Battery Take-Back Legislation Signed in New York
New York Governor David Paterson signed mandatory take-back legislation requiring battery manufacturers to work with retailers to set up free, easily accessible recycling programs for batteries sold or...
View ArticleBoeing’s VP EHS Discusses Sustainability, Corporate Strategy
At NAEM’s 2010 conference, Boeing’s Mary Armstrong, VP of EHS, discussed the connection between sustainability and corporate strategy.
View ArticleRenewable Energy in China, India To Hit $53.0 Billion, $14.4 Billion...
By 2016 the total renewable energy market in China and India will be $53.0 billion and $14.4 billion respectively, according to the latest issue of EL Insights. China and India are the world’s two most...
View Article2009 TRI Data Shows Sharp Decline in Chemical Releases
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s annual national analysis of the Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) data is reporting a sharp decline in releases of chemicals listed under the program. The TRI...
View ArticleTony Juniper Discusses Sustainability and the Travel Industry
At the World Travel Market conference, environmentalist Tony Juniper talks about sustainability and what the travel and tourism industry can do to promote responsible tourism.
View ArticleChevy Volt, Ford Focus EV Lead In Consumer Awareness
The electric vehicle (EV) brand that will most often lead to a purchase consideration is Ford (17.8%), followed by Toyota (16.7%), Chevrolet (16.0%), Honda (12.6%), and Nissan (7.1%), according to The...
View ArticleRoundup – PG&E, Edison May Get Millions of Free California Carbon Permits
PG&E, Edison May Get Millions of Free California Carbon Permits Bloomberg Hertz to build natural gas station at LAX facility Bloomberg ACE Achieves Carbon Emissions Reduction Goal Ahead of Schedule...
View ArticleUN Climate Conference (COP 16) Wrap up and What to Watch in 2011
This year’s Sixteenth Conference of the Parties (COP 16) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) took place between November 29 and December 10 this year in Cancun,...
View ArticleGM Recycles Oil-Soaked Booms into Chevy Volt Parts
More than 100 miles of oil-soaked plastic boom materials from Louisiana and Alabama, waste from the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, have been diverted to General Motors production facilities. The company...
View ArticleHospitals Plot Course with Sustainability Roadmap
Groups of health care leaders within the American Hospital Association (AHA) have launched the “Sustainability Roadmap for Hospitals,” a web-based resource for the hospital management to understand and...
View ArticleEPA Announces Partnership with ECHA
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) on Friday announced a partnership that will promote enhanced technical cooperation on chemical management...
View ArticleStates Raid RGGI Funds To Fill Budget Gaps
Troubled by budgetary shortfalls, New York, New Jersey and New Hampshire have reached into a $729-million regional pollution fund to cover their expenses — resources previously committed to green...
View ArticleRoundup – Makers of coyote fur-lined parkas defend product as ‘sustainable’
Makers of coyote fur-lined parkas defend product as ‘sustainable’ Montreal Gazette Industry reactions to UK electricity market reform Renewable Energy Focus AHFA presents awards for environmental...
View ArticleEPA Limits Mercury Limits in Gold Mining Operations
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Friday issued rules to limit mercury air pollution from gold mines under the authority of the Clean Air Act. The new rule did not include limits for other...
View ArticleUL Environment Establishes EPD Program
UL Environment is launching its own Environmental Product Declaration EPD Program to evaluate the environmental claims of products, which will provide documentation of an audited life cycle assessment...
View ArticleUtility Insiders Say Prepay Could Save Energy, But Not Interested Themselves
If utility providers were able to offer a prepay option to customers, then such “real-time” consumer awareness of consumption and cost could lead to lower energy use, a scenario that more than half of...
View ArticleCarbonTrack to Help Ad Industry Measure Carbon Footprints
Earlier this month, Starcom MediaVest Group and Envido launched CarbonTrack, what the companies say is a tool designed to calculate the carbon footprint of advertising campaigns – everything from TV to...
View ArticleGreen Chemistry Can Play a Significant Role in Manufacturing
So-called green chemists use all the tools and training of traditional chemistry, but instead of ending up with toxins that must be treated after the fact, they aim to create industrial processes that...
View ArticleSheraton Meadowlands Installing Solar Carport
In a move that will offset an estimated 75 million pounds of CO?, the Sheraton Meadowlands Hotel & Conference Center in New Jersey is installing a solar carport and has signed a 20-year, 1.1...
View ArticleEPA to Assess Confidentiality of Greenhouse Gas Emissions Data
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency yesterday announced it is proposing actions under the greenhouse gas (GHG) reporting program to address issues about “the public availability of certain data...
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