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Airlines Call for Single Emissions Standard

The International Air Transport Association, which represents 85 percent of the world’s airline traffic, has adopted a resolution calling for a single, industry-wide market-based measure to manage and...

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Banks Consider Natural Capital Risks

The Natural Capital Declaration — signed by the Rabobank Group, Pax World Management and about three dozen other financial institutions at last summer’s Rio+20 Earth Summit — has entered a new phase...

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Utilities and Energy Services Firms: Friends or Foes?

Energy services firms are eating utilities’ lunch in Europe, according to Reuters. Global consulting firm Bain & Company estimates that in Germany, the four biggest electric utilities will lose...

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Site Assessment Changes May Increase Costs, Report Times

Proposed changes to Phase 1 Environmental Site Assessments may increase user costs and delay report delivery times, according to GlobeSt.com. The American Society for Testing Materials is currently...

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Water Infrastructure Improvement Price Tag $384bn

Some $384 billion in improvements are needed for the nation’s drinking water infrastructure through 2030, according to an EPA survey. The EPA’s fifth Drinking Water Infrastructure Needs Survey and...

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Tackling the Food Waste Dilemma in the United States

Each year, an estimated 40% of the American food supply goes uneaten. This staggering percentage has implications up and down the food value chain, not to mention serious environmental repercussions....

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Policy & Enforcement Briefing: ‘Innovative’ Stormwater Plan, Paint Take-Back,...

The Energy Department has finalized energy efficiency standards for microwave ovens. The DOE said the new rules will reduce energy consumption in standby mode by 75 percent in countertop microwave...

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Hotter Planet Will Make Corn Ethanol Unviable

If climate change continues at its current pace, in 40 years a hotter planet will lower corn production by 7 percent while requiring a 9 percent increase in irrigation water, putting US biofuel goals...

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Boeing’s Longer Dreamliner Slated for 2013 Flight

Boeing has begun final assembly of the first 787-9 Dreamliner, the newest member of the super-efficient 787 jet family that the company says will carry 40 more passengers an additional 300 nautical...

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Offshore Wind: Brighter Future?

This week we saw two signals that the nascent US offshore wind industry might finally find its feet. Yesterday the Department of the Interior announced a date for the nation’s first ever competitive...

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General Mills, Unilever Join Food Waste Challenge

General Mills, Unilever and the Food Waste Reduction Alliance have joined the USDA’s Food Waste Challenge as founding partners. The challenge, announced yesterday by the EPA and USDA, asks farmers,...

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AB InBev to Cut Water Use, GHGs, Packaging

Anheuser-Busch InBev today committed to seven global environmental goals to reduce water use and water risk, and decrease greenhouse gas emissions, packaging and energy use. AB InBev aims to reach...

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Geothermal Energy Benefits ‘$278m Annually’

Geothermal energy produces little to no greenhouse gas emissions, which provides annual health and environmental benefits to the US valued at $278 million, according to an analysis from the Geothermal...

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Coke Recycling Venture Processes 500 Million Bottles in Year One

Continuum Recycling, the recycled-PET joint venture between Coca-Cola Enterprises and ECO Plastics, says it has processed 500 million bottles since opening in May 2012. The companies say the...

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As Single-Serve Coffee Use Soars, Industry Struggles with Recycling Solutions

More than a tenth of US households — 12 percent — own single-cup coffee brewers, says the National Coffee Association, and that number is on the rise. But one-cup coffee pods are not easily recyclable,...

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Verizon Chooses Bloom Energy Fuel Cells

Verizon is installing Bloom Energy fuel cell systems at three of its California-based locations: two call-switching centers in Los Angeles and San Francisco and a data center in San Jose. Bloom...

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Building the World’s ‘Most Sustainable BMW Dealership’

Auto West BMW discusses how it built the “most sustainable BMW dealership in the world.”

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US Can ‘Cut Emissions Using Natural Gas’

Increasing natural gas use in businesses and homes as well as within the transportation and manufacturing sectors can help the US cut greenhouse gas emissions in the near to medium term, according to a...

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Red Diesel a Fair or Flawed System?

For years, red diesel has been used by farmers and constructions workers to power heavy duty machinery used for off-road purposes. At around half the wholesale price of conventional “white” diesel used...

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United Airlines Signs 15m Gallon Biofuel Purchase Agreement

United Airlines will purchase 15 million gallons of biofuel from AltAir Fuels that will be used on flights departing from Los Angeles International Airport starting in 2014, the airline says. The...

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