Startup Turns Methane Emissions into Plastic
California-based startup Newlight Technologies is using methane from dairy farms to make plastic, USA Today reports. The company says the plastic, called AirCarbon, will be used to make chairs, food...
View ArticleOil Train Fire Adds Fuel to Pipeline Debate
No single, magic number exists to help companies quantify the effects of their oil consumption. For one thing, the impacts will vary depending on whether that oil is transported by pipeline or by rail....
View ArticleFirms ‘Must Close CSR Gap to Grow Business’
Companies that close the gap between consumer expectations and perceptions of their corporate social responsibility work can positively transform their brand, according to Craig Bida, executive vice...
View ArticleHow to Cut Cloud Computing’s Carbon Emissions
A group of algorithms developed by computer scientists at Trinity College Dublin and IBM Research Dublin can help reduce the carbon cost of cloud computing, IEEE Spectrum reports. Using the new...
View ArticleWest Coast Sardine Crash Limits Fishermen’s Catch, Profits
The steep decline of West Coast sardine populations is hurting fishermen and marine animals. Unless the fishery recovers soon, both groups could suffer for years, the Los Angeles Times reports. The...
View Article‘Major Differences’ in States Reporting of Fracking Complaints
Hundreds of complaints about well-water contamination from oil or gas drilling have been filed in Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia and Texas, with pollution confirmed in about 30, according to an...
View ArticleOil and Gas Sustainability Spending to Reach $6.5bn in 2017
Sustainable business spending in the oil and gas industry will grow from $5.4 billion in 2012 to $6.5 billion in 2017 at a CAGR of 4 percent, Verdantix reports. The Verdantix Critical Moments analysis...
View ArticleGlobal Carbon Market Prices Drops 38% in 2013
Global carbon markets’ value dropped 38 percent to 38.4 billion euros ($52.9 billion) in 2013, according to analysts at Thomson Reuters Point Carbon. Reuters reports prices dropped in the main European...
View ArticlePolicy & Enforcement Briefing: Oil Safety Alert, BNSF Suit, GSA Seeks...
The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration issued a safety alert in response to last week’s oil train derailment and fire near Casselton, N.D., warning that crude oil from the state’s...
View ArticleEPA Updates Air Pollution Standards for Woodstoves, Heaters
The EPA has proposed standards for the amount of air pollution that can be emitted by new woodstoves and heaters, beginning in 2015. The agency says its proposal would reduce emissions from the next...
View ArticleSustainability Helps SMEs Cut Costs, Increase Profitability
A quarter of small businesses say sustainability ranks high on their priority list for 2014 and a third expect to increase their investment in sustainable business practices over the next five years,...
View ArticleNSA to Cool Data Center with Treated Wastewater
The National Security Agency will use treated wastewater, supplied by Howard County, Md., to cool its data center being built at Fort Meade when the center opens in 2016, the Washington Post reports....
View ArticleGMO Decisions Hinge on Public Ire – Not Fact
Two stories today highlight how decision-making over GMOs hinges on widespread public outrage. The scientific consensus is often besides the point. General Mills has stopped using genetically modified...
View ArticleGeneral Mills Drops GMOs in Cheerios
General Mills has stopped using genetically modified ingredients to make original Cheerios, following a yearlong effort by a consumer activist group to pressure the company to drop GMOs from its iconic...
View ArticleMac Pro Boosts Apple’s Green Cred
The latest Mac Pro consumes 68 percent less power in idle mode and its packaging consumes 82 percent less volume than the previous-generation computer, according to Apple. In its Mac Pro Environmental...
View ArticleExpiration of Production Tax Credit Is Not Wind Developers’ Only Hurdle
The American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) characterizes the investment spurred by the Production Tax Credit (PTC) as the “predominant driver of wind energy development over the past decade.”...
View ArticleCovanta Acquires Holding Stations, Exova Buys Catalyst Environmental
Covanta Holding Corporation, a sustainable waste management and renewable energy company, has acquired two transfer stations in northern New Jersey from Advanced Disposal. In total, the transfer...
View ArticleSuperior Products Goes Waterless With Closed-Loop Cleaning System
Cleveland, Ohio,-based compressed gas products company Superior Products reduced its annual water consumption from 2 million gallons to zero by switching from a nitric acid aqua-based cleaning machine...
View ArticleGeoMelt Plant to Provide Nuclear, Hazardous Waste Disposal
The UK’s National Nuclear Laboratory (NNL) has launched a joint project with US waste treatment company Kurion to deploy a full-scale In-Container Vitrification (ICV) plant based on Kurion’s GeoMelt...
View ArticleEnvironmental Executive Moves: GBI, Fuel Tech, Earthbound, USGBC
Here’s the latest news on hirings, promotions and departures among environmental leaders. Green Building Initiative: The green building nonprofit that administers the Green Globes certification program...
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