Sand Company Cuts Freshwater Consmption by Over 50%
Wisconsin Industrial Sand Company, a Fairmount Minerals company, has reduced its freshwater consumption by more than 50 percent during the last three years at all of its mines. The mines, which are...
View ArticleUN Climate Talks Roundup: EU, US Balk at Funding Pledges
The European Union and the United States refused at the United Nations’ climate talks in Doha to commit to concrete climate funding for poor nations, while India continued to balk at any agreement...
View ArticleEnvironmental Executive Moves: Veolia, Citation Technologies, Xylem, Greeley...
Here’s the latest news on hirings and promotions among environmental leaders. Veolia Environmental Services North America: The industrial waste cleaning, maintenance, recycling and disposal company has...
View ArticleHasbro Sustainability Report: Cuts GHG 10%, Beats Water and Paper Goals
Hasbro Inc. has reduced its scopes 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emissions by 10 percent year-on-year, according to the company’s latest corporate social responsibility 2011 update. The report, which covers...
View ArticleAviva, UBS Moving Toward ‘Responsible Property Investment’
Aviva Investors, UBS, AXA Real Estate, Sonae Sierra and Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corporation are among the companies integrating environmental, social and governance (ESG) criteria into...
View ArticleH&M Launches Global Clothing Recycling
H&M has partnered with I:Collect (I:Co) to launch a clothing collection initiative next year, the fashion retailer has announced. Beginning February 2013, customers will be able to donate used...
View ArticleGE Lighting Saves Brookshire Brothers ‘$235,000 in Annual Operating Costs’
Brookshire Brothers expects to reduce its annual operating costs more than $235,000 after installing GE energy-efficient lighting at its retail supermarkets in Texas and Louisiana, according to the...
View ArticleContract Wins: Calgon Carbon, Xylem, Air Products, ABB
Calgon Carbon Corporation has been awarded a contract by the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power to supply Sentinel Ultraviolet Disinfection Systems for the Los Angeles Aqueduct Filtration Plant...
View ArticleUN Climate Talks Fail to Reach Funding Agreements as Deadline Looms
With still no agreements on climate change compensation or funding for poor nations or even extending the Kyoto Protocol beyond 2013, the United Nations’ climate talks in Doha, scheduled to end...
View ArticleLiquid Composter Saves Fish Company 800,000 lb CO2e
Big River Fish Corporation has acquired a liquid food composter machine from Power Knot LLC to digest waste fish on site and save sending the waste to the landfill. The LFC-200 (pictured) reduces the...
View ArticleEfficient Set-Top Boxes ‘to Save $1.5 Bn’– But NRDC Cries Foul
A consortium of 15 TV providers and set-top-box manufacturers including Comcast, DirecTV, Cisco and Motorola have announced a Set-Top Box Energy Conservation Agreement that they say will result in...
View ArticleLow Snowfall ‘Cost Winter Tourism $1bn in 10 Years’
The $12.2 billion winter tourism industry in the US experienced an estimated $1 billion loss and up to 27,000 fewer jobs from 1999 to 2010 because of diminished snowfall patterns, according to a study...
View ArticlePolicy & Enforcement Briefing: Autumn Statement, China PM2.5, Toxic Train Wreck
UK Chancellor George Osborne in his Autumn Statement to parliament said that the UK will consider tax breaks for shale-gas exploration, as the ban on fracking is set to soon expire. The chancellor...
View ArticleFirst Phase of LNG Trucking Corridor Complete
Clean Energy Fuels has met its goal of completing 70 liquefied natural gas truck fueling stations this year, finishing the first stage of a network to support long-haul, heavy-duty trucks moving goods...
View ArticleUN Climate Talks Extend Kyoto; Deal for Damage Aid
Nations at the United Nations climate talks in Doha have agreed to extend pollution limits under the Kyoto Protocol to 2020, and a handful of countries, not including the United States, have taken on...
View ArticleThe Era of Data: When to Dig Deeper and When to Stop
I’m reminded of the Kenny Rogers song, “The Gambler,” which has the line: “Know when to hold ‘em. Know when to fold ‘em.” In the era of data overload, there’s a certain wisdom in knowing when to fold...
View ArticleDelta Joins Climate Registry
Delta Air Lines has joined The Climate Registry with successful verification of its greenhouse gas emissions inventories from 2005 through 2010, making it the first legacy carrier to meet the...
View ArticleEU Stumbles in Carbon Capture Race
Steel giant ArcelorMittal has pulled out of the European Union’s subsidy program for carbon capture and storage projects, the latest in a string of setbacks threatening to derail the bloc’s plan to...
View ArticleUPS, Postal Service Partner To Cut Carbon Footprints
The US Postal Service and UPS have partnered in an initiative that they say will cut costs and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. In a video message, postmaster general and USPS CEO Patrick Donahoe and...
View ArticleScion, Honda Top EPA Fuel Economy Guide
The 2013 Scion iQ electric vehicle and the Honda Fit electric vehicle topped the EPA’s annual list of fuel efficient vehicles. The 2013 Fuel Economy Guide, published by the EPA and the US Department of...
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