NASA Technologies Could Save Airlines Billions, Cut Pollution 75%
Donald Trump’s plane violating UK carbon emissions rules may have snagged the bulk of the aviation-emissions headlines last week, but an announcement by NASA may prove to be even bigger than the...
View ArticleNew York to Eliminate Coal by 2020
New York will eliminate its use of coal power by 2020, Gov. Andrew Cuomo pledged in yesterday’s State of the State address. The state currently has three active coal-fired power plants that produce...
View ArticleWhy Investors Should Pay Attention to Methane Risks
No one likes uncertainty, least of all investors. Good, actionable information is their most important tool for risk management and key to successful investing – because without proper data, investors...
View ArticleProduct & Project Awards Call for Submissions
Environmental Leader announces the call for submissions for the Environmental Leader Product & Project Awards. This year, the award winners will be publicly announced at Environmental Leader’s...
View ArticleConcrete Industry Issues Environmental Product Declarations
The North American Precast Concrete industry has released Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) in three key precast concrete product categories: architectural and insulated wall panels, structural...
View ArticleBioHiTech Partnership Converts Commercial Food Waste to Energy
BioHiTech has partnered with Natural Systems Utilities to test a process that will allow BioHiTech’s food waste disposal system, the Eco-Safe Digester, to digest, tank, and deliver the effluent from...
View ArticleCleanB System Helps Florida Wastewater Treatment Plant Save Money
NuTerra, a waste and biosolids management company, has commenced installation of a CleanB system at the wastewater treatment plant in Vero Beach, Florida. The new system will save transportation and...
View ArticleIndustrial Wastewater Monitoring System for Chromate
A system for online monitoring of chromate in industrial wastewater has been launched by Metrohm Process Analytics. The turn-key product uses titration with subsequent photometric detection and is...
View ArticleObama Freezes New Coal Mining Leases, Launches Environmental Review
The Obama administration today said it will stop issuing new coal mining leases on public lands as it conducts a review of the federal coal program. “Given serious concerns raised about the federal...
View ArticleReducing E-Waste Through Purchasing Decisions
Reducing e-waste not only conserves resources and keeps toxins out of the environment, it also saves money in waste management costs — and can help firms avoid costly compliance fees as a result of...
View ArticleIs Recycled Oilfield Water Safe for Crop Irrigation?
Some 50,000 acre feet of recycled oilfield wastewater is used to irrigate about 90,000 acres of crops in California’s Central Valley, one of the world’s most productive agricultural regions. But is...
View ArticleDuPont, ADM Biotech Will Enable 100% Renewable Chemicals, Plastics
DuPont Industrial Biosciences and Archer Daniels Midland today said they have developed a “game-changing” technology — a process to develop a molecule that can be converted into several biobased...
View ArticleNew Technologies Are Making It Easier for Businesses to Reduce Their Carbon...
It’s a concrete jungle out there — literally. Humans today consume more concrete than any substance aside from water. That presents a huge problem for the environment. Concrete comes from cement, and...
View ArticleWastewater Treatment Plant by Veolia Takes into Account Space Constraints
Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies (Thailand) has provided a wastewater treatment plant to multinational food manufacturer Associated British Foods (Thailand). This project integrates several of...
View ArticleMembrane Electrolysis Plant from AkzoNobel, Evonik, Breaks Ground
AkzoNobel and Evonik Industries have begun work on a new membrane electrolysis manufacturing plant, a joint venture for chlorine and potassium hydroxide solution at Ibbenbüren in Germany. The companies...
View ArticleCall2Recycle’s Battery Recycling Program Increases 5% in 2015, Breaks Records
Rechargeable batteries and cellphones collected for recycling via Call2Recycle’s program increased five percent during 2015, to a record-breaking 12.6 million pounds – the 19th consecutive...
View ArticleRobecoSAM’s Sustainability Yearbook 2016: Who Made the List?
The world’s most sustainable companies are located in Europe, according to RobecoSAM’s Sustainability Yearbook 2016. The investment specialist today announced which companies made the annual list from...
View ArticleWill US Coal Lease Moratorium Increase Manufacturing Costs?
The coal lease moratorium on federal lands and overhaul of the program, announced Friday by the Obama administration, was attacked by the fossil fuel industry as further proof of the war on coal and...
View ArticlePepsiCo Makes Recycling Easier for Plant’s Employees
To make recycling more convenient for plant employees, PepsiCo has partnered with the FCA US Belvidere Assembly Plant in Illinois, which builds Dodge and Jeep models. Through the PepsiCo Recycling...
View ArticleCA’s New Trash Control Policy Gets the Nod from EPA
The EPA has approved the State Water Resources Control Board’s new water quality standards for trash in California’s waters. The standards are part of the state’s new Trash Control Policy, designed to...
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