Generator Emission Violations Cost Target $27,500
Target Corporation has paid a fine and taken corrective action at its Brooklyn Park campus and Elk River Data Center, after the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency determined diesel-powered generators...
View ArticleMining Operators Can Avoid Pollution Issues With Controlled Mine Closures
Mining companies can reduce costs and increase efficiency by managing mine closures, rather than handing over the process to government agencies, a mining hydrologist with Schlumberger Water Services...
View ArticlePhone Battery Recycling Rates Low
Only about 4 percent to 5 percent of lithium-ion batteries were recycled in the EU in 2010, based on the number of batteries sold and what was collected. Regulations in Great Britain and the EU may...
View ArticleChevrolet Paying Colleges for Carbon Reductions
Chevrolet is helping colleges make money from their greenhouse gas reductions that result from energy efficiency programs. The automaker developed a formula where campuses can earn money for certain...
View ArticleGE, HP, Walmart Play Regulator in Their Own Supply Chains
Where regulation of environmental impacts is weak, what do big companies do? They take on the regulatory role themselves, according to Bloomberg. The news outlet says government enforcement of...
View ArticleTepco Delayed Information Release
Tokyo Electric Power (Tepco) knew about record-high levels of a dangerous isotope in groundwater near the doomed Fukushima nuclear plant for five months before reporting the information to authorities,...
View ArticleGreen Bank Open for Business
The New York Green Bank is now accepting proposals from companies looking for cleantech funding and ways to finance other environmental technologies. The state says it is the largest such bank in the...
View ArticleBuilding on a Culture of Safety Leadership to Drive Environmental Performance
Safety is often included among core values for companies today, and creating a strong safety culture is typically central to the pursuit of operational excellence. Why then, does environmental...
View ArticleGlyEco Expanding Processing Center
Sustainable glycol technologies company GlyEco says it began its second phase of expansion at its New Jersey processing center to meet increased customer demand for its refinery-grade recycled glycol....
View ArticleSouth Korea Carbon Price Could Skyrocket, Analysts Say
The South Korean government’s unwillingness to amend estimates of future greenhouse gas emissions could push its carbon price up to $93 per metric ton of CO2 , nearly 10 times higher than in Europe,...
View ArticlePlatform Delivers Energy Intelligence
FirstFuel says its Remote Building Analytics (RBA) platform now delivers energy performance intelligence to support commercial segments of the energy efficiency lifecycle. The company unveiled its...
View ArticleCoal Terminal Gets Extensive Environmental Review
Review of a coal export terminal in Washington will include global warming effects of burning the coal in Asia and the impacts of rail shipments. State and local regulators said they would consider the...
View ArticleCoffee Grounds Converted to Biomass Pellets
A London-based company, Bio-bean, plans recycle waste coffee grounds and converting them into biofuels. The Guardian reports that architecture student Arthur Kay was looking at closed loop...
View ArticleToyota Testing Wireless Battery Charger
Toyota will begin verification testing of its newly developed wireless battery charging system for vehicles with an electrified powertrain. The company hopes to ultimately commercialize the technology...
View ArticleRetailers Commit to Eco-friendlier Gold Mining
Tiffany & Co., Target and Helzberg Diamonds have committed to more sustainable gold and metals mining. They have joined more than 100 retailers for Valentine’s Day, who have committed to more...
View ArticlePolicy & Enforcement Briefing: Duke Investigation, Cooling Towers, Chemical...
The federal government has launched a criminal investigation into Duke Energy’s February 2 coal ash spill in North Carolina’s Dan River. The US Attorney’s Office in Raleigh issued subpoenas seeking...
View ArticlePort of Long Beach Testing Pollution Control for Docked Cargo Ships
The Port of Long Beach, Calif., will fund testing of a new air pollution-control technology for docked cargo ships, after an agreement approved Monday by the Long Beach Board of Harbor Commissioners....
View ArticleWater Markets ‘Could Reduce Drought Costs’
The creation of water trading in California could help reduce the costs of drought, a group of professors and non-profit fellows have argued. The authors – including Jay Lund, director of the Center...
View ArticleStudy Downplays Natural Gas Benefits
A new study says methane leaks from natural gas wells and pipes undermine the lower emissions potential of that fuel. A new report published in Science suggests that switching from diesel to natural...
View ArticleCarbon Capture ‘Would Send Electricity Prices Soaring’
Wholesale electricity prices would soar from 70 percent and 80 percent with carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) at coal-fired power plants, according to the Energy Department. According to Bloomberg...
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