Hippo USA’s Tertia Frac ‘Minimizes Environmental Impact’
Hippo USA has launched its patent-pending Tertia Frac solution, which the company says reduces the footprint of a frac site to one-third that of a traditional frac operation. Using a system of...
View ArticleCommand Packaging to Open Agricultural Plastic Recycling Center
Command Packaging is planning to turn part of the former Firestone plant outside of Salinas, Calif., into a 124,500-square-foot recycling facility for plastics from the agricultural industry. Encore...
View ArticleEnvironmental Executive Moves: Joule, Climate Trust, Applied Materials, EBI
Here’s the latest news on hirings, promotions and departures among environmental leaders. Joule: The developer of CO2-to-fuels solar conversion technology announced changes in its executive leadership....
View ArticleUrban Vertical Farm Becomes Zero Organic Waste Facility
FarmedHere, a Chicagoland-based vertical farm, says it has become a zero organic waste facility by converting all of its organic waste into compost. The compost is then used in landscaping,...
View ArticlePolicy & Enforcement Briefing: Power Plant Rules, Enviro Regulator ‘Forced Out’
The EPA plans to force utilities to limit emissions of hazardous pollutants during power plant shut-down, start-up and malfunctioning. Environmental groups are pressuring the agency to finalize the...
View ArticlePort of Long Beach Cuts Diesel Particulates 81%, SOx 88%
The Port of Long Beach has cut diesel particulates by 81 percent and sulfur oxides 88 percent since 2005, according to its 2012 Emissions Inventory report. The port’s has also reduced nitrogen oxides...
View ArticleMore Ecotality Woes: Charging Stations Cut Power
Some electric vehicle drivers will spend twice as long to charge their cars using Blink Level 2 charging stations, after owner Ecotality cut the power level on 12,000 chargers in response to a...
View ArticleGE Nat Gas Engines Receive EPA Mobile Certification
The EPA has granted mobile certification to two of General Electric’s Waukesha gas engine models, approval the company says will accelerate the displacement of diesel for on-site energy used by the oil...
View ArticleAT&T, EDF Toolkit Promises 28bn Gallons in Commercial Building Water Savings
US commercial buildings can collectively save up to 28 billion gallons of water annually by using a suit of tools produced by AT&T and Environmental Defense Fund (EDF), the organizations say. For...
View ArticleRemanufactured Products: A New Business Model For Light-Vehicle OEMs, Part I...
The light-vehicle (automobiles and Class 1-3 trucks) US-based OEMs, and their suppliers, are currently in a state of malaise due to: Massive financial loses for their investors. Dislocations of hourly...
View ArticleUSGBC, Green Sports Alliance Team Up for LEED-Certified Stadiums
The US Green Building Council (USGBC) has joined forces with the Green Sports Alliance (GSA), a nonprofit that aims to reduce sports’ environmental impact, to promote green building initiatives in...
View ArticleFinelite Cuts Waste 84% in 7 Years
Finelite, a manufacturer of high-efficiency lighting systems, cut its waste production by 84 percent between 2005 and 2012 through using reusable packaging, Sustainable Plant reports. Through such...
View ArticleStandards & Compliance Briefing: Sustainable Palm Oil, Landfill Diversion, LEED
Blommer Chocolate Company announced that following certification from the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO), it will be the first cocoa producer to offer 100 percent RSPO-certified, mass...
View ArticleCalifornia Carbon Price Lower Than Expected
California raised $275.5 million selling greenhouse gas emissions permits in its fourth auction, with the state’s largest emitters paying a lower than expected $12.22 per metric ton for the right to...
View ArticleWaste Management Cashes in on Fracking Boom
Waste Management — and other companies outside the oil and gas industry — are benefiting from the US fracking boom. The waste disposal and recycling company has acquired Summit Energy Services and...
View ArticleClimate Adaptation: Big Headache, Big Expense
Climate adaptation is poised to provide big business for some companies – and a big expense for many others. As this article at The Verge points out, construction firms – especially those that build...
View ArticleWill Carbon Fiber ‘Lego Bricks’ Build Airplanes of the Future?
MIT engineers have developed carbon fiber “Lego bricks” — interlocking blocks that can be used to build large structures — that are 10 times stiffer than comparable lightweight materials, ExtremeTech...
View ArticleAlways-On Wireless Devices: a 30M Ton Carbon Problem
Wireless networks with 24/7 access are becoming energy consuming monsters and wireless computing will lead to 30 million tons of carbon emissions by 2015, The Guardian reports. Cloud-based applications...
View ArticleGE, BASF, Others Receive $36M DOE Funding for EV Energy Storage
General Electric and BASF are among the 22 organizations to receive a total of $36 million from the Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) to develop electric vehicle...
View ArticleEnergy Consultants Fail to Provide Funding Information
According to a survey conducted by Noesis Energy, the primary reasons why energy-efficiency projects are not getting approved are i) the inability to get funding; and ii) uncertainty about savings...
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