WhiteWave Foods Buys Earthbound for $600M
WhiteWave Foods, the maker of Silk soy milk and Horizon Organic products, has bought organic food brand Earthbound Farm for about $600 million. Earthbound is the largest organic produce brand in North...
View ArticleEnvironmental C&E Revenues Reach $28.8 Billion
The US environmental consulting and engineering industry grew 4 percent in 2012, generating total revenues of $28.8 billion, according to Environmental Business Journal’s annual review of this...
View ArticleStandards & Compliance Briefing: Health Care Ventilation, ISO 14001, LEED
ASHRAE has published a revised version of ANSI/ASHRAE/ASHE Standard 170-2013, Ventilation of Health Care Facilities. The revised standard now specifically addresses provisions for energy recovery, and...
View ArticleChemical Spill Leaves Businesses, Homes without Water
A chemical spill in West Virginia has closed restaurants and schools and left up to 300,000 people without tap water. The spill of 4-methylcyclohexane methanol, a chemical used in the coal industry,...
View ArticleOil and Gas Operators Face Updated VOC Emissions Laws
Cryogenic condensation can be a safe and cost effective way for oil and gas operators to reduce emissions of volatile organic compounds to meet new EPA regulations, according to a white paper by Linde...
View ArticlePolicy & Enforcement Briefing: Obama Energy Studies, Oil Train Probe, Carbon...
Transportation secretary Anthony Foxx, in a meeting with lawmakers yesterday, said he would investigate the spate of derailments and fires involving crude oil trains. Regulations will investigate...
View ArticleSuper Bowl Dining ‘Greenest in History’
Super Bowl XLVIII dining will be the “greenest in history,” say MetLife Stadium and foodservice partner Delaware North Companies Sportservice. The partners have earned the title of first Certified...
View ArticleReport: Combined-Cycle Plants Release Far Less CO2 Than Coal
Power plants that use natural gas and a new technology to squeeze more energy from the fuel release far less CO2 than coal-fired power plants do, according to research by NOAA and the University of...
View ArticleHouston Port Expansion Means More Trucking – What About Emissions?
An ongoing port expansion is predicted to bring economic gains to Houston – and could increase truck journeys, too. With widening of the Panama Canal now underway, the Port of Houston could soon...
View ArticleM2M Technology Adds Value to Oil Recycling Market
Machine-to-machine (M2M) technology provider Camgian Microsystems has inked a deal with recycling services firm FCC Environmental and retail tire and service center chain Gateway Tire intended to bring...
View ArticleFuel Economy of Vehicles Sold in 2013 Hits Record
The average fuel economy (window-sticker value) of new vehicles sold in the US in December was 24.8 mpg, down 0.2 mpg from the revised value in November, according to the latest monthly figures from...
View ArticleCeremony Recognizes Global Top 100 Most Sustainable Companies
The list is made up of the 100 best performing shares around the world, based on specific measures of sustainability. The official announcement of the Global Top 100 takes place at the World Economic...
View ArticleCarpet Recycling UK Achieves 27% Landfill Diversion, Beats Target
A record-breaking 107,000 metric tons of waste carpet were reused, recycled and recovered in the UK during 2013, up 21 percent (22,000 metric tons) from the previous year, according to data released by...
View ArticleAluminum Industry’s Carbon Footprint Shrinks 37% since 1995
Primary aluminum production’s carbon footprint has declined 19 percent since 2005 and 37 percent since 1995, according to a peer-reviewed life-cycle assessment (LCA) report released by the Aluminum...
View ArticleSustainability Incubator to Convert Waste to Cash
The city of Phoenix and Arizona State University have signed a four-year agreement to establish a public/private sustainability incubator focused on converting waste and other resources into economic...
View ArticleSprint ‘Most Eco-Focused’ Wireless Carrier
Sprint is the most “eco-focused wireless carrier” according to Compass Intelligence, which presented Sprint with the award at the International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas last week. Kate...
View ArticlePartnership Aims to Streamline Sea Freight Supply Chain Reporting
EcoVadis and BSR’s Clean Cargo Working Group (CCWG) have teamed up to standardize environmental reporting requests for the sea freight supply chain. Under the partnership, sustainable supply chain firm...
View ArticlePolicy & Enforcement Briefing: Electricity Act, GMO Suit, Pinelands Pipe...
The energy and power subcommittee of the House Energy and Commerce Committee will hold a markup and vote today and tomorrow on HR 3826, the Electricity Security and Affordability Act. The bill, which...
View ArticleHow to Make Driving Less Energy Intensive than Flying
The fuel economy of the entire fleet of light-duty vehicles would need to improve by more than 57 percent or average vehicle load would need to increase by 67 percent to make driving less energy...
View Article10 Tips to Improve SMEs Sustainable Business Practices
A new guide from the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants lays out 10 best practices to help small- and medium-sized enterprises use sustainability to benefit the environment, their bottom...
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