Energy Sector CO2 Emissions Fell 12% in 2015
US energy-related carbon emissions dropped 12 percent last year, compared with 2005 levels, after increasing in 2013 and 2014, according to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA).
View ArticleAre Markets or Subsidies at Issue as Exelon Considers Closing Two Nuclear...
Exelon, the nation's largest nuclear power plant operator, says that its merchant facilities that compete on the open market can't compete against subsidized power. It may close two power plants as a...
View ArticleDell Investigating E-Waste Management Following Watchdog Group’s Misconduct...
Dell is investigating claims that it exported e-waste in violation of company policy, following a report from a watchdog organization about Dell’s e-waste management.
View ArticleSolar Mandates: As Goes California, So Goes the Building Sector?
As California goes, according to the old adage, but does it apply to solar energy mandates for new buildings? Last month San Francisco and Santa Monica approved ordinances requiring rooftop solar...
View ArticleCarbon Clean Solutions Says its Technology Could Halve Carbon Capture Costs
Carbon Clean Solutions says the results of its pilot project show that its carbon capture and storage technology could cut the cost of carbon capture by at least 50 percent.
View ArticleNew York’s REV Initiative Puts State on Cusp of Climate Change Innovation
New York Reforming Energy Vision (REV) is extremely complex but at its core it tries to incorporate more renewable energies that are generated on site and deliver electrons via localized microgrids.
View ArticleWater Treatment System Recycles Brewery’s Wastewater
A water treatment system by Cambrian Innovation will allow a California brewery to convert spent brewing water into reusable water.
View ArticleHow GM Generates $1 Billion from Recycling, Reusing Waste Streams
General Motors has turned trash into cash — to the tune of $1 billion in new revenue streams from recycling and reuse.
View ArticleEPA’s Final Methane Emissions Rule Unveiled
The EPA today unveiled final regulations to limit methane emissions from new and modified sources in the oil and gas sector.
View ArticleClean Power Plan or Not, More Renewables Will Move Along Microgrids
To the extent that markets put a premium on green energies and electricity reliability, microgrids will expand.
View ArticleWaste Water Treatment in Hydraulic Fracturing Expands Even as Fracking Gains...
With production of shale gas expanding, how will communities manage their water resources?
View ArticleCovanta, Veolia Partner to Develop UK Waste-to-Energy Facility
Waste-to-energy company Covanta has partnered with water and waste firm Veolia to develop a waste-to-energy facility near Stewartby, Bedfordshire, UK.
View ArticleHow AB InBev Beat its Eco-Cooler Goal Two Years Early
Environmental Leader talks with Ezgi Barcenas, global director of corporate sustainability at Anheuser-Busch InBev, to discuss the company beat its 2017 eco-cooler goal two years early.
View ArticleEnvironmental Executive Moves: Veolia, ION Engineering, Canadian Solar
Here’s the latest news on hirings, promotions and departures among environmental leaders. Veolia Water Technologies: The resource management giant has appointed Frédéric Théry (pictured) as its new...
View ArticleEPA Finalizes Methane Standards
the Environmental Protection Agency has finalized the standards for methane emissions from the oil and gas industry -- a necessary move, says the agency and its proponents, given that methane from...
View ArticleAnother One Bites the Dust: DOE Pulls Carbon Capture Project’s Funding
Funding for a large carbon capture and storage project in Texas has been pulled by the US Department of Energy. This move will effectively kill the Texas Clean Energy Project, the project’s developer,...
View ArticleThe Building Sector’s ‘Trillion-Dollar’ Circular Economy Opportunity
Using closed-loop circular design principles — reusing discarded asphalt products as road-building materials and waste lumber as wooden flooring material, for example — is one of the approaches that...
View ArticleUnilever ‘Sustainable Brands’ Grew 30% Faster Than Other Brands in 2015
About half of Unilever’s growth last year came from its sustainable living brands, which grew 30 percent faster than the rest of the company’s business, according to the Unilever Sustainable Living...
View ArticleEngineers Say Investment in National Infrastructure is Urgent, or Else
The quickest way to hurt American economic output is to deny investment to the country’s infrastructure, which delivers everyday products as well as clean water and electricity to households and...
View ArticleFord Using Captured Carbon to Make Plastic Car Parts
Ford is developing new foam and plastic car components made from carbon dioxide.
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