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/2012/05/04/north-america-has-capacity-to-store-500-years-of-co2-emissions/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/04/north-america-has-capacity-to-store-500-years-of-co2-emissions/#comments Fri, 04 May 2012 14:29:59 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=75782 North America’s geological formations have the capacity to store 500 years of carbon dioxide emissions, according to an atlas produced by the United States, Canada and Mexico. The North American Carbon Storage Atlas was created through the North American Carbon Atlas Partnership, a joint cross-border mapping initiative by the US Energy Department, Natural Resources Canada [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/04/north-america-has-capacity-to-store-500-years-of-co2-emissions/feed/ 3 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/30/1mt-alberta-carbon-capture-project-hits-buffers/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/30/1mt-alberta-carbon-capture-project-hits-buffers/#comments Mon, 30 Apr 2012 06:10:41 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=75380 The three major companies involved in a carbon capture initiative in Alberta, Canada have dropped out of the project. TransAlta Corp., Enbridge Inc. and Capital Power Corp. had planned the Pioneer carbon capture and storage project to help combat emissions associated with their oil sands operations, but said last week that they would pay penalties [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/30/1mt-alberta-carbon-capture-project-hits-buffers/feed/ 2 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/04/policy-enforcement-briefing-e15-registrations-epa-delays-bpa-in-packaging/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/04/policy-enforcement-briefing-e15-registrations-epa-delays-bpa-in-packaging/#comments Wed, 04 Apr 2012 13:37:42 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=73496 Here’s the latest policy, enforcement and legal news affecting corporate environmental and energy executives. Today’s briefing includes 13 items. The EPA approved the first applications for registration of E15, a 15 percent ethanol, 85 percent gasoline blend, opening the route to the fuel’s use in model year 2001 and newer gasoline-fueled cars and light trucks. [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/04/policy-enforcement-briefing-e15-registrations-epa-delays-bpa-in-packaging/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/03/28/financing-the-new-age-of-electricity/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/03/28/financing-the-new-age-of-electricity/#comments Wed, 28 Mar 2012 13:03:16 +0000 Roland W. Chalons-Browne http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=72929 The world’s energy demands continue to rise at a time when there is a growing need to reduce carbon emissions and protect the environment. Cities already emit 80 percent of human-made greenhouse gases and are responsible for 75 percent of the world’s energy consumption. In fact, the World Bank has estimated that urban areas will [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/03/28/financing-the-new-age-of-electricity/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/03/12/airbus-could-lose-chinese-business-due-to-european-carbon-rules/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/03/12/airbus-could-lose-chinese-business-due-to-european-carbon-rules/#comments Mon, 12 Mar 2012 06:31:24 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=71608 Airbus’ parent company has warned that it stands to lose Chinese business if the European Commission ignores protests from airlines about its European emissions trading scheme, Fox Business reports. Louis Gallois, the chief executive of Airbus parent company European Aeronautic Defence & Space (EADS) told a conference call to analysts on Thursday that the Chinese [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/03/12/airbus-could-lose-chinese-business-due-to-european-carbon-rules/feed/ 2 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/03/07/pollution-control-market-to-top-9bn-by-2017-report-says/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/03/07/pollution-control-market-to-top-9bn-by-2017-report-says/#comments Wed, 07 Mar 2012 16:22:30 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=71356 The global air pollution control equipment market should grow significantly once utility, oil and gas companies comply with increasingly stringent environmental regulations such as the EPA’s Maximum Achievable Control Technology rules, according to research by business consulting firm Frost & Sullivan. Analysis of the Global Air Pollution Control Equipment in Energy and Power Market finds [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/03/07/pollution-control-market-to-top-9bn-by-2017-report-says/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/27/calgon-launches-products-to-control-mercury-emissions/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/27/calgon-launches-products-to-control-mercury-emissions/#comments Fri, 27 Jan 2012 14:49:22 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=69050 Calgon Carbon Corporation has launched an advanced line of its Fluepac products aimed at controlling mercury emissions in the coal-fired electric power generation market. The new line, which includes the Fluepac MC+ Ultra, Fluepac MC Maxx and Fluepac ST, can reduce carbon injection rates by 50 to 70 percent below that of standard products, while [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/27/calgon-launches-products-to-control-mercury-emissions/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/20/carbon-capture-project-gets-first-u-s-ppa-masdar-eyes-cdm-credits/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/20/carbon-capture-project-gets-first-u-s-ppa-masdar-eyes-cdm-credits/#comments Fri, 20 Jan 2012 14:32:23 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=68671 CPS Energy of San Antonio has signed the nation’s first power purchase agreement