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Advancing Sustainability Through Innovation

A recent Ceres report analyzed 613 of the largest publicly traded corporations in the United States to reveal that while a growing contingent of companies are steadily building sustainability into...

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Rising Natural Gas Use ‘Unlikely’ to Alter GHGs

Despite being hailed as the available, clean fuel of the future, the increased use of natural gas will not drastically alter greenhouse gas emissions if targeted climate policy is not implemented,...

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Ryder Pays $22,500 Settlement

Ryder Truck Rental has agreed to pay a $22,500 penalty to settle alleged violations of underground storage tank (UST) regulations at a company facility in Wilmington, Del. The EPA cited Ryder for not...

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Superfund List Adds Seven Hazardous Waste Sites

The EPA has added seven hazardous waste sites that pose risks to people’s health and the environment to the National Priorities List (NPL) of Superfund sites. The agency is also proposing to add...

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Pulping Waste Product Has $130bn Market Potential as Green Alternative

A waste product of the pulping industry has the potential to become a renewable resource for the petrochemical sector, according a Frost & Sullivan report. The report, “High-Value Opportunities for...

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Carbon Cycle Power to Build Waste-to-Value Plant

MPM Technologies subsidiary Carbon Cycle Power has signed a memorandum of understanding with machining and manufacturing company Wheeler Industries to build CCP’s waste-to-value technology. The...

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Waste and Recycling Container Tracking Software Launched

Rehrig Pacific has released the latest version of its Container Asset Recovery Tracking System (CARTS), asset tracking software for the waste and recycling industry. The company, which supplies...

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GM Fuel Cell Fleet Tops 3 Million Miles

General Motors’ fleet of fuel cell vehicles has passed 3 million miles of hydrogen-powered, real-world driving, avoiding 157,894 gallons of gasoline consumption, GM estimates. Some individual vehicles...

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GE Technology Recycles Produced Water

A crude oil production site in Italy will use GE’s advanced evaporator and zero liquid discharge (ZLD) technology to recycle up to 98 percent of produced water. Total E&P Italia has six wells in...

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CE Industry Sets E-Waste Recycling Record

Led by Apple, Best Buy, Dell and DirecTV, the consumer electronics (CE) industry set a new record in 2013 by recycling 620 million pounds of electronics in the US, more than double the total of three...

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Obama Pushes Energy Efficiency, Climate Initiatives

President Barack Obama on Friday announced several climate and energy initiatives at Walmart in Mountain View, Calif., that he says will cut carbon pollution and create jobs. These include commitments...

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Appliances Sustainability Standard Developed

The Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers (AHAM), CSA Group and UL Environment have released AHAM 7002-2014/CSA SPE-7002-14/UL 7002, Sustainability Standard for Household Portable and Floor Care...

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Tyson Foods Toxic Chemical Release Could Cost It $500M

Tyson Foods, currently under investigation by the EPA over the release of toxic chemicals at a plant in Monett, Mo., could lose around $500 million in government contracts if found guilty, The City...

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Is Your Utility Data Collection Process Outdated? 7 Questions to Ask

Does your energy management process bring about thoughts of efficiency, reliability and automation, or are you concerned this process is manual, outdated and a big risk to your company? Organizations...

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Recycling Facility Explosion Kills 2

A mortar round explosion at an Illinois recycling plant killed two people Monday morning and injured a third, according to media reports. Granite City Police Chief Rich Miller told KSDK.com that it is...

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Environmental Executive Moves: TSC, Meredian, LanzaTech, Proterra

Here’s the latest news on hirings, promotions and departures among environmental leaders. The Sustainability Consortium: The consumer product sustainability organization has appointed Sheila Bonini...

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Bank of America Landscaping to Save 3M Gallons Annually

Bank of America has expanded its use of drought-tolerant landscaping and funded a $250,000 grant for drought research and response as part of its ongoing efforts to help address California’s severe...

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DuPont Improves Vehicle Fuel Efficiency by Lightweighting

DuPont, together with Swedish truck manufacturer Scania, is working to create lighter parts for vehicles, beginning with the oil pan, according to The News Journal. With federal auto emissions...

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Unilever Tests Solar-Powered Freezers

Unilever is testing commercially viable solar-powered ice cream freezers in New York’s Central Park. The company, whose brands include Popsicles, Good Humor and Mangum ice cream bars, says when...

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GE Opens $5M Oil and Gas Tech Center

GE Oil & Gas has opened a $5 million Technology Solutions Center (TSC) in Stavanger, Norway. The center has been designed to help oil and gas operators achieve optimal efficiency, environmental...

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