SC Lawmakers Try to Keep Traditional Light Bulbs on the Shelves
South Carolina legislators are attempting to circumvent a federal law that will force the phase-out of traditional light bulbs starting in 2012. The Incandescent Light Bulb Freedom Act aims to permit...
View ArticleTowards a Common Language: CSR vs. Environmental Sustainability as a...
You say tomato, I say tom-ah-to. As I interface with my environmental comrades on a daily basis, it occurs to me that we have a preponderance of misunderstanding amongst us. Much of the C-suite, and...
View ArticleCarbon Labels: A Key Element in Climate Change Education
Carbon labeling for consumer goods is a concept full of promise and complexity. Providing end-users with information about the CO2 produced in the manufacturing, transportation, and disposal of...
View ArticleOsram Sustainability Project Manager Discusses Energy, Climate Change
Osram sustainability project manager Jochen Berner discusses Energy and Resource Efficiency.
View ArticleGM Leads Pack as Clean Patents Jump by Record 170%
Clean energy patents hit a record high in 2010, as GM took the leadership position from Honda, according to a patent index published by law firm Heslin Rothenberg Farley & Mesiti P.C. The Clean...
View ArticleIkea CO2 Rises 30% as Chain Shifts to On-Site Renewables
Ikea’s CO2 emissions from its buildings have increased relative to sales, despite the chain’s efforts to increase on-site renewable power generation. The company’s 2010 Sustainability Report (pdf) says...
View ArticleMost Firms Focused on Improving Supply Chain PR and Risk, not Environmental...
Most companies’ efforts to improve their supply chain sustainability is focused on managing risk and public relations, not on actual improvements to the environment or worker safety, according to a new...
View ArticleEPA Loosens Alternative Fuel Conversion Rules for Vehicles
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has updated rules to make it easier for manufacturers to sell fuel conversion systems that allow vehicles to run on alternative fuels. The revised...
View ArticleObama Calls for Increased Natural Gas, Biofuel to Reduce Foreign Oil Dependence
President Barack Obama yesterday announced a plan to cut U.S. oil imports by a third by 2025. Speaking at Georgetown University, the president proposed greater use of natural gas, including the...
View ArticleEnvironmental Enforcement Roundup: Empire Cold Storage, Cenex, Fiber-Fab,...
Here’s a roundup of the latest environmental enforcement stories. Empire Cold Storage, a Spokane, Wash., cold storage warehouse and packaged ice producer, will pay the U.S. Environmental Protection...
View ArticleGreen IT Industry Roundtable
How big a concern is sustainability for the IT industry? And can businesses afford to put environmental affairs at the top of their agendas? A panel of experts in sustainable IT debated the issues at...
View ArticleWaste Management Invests $22m in Plastic-to-Fuel Company
Waste Management has participated in a $22 million investment round benefiting Agilyx Corporation, a company that makes synthetic crude oil from waste plastic. The Series B funding, led by Kleiner...
View ArticlePuma Promises World’s First Environmental Profit & Loss Statement
Puma says it will produce the first-ever Environmental Profit and Loss (EP&L) statement. The fitness apparel company has implemented a new method of accounting, with help from Trucost and...
View ArticleGreen Roofs Up 29% in 2010, Survey Says
The square footage of green roofs in the U.S. grew by 28.5 percent in 2010, according to an industry survey. The 2011 Annual Industry Survey by Green Roofs for Health Cities (GRHC) found that the...
View ArticleISO 14001 News from Inmetco, Canadian Solar, Hobas and More
The International Metals Reclamation Company (Inmetco) has achieved ISO 14001 certification for the environmental management system at its Elwood City, Pa., facility. Inmetco operates what it says is...
View ArticleFleet Roundup: DHL, Ryder, Kia, Stagecoach, More
Here’s a round-up of the latest environmental fleet news. DHL is introducing 30 electric vans and 50 hybrid trucks to its Manhattan fleet in an initiative that it says will cut CO2 emissions by over 50...
View ArticleEnvironmental Enforcement: EPA Proposes Limit on Pa. Power Plant After NJ...
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today proposed restrictions on sulfur dioxide emissions from a Pennsylvania power plant, in response to a petition by the state of New Jersey. When final, the...
View ArticleEnvironmental & Energy Executive Moves: HP, Sustainability Consortium,...
The Sustainability Consortium: Hewlett-Packard’s director of environmental sustainability and former director of ethical sourcing, Bonnie Nixon, has been appointed executive director of the...
View ArticleFedEx, UPS and Verizon Help Launch DOE Alternative Fuel Program as AT&T...
AT&T, FedEx, PepsiCo, UPS and Verizon are charter members of the National Clean Fleets Partnership, a new White House initiative to help large companies incorporate electric vehicles, alternative...
View ArticleAlliance to Save Energy’s Callahan Discusses Energy Efficiency
Platts Energy Week interview with Alliance to Save Energy President’s Kateri Callahan on ways to save energy.
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