Policy & Regulatory Briefing: Smog Rules, Light Bulb Bill Defeated, IRIS...
New rules targeting the combined effects of nitrogen and sulfur emissions on water quality are expected from the EPA as early as today. The agency’s assessment (pdf) concluded that current Clean Air...
View ArticleWhy Fluorescent Lighting Isn’t Dead
The future of energy-efficient lighting, many experts will tell you, is the solid-state LED (light-emitting diode). You have already begun to see these tiny, bead-like lights in special applications...
View ArticleBest Practices: The Business Case for Sustainability Disclosure
Join Environmental Leader for a webinar on Wednesday, July 20, 2011 at 8am PDT/11am EDT, discussing best practices for sustainability disclosure. Many organizations find that financial reporting alone...
View ArticleDreamWorks, Nasdaq ‘Black Listed’ for Lack of Transparency
DreamWorks, NASDAQ and Madison Square Garden are among the well-known American brands that have appeared on a “black list” of companies with poor transparency and corporate citizenship. The Black List,...
View ArticleSchneider, Cisco Launch Joint Building-IT Energy Platform; Canon Saves 2.7m kWh
Schneider Electric and Cisco have unveiled a joint energy management solution that allows building managers to extend the reach of their existing building management system into the IT/IP domain. The...
View ArticleNike, Puma, Other Giants Accused of Importing from Chinese Polluter
Adidas, Nike, Puma and Calvin Klein are among some of the brands importing materials from a Chinese conglomerate responsible for the pollution of rivers, according to a report released by environmental...
View ArticleVinyl 2010’s Josef Ertl on Sustainability in PVC industry
Vinyl 2010’s Josef Ertl on sustainability in PVC industry
View ArticleBank of America Cuts Scope 1 & 2 GHGs by 8%
Bank of America reduced its net Scope 1 and Scope 2 greenhouse gas emissions by 7.5 percent from 2009 to 2010, according to the company’s first corporate social responsibility report, but emission from...
View ArticleSustainable Innovation: What Some Leaders Do that Others Don’t
HH Dow, the founder of Dow Chemical Company, once said, “If you can’t do it better, why do it?” That quote captures the commitment to innovation, which thrives in organizations where leaders are...
View ArticleThe Green Gap: Where’s the Green In Your Data Center?
“Green” is a widely recognized, liberally utilized term to connote environmental responsibility, including its application to buildings for qualities like energy efficiency and low carbon footprint....
View ArticleEnvironmental Enforcement: China Halts ConocoPhillips Operations
The Chinese government yesterday ordered ConocoPhillips to stop operations at several rigs in an area affected by a 336 square mile oil slick, warning that another spill could happen “at any time,”...
View ArticleCompliance & Standards Briefing: Leaks, Labeling and Laundry
Officials in Maine plan to announce on Friday that Chevron will pay a large settlement for more than 140,000 gallons of oil that has been seeping from storage tanks from the 1940s to the 1980s into the...
View ArticleRenewables Briefing: Redskins, Marines, Air Products, U.S. Foodservice, Hiram...
U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu has announced the offer of a conditional commitment for a $105 million loan guarantee to support the development of the nation’s first commercial-scale cellulosic...
View ArticleAEP Shelves Major Carbon Capture Project
American Electric Power has shelved plans to build one of the nation’s first carbon capture and storage facilities, terminating a cooperative agreement with the U.S. Department of Energy. In a...
View ArticleKenmore, Rheem, LG to Display New Energy Star Seal
Electrolux, Sears Kenmore, LG and Samsung are a few of the brands that have earned a new Energy Star label designating the most energy-efficient products in each category. The Most Efficient pilot...
View ArticleEPA Proposes New Secondary Standards For NOx, SOx
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has proposed secondary air quality standards to protect the environment from nitrogen oxides and sulfur oxides. The agency is proposing both to retain the...
View ArticlePanel Talks Venture Capital and Sustainability
Highlights from a panel discussion exploring new investment criteria for developing energy and energy-related technologies, new materials, green jobs, etc., at the 40th Wharton Global Alumni Forum...
View ArticleWater Use Falls at SABMiller, But Steady at MillerCoors
SABMiller cut both its relative water consumption and fossil fuel emissions by three percent and recycled 96 percent of its waste last year, according to the company’s sustainable development report....
View ArticlePolicy & Regulations Briefing: House Passes Water Bill, Plastic’s Future,...
The House on Wednesday passed H.R. 2018, siding with states and their ability to set clean water standards, despite a veto threat from the Obama administration, Bloomberg News said. Today, the Interior...
View ArticleJohnson & Johnson Sets Goals for Carbon, Water, Waste, Renewables
Johnson & Johnson is targeting a 20 percent cut in facility CO2 emissions by 2020 and a 10 percent cut in water use by 2015, as part of a suite of new goals unveiled yesterday. The environmental...
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