for electricity from a commercial-scale carbon capture project. The utility, the largest one in the U.S. owned by a municipality, will buy about 200 MW of power from the Texas Clean Energy Project, a coal-based power plant with carbon capture planned for [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/20/carbon-capture-project-gets-first-u-s-ppa-masdar-eyes-cdm-credits/feed/ 1 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/05/cheap-material-can-scrub-co2-from-air-study-says/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/05/cheap-material-can-scrub-co2-from-air-study-says/#comments Thu, 05 Jan 2012 18:09:20 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=67891 Solid materials based on polyethylenimine show great promise for reducing carbon dioxide emissions at a lower cost than today’s technology, and could even capture CO2 directly from the air, according to a report in the Journal of the American Chemical Society. In the paper, authors Alain Goeppert, Miklos Czaun, Robert B. May, G. K. Surya [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/05/cheap-material-can-scrub-co2-from-air-study-says/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/12/21/minnesota-retrofits-to-save-3m-a-year/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/12/21/minnesota-retrofits-to-save-3m-a-year/#comments Wed, 21 Dec 2011 10:03:51 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=67265 Energy efficiency improvements across 36 facilities in Minnesota will generate more than $3 million in permanent, ongoing energy savings every year for the foreseeable future, according to the Minnesota Department of Commerce. The efficiency upgrades were the product of a $4.1 million energy upgrade program administered through the department’s Division of Energy Resources and funded [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/12/21/minnesota-retrofits-to-save-3m-a-year/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/12/12/durban-parties-agree-kyoto-extension/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/12/12/durban-parties-agree-kyoto-extension/#comments Mon, 12 Dec 2011 15:58:10 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=66572 Negotiators at U.N. climate talks in Durban yesterday agreed a second commitment period under the Kyoto Protocol, to run from 2013 through 2017, pulling negotiations back from the brink days after the conference was supposed to have ended. The 190-odd countries also bound themselves to agree, in 2015, a deal to force them to cut [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/12/12/durban-parties-agree-kyoto-extension/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/11/01/standards-compliance-briefing-tablet-certifications-california-toxics-regulations-rohs-recast/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/11/01/standards-compliance-briefing-tablet-certifications-california-toxics-regulations-rohs-recast/#comments Tue, 01 Nov 2011 11:58:00 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=64486 TCO Certified, a third party sustainability labeler for IT products, on Monday launched TCO Certified Tablets, a certification for tablet PCs that demonstrate minimal use of hazardous materials, energy efficiency and design for recycling. At the same time, the company announced that the Samsung SLATE PC Series 7 (pictured left) is the first tablet to [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/11/01/standards-compliance-briefing-tablet-certifications-california-toxics-regulations-rohs-recast/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/10/26/policy-enforcement-briefing-airline-emissions-squabble-wind-sector-grows-air-toxics-rule/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/10/26/policy-enforcement-briefing-airline-emissions-squabble-wind-sector-grows-air-toxics-rule/#comments Wed, 26 Oct 2011 13:26:53 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=64120 The House of Representatives has voted to shield U.S. passenger and cargo airlines from a European Union law that would make global carriers pay for their carbon emissions, Reuters reported. The bipartisan vote, coupled with President Obama’s opposition to European carbon fees, could force the Senate into action on the House measure. Driven by more [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/10/26/policy-enforcement-briefing-airline-emissions-squabble-wind-sector-grows-air-toxics-rule/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/09/15/accelerating-large-scale-clean-energy-and-carbon-sequestration-solutions/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/09/15/accelerating-large-scale-clean-energy-and-carbon-sequestration-solutions/#comments Thu, 15 Sep 2011 10:18:54 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=61223 Jonathan Isham Jr., an Associate Professor of Economics and Environmental Studies at Middlebury College, gives a talk back in January 2010: The Challenge of ‘Getting to 350′: On Accelerating Large Scale Clean-Energy and Carbon-Sequestration Solutions from 2010 to 2020. He’s a co-founder of Brighter Planet (brighterplanet.com), a climate-services company based in Middlebury VT and he [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/09/15/accelerating-large-scale-clean-energy-and-carbon-sequestration-solutions/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/09/12/policy-hecla-settles-rggi-all-time-low/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/09/12/policy-hecla-settles-rggi-all-time-low/#comments Mon, 12 Sep 2011 15:00:42 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=61536 A group of environmentalists has launched a campaign urging EPA administrator Lisa Jackson not to resign, after President Obama ordered the agency to scrap a two-year-old proposal to tighten national air quality standards for ground-level ozone, The New York Times reported. After Jackson refused to defend Obama’s decision last week, the Earth Day Network established [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/09/12/policy-hecla-settles-rggi-all-time-low/feed/ 0