vehicles (56 percent), according to a Navigant...
View ArticleSustainable Packing ‘Essential Part of Business’
Sustainability is not an optional add-on, but rather an essential part of business for the packaging industry, Food Production Daily reports. In a column for the industry publication, Sam...
View ArticleToyota, Honda and Hyundai: Are Fuel Cells the Future of Sustainable Cars?
If these giants of the automotive industry are to be believed, the future for cars is definitely electric. Toyota recently announced their intention to scale-up production of their fuel-cell powered...
View ArticleFrozen Food Packages Recalled After Pesticides Found Inside
A major Japanese food company has recalled 6.3 million frozen food packages after discovering a pesticide in some products, the Wall Street Journal reports. Maruha Nichiro Holdings is recalling all 90...
View ArticleElectric Truck Manufacturers Should ‘Focus on Lowering Costs’
Global annual unit sales for hybrid and electric trucks — including light duty trucks used by commercial fleets and all medium and heavy duty on-road trucks — will rise from less than 10,000 in 2013 to...
View ArticleStandards & Compliance Briefing: ASTM Venue, ISO 50001, Wastewater Pipes
The Metro Toronto Convention Centre says it is the first conference venue in Canada to be certified to the ASTM Venue Standard, awarded to venues that achieve highly sustainable meetings, trade shows...
View ArticleDrought Brings Water Rationing
With December 2013 ending without rainfall, California’s driest year on record is hurting crops and cattle and will likely cause more water rationing in 2014. Ranchers are being forced to spend on hay...
View ArticleNYC Cuts GHG Emissions 19%
New York City has reduced its greenhouse gas emissions 19 percent since 2005, Reuters reports. The emissions cuts put the city about two-thirds of the way to meeting the goal former mayor Michael...
View ArticleSustainability, Local Sourcing Top Restaurant Trends
Locally sourced food, sustainability and waste reduction will be among the top restaurant trends this year, according to a survey of about 1,300 US chefs. The National Restaurant Association’s What’s...
View ArticleEPA Adopts ASTM Site Assessment Standard
The EPA on Monday formally adopted the new ASTM E1527-13 standard into its rule governing “all appropriate inquiries” for site contamination. The agency’s AAI rules outline the steps that site...
View ArticleFord Debuts Off-Grid Solar-Powered Car
Ford will debut its C-MAX Solar Energi concept, a solar-powered vehicle that doesn’t depend on the electric grid for fuel, next week at the 2014 International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas....
View ArticleUS Biodiesel Production Hits Record High
The US produced 132 million gallons of biodiesel in October, a record amount that is 75 percent more than the same month in 2012, according to the latest data released by the US Energy Information...
View ArticleGlobal Cities: Our Best Hope for a Sustainable Future
Each of you has likely been involved in a meeting with the following characteristics: – Discussion takes place using common “terms of art” such as “global cities.” – Conclusions are reached...
View ArticleGraco Acquires QED, EcoQuip
Graco has acquired two companies: QED Environmental Systems (QED), which manufacturers fluid management products for the environmental monitoring and remediation markets, and EcoQuip, which designs and...
View ArticleGreenstone CSR Software Achieves G4 Certification
Greenstone’s enterprise level software has achieved G4-certification by the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI). GRI’s Certified Software and Tools program guarantees that software and digital tools are...
View Article‘Lead-Free’ Standard Takes Effect
Coffee brewers, point-of-use water purification systems, ice machines, coffee vending machines and postmix cold drink venders that are plumbed to a building’s water supply must comply with a...
View ArticleBanning ‘Biodegradable’ from Sustainability Conversations
The B word — biodegradable — is outdated and doesn’t belong in sustainability conversations, Adam Gendell, project manager at GreenBlue’s Sustainable Packaging Coalition, writes in a Packaging Digest...
View ArticlePolicy & Enforcement Briefing: Solar Duties, Sea Emissions, Social Cost of...
Solar panel maker SolarWorld has filed a petition asking the Commerce Department to levy new duties on certain imports from China and Taiwan. The petition aims to close a loophole in a 2012 US trade...
View ArticleBluefire Renewables Loses DOE Funding
The Department of Energy will no longer provide funding to Bluefire Renewables, which is developing a cellulosic waste facility (pictured) in Fulton, Miss., the biofuels company says in an 8K filing...
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