Cleaning Product Industry Cuts GHGs 12% in One Year
Dow Chemical, Ecolab, SC Johnson, Seventh Generation and other American Cleaning Institute member companies reduced their greenhouse gas emissions 12 percent from 2010 to 2011, according to the ACI’s...
View ArticleKoch’s Coke Clouds Show Potential Regulatory Gaps
It was hard to imagine Koch Industries could lose much more public trust. But last week, residents of Windsor, Ontario were given one more reason to dislike the diversified private company, when a huge...
View ArticleEPA Slashes Cellulosic Biofuels Mandate
The EPA has slashed the amount of cellulosic biofuels that refiners must blend into their gasoline and diesel, from its initial proposal for 14 million gallons of cellulosic biofuel to 6 million...
View Article1,000 Restaurants Say No to Polystyrene Foam Ban
More than 1,000 New York City businesses have written letters urging the City Council to oppose the proposed ban on polystyrene foam food service products, according to Restaurant Action Alliance NYC....
View ArticleAustin Demand Response Combines EV Charging, Variety of Thermostats
Since February, Austin Energy has been conducting an automated demand response pilot for about 60 residential customers. The ADR program is unusual because it also combines electric vehicle charging...
View ArticleHow Changing Weather Affects the Built Environment
I have been writing a lot lately about climate change and weather patterns. If it’s not yet abundantly clear, my rationale stems from the fact that, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric...
View ArticleSouthern California Edison’s EV Charging Learning Points
When customers with electric vehicles visit Southern California Edison’s website, the most sought after information is an estimate of how much it will cost to recharge their cars, followed by where...
View ArticleInvestors View Climate Change as ‘Material Risk’
A majority of investors view climate change as a material risk and as a consequence have retained — and in many cases advanced — their commitment to addressing climate change in their investment...
View ArticleAutomotive Engineers Forecast Stronger Regulations, DuPont Survey Says
With automotive regulations governing fuel economy and CO2 emissions being discussed in the US and Europe, nearly half of automotive engineers predict those regulations will strengthen, according to a...
View ArticleWalmart, Fox Campaign Promotes Eco-Brands
Walmart and Twentieth Century Fox have partnered to promote eco-friendly brands including Brita, Burt’s Bees, Glad, Green Works and Clorox — and the studio’s home-video launch of “Epic,” an...
View ArticleStandards and Compliance Briefing: SFI, LEED, EPD
Mohawk Group has issued its first environmental product declaration, for its EcoFlex ICT modular commercial floor covering. For the EPD, the company performed a life cycle assessment to capture impacts...
View ArticleEnvironmental Executive Moves: Kennecott, US Navy, City of Los Angeles, Flare
Here’s the latest news on hirings, promotions and departures among environmental leaders. Kennecott Utah Copper: The mining, smelting and refining company’s parent company, Rio Tinto, says Kennecott...
View ArticlePG&E Laser Technology Tracks Down Gas Leaks
Pacific Gas & Electric has begun using a natural gas leak surveying technology that it says is 1,000 times more sensitive than traditional leak detection equipment, and has trained its first batch...
View ArticleIntegrated Reporting Reaches Milestone, But US Unimpressed
The integrated reporting movement is picking up steam, with the Deutsche Börse Group announcing that it has become the first stock exchange – and the 100th business overall – to join a pilot program...
View ArticleGeneral Mills, Kraft, Monsanto Join Food LCA Database
General Mills, Kraft Foods and Monsanto are among the first companies to join a project that aims to develop a comprehensive database for food and beverage life cycle assessments (LCAs). The Swiss...
View ArticleOffice Depot Sets Stricter Paper Purchasing Rules
Office Depot has set stricter guidelines for purchasing paper from suppliers, including establishing minimum requirement for products claiming to contain recycled content and vowing to only buy virgin...
View ArticleWhat Do Solar Flares Have to Do with Energy Managers?
The sun’s magnetic field is about to change its polarity, and while that sounds kind of ominous, according to NASA, it’s an event that happens every 11 years during the peak of each solar cycle. Of...
View ArticleCFO’s Role in Sustainability
Sustainability has broadened the CFO’s role, particularly when it comes to the risks associated with sustainability: strategic, operational, financial, reputational and compliance.
View ArticleReused Produced Water for Injection Cuts Fracking Costs
Global Industrial Water (GIW) on Aug. 12 will begin a 14-day trial to find a treatment or series of treatments whereby produced water from oil and gas operations can be rendered fit for agricultural,...
View ArticleGreen Uses for Substandard Cotton
Researchers in Texas are looking into ways to turn substandard cotton resulting from a lack of available water into eco-friendly products, The Guardian reports. Water resources from the Ogallala...
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