http://www.environmentalleader.com Environmental Leader Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:49:07 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/10/hydrogen-plant-to-save-air-products-exxonmobil-facilities-15-energy/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/10/hydrogen-plant-to-save-air-products-exxonmobil-facilities-15-energy/#comments Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:51:50 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=69794 Air Products has cut the ribbon on a hydrogen manufacturing facility that uses excess gas from a neighboring ExxonMobil refinery when making its product. Hydrogen manufactured at Air Products’ Rotterdam, Netherlands, facility (pictured) is then used by the refinery for the desulphurization of oil products and in the manufacture of petrochemicals. Processes applied at the [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/10/hydrogen-plant-to-save-air-products-exxonmobil-facilities-15-energy/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/07/standards-compliance-briefing-greenscreens-global-sustainable-tourism-council-watersense-carbonneutral/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/07/standards-compliance-briefing-greenscreens-global-sustainable-tourism-council-watersense-carbonneutral/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 12:19:59 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=69535 NSF International now offers chemical reviews in accordance with Clean Production Action’s (CPA) GreenScreen for Safer Chemicals program. The Greenscreen scores chemicals from one through four, defining progressively safer chemicals, one for chemicals of high concern and four for a chemical with low hazard, allowing for hazard reduction and potential substitution, NSF said. The Global [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/07/standards-compliance-briefing-greenscreens-global-sustainable-tourism-council-watersense-carbonneutral/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/03/policy-enforcement-briefing-disaster-risk-solyndra/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/03/policy-enforcement-briefing-disaster-risk-solyndra/#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:01:27 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=69396 Insurance commissioners in California, New York and the state of Washington said that insurance companies must disclose disaster response and risk management plans for increasingly severe storms and wildfires, rising sea levels and other consequences of climate change. The new state regulations reveal the insurance industry’s role in mediating the country’s response to climate change, [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/03/policy-enforcement-briefing-disaster-risk-solyndra/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/30/policy-enforcement-briefing-hydroelectric-dam-removal-gulf-lease-sale-biorefinery-assistance-program/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/30/policy-enforcement-briefing-hydroelectric-dam-removal-gulf-lease-sale-biorefinery-assistance-program/#comments Mon, 30 Jan 2012 14:55:16 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=69087 The California Air Resources Board has unanimously approved new emissions standards for cars and light trucks, for model years 2017 to 2025. The standard cuts greenhouse gas emissions to 166 grams per mile, which ARB says is 34 percent below predicted 2016 levels, and cuts smog-forming pollution by an extra 75 percent from 2014 levels. [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/30/policy-enforcement-briefing-hydroelectric-dam-removal-gulf-lease-sale-biorefinery-assistance-program/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/26/standards-compliance-briefing-igcc-code-guide-builders-challenge-version-2-sites-zhome-responsible-jewellery-council/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/26/standards-compliance-briefing-igcc-code-guide-builders-challenge-version-2-sites-zhome-responsible-jewellery-council/#comments Thu, 26 Jan 2012 12:41:05 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=68972 The International Code Council and Delmar have released a support publication for the construction industry referencing the 2012 International Green Construction Code (IgCC). The guide, Green Building: A Professional’s Guide to Concepts, Codes and Innovation, includes coverage of green building design, rating systems, standards, and the regulatory process for residential and commercial construction; an explanation [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/26/standards-compliance-briefing-igcc-code-guide-builders-challenge-version-2-sites-zhome-responsible-jewellery-council/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/20/clorox-puts-ingredient-lists-in-the-palm-of-consumers-hands/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/20/clorox-puts-ingredient-lists-in-the-palm-of-consumers-hands/#comments Fri, 20 Jan 2012 18:03:15 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=68664 Clorox has launched a smartphone application to help consumers look up the ingredients of its household and commercial products. The Clorox Ingredients Inside App and mobile website are an extension of the company’s Ingredients Inside program, which in February 2010 began publishing ingredients lists for hundreds of the company’s products on its website. Clorox says [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/20/clorox-puts-ingredient-lists-in-the-palm-of-consumers-hands/feed/ 1 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/19/kaiser-permanente-switches-to-pvc-and-dehp-free-iv-bags/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/19/kaiser-permanente-switches-to-pvc-and-dehp-free-iv-bags/#comments Thu, 19 Jan 2012 15:07:43 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=68595 Kaiser Permanente announced today that it is converting its IV medical equipment to alternatives free of PVC and DEHP, two industrial chemicals that the company says have been shown to harm human and environmental health. Kaiser Permanente has agreed to purchase IV solution bags that are 100 percent PVC- and DEHP-free and intravenous tubing that [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/19/kaiser-permanente-switches-to-pvc-and-dehp-free-iv-bags/feed/ 1 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/11/policy-enforcement-briefing-2/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/11/policy-enforcement-briefing-2/#comments Wed, 11 Jan 2012 13:00:08 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=68164 The elders of the Haisla First Nation voiced their opposition at the opening of a regulatory joint review hearing in Kitamaat Village, British Columbia, on Enbridge’s proposed $5.4 billion Northern Gateway oil sands pipeline for its potential impact on fishing and traditional life on the Pacific Coast. The pipeline would move 525,000 barrels of oil [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/11/policy-enforcement-briefing-2/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/10/locus-chemadvisor-combine-chemical-database-and-environmental-eportal/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/10/locus-chemadvisor-combine-chemical-database-and-environmental-eportal/#comments Tue, 10 Jan 2012 14:23:04 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=68126 ChemAdvisor’s chemical regulatory database will be offered as a module within Locus Technologies’ ePortal, the two environmental software companies have announced. Locus president and CEO Neno Duplan said the integration will give customers comprehensive tools to manage all aspects of regulatory compliance, energy and water usage, water quality, air emissions, greenhouse gas reporting, and health [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/10/locus-chemadvisor-combine-chemical-database-and-environmental-eportal/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/10/standards-compliance-briefing-chemical-safety-board-ul-environment-certification-new-mexico-waste-pit-rule-iso-50001/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/10/standards-compliance-briefing-chemical-safety-board-ul-environment-certification-new-mexico-waste-pit-rule-iso-50001/#comments Tue, 10 Jan 2012 12:10:13 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=68081 The U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB) reiterated its call for the creation of a national fire code for hazardous waste facilities following a deadly chemical fire in December. CSB had issued recommendations to the Environmental Technology Council (ETC), including the recommendation to petition the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) to issue a standard specific to hazardous [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/10/standards-compliance-briefing-chemical-safety-board-ul-environment-certification-new-mexico-waste-pit-rule-iso-50001/feed/ 0