http://www.environmentalleader.com Environmental Leader Fri, 25 May 2012 17:41:13 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/22/japan-urges-industry-to-cut-energy-use-15/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/22/japan-urges-industry-to-cut-energy-use-15/#comments Tue, 22 May 2012 14:00:02 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=77067 The Japanese government is pushing its industrial sector and citizens in certain parts of the country to reduce the amount of energy they use, in an attempt to avoid summer blackouts. The country is facing a shortage of electric power after shutting down all 50 of its nuclear power plants in the wake of the [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/22/japan-urges-industry-to-cut-energy-use-15/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/02/puma-earns-a-apple-takes-home-d-in-eiris-sustainability-rankings/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/02/puma-earns-a-apple-takes-home-d-in-eiris-sustainability-rankings/#comments Wed, 02 May 2012 15:26:40 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=75600 German sportswear manufacturer Puma tops EIRIS’ Top 10 Global Sustainability Leaders list while Apple earns a D, in a ranking that sees UK and European companies receive higher marks than their US and Asian counterparts. With the UN’s 2012 Rio+20 Earth Summit coming up in June, the research house applied its Sustainability Ratings methodology to [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/02/puma-earns-a-apple-takes-home-d-in-eiris-sustainability-rankings/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/01/coca-cola-china-plant-shuttered-over-chlorine-contamination/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/01/coca-cola-china-plant-shuttered-over-chlorine-contamination/#comments Tue, 01 May 2012 06:35:55 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=75454 Coca-Cola was reportedly forced by regulators to temporarily stop production at a bottling plant in north China, after inspectors allegedly found chlorine in a batch of drinks. Media had earlier reported that a batch of drinks contained water with chlorine, prompting the food, safety and quality regulator in Shanxi province to inspect the plant, according [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/01/coca-cola-china-plant-shuttered-over-chlorine-contamination/feed/ 3 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/27/toshiba-to-rebuild-thailand-chip-factory-hit-by-floods/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/27/toshiba-to-rebuild-thailand-chip-factory-hit-by-floods/#comments Fri, 27 Apr 2012 14:45:02 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=75262 Toshiba Corp. said it will build a semiconductor manufacturing factory in Thailand to replace the one inundated by last year’s record flooding. Toshiba Semiconductor Thailand Co. will be relocated to a new manufacturing facility about 90 miles northeast of Bangkok, on a site outside of the country’s main drainage basins and with no major rivers nearby, [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/27/toshiba-to-rebuild-thailand-chip-factory-hit-by-floods/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/03/28/all-nippon-group-sets-20-carbon-reduction-goal/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/03/28/all-nippon-group-sets-20-carbon-reduction-goal/#comments Wed, 28 Mar 2012 14:05:43 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=72948 ANA Group, Japan’s largest airline group, is aiming to cut its carbon emissions by 20 percent by 2020 compared with 2005 levels. Dubbed ANA Fly Eco 2020, the plan will see the introduction of more fuel efficient aircraft, use of biofuels in place of conventional aviation fuel and more fuel-efficient operating procedures., the group says. [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/03/28/all-nippon-group-sets-20-carbon-reduction-goal/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/03/21/johnson-controls-hikes-battery-prices-cites-environmental-costs/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/03/21/johnson-controls-hikes-battery-prices-cites-environmental-costs/#comments Wed, 21 Mar 2012 06:39:28 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=72306 On the heels of a Johnson Controls’ China battery factory being ordered to suspend production after the Shanghai Environment Production Bureau found that the company was the main polluter in the region, the company has announced that it will implement an eight percent price increase on lead-acid batteries sold in the US and Canada for [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/03/21/johnson-controls-hikes-battery-prices-cites-environmental-costs/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/03/02/xerox-barnes-noble-walmart-complicit-in-pulping-protected-tree-greenpeace-says/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/03/02/xerox-barnes-noble-walmart-complicit-in-pulping-protected-tree-greenpeace-says/#comments Fri, 02 Mar 2012 08:15:56 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=71028 Xerox, National Geographic, Danone, Barnes & Noble, Walmart, and many other companies are using illegal wood pulp from an internationally protected tree species, according to a new investigative report from Greenpeace. The report, The Ramin Paper Trail, says that wood pulp from Asia Pulp & Paper mills includes a protected species of trees, ramin. Greenpeace [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/03/02/xerox-barnes-noble-walmart-complicit-in-pulping-protected-tree-greenpeace-says/feed/ 1 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/15/for-explosive-growth-in-solar-energy-industry-prices-must-come-down/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/15/for-explosive-growth-in-solar-energy-industry-prices-must-come-down/#comments Wed, 15 Feb 2012 14:35:47 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=69962 I was delighted when someone sent me this Time Science piece on The Coming US-China Solar War because it finally lays bare the conflicting arithmetic confronting the US solar industry — arithmetic that typically gets lost in all the hype and rhetoric that afflicts commentary on the US renewable energy industry. What