Heineken Latest Sustainability Report Offers ‘First-of-its-Kind Digital...
Digital sustainability reporting has arrived — at Heineken USA, anyway. GRI’s chief advisor on innovation in reporting, Nelmara Arbex, in March told Environmental Leader that these three features —...
View ArticleOcean Technologies are Moving Forward but Still Have a Ways to Go
It's been a long time coming, but Oregon may finally get a wave energy test center. The US Department of Energy said that it will release up to $40 million for the effort.
View ArticleDid California Stop Mandatory Water Conservation Efforts Too Soon?
A little more than a year ago, California’s Gov. Jerry Brown ordered mandatory water reductions of 25 percent throughout the state. And in some areas, citizens were ordered to reduce consumption by 35...
View ArticleNew York State Could Set a National Trend with its Clean Energy Standard
New York State is moving forward with an idea that could become a harbinger of things to come, nationally. It’s the Clean Energy Standard, which focuses more on producing clean power and less on...
View ArticleTesla, SolarCity Reach $2.6 Billion Acquisition Deal
Tesla and SolarCity have reached a $2.6 billion, all-stock deal under which the electric-car maker will acquire the solar company.
View ArticleNavigating Rough Waters: Businesses and Investors Must Adapt for a...
The white paper Navigating Rough Waters offers a number of suggestions and examples about how to address the investment and operational risks in a water-stressed future, as well as further analysis on...
View ArticleRecycling Technology Brings Circular Economy to the Paint Industry
New recycling technology will allow paint to be recycled cost effectively and on a large scale.
View ArticleState AGs Call Oil & Gas Methane Rules ‘EPA Overreach,’ File Lawsuits
New oil and gas sector methane emissions standards will be too costly to the industry and represent “EPA overreach,” according to Texas and North Dakota, which are suing the EPA to block the methane...
View ArticleAirplane Emissions Rules Ready for Takeoff
US climate rules targeting airplane emissions will hurt the nation’s airline industry as well as companies like Boeing and General Electric that make planes and their parts, the industry’s trade group...
View ArticlePresidential Race: Coal Industry Says It is a Critical Component of Winning...
The coal industry says that it could a critical factor to winning the battleground states, or those states that are considered a toss up and the ones that each candidate would need to secure to win the...
View ArticleLi-ion Segment Driving Global E-Bike Growth
Electric bicycles (e-bikes) continue to be the highest selling electric vehicle (EV) on the planet, with nearly 35 million unit sales forecast for 2016.
View ArticleWhite House to Federal Agencies: Consider Climate Change Impacts of Your Actions
Federal agencies must disclose how their actions will impact climate change, according to White House guidance issued today. The White House Council on Environmental Quality’s (CEQ) final guidance...
View ArticleUPS Drives 1 Billion Miles on Alt Fuel, Beats Goal 1 Year Early
UPS achieved its clean energy goal of driving 1 billion miles in its alternative fuel and advanced technology fleet one year earlier than planned.
View ArticleIs Elon Musk’s One-Stop-Shop Model the Renewable Energy Sector’s Next Big Thing?
Is Tesla CEO Elon Musk onto something big with his plan to create a one-stop shop for renewable energy and storage?
View ArticleChina’s Research Into Thorium Will Have Implications for Nuclear Energy In...
Nuclear energy may have hit a rough patch here in the United States but at least overseas and especially in Asia, it is revving up and preparing to go faster than ever before. What’s less known,...
View ArticleHeathrow Airport Saves $310,000, 130 Million Liters of Water Using GE Water...
London’s Heathrow Airport has saved more than 130 million liters of water annually using General Electric’s water treatment technologies, GE says, adding that its technologies also saved the UK’s...
View ArticleSoCal Facilities Fined for Hazardous Waste Violations
Two Southern California companies improperly handled hazardous waste and will pay more than $130,000 in penalties under a settlement with the EPA. The two companies are Bachem Americas, the US-arm of a...
View ArticleWill RGGI Double Down on Carbon Cuts?
Carbon pricing, the bogeyman of climate-change mitigation, still inspires terror in some US corporate executives and politicians, despite support from global businesses and governments. Opponents argue...
View ArticleUkraine’s Chernobyl Nuclear Site May Become a Hotbed for Solar Energy...
More than 30 years ago in spring of 1986, the Chernobyl nuclear power station melted down. Now uninhabitable, the Ukrainian government may how found another use for the roughly 1,600 square mile of...
View ArticleRethinking Waste Through Technology in a Circular Economy
With the planet facing a resource crunch, our consumption-hungry culture is quickly becoming unsustainable. The linear “make, use, dispose” economy depends on vast amounts of resources — and creates...
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