Roundup – Total, Fort Bragg, Cape Cod
Total to Invest $7 Billion to Boost Efficiency, Cut Emissions Bloomberg Businessweek Retailers urged to limit E15 sales to flex fuel vehicles only autobloggreen.com Report links mercury on Cape Cod to...
View Article1E Upgrades PC Power Management Software
1E has released version 6.0 of its enterprise-class PC power management solution, NightWatchman, which helps businesses identify and reduce power consumption in IT equipment and software. The desktop...
View ArticleGreen Energy Legislation + (Tax Incentives + FIT) = Jobs and Economic Growth
Creating jobs and reducing dependence on fossil fuels can go hand-in-hand; results are already demonstrating how effective public sector support for private sector renewable energy initiatives can...
View ArticleSeventh Generation CSR Report: Carbon Emissions Down 7%
Seventh Generation has reduced its carbon emissions seven percent in 2009, and employee carbon footprints have decreased 13 percent between 2005 and 2009, according to the company’s Corporate...
View ArticleEnvironmental Enforcement Roundup: EPA Fugitive Apprehended; Concrete Mfr...
Environmental Leader’s daily roundup of key environmental enforcement news EPA Fugitive Apprehended in Dominican Republic U.S. Environmental Protection Agency fugitive Albania Deleon was captured on...
View ArticleASQ Releases Social Responsibility Guidelines
ASQ has released the new ISO 26000 international standard on social responsibility (SR), which provides guidance on implementing social responsibility for both private and public sector organizations....
View ArticleShipping Industry Targets CO2 Emissions Reductions, Verification
In addition to implementing carbon emissions and fuel reduction measures such as Hapag-Lloyd’s use of new dynamic trim technology, shipping lines like Maersk are taking it one step further by verifying...
View ArticleFirstEnergy, Ballard to Demo 1-MW Mobile Fuel Cell System
FirstEnergy and Ballard Power Systems are testing a utility-scale fuel cell system that will produce one megawatt of electricity. It’s considered to be the world’s largest proton exchange membrane...
View ArticleCalifornia Voters Reject Prop 23, Save Climate Law
After a long battle of words and millions of dollars spent on both sides, California voters defeated Proposition 23 in Tuesday’s election, which would have effectively put California’s climate law on...
View ArticleRoundup – Facebook, New Zealand Wine, EPA
New Zealand wine first in world to come with carbon footprint label The Guardian Solar Panel Fabrication’s Greenhouse Gas Emissions Chemical & Engineering News Facebook saving face when it comes to...
View ArticleFour Facilities with CHP Systems Earn EPA Accolades for Energy Savings
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is recognizing four facilities with the Energy Star Combined Heat and Power (CHP) award for using innovative techniques to generate power and thermal...
View ArticlePrograms Promoting Efficiency Lead to Significant Energy Savings
Programs that drive customers and organizations to save energy through changes in behavior at their homes, businesses and plants can lead to significant energy savings, according to a new report from...
View ArticleStudy Finds BPA levels In US Foods Less than Government Limits
Researchers report that bisphenol A (BPA) levels found in fresh and canned food as well as food wrapped in plastic packaging in the U.S. are nearly 1,000 times lower than the “tolerable daily intake”...
View ArticleEnvironmental Enforcement Roundup: EPA Sues Mining Company; Pesticide...
Environmental Leader’s daily roundup of key environmental enforcement news EPA Files Complaint Against Mining Company The United States Attorney’s Office has filed a complaint on behalf of the U.S....
View ArticleWhat Gets Measured Gets Managed
At Walmart, we have just completed our fifth annual carbon emissions compilation and public submission of our greenhouse gas (GHG) footprint. For the third straight year since its inception, we have...
View ArticleNASDAQ Adds 66 Green Economy Indexes
NASDAQ OMX has launched 66 “green” economy indexes designed to track the performance of companies in the environmental and clean energy sector. NASDAQ says the green economy is shifting economic...
View ArticleNextLife, CardPak Partner on Sustainable Packaging
Packaging solution providers NextLife and CardPak are partnering to deliver more sustainable paperboard packaging choices to retailers. Under the partnership, CardPak will become the first carded...
View ArticleUS Climate Change Litigation Set to Triple in 2010
Without federal legislation regulating greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, litigation is on the rise in the U.S. with the number of climate change lawsuit filings doubling between 2006 and 2007, and set to...
View ArticleRoundup – GE, Fiat, Toyota
GE Saving Energy With Industrial Lighting Retrofit LED Retrofit Fiat, Toyota ‘years ahead’ of EU emissions targets: research AFP WWF, beef industry leaders advance sustainable beef production WWF Data...
View ArticleEnvironmental Enforcement Roundup: Bankrupt Company Settles CERCLA Claims;...
Environmental Leader’s daily roundup of key environmental enforcement news Bankrupt Packaging Company Settles CERCLA Claims The U.S. Department of Justice has lodged a proposed consent decree with the...
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