Microsoft’s Bill Gates: Fossil Fuel Divestment a ‘False Solution’
Microsoft founder Bill Gates has called for a “substantial carbon tax,” and labeled fossil fuel divestment “a false solution,” in an interview with the Atlantic magazine. In the interview he says...
View ArticleDaimler Leads Autonomous Vehicle Technology Market
Daimler, Audi, BMW and General Motors are the best equipped to develop the autonomous vehicle market, according to a new Leaderboard Report from Navigant Research. The report, Autonomous Vehicle OEMs,...
View ArticleEPA Rules Target Refrigerants’ Emissions
The EPA yesterday announced several new actions that aim to curb emissions of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), potent greenhouse gases used in refrigeration and air conditioning. The agency proposed a rule...
View ArticleReal-Time Microbial Monitoring System for Pharmaceutical Waters
Mettler Toledo Thornton has launched its 7000RMS analyzer for real-time, continuous measurement of bioburden in the pharmaceutical industry. On-line monitoring of conductivity and total organic carbon...
View ArticlePhosphate Analyzer Provides Critical Water Quality Measurement in Boiler Water
Power plants in need of water quality control and steam-generating equipment protection now have access to a new phosphate analyzer designed to provide measurement of a critical water quality parameter...
View ArticleInsulation Materials Green Seal Standard Coming Soon
Green Seal is developing a new environmental leadership standard for architectural insulation materials, which will include the product categories of fiberglass, mineral wool, polystyrene and...
View Article$2.3M Recycling Partnership Focuses on Critical Raw Materials Recovery
The UK’s Waste & Resources Action Program (WRAP), in partnership with the Knowledge Transfer Network (KTN), Wuppertal Institute, the European Recycling Platform (ERP) and the European Advanced...
View ArticleEPA to Review Biofuels Mandate
The Renewable Fuel Standard’s effectiveness has long been called into question by the oil industry. Now it’s the subject of an EPA internal investigation, as the agency launches its own review of the...
View ArticleObama Cancels Arctic Oil Drilling Lease Sales
The Obama administration has cancelled 2016 and 2017 Arctic oil drilling lease sales. The US Department of the Interior on Friday said it will cancel two oil companies’ potential Arctic offshore lease...
View ArticleToyota Targets Zero Carbon Emissions from Vehicle Lifecycle, Plants by 2050
Toyota has set a series of goals to eliminate almost all of its carbon emissions — from its new vehicles, production and plants — over the next 35 years. The Toyota Environmental Challenge 2050, which...
View ArticleLow Emission Natural Gas I/P Transducers Meet Environmental Rules
Rotork Fairchild has refined its I/P (electric current to pressure) transducer technology to develop new models that exceed recently released government requirements for allowable natural gas...
View ArticleFree Online Tool for Water Control Valve Operators
Water distribution system operators have a free resource available in MetroH2O, an online educational tool about control valves, launched by Singer Valve. Singer Valve, which manufacturers control...
View ArticleTeklynx, Tetra Tech Provide Hazardous Chemicals Labeling Deadline Compliance
Teklynx International, a barcode and RFID labeling software developer and services provider, has partnered with Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals (GHS) regulatory...
View ArticleUsing Fenceline Monitoring to Track Fugitive Emissions
Fenceline monitoring is making it easier to track fugitive emissions — undetected air pollution leaks from pipes, seals and other areas at industrial facilities, according to an article in the EPA’s...
View ArticleFTC Ruling ‘Bans Biodegradable’ on Products, ECM Biofilms Says
The Federal Trade Commission has ruled that ECM BioFilms acted deceptively by making false and unsubstantiated environmental claims by saying its product is biodegradable. ECM BioFilms claimed its...
View ArticleVW Emissions Scandal Costs Climb Upwards of $40bn
The Volkswagen emissions scandal could cost the automaker as much as 35 billion euros ($40 billion) to cover vehicle refits, regulatory fines and lawsuits, according to some analysts. VW’s costs...
View Article68 Major Companies Join Climate Action Pledge
As the UN climate talks in Paris near, 68 additional companies have joined the White House-led American Business Act on Climate Pledge. Companies making the pledge have set greenhouse gas reduction and...
View ArticleHas Industrialized Farming Left Nature’s Bank in Need of a Bailout?
Nature, it turns out, has been giving away its resources a little too cheaply. Industrial agriculture has been consuming nature’s capital to a point where it can no longer provide all that’s needed to...
View ArticleEnvirance Boosts EH&S Product Portfolio
Cloud-based environmental, health and safety management software developer Enviance says it has enhanced its EH&S products through additional investments and its recently acquired Remedy...
View ArticleWet Scrubbers Combine High Performance, Low Maintenance
Camfil Air Pollution Control’s latest line of Handte Vortex wet scrubbers delivers the combined benefits of high-performance wet dust collection with plug and play operation and low maintenance. The...
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