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/2012/02/08/policy-enforcement-briefing-bank-of-england-considers-carbon-bubble-diesel-health-study-delayed/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/08/policy-enforcement-briefing-bank-of-england-considers-carbon-bubble-diesel-health-study-delayed/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:51:38 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=69619 The governor of the Bank of England has acknowledged that there is a need for evaluation of the financial system’s exposure to high carbon and environmentally unsustainable investments, and the bank is willing to consider the levels of fossil fuel exposure as a potential risk to financial stability, The Guardian reports. The discussion stems from [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/08/policy-enforcement-briefing-bank-of-england-considers-carbon-bubble-diesel-health-study-delayed/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/2012/02/03/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/2012/02/02/warm-winters-hurting-some-businesses-boosting-others/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/02/warm-winters-hurting-some-businesses-boosting-others/#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2012 15:01:19 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=69314 Apparel makers and retailers, ski resort operators and natural gas producers are feeling the pinch from abnormally warm winter temperatures in the U.S., although some companies could benefit from lower heating costs and snow removal charges, Reuters reports. Average temperatures across the country were 3 to 4 degrees F above normal last month, and heating [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/02/warm-winters-hurting-some-businesses-boosting-others/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/30/unfccc-launches-business-climate-change-strategy-guide/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/30/unfccc-launches-business-climate-change-strategy-guide/#comments Mon, 30 Jan 2012 17:30:30 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=69115 Microsoft, Coca-Cola, Levi’s, Nestle and Starbucks are among a slew of multinational companies listed in an online database just launched by the U.N. that details how the world’s major firms plan to address global warming. The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change’s Adaptation Private Sector Initiative contains details both on how companies can make [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/30/unfccc-launches-business-climate-change-strategy-guide/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/30/adapting-to-the-consequences-of-climate-change/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/30/adapting-to-the-consequences-of-climate-change/#comments Mon, 30 Jan 2012 14:44:25 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=69119 The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends upon the unreasonable man. I don’t often disagree with George Bernard Shaw but I think in this case his argument, like our earth’s resources, may be approaching its limit. Our progress [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/30/adapting-to-the-consequences-of-climate-change/feed/ 6 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/2012/01/12/epa-reveals-biggest-ghg-emitters/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/12/epa-reveals-biggest-ghg-emitters/#comments Thu, 12 Jan 2012 07:30:21 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=68256 The top three GHG emitters in the country are all power plants owned by Southern Company, according to data just released by the EPA. The agency yesterday launched an online tool (pictured) that allows users to view and sort GHG data by facility, location, industrial sector, and the type of GHG emitted. The EPA says is the first [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/12/epa-reveals-biggest-ghg-emitters/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/06/prepare-for-low-carbon-economy-this-year-ex-un-climate-chief-says/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/06/prepare-for-low-carbon-economy-this-year-ex-un-climate-chief-says/#comments Fri, 06 Jan 2012 15:23:27 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=67962 Results from the Durban climate talks show that businesses should start preparing in 2012 for a low-carbon economy, according to the former executive secretary of the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change. Yvo de Boer told the Guardian that Durban sent a strong message to business that the world’s governments are serious about tackling climate [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/06/prepare-for-low-carbon-economy-this-year-ex-un-climate-chief-says/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/12/22/pwcs-take-on-cop17-and-durban/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/12/22/pwcs-take-on-cop17-and-durban/#comments Thu, 22 Dec 2011 11:50:28 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=67365 PwC’s take on the UN climate change summit in Durban which resulted in: - The launch of the Durban Platform for Enhanced Action, “to develop a protocol, another legal instrument or an agreed outcome with legal force under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change applicable to all Parties.” - Agreement of a second [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/12/22/pwcs-take-on-cop17-and-durban/feed/ 0