Gulfstream Using Honeywell Green Jet Fuel
Gulfstream flies fleet to NBAA 2012 using Honeywell Green Jet Fuel.
View ArticlePolicy & Enforcement Briefing: Chevron Assets, Gulf of Mexico Leases, Defense...
A group of 47 Ecuadoreans have asked Ontario’s Superior Court of Justice to seize Chevron assets in Canada to collect on the 2011 $19 billion judgment against the company for environmental damages. The...
View ArticleHach Lange Monitor Prevents Downtime at Steel Plant
The installation by Hach Lange of a continuous oil-in-water monitor in coolant water at a steel re-processing plant has prevented downtime and avoided costly and time-consuming laboratory analysis, the...
View ArticleSyngenta Pays $105m for Alleged Water Supply Pollution
Midwest utilities that claimed Syngenta’s weedkiller contaminated their water supplies will likely receive their share of a $105 million settlement within 60 days, according to Baron and Budd, the...
View ArticleUN Climate Talks May Streamline Negotiations
Delegates from nearly 200 countries are trying to streamline their negotiations and focus on one track at the UN climate talks in Doha, Qatar, in an effort to simplify the drafting of a more stringent...
View ArticleCalculator Adds up Cost of Nat Gas Switch
The Drive Natural Gas Initiative, a collaboration between utilities and producers, has launched a calculator to help fleet owners analyze the cost of converting vehicles to natural gas. The Natural Gas...
View ArticleDuPont Sustainability Report: Revenues Rise Faster than Emissions
DuPont’s absolute greenhouse gas emissions increased by 6 percent from 2010 to 2011, according to the company’s latest corporate sustainability report, while its revenue increased 18 percent, from...
View ArticleSprouts Invests in Energy, Refrigerant Management Software
Southwestern US grocery retailer Sprouts Farmers Market has installed enterprise asset management software from Verisae to support the company’s aggressive growth strategy. The grocery retailer, which...
View ArticleGE Debuts ‘Industrial Internet’ Technologies
GE has announced eight new industrial service technologies and a joint venture with Accenture that GE says will potentially cut $150 billion in waste across major sectors. The new technologies combine...
View ArticleKoch Delaware Plant Improves Energy Efficiency 20%
Six of Koch Industries’ sites have received Sustained Energy Performance awards from the company, for developing and implementing programs that reduce energy intensity and consumption. One energy...
View ArticleProposition 37: A ‘Modest Proposal’
Proposition 37, a ballot initiative that California voters rejected on November 6, 2012, would have made Jonathan Swift blush. Prop. 37 would have required warning labels on foods offered for sale to...
View ArticleLA Auto Show Roundup: Ford Fusion, Audi’s 282 Mpg, Honda, Chevy Spark
Here’s the latest in green fleet news from the LA Auto Show, taking place now: The 2013 Ford Fusion has been named Green Car Journal’s 2013 Green Car of the Year. The Fusion emerged on top of a field...
View ArticleDuPont Breaks Ground on Commercial Biofuel Facility
DuPont has broken ground on its cellulosic ethanol facility in Nevada, Iowa, which the company expects to generate 30 million gallons of fuel a year from corn stalks and leaves. Slated for completion...
View ArticleGreen Grid Launches Data Center LCA Framework
Data center efficiency nonprofit The Green Grid has released a framework aimed at standardizing life cycle assessments of data centers. With both public and private sector organizations under pressure...
View ArticleECHA Releases Chemical Manufacturer Info
The European Chemicals Agency has begun to disclose information about which chemicals companies make and import, more than a year after the agency was sued for its alleged lack of transparency. ECHA...
View ArticlePolicy & Enforcement Briefing: Climate Action Tracker, German Renewables,...
The Climate Action Tracker issued its latest briefing, saying that major nations’ policies are inadequate to limit global warming, and the US is off track in meeting its weak pledge to limit greenhouse...
View ArticleZara Bows to Greenpeace, Commits to Zero Chemical Discharge
Zara, one of the world’s largest clothing retailers, says it will eliminate all discharge of hazardous chemicals from its supply chain and products by 2020, following a Greenpeace campaign pressuring...
View ArticleStaples, HP, Kaiser Permanente to Use Chemical Tracking Tool
Staples, Hewlett-Packard and Kaiser Permanente are among the companies that will use a new tool that tracks the safety of chemicals in products and supply chains. The Guide to Safer Chemicals is a...
View ArticleSkyscraper Saves $712,000 Annually From Retrofit
Singapore property developer City Developments Limited recently completed infrastructure upgrades to its Republic Plaza building, one of Singapore’s tallest skyscrapers, and anticipates an annual...
View ArticleCow Manure Powers AMP Milk Trucks
AMP Americas is now operating its trucking fleet on renewable natural gas produced from the country’s first agricultural digester project to make products eligible for the Renewable Fuel Standard...
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