Oil Industry Calls EPA’s Methane Emissions Inventory ‘Seriously Flawed’
The oil industry is striking back against an EPA report that says methane emissions from the oil and gas sector are higher than previously estimated. On Friday, the EPA published its annual greenhouse...
View ArticleSwedish Company Vattenfall Selling Coal Plants to Czech-Based EPH
The Swedish energy company Vattenfall is selling four coal plants that it owns in Germany to a Czech-based energy provider, EPH that already has a German presence. Sweden says that the sale is to...
View ArticleMitsubishi Cheats Fuel Efficiency Tests, VW Reaches Emissions Deal
Mitsubishi Motors said it cheated fuel efficiency tests, overstating fuel efficiency by 5 percent to 10 percent for a car produced in Japan. Company president Tetsuro Aikawa yesterday said the cheating...
View ArticleEnvironmental Leader Podcast: Diesel Engines On the Road to a Cleaner...
Late last month, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said in a report to Congress that the Diesel Emission Reduction Act (DERA) had resulted in the upgrading or replacement of 73,000 diesel...
View ArticleWhy Google, Ikea Say ‘The Paris Effect’ Is Boosting Business
Tomorrow — on Earth Day — more than 160 countries including the US will sign the Paris climate agreement. In advance of the signing, thousands of businesses are urging governments to enact policies...
View ArticleSan Francisco Mandates Solar on New Buildings
New buildings in San Francisco will soon be required to install solar panels. The solar mandate, adopted unanimously by the city’s Board of Supervisors this week, makes San Francisco the first major US...
View ArticlePresidential Candidates and Climate Change: What Energy Pros Can Expect
If New York is a precursor of things to come, then it may be that Democrat Hillary Clinton will be competing against Republican Donald Trump for the office of US presidency. Lots of differences between...
View ArticleOffice Furniture Recycling Made Easier
In an effort to make it easier for companies to recycle and reuse office furniture, Staples Business Advantage, the business-to-business division of Staples, has teamed up with Davies Office and IRN....
View ArticleWhy SunEdison’s Bankruptcy Doesn’t Throw Shade on Solar
SunEdison filed for bankruptcy yesterday, following a buying spree that sunk the renewable energy company deep into debt. In its Chapter 11 filing, the company said it had assets of $20.7 billion and...
View ArticleGE Opens $400 Million Advanced Manufacturing Facility
General Electric today opened its Advanced Manufacturing Works (AMW) center in South Carolina, which the company says is the “next step forward in GE’s journey as the world’s premiere digital...
View ArticleConcept of a ‘Continuous Product Lifecycle’ Evolves from Recycling
A one-dimensional focus on managing waste at end-of-life can have the unintended affect of blinding a company to oftentimes more impactful phases of the lifecycle. Recycling is a highly visible,...
View ArticleInsurance Industry Could be Global Warming’s Toughest Foe
Earth to the Earthly: Global temperatures are rising and threatening both commerce and the ecology — a message that climate scientists want to convey on this Earth Day 2016. And they have an uncommon...
View ArticleSeven Simple Ways to Start Saving Water
With Earth Day here, many organizations are planning to promote sustainable practices today, on April 22. Wondering where to start? Consider how much water your operations might be wasting through...
View ArticleBusiness Groups Attack Oil & Gas Flaring Rule
A new rule to reduce methane emissions by limiting venting and flaring from oil and gas operations on federal lands would “deprive manufacturers and other energy consumers of critical energy supplies,...
View ArticleHow Manufacturers Can Maximize Environmental Sustainability
Private corporations can — and should — take the lead in helping the US achieve its emissions reductions goals under the Paris climate agreement, writes Tensie Whelan, director of the Center for...
View ArticleFord Closed-Loop System Recycles up to 20M lbs. of Aluminum per Month
Ford recycles as much as 20 million pounds of aluminum stamping scrap per month using a closed-loop recycling system at its Dearborn Truck Plant, which builds F-150 trucks. The automaker says this is...
View ArticleWorkplace Safety Law Reforms Would Reach From the Trenches to the Highest...
Workplace safety has always been atop the labor movement’s agenda. It is now becoming a priority for candidates seeking federal office, including the presidency. The high-profile prosecution of Don...
View ArticleTetra Pak Launches Carton Bottle with Bio-Based Plastic
A new version of Tetra Pak’s sustainable packaging — a carton bottle made up of more than 80 percent renewable materials — has launched in the US market with JUST water. The Tetra Top package now comes...
View ArticleGE Wastewater Treatment Helps Coal-to-Chemical Plant Meet New Environmental...
To help meet new environmental regulations governing wastewater treatment at Chinese coal-to-chemical plants, a facility in Yulin City will install General Electric’s advanced zero liquid discharge...
View ArticleTrash Talk: Is Waste-to-Energy the Next Step in Sustainable Waste Management?
Let’s talk trash — or, more specifically, turning waste into energy. The US generated about 254 million tons of trash in 2013 and recycled and composted about 87 million tons, or 34 percent, of this...
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