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Standards & Compliance Briefing: Energy Star, UL and Eco-Institut, ISO 50001, LEED
Here's the latest standards and compliance news affecting corporate environmental and energy executives. Today's briefing includes 10 items.
The EPA and DOE's Energy Star program has ...
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: More EPA Delays, Solar Trade Dispute, Chevron Fined
The EPA said it will delay proposing the country's first-ever greenhouse gas limits on oil refineries, the latest setback for the agency that has struggled to ...
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Carbon Rules, Soot Standard, Competing Studies
The EPA said that it will propose twice-delayed rules for greenhouse gas emissions from power plants early next year, Reuters reported. The agency delayed the ...
Standards & Compliance Briefing: Green Chemical Standard, Singapore Ecolabel, WEEE
ANSI on Wednesday unveiled a new standard that establishes criteria for comparing chemicals and processes. The standard, NSF/GCI/ANSI 355 Greener Chemicals and Processes Information Standard, was ...
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Ethanol Cuts, South Africa Carbon Fines, Cuba Offshore Drilling
Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz) introduced an amendment to the chamber's 2012 agriculture appropriations bill on Tuesday that would block the government from funding gas station "blender" ...
WEF Names 16 Emerging Economy Sustainability Champions
Natura, Suzlon and Woolworths are among 16 fast-growing companies from the emerging markets that also shine in terms of their sustainability initiatives, according to a World ...
UNEP: Farming Can Double Production, Protect Ecosystems
A “radical overhaul” in agriculture could double production while protecting ecosystems, according to a report released today by the United Nations Environment ...
Compliance & Standards Briefing: Electric Vehicles, Smart Energy, Green Grade Homes
The American National Standards Institute submitted to the Department of Energy a report (pdf) outlining priority areas where standards and conformance activities ...
Liquefied Natural Gas Boom Predicted
The liquefied natural gas industry can expect a ten-year global investment high of $26 billion per year by 2015, according to a report ...
Policy & Regulatory Briefing: Massive Shell Spill, Online Violation Tracking, EPA Easing Carbon Capture
The EPA on Thursday proposed a rule that would exclude carbon dioxide streams that are injected for geologic sequestration, in wells designated for ...
Water Use Falls at SABMiller, But Steady at MillerCoors
SABMiller cut both its relative water consumption and fossil fuel emissions by three percent and recycled 96 percent of its waste last year, ...
Shell Direct GHG Emissions Up 9%
Royal Dutch Shell’s direct greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from its facilities rose by 9 percent in 2010, and its natural gas flaring rose ...
Cox Enterprises and Urjanet to Track Energy Use Across 30,000 Accounts
Cox Enterprises, the communications and auto services firm, has announced it will track energy usage and costs for 30,000 utility accounts using services ...
The Firefly: A Revolutionary – and Disruptive – Approach to Electrifying Africa
A recent piece in the New York Times on a $12 solar panel at the heart of an emerging micro-economy in rural ...
Sime Darby Proposes African Palm Oil Plantations
Sime Darby, the world’s largest public palm oil producer, has proposed a $2.5 billion plantation that it says will meet high environmental standards.
Mohd ...
Post COP16 Perspective from African Union: Climate Change Matter of Life and Death
One day after the close of the UN Climate Change Conference (COP16) in Cancun, Mexico, Green Canary Sustainability Consulting CEO Kevin Tuerff interviewed a delegate ...
World Cup Responsible for 2.7M Tons of CO2 Equivalent
The total carbon footprint for the recently concluded 2010 World Cup came to 2,753,250 tons of CO2 equivalent, according to a recent study by Ernst ...
Roundup – Apple’s Solar iPhone, UK, CDC, Carbon Calculators
Apple Patents Solar iPhone
Inhabitat
CDC Invests $50m in Sustainable Forestry
New Energy World Network
Who Will Pay for UK’s Green Economy?
BBC
It’s Not Easy Being Clean
Control Global
Building Insulation for Sustainable ...
South Africa Struggles to ‘Green’ World Cup Venues
Some of the nine host cities for South Africa's first World Cup have built new stadiums that feature natural ventilation, rain water capture and energy efficiency, but struggle ...
Kraft Foods to Purchase 30,000 tons of Sustainable Cocoa by 2012
Bolstering its commitment to sustainable cocoa farming, Kraft Foods has launched the first mainstream chocolate products in Europe to carry the Rainforest Alliance Certified seal. ...
