Europe’s CLP Regulation – Overview, Deadlines and Fees
Europe’s new-ish CLP Regulation on classification, labeling and packaging of chemicals is getting a lot of buzz all of a sudden. Also called just CLP, it entered into force on 20 January 2009. CLP...
View ArticleMost Read Environmental Management & Sustainable Business Stories of 2010
With 2010 in the books, it’s a good time to look back at the environmental and sustainability management stories that struck a cord with our executive readership. Here are Environmental Leader’s top 15...
View ArticleRoundup – BC Switches Off Incandescent Bulbs in 2011
BC switches off incandescent bulbs in 2011 CBC I Am the Perfect Sustainable Package Inside Sustainable Packaging Commercial property owners see “financial drivers” of sustainability UK Business...
View ArticleWater Footprints Make Strides in 2010
Focusing on the heavy water demands in agriculture, a University of Western Australia professor has pressed for the introduction of water-use labeling policies, so that at the point of sale consumers...
View ArticleColby College Building $11 Million Biomass Plant
As part of a plan to achieve carbon neutrality by 2015, Colby College in Maine has begun construction on a biomass plant that will replace about 1 million gallons of heating fuel with about 22 thousand...
View ArticleHow the Food Safety Bill May Affect the Nature of Organic Farming
America has never been known for our highly refined culinary tastes. The food powerhouses of the world tend to sneer slightly when considering the average American’s appreciation of fine food,...
View ArticleTexas Refiners Scramble to Comply with EPA Ultimatum
Last month EPA told dozens of Texas refiners and chemical and plastic makers to begin taking steps to fix flaws in their air pollution permits or else. The threat apparently worked. All but three of...
View ArticleMassachusetts Sets 25% GHG Reduction Goal
Massachusetts’ Energy and Environmental Affairs Secretary Ian Bowles has set the statewide greenhouse gas emissions limit at 25% below 1990 levels by 2020, the maximum authorized by the state’s Global...
View ArticleDeans Foods Sustainability Report – Cuts Water Used Per Gallon of Product by...
Dean Foods published its 2010 Corporate Responsibility Report (PDF), the second such report for the company following up on its 2008 document. The company established an “Environmental 2013 Roadmap” in...
View ArticleClimate Change and Business: The Importance of Stakeholder Engagement and...
Climate change exposes businesses to an array of risks and opportunities. Some of these will be common across all business sectors, while others will be organization-specific, depending on where the...
View ArticleJohn Elkington Discusses Sutainability and the C-Suite
Interview with John Elkington, co-founder and Executive Chairman of Volans as well as co-founder and Non-Executive Director at SustainAbility. More here.
View ArticleRoundup – An Evangelical Backlash Against Environmentalism
An Evangelical Backlash Against Environmentalism NY Times Cleaner tractors get cool reception from farmers BusinessWeek GOP House Energy chairman vows to block climate regulations The Raw Story Green...
View ArticleEPA Takeover of GHG Permitting in Texas Put On Hold
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s plan to take over greenhouse gas permitting and oversee climate rules in Texas has been temporarily blocked by a federal court, making the Lone Star State the...
View ArticleAramark Adding 78 Hybrids to Fleet
Aramark Uniform Services is adding 78 hybrid electric vehicles to its fleet. The Stepvans are being manufactured by Freightliner Custom Chassis Corporation. AUS anticipates annual fuel savings will top...
View ArticleCarbon Cap-and-Trade Wraps Up on CCX
The Chicago Climate Exchange no longer trades carbon financial instruments (CFI), and is transitioning entirely to exchanges of carbon offsets. The decision was announced in October 2010 by CCX parent...
View ArticleQantas Contemplates $312 Million Biofuel Plant
Australian airline Qantas is evaluating the costs and efficiencies of a trash-burning biofuel plant to be built in Sydney to stave off carbon emissions by 1.5 percent a year, according to The...
View ArticleCA Incandescent Ban, Green Building Codes Go Into Effect
California put changing the light bulb on a fast track, implementing a law one year ahead of a federal standard, the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007, to ban the traditional 100-watt...
View ArticleHitachi Has Big Plans For Solar-Powered Air Conditioning System
Hitachi Plant Technologies has developed a solar activated air conditioning system for local-air conditioning in buildings or district cooling facilities. This system is designed to drive a...
View ArticleEnvironmental Enforcement: Pennsylvania Dept. of Corrections Settles EPA Suit
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has sued two state agencies in Pennsylvania over emission violations attributed to coal-fired boilers at four state prisons. The U.S. Department of Justice...
View ArticleJob Growth, Environmental Well-Being Tied to Biotechnology Advancement
Prospects for adoption of a national Renewable Portfolio Standard appear to have dimmed for the foreseeable future. That is at least the prevailing opinion among respondents to the recent BIO/Biofuels...
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