If Companies Move Into Modern Offices, What Are They to do with Their Old...
Many corporations are moving their staff into modernized green offices in LEED buildings. But the left-behind furniture and equipment often end up in landfill. It’s better to recycle, resell, and...
View ArticleEnvironmental Executive Moves: AECOM, Wells Fargo, WRI, CSR Europe, Green...
Here’s the latest news on hirings, promotions and departures among environmental leaders. AECOM: The global infrastructure firm has appointed Dr. Todd Wright general manager and executive vice...
View ArticleDow Cuts Solar Shingle Line, Notifies Builders
Dow Chemical will stop making its rooftop solar shingles, called the Powerhouse Solar line, less than five years after it launched the product. A July 28 letter sent to builders says Dow will accept...
View ArticleWhat Role Will CCS Play in Cutting Industrial Carbon Emissions?
Industrial emissions are being overlooked in the global climate debate, which focuses largely on energy policy. Carbon capture and storage technology can — and should — play a role in helping industry...
View ArticleCarbon Capture Coal Plant Gets Heat as Whistleblower Comes Forward
An advanced coal project in Mississippi is now under greater scrutiny. Documents have come to light that show that the plant’s owner, Southern Co., concealed certain technical difficulties that the...
View ArticleUL EHS Sustainability cr360
What the judges said… “The cr360 system is clearly a step above others in the scope and scale of the system. With over 1 million users across more than 200 companies, it has proven to be a true global...
View ArticleExxonMobil, Saudi Aramco Produce Chemicals Directly from Crude Oil, Cutting...
New technologies developed by ExxonMobil and Saudi Aramco can produce ethylene, an important chemical in plastics, directly from crude oil, potentially saving refiners as much as $200-per-ton of...
View ArticleTide of Global Climate Agreements Produces a Wave of Products and Services
In the tide of global climate agreements, organizations of all sizes and in all industries are dutifully searching for products and services to increase their operational efficiency while...
View ArticleSouthern Co. Defends its Advanced Coal Plant and Says it is Committed to Safe...
Southern Co. is firing back at a piece in the New York Times that presents its advanced coal plant in Mississippi at as a boondoggle gone awry. In truth, the Atlanta-based utility has been a pioneer in...
View ArticleCity Bans Demolitions to Cut Construction Waste
The construction industry produces a huge amount of waste. In the US alone, about 40 percent of solid waste comes from construction and demolition (C&D). To combat this, one US city is taking the...
View ArticleE-Waste Export Bill Introduced in Congress
A bill that would limit e-waste exports has been introduced in the US House of Representatives. HR 5579, the Secure E-waste Export and Recycling Act (SEERA), would stop the flow of e-waste to China and...
View ArticleFood Waste Fund Will Provide $75M to Startups, Technologies that Reduce Waste
Food Cowboy has launched two initiatives to fund startups and technologies that reduce food waste.
View ArticleClean Tech Delivers Oil Extraction without Environmental Fallout
MCW Energy has developed a water-free, solvent-based approach to oil sands production that allows for oil extraction without the environmental fallout.
View ArticleRobots Are Coming to Agriculture. Will They Make Big Ag More Sustainable?
Robots are making their way into agriculture, potentially altering the farming landscape across the world, according to Lux Research. Planting the Seeds of a Robot Revolution: How Autonomous Systems...
View ArticleWhat is Criminal Behavior? Coal Groups Want to Know
The Ohio, Illinois and West Virginia Coal Associations have filed amicus briefs asking the Fourth Circuit of Appeals to consider their views in support of Don Blankenship. While laying out their...
View ArticleObama Administration Tightens Arctic Oil Drilling Rules
The Obama administration has issued final rules on exploratory oil and gas drilling in the Arctic, requiring oil companies to take additional safety and environmental mitigation measures compared do...
View ArticleEvoqua Buys Self-Cleaning Water Filtration Company
Evoqua Water Technologies and its recently acquired Neptune Benson business has acquired VAF Filtration Systems, a screen filtration manufacturer based in Arvada, Colorado. Terms of the purchase were...
View ArticleMattel Plans to Cut Utility Bills 40% Using Recycled Water
Mattel recently became a California water agency’s newest recycled water customer, which will save about 2 million gallons of drinking water per year in the drought-stricken state. The global toy...
View ArticleDuPont Trials Provide Critical Answers, Compensatory Damages
DuPont has now gone through two full trials to determine if its chemical called C-8 is responsible for a handful of cancers. The company had been dumping the chemical that used to make Teflon and Stair...
View ArticleManaging High-Frequency Data for Increased Regulatory Demands
IHS Large plants and facilities face increasingly stringent regulatory pressure to manage larger amounts of data at a faster frequency than ever before. Companies all over the world are moving to...
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