Canada Proposes National Wastewater Regulation
Canada’s Environment Minister Jim Prentice has proposed a national wastewater regulation that will set discharge standards for all wastewater facilities in Canada. Proposed under the Fisheries Act, the...
View ArticleWhat You Must Know about Flying Green
Hopping on a plane can be unavoidable to meet the needs of your company; more than 60 million business passengers travel by air in the US each year. Unfortunately, this greatly increases your scope 3...
View ArticleWhite House Calls for Emissions Studies for Federally Approved Projects
A range of projects, from power plants to mines to landfills, would require an emissions study under a proposal from the Obama Administration. The guidelines would require a GHG emissions impact study...
View ArticleFeds Approve Google’s Move Into Energy Markets
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has approved Google’s move into the energy market. In December, the Internet giant’s subsidiary, Google Energy, requested market-based rate authority and...
View ArticleConsumers Have Minimal Knowledge of Corporate Environmental Performance
By partnering with Earthsense, which polled U.S. consumers on their perception of corporate sustainability, and Trucost, which compiled a comprehensive quantitative assessment of companies’ global...
View ArticleRoundup: M&S, GE/Hitachi, Honeywell
College students impose fee on themselves to go green San Jose Mercury News As Energy Initiatives Stall on Hill, Obama Reshapes Regulatory Landscape NY Times Jordan enlists army in climate fight...
View ArticleTyson Foods, Cargill on Trial for Polluting Illinois Watershed
Eleven Arkansas poultry companies including Tyson Foods and Cargill are on trial for disposing of millions of tons of chicken litter by giving it to local crop farmers as fertilizer, which allegedly...
View ArticleNREL Finds Wind Resources Higher than Initial Estimates
The National Renewable Energy Laboratory’s most recent assessment shows that U.S. wind resources are larger than previously estimated, according to the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA). A key...
View ArticleHow GE Became a Leader in Environmental Efforts
William Mare discusses how Jeffrey Immelt and GE reversed a poor environmental record by making the EcoMagination program stick.
View ArticleWhite House Taking Crack at ‘Hybrid’ Energy, Climate Legislation
The White House is trying to gather momentum for a “last-ditch” effort to put together what it considers the most essential elements of existing energy and climate legislation, reports the New York...
View ArticleAll New Office Depots to be Built to Energy Efficient, LEED Standards
Office Depot is adopting an energy efficient and green building model for the interiors of all new stores. Office Depot recently unveiled a prototype energy efficient store in Austin, Texas, that was...
View ArticleWorld’s Biggest Companies Cause $2.2 Trillion in Environmental Damage
The estimated cost of environmental damage by 3,000 of the world’s biggest companies is about $2.2 trillion in 2008, according to a report to be released this summer, reports The Guardian. The biggest...
View ArticleImproving Big Rig Fuel Efficiency Takes Center Stage
Two recent developments illustrate the effort that is being put into improving fuel efficiency in the trucking industry. The American Transportation Research Institute is collecting data about fleets...
View ArticleGreenpeace Criticizes Facebook for Data Center Not Using Renewable Energy
Greenpeace is leading a campaign to get Facebook to change its strategy to power its planned data center in Prineville, Oregon, with renewable energy instead of coal by rallying support from Facebook...
View ArticlePulp Mills Invest in Energy-Efficiency, Biorefinery Projects
Aditya Birla Group, the India-based parent of AV Group, plans to accelerate plans to make two New Brunswick pulp mills — AV Nackawic and AV Cell — more cost and energy efficient, reports the New...
View ArticleTD Bank Goes Carbon Neutral, Unveils ‘Green Store’ Prototype
With energy efficiency efforts, purchase of renewable energy and the pursuit of “green” building, TD Bank claims to be the largest U.S. bank thus far to go carbon neutral. TD Bank, which has more than...
View ArticleRoundup: London 2012 Olympics, e-Waste, World Bank Green Bonds
Hydrogen taxi cabs to serve London by 2012 Olympics Guardian UK Vancouver Convention Centre Pushes Limit on Green Design Contract Magazine ‘Mountains’ of e-waste threaten developing world BBC World...
View ArticleDelta, Virgin, Southwest Top Airline Recycling Report Card
Although the U.S. airline industry generates more than 880 million tons of waste annually, only a small percentage is recycled, according to a new report. Delta, Virgin America, Virgin Atlantic and...
View ArticleAcademic and Corporate Perspectives Converge at EOH Symposium
Nearly 200 attendees gathered at California State University, Northridge, Feb. 18 to tour the university’s one-megawatt fuel cell power plant and accompanying rainforest before hearing from leading...
View ArticleHenkel Cuts CO2 25%, Water Use 37% From 2005-09
From 2005-2009, Henkel managed to decrease carbon dioxide emissions by 25 percent, water consumption by 37 percent and the volume of waste by 12 percent, according to its most recent sustainability...
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