the article says, [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/15/for-explosive-growth-in-solar-energy-industry-prices-must-come-down/feed/ 5 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/06/policy-enforcement-briefing-carb-diesel-vehicles-china-vs-eu-ets-mexico-climate-law/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/06/policy-enforcement-briefing-carb-diesel-vehicles-china-vs-eu-ets-mexico-climate-law/#comments Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:50:49 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=69458 California’s On-Road Heavy-Duty Diesel Vehicles (In-Use) Regulation has shifted the reporting date to March 30, 2012, for most privately and federally owned diesel fueled trucks and buses with a gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) greater than 14,000 pounds. The regulation requires installation of PM retrofits for heavier trucks beginning January 2012, and replacement of older [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/06/policy-enforcement-briefing-carb-diesel-vehicles-china-vs-eu-ets-mexico-climate-law/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/01/policy-enforcement-briefing-case-report-solyndra-probe-keystone-xl-halliburton/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/01/policy-enforcement-briefing-case-report-solyndra-probe-keystone-xl-halliburton/#comments Wed, 01 Feb 2012 12:00:41 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=69250 The Coalition for Affordable Solar Energy (CASE) has found that levying 100-percent import duties on Chinese-made solar cells and modules may cost more than 60,000 U.S. solar industry and other jobs. Petitioners SolarWorld Industries America have requested tariffs up to 250 percent on Chinese-manufactured products in response to allegations of government subsidies and below-cost pricing, [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/01/policy-enforcement-briefing-case-report-solyndra-probe-keystone-xl-halliburton/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/23/policy-enforcement-deepwater-horizon-wind-tower-imports-in-review-rio20-thai-flood-plan/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/23/policy-enforcement-deepwater-horizon-wind-tower-imports-in-review-rio20-thai-flood-plan/#comments Mon, 23 Jan 2012 12:59:49 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=68714 The U.S. Department of Justice has asked a U.S. District Judge to declare BP, Anadarko and Transocean, as Deepwater Horizon owners and operators of vessels or offshore facilities, liable for penalties under the Clean Water Act and Oil Pollution Act of 1990. The Clean Water Act allows for penalties of $1,100 per barrel of oil spilled, [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/23/policy-enforcement-deepwater-horizon-wind-tower-imports-in-review-rio20-thai-flood-plan/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/23/app-others-commit-to-green-targets/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/23/app-others-commit-to-green-targets/#comments Mon, 23 Jan 2012 07:05:28 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=68725 A group of 77 paper businesses including Asia Pulp & Paper have signed an initiative committing themselves to energy-saving and emission-reduction targets set by the Chinese central government. The targets – based on the Chinese government’s 12th Five Year Plan year plan that runs from 2011 to 2015 – include reducing the industry’s average comprehensive [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/23/app-others-commit-to-green-targets/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/18/policy-enforcement-briefing-world-future-energy-summit-local-carbon-trading-for-china-obama%e2%80%99s-jobs-council-supports-aggressive-energy-policy/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/18/policy-enforcement-briefing-world-future-energy-summit-local-carbon-trading-for-china-obama%e2%80%99s-jobs-council-supports-aggressive-energy-policy/#comments Wed, 18 Jan 2012 12:52:09 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=68491 At the Abu Dhabi opening of World Future Energy Summit, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon laid out three core goals for 2030 in his launch of the International Year of Sustainable Energy for All campaign: to ensure universal access to modern energy services; to double the rate of improvement of energy efficiency; and to double the [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/18/policy-enforcement-briefing-world-future-energy-summit-local-carbon-trading-for-china-obama%e2%80%99s-jobs-council-supports-aggressive-energy-policy/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/17/us-replaces-china-as-top-clean-energy-investor/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/17/us-replaces-china-as-top-clean-energy-investor/#comments Tue, 17 Jan 2012 19:50:22 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=68427 The United States has regained its place as the world’s number one investor in clean energy, reclaiming the top spot from China, according to Bloomberg New Energy Finance. In 2011, U.S. total investment in clean energy surged to $55.9 billion, up 33 percent from 2010; China saw investment rise just 1 percent to $47.4 billion [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/17/us-replaces-china-as-top-clean-energy-investor/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/17/apple-releases-supplier-list-as-ngos-praise-chinese-transparency-progress/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/17/apple-releases-supplier-list-as-ngos-praise-chinese-transparency-progress/#comments Tue, 17 Jan 2012 07:39:24 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=68434 The National Resources Defense Council and Beijing-based NGO the Institute of Public & Environmental Affairs have said China is making steady progress on environmental transparency, the same weekend that Apple published its first list of suppliers. In their third annual Pollution Information Transparency Index (Chinese only), the NGOs said the public is increasingly well-informed about pollution [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/17/apple-releases-supplier-list-as-ngos-praise-chinese-transparency-progress/feed/ 0