November, 2010
Gulf of Mexico Dead Zone: Mitigating the Damage
As cleanup efforts in the Gulf of Mexico continue and scientists work to understand the long-term impact of the BP oil spill ...
ToxCast Screens 1,000 Chemicals
The U.S. EPA ToxCast screening program has screened 1,000 chemicals for potential toxicity to people and the environment, the EPA has announced. ToxCast is ...
Starbucks Turns Used Cups into New Cups
Starbucks Coffee Company, International Paper and Mississippi River Pulp say they have completed a six-week pilot project that – for the first time – proves ...
Qantas Picks New Carbon Offset Provider
The Qantas Group has finalized new supplier arrangements for its voluntary carbon offset program under an agreement with Climate Friendly.
Customer purchases to the Qantas and ...
Environmental Enforcement Roundup: Western Refining Southweat, Honeywell
EPA Fines Western Refining Southwest, Inc. for Illegally Disposing Hazardous Waste and Improper Sampling
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has fined ...
Goals Laid Out at COP 16 Opening Press Conference
Addressing the media on the opening day of the United Nations Climate Change Conference, Executive Secretary Christiana Figueres said that Cancun ...
Nike Releases Environmental Apparel Design Tool
Nike has released its Environmental Apparel Design Tool. Based on Nike’s Considered Design Index and designed and built by Nike over seven years with ...
Roundup: Emissions? Manufacturers Don’t Give a Damn About Them
Emissions? Manufacturers don't give a damn about them
TechEYE
There are black days ahead for the carbon industry
Telegraph
ComEd fights Ill. on conservation...
Democrats, Republicans Disagree on Effects of Energy Use
Generational and political gaps exist in connecting personal energy use with living conditions in other countries, according to new U.S. consumer research conducted by EnviroMedia ...
How Manufacturing Affects Product Use Performance
Remember our discussion a while back about "buy-to-fly" ratio? This was referring to the amount of the materials that ...
Environmental Enforcement Roundup: Heartland Plating Co., Illegal Mining in NY
Environmental Leader’s daily roundup of key environmental enforcement news
Plating Company Ordered to Correct Hazardous Waste Violations
EPA Region 7 has ordered Heartland Plating Co. of ...
Land Securities Discusses Energy Reduction
Francis Salway, CEO of UK Real Estate giant Land Securities, discusses his ...
Verizon Wireless Becomes an Energy Star Partner
Verizon Wireless has formalized its partnership with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) by becoming an official Energy Star Partner. Seventy-five Verizon Wireless Communications Stores ...
Environmental Mission Statements: Wyndham’s Winning Ways
An environmental mission statement is the foundation of a company’s sustainability efforts. It provides the organization and its stakeholders with an ...
Businesses Bring the Climate-Change Fight to COP16
Focusing on the role of business in developing solutions to climate change, a group of business, finance and government leaders is launching its inaugural ...
Environmental Enforcement Roundup: Tronox Settles with EPA for $270 Million; Kettleman City Report
Environmental Leader’s daily roundup of key environmental enforcement news
EPA Announces $270 Million Bankruptcy Settlement with Chemical Manufacturer
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the U.S. Justice ...
LEED Roundup: eBay, Diversey, PECO, Crescent, University of Redlands
Here's the latest roundup of some of the most recent businesses and office buildings that have earned the U.S. Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy ...
US Farmers Ready to Grow Energy Crops on Underutilized Land
A survey of U.S. growers showed that 71 percent of respondents were very interested or interested in growing dedicated energy crops to produce biomass ...
Roundup – Airbus, Hertz, BNY Mellon
TAM Airlines and Airbus first to fly Jatropha-based biofuel in Latin America
Aviation News
Hertz adds more EV options
CNET
Bank of New York ...
World Bank Cuts U.S. GHG Emissions 7%, Paper Use 15%
The World Bank has cut its overall greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from the financial institution's U.S. buildings by seven percent between 2008 and 2009, according to ...
