EPA Chemical Assessment ‘Should Take Data-Driven Approach’
The EPA’s draft plan to assess inorganic arsenic risks should take greater advantage of the data that exists on the chemical to reach evidence-based conclusions, says a report from the National...
View ArticleMississippi ‘Most Improved’ State in Energy Efficiency
Energy efficiency measures are thriving in state capitals around the United States, with several states – including Mississippi, Connecticut, Illinois, and West Virginia – taking major steps that moved...
View ArticleUnconventional E&P ‘$8 Billion of US Water Services Market’
Limited available water resources, drought and increasing water-use demands from all segments of the economy is driving water management issues to the forefront of US exploration and production...
View ArticleEnvironmental Executive Moves: Sealed Air, Universal Lubricants, GSE
Here’s the latest news on hirings, promotions and departures among environmental leaders. Sealed Air: The packaging manufacturer has hired James Whaley as vice president, corporate communications and...
View ArticleGE Analytical Tools Can Help Fleet Managers Save Money, Optimize Performance
General Electric Capital Fleet Services has launched a suite of analytical tools to help fleet managers benchmark and optimize their fleet performance. Customers can access the new tools through GE...
View ArticlePolicy & Enforcement Briefing: Obama Climate Czar, Carbon Capture, CDM
White House deputy director for climate Dan Utech has become President Obama’s top energy and climate change advisor, The Hill reports. Utech replaces Heather Zichal, whose last day was Friday. The...
View ArticleGRI to Launch Report Check Service
The Global Reporting Initiative will next month launch a service to check whether the most critical disclosures in reports based on its G4 Sustainability Reporting Guidelines are located as stated, and...
View ArticleHow to Make Money from Consumers’ Sustainable Behavior
An online tool can help executives build a business case for sustainability, say nonprofit business network BSR and consultancy Futerra, which launched the free tool late last week. The Business Case...
View ArticleWarsaw Climate Talks Could ID Key Issues
Nations are meeting in Warsaw, starting today, to lay the groundwork for the world’s next major climate deal. The 19th conference of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change will aim to commit...
View ArticleDOE Didn’t Report Ecotality Concerns Prior to Its Bankrupcty, Audit Finds
The US Department of Energy did not report concerns about Ecotality five months before the electric vehicle charging company, which had won $135 million in federal funding, filed for bankruptcy,...
View ArticleWhat Is So Great about a ‘No Further Remediation’ Letter Anyway?
Recently I went to a well-attended presentation in Chicago covering the new vapor intrusion (VI) rules that are now a part of Illinois’ risk-based Tiered Approach to Corrective Action Objectives (TACO)...
View ArticleMicrosoft Signs Wind Energy Power Purchase Agreement
Microsoft signed its first long-term (20-year) power purchase agreement (PPA) for wind energy. The agreement with RES Americas will be funded in part by proceeds from Microsoft’s carbon fee. Per the...
View ArticleOakland Port Completes Shore Power Infrastructure
The Port of Oakland has completed its shore power infrastructure, which provides electrical power to ships, thereby reducing diesel and other air pollutant emissions from ships while they are at berth....
View ArticleZero Waste Energy Breaks Ground on Waste to CNG Facility
Zero Waste Energy has broken ground on an anaerobic digestion facility that will convert 11,200 tons per year of food and green waste into more than 100,000 diesel equivalent gallons of compressed...
View ArticleNon-GMO Food Market to Hit $800 Billion by 2017
Global sales of non-GMO food and beverage products will double to $800 billion by 2017, growth largely driven by demand in Europe and the US, according to a report by Packaged Facts. The report,...
View ArticleThird Tesla Fire Sends Shares Plummeting
Stocks in electric car company Tesla tumbled last week as news broke of a third Model S fire in less than two months. The most recent electrical fire, which happened near Smyrne, Tenn., occurred after...
View ArticleStandards & Compliance Briefing: Superior Energy Performance, Turbidity,...
Mack Trucks’ Macungie Cab and Vehicle Assembly operation in Macungie, Penn., has become the first US manufacturing facility to receive platinum-level Superior Energy Performance certification, under...
View ArticleFracking Profits Flow to Water Recyclers
Fasken Oil and Ranch in West Texas now uses 90 percent recycled water for hydraulic fracturing, putting the company 10 percent away from its goal of not using any freshwater for fracking, the...
View ArticleDOE Argues for Carbon Capture’s Viability
The Obama Administration continues to make the argument – crucial for its carbon standards for power plants – that carbon capture is a bankable technology. “The technology is ready,” energy secretary...
View ArticleUS Chamber Urges Congress Block EPA’s Power Plant Rules
The US Chamber of Commerce is backing legislation that would diminish the EPA’s proposed carbon pollution rules for new power plants and block emissions limits for existing power plants. In a letter to...
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