DuPont Opens ‘World’s Largest’ Cellulosic Ethanol Plant
DuPont has opened its cellulosic biofuel facility in Nevada, Iowa. The company says this biorefinery is the world’s largest cellulosic ethanol plant, with the capacity to produce 30 million gallons per...
View ArticleGE Partners with Walmart, Intel, Statoil, 5 Others on Water, Energy Efficiency
General Electric Ecomagination is partnering with BHP Billiton, Goldman Sachs and MWH, Intel, Masdar, Statoil, Total and Walmart to accelerate innovation in water and energy efficiency. The partners...
View ArticleWhat Exxon Knew about Climate Change: Let’s Get the Facts
Before joining Environmental Defense Fund in 2011, I was a journalist covering the politics of climate change. Part of that meant tracking the professional deniers who were paid to spread doubt and...
View ArticleOzone-Based Process for Industrial Wastewater COD Reduction
The chemical oxygen demand (COD) removal rate for industrial wastewater is higher than 95 percent, when using high ozone (oxidants) dosages, according to a study by ESCO International. The company,...
View ArticleFive Years Running: CR360 Named CDP Gold Software Partner
Sustainability software company cr360 has been named as a gold level CDP software partner for the fifth consecutive year. The company is one of four gold-level accredited CDP software partners. cr360’s...
View ArticleGE Invests $200M to Build Ultra-Lightweight Materials
General Electric Aviation will invest more than $200 million to construct two factories that will mass-produce silicon carbide (SiC) materials used to manufacture ceramic matrix composite components...
View ArticleVW Faces More Emissions Charges, Installed ‘Defeat Devices’ in Porsches
The Volkswagen emissions scandal continues to grow as the automaker has been hit with more air pollution charges, covering additional model years as well as Porsche diesel vehicles. Today the EPA...
View ArticleWhy Sustainability Practitioners Need to Embrace Big Data
The outcome of the 2012 presidential election in the United States, which saw President Barack Obama fight to win a second term against the Republican Mitt Romney, was uncertain. Obama’s...
View ArticleScreening Tool Reduces Chemical Compliance Burden by 66%
BOMcheck’s substance declarations and conflict minerals web database has published a new screening tool for the electrotechnical industry that reduces the time and cost of Registration, Evaluation,...
View ArticleHow Campbell’s, ConAgra Foods, Yum! Brands Cut Food Waste
Food manufacturers, food retailers and restaurants can learn practical steps, best practices and examples of how to reduce food waste with a guide by the Food Waste Reduction Alliance. The second...
View ArticleEPA Proposes Ban on Dow Pesticide
The EPA is proposing a ban on Dow AgroSciences’ insecticide chlorpyrifos from all agricultural uses, following a court order requiring the agency to respond to a lawsuit. The EPA banned the toxic...
View ArticleCoca-Cola HBC Commits to Halving Carbon Emissions
Coca-Cola HBC intends to reduce its water use intensity by 30 percent by 2020 compared to 2010 and direct carbon emissions intensity by 50 percent over the same period. In September, the Dow Jones...
View ArticleLEED v4 and Clarifying the Green in Matting
When the US Green Building Council released the latest version of LEED certification, it made it clear that installing at least 10 feet – preferably 15 feet or more – of entry matting was now a...
View ArticleBP: ‘Modest’ Carbon Price Would Make Carbon Capture Economical
BP says a “modest” price on carbon would make some types of renewable energy competitive with gas-fired power and would make carbon capture technology economical, according to the oil giant’s...
View ArticleVW Emissions Scandal Involves Gas-Powered Cars
Volkswagen has admitted that even more cars — some 800,000 vehicles from the VW Group — are involved in the emissions scandal and this number includes gas-powered cars, not just diesel. The automaker...
View ArticleGSSB to Issue GRI Sustainability Reporting Standards in 2016
The Global Sustainability Standards Board (GSSB) has approved plans to transition the GRI G4 Guidelines to GRI Sustainability Reporting Standards (GRI Standards). The existing G4 content will be...
View ArticleWhy General Mills, Dell, Unilever Care About the COP21 Climate Talks
As the COP 21 United Nations conference on climate change in Paris approaches, an increasing number of companies are pledging to reduce their own emissions and carbon footprints — and seeing cost...
View ArticleCDP Reveals 2015 Climate A List
Apple, Microsoft and Google made the CDP 2015 Climate A List, which includes companies that received an A grade for their actions to mitigate climate change. CDP published the list as part of its...
View ArticleWhat Will the “New Sustainability” Look Like?
Earth Overshoot Day keeps coming earlier, and it’s not an occasion we want to celebrate. It’s the day our annual demand for ecosystem goods and services, like cropland, timber, fish stocks and carbon...
View ArticleWaste & Recycling Smart Truck Features Enhance Safety, Customer Service
FleetMind Solutions has launched new smart truck features that it says further enhance waste collection safety, customer service responsiveness and billing capabilities. Martin Demers, CEO of...
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