BASF Products to use Certified Palm Oil
BASF has announced a goal of using only certified palm oil by 2015. The company says it is one of the first suppliers to the European home and personal care industry to use ingredients based on...
View ArticlePolicy & Enforcement Briefing: Coal Ash Spill, Calif. Carbon Tax, Alt Fuel Cars
Federal prosecutors have served 20 more subpoenas to the North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources, as part of an criminal investigation into Duke Energy’s coal ash spill in the...
View ArticleUniversity of Hawaii, Pacific Biodiesel Announce Grease Trap Project
Researchers from the University of Hawai’i at M?noa are working with Maui based company Pacific Biodiesel to develop a way to make water from restaurant grease traps reusable. Wastewater from...
View ArticleStudy: CTO Diversion Provides No Benefits
The American Chemistry Council’s (ACC) Pine Chemistry Panel study found that diverting crude tall oil (CTO) into biofuel production in Europe will not have a significant effect in either reducing...
View ArticleFarm Worker Pesticide Rules Revised
The EPA has proposed that children under 16 be barred from handling all pesticides, in a group of proposed revisions to the Worker Protection Standard. The proposed revisions to the Worker Protection...
View ArticleEl Nino’s Return Ominous for Food Production
The El Nino weather pattern appears to be returning with the potential threat to global food production. The pattern sometimes causes drought in some regions and floods in others, is seen as...
View ArticleChinese Firms Adopt FSC for Export – Not Home Markets
Sustainable forestry certifications have helped Chinese companies sell abroad, but the benefits of certification are not recognized at home, the China Daily reports. The state-owned Paiyangshan Forest...
View ArticlePolicy & Enforcement Briefing: SCOTUS Hearing, Oil Train Safety, GHG...
The Obama administration’s climate agenda faces its first Supreme Court test today, Reuters reports. The court will consider whether the EPA’s regulation of vehicle greenhouse gas emissions...
View ArticlereAqua to Showcase Systems
A milestone in the development of sustainable greywater reuse technology will be showcased at Ecobuild 2014, according to reAqua Systems. The company says it will become the first in the history of the...
View ArticleLand Gas Analyzer Available
Consultants conducting ground gas investigations on contaminated land and brownfield sites can now lease the CIRIA (construction industry research and information association) compliant GA5000 portable...
View ArticlePollution Control Partners Team Up
Total Air Pollution Control (TAPC) and Anguil Environmental Systems (Anguil) have teamed up to meet emission control requirements of Australian companies. Both Anguil and TAPC specialize in...
View ArticleEnvironmental Executive Moves: Joule, CH2M Hill, CES Synergies
Here’s the latest news on hirings, promotions and departures among environmental leaders. Joule: The CO2-to-fuels platform company has appointed Paul Snaith as president and CEO. Snaith (pictured) was...
View ArticleLight Duty Natural Gas Vehicle Sales to Reach 3.8 million in 2023
Global annual light duty natural gas vehicle sales will grow from 2.3 million vehicles in 2014 to 3.8 million in 2023, according to a study by Navigant Research. Natural gas supplies have increased in...
View ArticleE-Waste to Exceed 93.5 Million Tons Annually
The global volume of e-waste generated is expected to reach 93.5 million tons in 2016 from 41.5 million tons in 2011 at a compound annual growth rate of 17.6 percent from 2011 to 2016, according to a...
View ArticleGreater Chemical Regulations Urged
Two scientists have proposed stricter rule to regulate industrial chemicals that they say are responsible for increased developmental disabilities detected in children. Neurodevelopmental disabilities,...
View ArticleSupreme Court Considers Narrow GHG Case
The Supreme Court today begins considering a narrow case that is unlikely to impinge much on the EPA’s ability to regulate carbon, according to observers on both sides of the regulatory debate. At...
View ArticleShale Gas Spurs $100 bn Chemicals Investment
Potential US chemical industry investment linked to shale gas extractions has topped $100 billion, the American Chemistry Council (ACC) reports. By February 2014, 148 projects worth $100.2 billion have...
View ArticleeRecyclingCorps Surpasses 20 Million Collected Devices
eRecyclingCorps (eRC) and its joint ventures have surpassed 20 million devices collected since 2009, including 10 million devices in 2013 alone. The company, founded in 2009, says increasing operator...
View ArticleFour Keys to Thinking about the Future of Sustainability
It is often a good strategy to listen to the new ideas of thought leaders and successful CEOs to see if they can provide inspiration that can be used on a broader scale. In the Harvard Business Review...
View ArticleStandards & Compliance Briefing: McDonald’s, KFC Prop. 65 Suits; LEED for...
The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine asked California’s Second District Court of Appeal to revive lawsuits alleging that McDonald’s, KFC, Applebee’s and other restaurant chains did not...
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