Paris Lifts Driving Limits after Just One Day
French authorities lifted the restrictions they placed on Paris drivers on Monday, saying after just one day that they had achieved the desired environmental outcome. “Bravo, and thank you,” French...
View ArticleAcid Maker LSB Agrees NOx Limits with EPA
LSB Industries Inc., the largest merchant manufacturer of concentrated nitric acid in North America, will pay an estimated $6.3 million to $11.7 million to meet nitrogen oxide emission limits that are...
View ArticleDuke Energy Grand Jury Inquiry Begins
A federal grand jury convened in Raleigh yesterday as part of a criminal investigation into Duke Energy, following the company’s coal ash spill into the Dan River last month. Details of the grand...
View ArticleGRI Chief Ligteringen to Quit
The Global Reporting Initiative’s chief executive Ernst Ligteringen has announced plans to leave the sustainability reporting standards organization by the middle of 2015, having indicated his desire...
View ArticleNew GSA Standards for Federal Buildings Emphasize Performance
The U.S. General Services Administration’s new standards for its federal buildings focuses more on outcomes, or performance, and less on technology. The Facilities Standards for the Public Buildings...
View ArticleIndustrial Scale Bio-Thermic Digester Introduced
Advetec has introduced an industrial scale Bio-Thermic Digester (BTD), designed to process and reduce high volumes of organic waste, particularly in waste water. High water content makes transport...
View ArticleNTS Buys Wyle Labs’ Testing Business
Environmental testing, inspection and certification firm National Technical Systems has acquired the testing business of Wyle Laboratories. Operating out of three facilities in Huntsville, Ala., El...
View ArticleWaterless Process Eyed for Biodiesel Production
Researchers from the University of Porto, Portugal, are now looking at water-free methods for purifying biofuels, including those made from waste cooking oils, animal fats and other fatty wastes...
View ArticleLawmakers Reject Flights Exemption
The European Parliament’s environment committee rejected an exemption for long-haul flights from paying for carbon emissions until the end of 2016. The 71-member Environment Committee voted against a...
View ArticleUSDA Launches Sustainable Wood Construction Training Program
The US Department of Agriculture has announced an initiative to educate architects, engineers and builders about the benefits of sustainable, advanced wood building materials, and plans for a...
View ArticleEV Project to Save Sea-Tac Airport $2.8 Million in Fuel Costs
An electrification project at Seattle’s Sea-Tac Airport to switch ground support equipment from fossil fuels to electric power is projected to save $2.8 million in airline fuel costs and 10,000 metric...
View ArticlePanel Warns of Water Risk to Tourism
A paper warning of the pending perils of water availability for the tourism industry was released by a research consortium supported by the EarthCheck Research Institute (ERI), together with Ecolab...
View ArticleGoogle, Microsoft, Feds Launch Climate Data Tools
Google, Microsoft and other companies joined the White House yesterday to launch a suite of climate data projects designed to serve businesses, governments and the public. The Climate Data Initiative...
View ArticleStandards & Compliance Briefing: Sustainable Beef, IgCC Changes, Prop. 65...
The Global Roundtable for Sustainable Beef has released its draft Principles and Criteria for Global Sustainable Beef for public comment, through May 16. The draft was developed by GRSB members,...
View ArticleUS Ban on Oil Exports — An Overview
In 1975, the United States Congress passed the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (EPCA) to minimize the impact of future oil embargos by oil producing nations. The law grants the President authority...
View ArticlePMFG Acquires Control Technology Company
PMFG has agreed to acquire the assets of Combustion Components Associates (CCA), a provider of in-furnace and post-combustion control technologies. The acquisition is expected to close by April 30,...
View ArticleUniversity-Themed Products Might Contain Hazardous Chemicals
That March Madness shirt or trinket you’re displaying might contain chemicals already banned in other consumer products, according to a new report. A new study found that 7 in 10 (71 percent) of...
View ArticleChina’s Smog Among Top Recruitment Challenges for Foreign Firms
Pollution in China has become a major stumbling block for foreign firms trying to convince top executives to work in the country, according to a survey by the American Chamber of Commerce in Beijing....
View ArticleKeurig Green Mountain Commits $11Million to Water Security
Keurig Green Mountain has committed $11 million to support nonprofit organizations working domestically and internationally to promote water security. The company said freshwater resources are...
View ArticleGRSB Unveils Sustainable Beef Standards
The Global Roundtable for Sustainable Beef has released its draft Principles and Criteria for Global Sustainable Beef document for public comment. However, the documents does not lay out a set of...
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