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/2012/02/07/upm-to-build-major-biodiesel-refinery/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/07/upm-to-build-major-biodiesel-refinery/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:27:55 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=69551 Finnish paper company UPM is to build the world’s first industrial-scale plant to turn a wood byproduct into biodiesel. The Lappeenranta, Finland, biorefinery will produce annually approximately 100,000 tonnes of advanced second generation biodiesel for use in vehicles, UPM says. Construction of the biorefinery will begin in the summer of 2012 and be completed in [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/07/upm-to-build-major-biodiesel-refinery/feed/ 0 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/2012/01/30/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/2012/01/19/ethanol-subsidy-expiration-may-be-hitting-consumers-wallets/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/19/ethanol-subsidy-expiration-may-be-hitting-consumers-wallets/#comments Thu, 19 Jan 2012 18:03:19 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=68575 The expiration of ethanol subsidies from the federal government last month may already be driving up gas prices at the pump, according to AutoblogGreen. Earlier this week, Bloomberg reported an increase of 12 cents to $3.36 a gallon to filling station prices – the first three-week increase in gas prices since October. Autoblog says that [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/19/ethanol-subsidy-expiration-may-be-hitting-consumers-wallets/feed/ 8 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/18/lux-bio-chem-firms-poised-to-revolutionize-industry/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/18/lux-bio-chem-firms-poised-to-revolutionize-industry/#comments Wed, 18 Jan 2012 19:31:23 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=68507 A group of fast-growing bio-based chemicals and materials startups – including Novamont, Arcadia, Elevance, Amyris, Gevo and Solazyme – is rapidly maturing and attaining scale, possibly heralding the biggest change in the global chemicals industry in decades, according to a Lux Research report. In Assessing Innovator Evolution in Renewable Materials and Chemicals, Lux analysts positioned companies active in [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/18/lux-bio-chem-firms-poised-to-revolutionize-industry/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/11/refiners-fined-for-failing-to-use-non-existent-fuel/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/11/refiners-fined-for-failing-to-use-non-existent-fuel/#comments Wed, 11 Jan 2012 18:31:10 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=68191 Refiners expect to pay about $6.8 million in government penalties for failing to mix cellulosic biofuel into their gasoline and diesel – even though the supplies don’t exist, the New York Times has reported. The 2007 Energy Independence and Security Act requires the use of three types of fuel: diesel fuel made from biomass; biofuel [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/11/refiners-fined-for-failing-to-use-non-existent-fuel/feed/ 3 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/10/lufthansa-to-end-biofuel-trials/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/10/lufthansa-to-end-biofuel-trials/#comments Tue, 10 Jan 2012 08:20:29 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=68094 Lufhansa is ending trials using biofuels to power flights, because it can’t find reliable supplies, Reuters reports. The final flight in the trial program will see a Boeing 747-400 fly from Frankfurt, Germany, to Washington, D.C., on 12 January 2012. It will be the company’s first biofuel-powered transatlantic flight. But Reuters reported that the company [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/10/lufthansa-to-end-biofuel-trials/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/06/renewables-briefing-bloomberg-nokia-dalkia-and-2012-biofuels-predictions/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/06/renewables-briefing-bloomberg-nokia-dalkia-and-2012-biofuels-predictions/#comments Fri, 06 Jan 2012 14:49:47 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=67954 Bloomberg’s Princeton office is close to completing installation of a 1.8 MW solar power system that should generate the equivalent of over 50 percent of the office’s electricity. The company has been working with SunPower Corp. and Integrys Energy Services on the installation (pictured) of this eight-acre, ground-mounted solar tracking system at the Skillman, N.J., [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/06/renewables-briefing-bloomberg-nokia-dalkia-and-2012-biofuels-predictions/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/12/30/most-read-sustainable-business-stories-of-2011/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/12/30/most-read-sustainable-business-stories-of-2011/#comments Fri, 30 Dec 2011 15:07:57 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=67657 Every day this week we’ve been looking at a different aspect of environmental and sustainability management and counting down the top stories that grabbed your attention this year. Today we look at the most popular sustainable business stories that didn’t fall into the previous categories of energy management, paper and packaging or finance and reporting. 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