COP16: ‘Cancun Agreement’ signed by US, China
United Nations global climate delegates worked till the early hours Saturday, to wrap up COP16 in Cancun, Mexico, with a document. The “Cancun Agreement” locks in emissions reductions targets for 80%...
View ArticleEnvironmental Enforcement: Water Contractor Faces Criminal Charges
Wastewater Contractor Charged with Conspiracy and Clean Water Act Violations A water service contractor and two of its employees were charged with and felony violations of the Clean Water Act in a...
View ArticleDissecting California’s Cap-and-Trade Plan: What’s your Free Piece of the...
It sounds like an old regulatory joke: Professional #1: “If the 8th largest economy in the world put a price on carbon and started a Cap and Trade Program, how many free allowances would you get?”...
View ArticleSustainable Packaging Roundup – Awards and Innovation
At its November 2010 PACK EXPO International in Chicago, the Packaging Association (PAC) announced winners of the “PAC Green Den – Fast Track to Sustainable Innovation.” Reducing waste was a key factor...
View ArticleDeloitte Expands Sustainability Offerings, Acquires ClearCarbon, DOMANI
Taking steps to expand in what it has identified as a “key growth area,” Deloitte has acquired the assets of ClearCarbon Consulting, Inc. and DOMANI Sustainability Consulting, LLC, which will be...
View ArticleMacy’s Says Lighting Retrofit Will Cut Energy Consumption 73%
Macy’s is retrofitting more than 117,000 halogen-based accent lighting in 86 department stores across the nation in a sustainability campaign that expects to reduce the retailer’s energy consumption by...
View ArticleLeveraging Manufacturing for a Sustainable World
I recently attended a conference on high performance manufacturing in Gifu, Japan, focusing on a variety of technical advances to push manufacturing ahead in the face of increasing competition, rising...
View ArticleEnvironmental Enforcement: Dekalb County Settles Sewer Complaint
Dekalb County Settles Sewer Complaint DeKalb County, Ga. has agreed to make major improvements to its sanitary sewer system in an effort to eliminate unauthorized overflows of untreated sewage, the...
View ArticleEnvironmental Enforcement: Waste Processor Fined
DTSC Fines Exide Technologies $102,300 For Hazardous Waste Violations The California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) has issued an Enforcement Order to a Los Angeles area waste processor...
View ArticleP&G Touts First Zero-Waste Facility in North America
Auburn, Maine, is the site of the Procter & Gamble Company’s first North American “zero waste to landfill” manufacturing plant. The feminine care facility is P&G’s ninth facility worldwide to...
View ArticleUK Cos Miss Boat on $ 2.5 Billion-Yr Energy Efficiency Savings
UK businesses are walking away from a £1.6bn (US$ 2.5bn) annual saving potential from energy investments ecause finance directors are undervaluing the financial returns from investments in energy...
View ArticleDP World Selects Greenstone for Carbon Management
Global port operator DP World has selected Greenstone Carbon Management and the CarbonNeutral Company’s carbon management and reduction solution for implementation across its 50 terminals worldwide....
View ArticleCommercial, Industrial LED Market Set For Big Growth
The US market for commercial and industrial LED lighting is forecasted to see $330 million of revenue in 2010, with potential to grow next year at over 30%, and surpassing $1 billion in annual revenues...
View ArticleGM Meets, Beats Landfill-Free Facilities Target
General Motors says that 52 percent of its worldwide facilities are now landfill-free, meaning all waste generated from normal operations is reused, recycled or converted to energy. The company had a...
View ArticleUS Army Discusses Sustainability, Energy Security
Defense Department officials discuss the topic of energy security and sustainability at the Association of the United States Army Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C.
View ArticleA Conversation with HP: Post COP16 and Prop23
Valerie Davis, president of Green Canary Sustainability Consulting and CEO of EnviroMedia Social Marketing caught up with HP on the final night of COP16 at HP’s U.N. Climate Wall in the Moon Palace...
View ArticleRoundup – Progress Energy, IBM, GE, Ingersoll-Rand
Progress Energy monitors tritium leak at NC site Bloomberg Waste as energy – a key trend for the sustainable industry in 2011 Independent IBM makes Corpus Christi into a smarter and more sustainable...
View ArticleDOE Headquarters Gets Cool Roof
A new cool roof installation on the Department of Energy’s Headquarters West Building has been completed. There was no incremental cost to adding the cool roof as part of the roof replacement project...
View ArticleEnvironmental Groups Sue ExxonMobil Over Air Emissions
Two environmental advocacy groups, Sierra Club and Environment Texas, yesterday filed a lawsuit in the federal district court in Texas against world’s largest publicly traded oil and gas company Exxon...
View ArticleIndustry Groups Call Coordination of Greenhouse Gas Regulations Suit a Victory
When a federal appeals court announced Friday that it wouldn’t stay U.S. EPA’s greenhouse gas regulations, it was not the completely decisive win for the Obama administration it may have seemed. In the...
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