Chevron, Southwest Gas Fined $1M for Not Reporting GHG Emissions
Chevron and Southwest Gas have been fined about $1 million for violating California’s mandatory greenhouse gas emissions reporting rule in 2011. This is the second time the California Air Resources...
View ArticleRenewing Our Faith in the Future
Over the New Year in the US (perhaps other places too) there is a tradition of making a set of “resolutions” or pronouncements and promises that one will follow in the upcoming year that will make...
View Article$21M to Help Dairy Farms Convert Waste to Energy
New York has made available $21 million to help the state’s dairy farmers convert farm waste to energy. The bulk of the funding — $20 million — is available through NYSERDA to install anaerobic...
View ArticleWater Treatment Could Lower Phosphorus Extraction Costs
Researchers from the University of Wollongong in Australia have designed a system that captures phosphorus from sewage waste, reports Chemical & Engineering News. Scientists predict that over the...
View ArticleNTP Logistics Signs Responsible Care Commitment
Chemical transport company NTP Logistics has signed the Chemical and Allied Industries’ Association’s Responsible Care commitment, a chemical industry environmental, health, safety and security...
View ArticleHartz Shrinks Packaging Footprint
Pet care products company Hartz Mountain has redesigned its pet shampoo bottles to save 220,000 pounds of polymer across 10 million bottles, the company’s director of packaging engineering tells...
View ArticlePolicy & Enforcement Briefing: Better Buildings Act, Chinese Investments,...
The House Energy and Commerce Committee unanimously approved The Better Buildings Act (HR 2126), a bipartisan energy efficiency bill authored by Rep. Peter Welch (D-VT) and Rep. David McKinley (R-WV)....
View ArticlePGT Makes Paper Pulp from Palm Oil Waste
Pulp Green Tech (PGT), which owns Thai Gorilla Pulp in Thailand, says it has made high-grade quality paper pulp from 100 percent palm oil waste material, called empty fruit bunches or EFBs (pictured)....
View ArticleBurberry Pledges No More Toxic Chemicals in Supply Chain
Burberry has committed to eliminating hazardous chemicals from its supply chain by Jan. 1, 2020, following weeks of Greenpeace-led protests at its stores and consumer pressure on its social media...
View ArticleMurray Energy Sues EPA
Murray Energy is suing the EPA to stop what it calls the agency’s “illegal promulgation of senseless and destructive regulations, with absolutely no regard for their job and family destruction,” the...
View ArticleB2B Sustainability Priorities ‘Often Personal, Not Corporate’
Owners and CEOs, overall, are not sold on sustainability as a competitive advantage, according to a study by the Shelton Group. The study found personal belief drives business decision makers. CEO...
View ArticleEPA Considers Ozone Standard Revisions
Away from the pomp and punditry of the State of the Union address, the Obama administration is quietly evaluating whether to revise ambient air quality standards for ozone. A Federal Register notice...
View ArticleObama: End Fossil Fuel Tax Breaks, Invest in ‘Fuels of the Future’
President Barack Obama highlighted natural gas and other “fuels of the future” in his State of the Union address last night during which he pledged to set new efficiency standards for trucks and “cut...
View ArticleISO 14001 Revision Receives Majority Support, Moves Forward
A revised version of ISO 14001 has received overwhelming support from ISO members, ensuring the draft international environmental management system standard will progress to the next step. More than 80...
View ArticleHow to Create a Better PET Sheet Recycling Program
Recycling of plastics — one of the best ways to reduce carbon footprint — offers two major benefits: recycling reduces the amount of oil required to produce more plastic, and also takes material out of...
View ArticleNewlight Produces AirCarbon at Commercial Scale
Newlight Technologies says it has achieved commercial scale production of its AirCarbon carbon capture technology at a production site in California. This shows the company can use carbon sequestration...
View ArticleBioprocessH2O Helps Coca-Cola Bottling Plant Remove 98% BOD
The Coca-Cola Bottling Company in Needham Heights, Mass., has removed about 98 percent of influent biological oxygen demand (BOD) after installing a BioprocessH2O membrane biological reactor (MBR)...
View ArticleWhat is the Future Alt Fuel Mix for Shipping?
While liquefied natural gas (LNG) will be an early success, the future alternative fuel mix for global shipping becomes more diversified with time, as more than 20 percent of shipping could adopt...
View ArticleStandards & Certification Briefing: EESCC Standardization Roadmap, American...
The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) Energy Efficiency Standardization Coordination Collaborative (EESCC) has released for a 45-day public comment period the EESCC Standardization Roadmap...
View ArticleCleaning Industry Launches Sustainable Products Initiative
The American Cleaning Institute (ACI), whose members include Dow Chemical, Procter & Gamble, SC Johnson and Seventh Generation among other major brands, has launched a voluntary initiative to...
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