How Firms Can Prepare for Environmental Change
Risks like disruption from flooding, crucial materials to manufacturing becoming more and more expensive and damage to reputation all need different handling, and risk management approaches haven’t...
View ArticleCentralized Wastewater Management Grows With Shale Oil Boom
Stricter regulations, the explosive growth of new hydraulic fracturing shale oil and gas wells and limited available water resources are driving the popularity of centralized wastewater management in...
View ArticleW.Va Spill Sparks Calls for TSCA Reform
The lack of toxicity data on chemicals spilled into West Virginia drinking water last month demonstrates the need to reform the Toxic Substances Control Act, congressmen have argued – and the chemical...
View ArticleFirms Must ‘Prioritize Resource Efficiency Or Die’
Companies could face a 40 percent gap between available water supplies and water needs by 2030, and some critical materials could be in short supply as soon as 2016. The Carbon Trust says these...
View ArticleVW Joins Clean Shipping Network
The Volkswagen Group has joined the Clean Shipping Network, an association of cargo owners, and will use the Clean Shipping Index (CSI) assessment tool to analyze and reduce the environmental impact of...
View ArticleEmergence of the Circular and Restorative Business Model
In recent years, further fueled by economic meltdowns and austerity, the advocates for a fundamental change of our prevailing economic model have become increasingly outspoken. Terms such as Capitalism...
View ArticleERI Improves Website
Electronic Recyclers International (ERI) has improved its interactive website to offers an easier-to-navigate design platform and new video content placed throughout the site. Also, the improved site...
View ArticleEPA Asking for Hazardous Waste Input
The EPA is releasing the Notice of Data Availability (NODA) for Hazardous Waste Management in the Retail Sector. EPA is responding to issues the retail industry has identified that they face in...
View ArticleNational Stormwater Calculator Updated
The EPA’s National Stormwater Calculator (SWC), which can help site developers and landscape architects reduce runoff from a property, has been updated. The SWC estimates the annual amount of rainwater...
View ArticleNASCAR, Sprint Join Workplace Charging Challenge
NASCAR and Sprint will participate in the Department’s Workplace Charging Challenge, an effort to increase the number of US employers offering workplace charging by tenfold, the Energy Department...
View ArticleCitgo Fined for Toxic Emissions
A federal judge ordered Citgo Petroleum to pay more than $2 million for Clean Air Act violations over toxic emissions at its refinery in Corpus Christi, Texas, from 1994 to 2003. A jury convicted Citgo...
View ArticlePolicy & Enforcement Briefing: Public Lands Act, Emergency Water Act, Coal...
The House of Representatives approved HR 2954, “The Public Access and Lands Improvement Act” by a vote of 220-194. The package of bills would protect and promote access to lands; improve opportunities...
View ArticleCarbon Emissions Fall for Third Straight Year
Greenhouse gas emissions fell in the nine states that participate in a northeast carbon trading market by 6 percent in 2013. The states in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) were helped by...
View ArticleHigh Liner Foods Achieves 99% of Sustainable Sourcing Goal
High Liner Foods announced that it has achieved 99 percent of its goal to source all its seafood from “certified sustainable or responsible” fisheries and aquaculture. The company made a pledge in...
View ArticleAnadarko, Encana, Pioneer, Apache Have Greatest Fracking Water Risks
Anadarko, Encana, Pioneer and Apache have the highest exposure to water exposure risks among hydraulic fracturing companies, according to a report by Ceres. But many more companies connected to...
View ArticleW.R. Grace & Co. Pays $54 Million to EPA
Columbia, Md.,-based W.R. Grace & Co. under its bankruptcy plan of reorganization, paid over $63 million to the US government to resolve claims for environmental cleanups at approximately 39 sites...
View ArticleGlobal Membrane Bioreactor Market Set to Rebound
Stringent water discharge limits, especially in sensitive waterways, are driving a rebound in the global membrane bioreactor market, according to a report by Bluefield Research. The report, “Global...
View ArticleCaesar’s Joins EPA WaterSense Challenge
Caesar’s Entertainment is the first company to sign up for the EPA’s WaterSense H2Otel Challenge for organizations to encourage hotels to use best management practices that will save water and money,...
View ArticleWater Management Project Posts 765% ROI in a Year
A water management project among textile suppliers in India, led by the Stockholm International Water Institute and Swedish fashion brands Indiska, KappAhl and Lindex, has demonstrated how efficient...
View ArticleBiofuels Still Face Challenges
Navigant Research forecasts that global biofuels consumption in the road transportation sector will grow from more than 32.4 billion gallons per year (BGPY) in 2013 to more than 51.1 BGPY in 2022....
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