Environmental Executive Moves: CO2 Sciences, Minesto, Green Seal, Untha,...
Here’s the latest news on hirings, promotions and departures among environmental leaders.
View ArticleRecycled, Bioplastics’ $3.5 Billion Savings Opportunity
An industry-wide expansion of sustainable plastic initiatives such Dell’s recycled plastic and Algix’s bioplastic could deliver $3.5 billion in environmental savings, according to a paper by Trucost.
View ArticleAutomation Boosts Coal Power Plant’s Reliability, Energy Output While Cutting...
A coal-fired power plant in West Virginia has improved plant stability and reliability while producing less carbon pollution after installing Emerson automation technologies.
View ArticleAre your electronics as sustainable as they claim? Five ways to be sure.
Before accepting any certification at face value, it’s important to understand what goes into it.
View ArticleGRI, UN Global Compact Renew Sustainability Reporting Partnership to Support...
The Global Reporting Initiative and the UN Global Compact have renewed their sustainability reporting collaboration for three years with a focus on supporting the United Nations Sustainable Development...
View ArticleInterstate Batteries, Aqua Metals Ink Deal to Scale Up ‘Non-Polluting’ Lead...
Lead-acid battery recycling technology company Aqua Metals has signed an agreement with Interstate Batteries that will see the automotive battery distributor send more than 1 million automotive and...
View ArticleHow to Future-Proof Corporate Water Supplies
Water crises present one of the top global risks for companies over the next decade. So how can corporations future-proof their water supply?
View ArticleIs a Nuclear Revival 15 Years Off? Energy Secretary Moniz Thinks So
US Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz said that within 15 years that nuclear energy will have a resurgence because it is a carbon free and that such clean power is what the world now desires.
View ArticleEPA Chemical Data Reporting Rule Brings Challenges, Opportunities
The Chemical Reporting Data Rule covers almost all chemical substances manufactured or imported in excess of the reporting threshold, but with limited exemptions for chemicals incorporated into...
View ArticleHouse Passes Chemical Safety Law Reform
The US House of Representatives today approved new chemical safety rules that will overhaul the outdated Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). It passed 403 to 12. The Senate is expected to approved the...
View ArticleInsurance Companies’ Fossil Fuel Investments a ‘Potential $459 Billion...
The insurance industry’s massive investments in fossil fuel companies — to the tune of $459 billion — represents a risky bet as demand for coal, oil and gas drops and renewable energy gains momentum,...
View ArticleMajor Firms Backing ‘New Plastics Economy’
A plastics initiative that aims to increase recycling and reuse as well as bioplastics has launched with the backing of major companies including Amcor, Unilever, Coca-Cola, Dow Chemical and Mars.
View ArticleTVA May Start Up First Nuclear Unit in Decades In Weeks
The TVA could be allowed to start up the first nuclear energy unit within weeks, its Watts Bar 11 plant.
View ArticleImprove Performance & Reduce Risk with Environmental, Health and Safety...
Environmental, health and safety (EH&S) management systems go hand in hand to deliver performance benefits and improved risk reduction strategies to your organization. ISO 14001 (Environmental...
View ArticleExxonMobil, Chevron Shareholders Reject Climate Change Proposals
ExxonMobil and Chevron shareholders voted against 10 of 11 climate-change proposals at their annual meetings today.
View ArticleLighter, More Efficient Transmissions Using Structural Plastics
Automotive engineering consultancy Drive System Design (DSD) and global chemical company Solvay SA have teamed up to improve efficiency and reduce the weight of automotive transmissions through the...
View ArticleWill Clean-Energy Desalination Be a Game-Changing Water Fix?
Desalination is typically an energy-intensive — and thus expensive — way to produce freshwater, which is one of the reason it has been slow to take off as a widespread solution to water shortages. This...
View ArticleExxonMobil Gets Challenge from Shareholders to Reduce Carbon. Will Other...
As You Sow is asking Exxon Mobil to report its reserves as both equivalent barrels of oils and as an energy-neutral metric.
View ArticleIncreased Transparency Becoming a Business-Critical Initiative
Consumers, public interest groups, and governments are demanding information about the safety and environmental impacts of the products being sold today, and organizations are responding in larger and...
View ArticleWhat Is the State of Curbside Recycling?
The EPA has teamed up with the nonprofit The Recycling Partnership to look at trends and gaps in curbside recycling in the US. To this end, the The Recycling Partnership, whose members include P&G...
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