Climate

Climate change, global warming, EPA regulations, and greenhouse gas emissions are discussed. These articles also examine methods that are being used to reduce carbon emissions that may be leading to climate change.

EL Pro Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Ethanol Cuts, South Africa Carbon Fines, Cuba Offshore Drilling

Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Ethanol Cuts, South Africa Carbon Fines, Cuba Offshore Drilling Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz) introduced an amendment to the chamber's 2012 agriculture appropriations bill on Tuesday that would block the government from funding gas station "blender" ...

October 19, 2011

Toyota, Honda Plants Among Hundreds Closed by Thai Floods

Toyota, Honda Plants Among Hundreds Closed by Thai FloodsHonda and Toyota have stopped all production in Thailand as that nation's floods continue to rip through industrial parks, and now threaten Bangkok. Thailand is ...

October 18, 2011

EL Pro Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Gulf Spill Penalties, Deepwater Wind, China Nuclear Push

Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Gulf Spill Penalties, Deepwater Wind, China Nuclear Push The House of Representatives voted on Thursday to postpone the EPA's so-called boiler MACT rules that would regulate emissions from commercial and industrial boilers, The ...

October 14, 2011

Exclusive: Sprint Toughens GHG Goal by 5% Under WWF Agreement

Exclusive: Sprint Toughens GHG Goal by 5% Under WWF AgreementSprint has upped its carbon reduction goal by five percentage points as it becomes one of just 28 companies to join the World Wildlife ...

October 11, 2011

Thai Floods Shut Businesses; Insurers Struggle with Spate of Disasters

Thai Floods Shut Businesses; Insurers Struggle with Spate of DisastersMore than 40 factories in Thailand had to close on Wednesday because of flooding, Reuters reports. Floods in the country have killed at least ...

October 7, 2011

EL Pro Policy & Enforcement Briefing: New House Bills, EU Airline Lawsuit, Mountaintop Removal

Policy & Enforcement Briefing: New House Bills, EU Airline Lawsuit, Mountaintop RemovalThe House of Representatives passed a bill on Thursday to block the EPA's proposed rule to reduce emissions from large cement manufacturing plants, The New ...

October 7, 2011

EL Pro Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Another EPA Rule Eased, Veto Threat, PA Shale Fees

Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Another EPA Rule Eased, Veto Threat, PA Shale Fees The EPA will ease emissions restrictions on 27 states in its Cross-State Air Pollution Rule, the latest retreat for the agency under fire from industry and ...

October 5, 2011

EL Pro Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Solar Loan Guarantees, Keystone XL Delays, Merck Penalty

Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Solar Loan Guarantees, Keystone XL Delays, Merck PenaltyThe Energy Department has finalized more than $1 billion in loan guarantees for two large-scale solar projects, just before the Sept. 30 deadline expires for the ...

September 30, 2011

EL Pro Policy & Enforcement Briefing: GOP Green Projects, Retrofit Tax Incentives, Kansas Sues

Policy & Enforcement Briefing: GOP Green Projects, Retrofit Tax Incentives, Kansas Sues Some high-profile Republicans who have attacked President Obama over his failed efforts to stimulate clean energy jobs with federal support have nonetheless written the Energy Department ...

September 21, 2011

Execs Getting Complacent about Environmental Problems

Execs Getting Complacent about Environmental ProblemsA worrying trend is emerging, according to a new survey by SustainAbility and GlobeScan: sustainability experts and practitioners are not feeling the sense ...

September 19, 2011

More Americans Believe Earth is Warming

More Americans Believe Earth is WarmingThe proportion of Americans who believe in global climate change is rising – likely in reaction to skepticism by the Republican presidential candidates, according ...

September 16, 2011

EL Pro Policy & Enforcement Briefing: GHG Rules Delay, BP to Blame, New Superfund Sites, $20m Northrop Cleanup

Policy & Enforcement Briefing: GHG Rules Delay, BP to Blame, New Superfund Sites, $20m Northrop CleanupThe EPA said on Tuesday that it would not meet a court-ordered Sept. 30 deadline for issuing rules governing greenhouse gas emissions from power plants and ...

September 16, 2011

EL Pro Policy and Enforcement Briefing: Unspent Stimulus, Chorus of Criticism over Ozone, NY Fracking Study

Policy and Enforcement Briefing: Unspent Stimulus, Chorus of Criticism over Ozone, NY Fracking StudyAbout one-third of the money authorized for an energy efficiency program in the 2009 economic stimulus bill has not yet been spent despite promises to immediately create ...

September 9, 2011

Report: Insurers Not Ready for Climate Change

Report: Insurers Not Ready for Climate ChangeDespite broad consensus among major insurers that climate change will affect extreme weather events, only an eighth of such companies have formal policies in ...

September 2, 2011

EL Pro Policy & Enforcement Briefing: EPA Lawsuits Pricetag, Climate Talks, Solar Grants

Policy & Enforcement Briefing: EPA Lawsuits Pricetag, Climate Talks, Solar GrantsThe Department of Justice spent about $3.3 million annually between 1995 and 2010 to defend the EPA from lawsuits brought by industry, environmental and citizens ...

September 2, 2011

Modelling Glacier Melt and Runoff in Greenland and in the Nepal Himalaya

Modelling Glacier Melt and Runoff in Greenland and in the Nepal Himalaya This is the second in a series of articles from the winners of the 2011 Dow Sustainability Innovation Student Challenge ...

August 30, 2011

EL Pro Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Nuclear Fears, Strange Bedfellows, EPA Review

Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Nuclear Fears, Strange Bedfellows, EPA ReviewThe Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) completed a final version of its regulatory review plan on Tuesday to comply with President Barack Obama's ...

August 24, 2011

EL Pro Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Port Emissions, Lake Tahoe, PA Bans Clean Energy Contracts

Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Port Emissions, Lake Tahoe, PA Bans Clean Energy ContractsCalifornia Attorney General Kamala D. Harris settled with seven companies operating terminals at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach over alleged diesel emission standards ...

August 17, 2011

Certifying and Rating Your Sustainability Successes

Certifying and Rating Your Sustainability SuccessesYou are aware of the business arguments for establishing a sustainability or “green” program and are seriously considering or ...

August 2, 2011

EL Pro Policy & Regulatory Briefing: Nuclear Waste, Yucca Mountain Lawsuit, Dow Chemical Penalty

Policy & Regulatory Briefing: Nuclear Waste, Yucca Mountain Lawsuit, Dow Chemical PenaltyA presidential Blue Ribbon Panel on Friday recommended that the U.S. take care of its nuclear waste by using a network of interim storage sites and one or more permanent geologic dumps, Reuters said. ...

August 1, 2011