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.
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" ...
Toyota, Honda Plants Among Hundreds Closed by Thai Floods
Honda 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 ...
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 ...
Exclusive: Sprint Toughens GHG Goal by 5% Under WWF Agreement
Sprint has upped its carbon reduction goal by five percentage points as it becomes one of just 28 companies to join the World Wildlife ...
Thai Floods Shut Businesses; Insurers Struggle with Spate of Disasters
More than 40 factories in Thailand had to close on Wednesday because of flooding, Reuters reports.
Floods in the country have killed at least ...
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: New House Bills, EU Airline Lawsuit, Mountaintop Removal
The 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 ...
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 ...
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Solar Loan Guarantees, Keystone XL Delays, Merck Penalty
The 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 ...
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 ...
Execs Getting Complacent about Environmental Problems
A worrying trend is emerging, according to a new survey by SustainAbility and GlobeScan: sustainability experts and practitioners are not feeling the sense ...
More Americans Believe Earth is Warming
The proportion of Americans who believe in global climate change is rising – likely in reaction to skepticism by the Republican presidential candidates, according ...
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: GHG Rules Delay, BP to Blame, New Superfund Sites, $20m Northrop Cleanup
The 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 ...
Policy and Enforcement Briefing: Unspent Stimulus, Chorus of Criticism over Ozone, NY Fracking Study
About 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 ...
Report: Insurers Not Ready for Climate Change
Despite broad consensus among major insurers that climate change will affect extreme weather events, only an eighth of such companies have formal policies in ...
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: EPA Lawsuits Pricetag, Climate Talks, Solar Grants
The 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 ...
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 ...
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Nuclear Fears, Strange Bedfellows, EPA Review
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) completed a final version of its regulatory review plan on Tuesday to comply with President Barack Obama's ...
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Port Emissions, Lake Tahoe, PA Bans Clean Energy Contracts
California 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 ...
Certifying and Rating Your Sustainability Successes
You are aware of the business arguments for establishing a sustainability or “green” program and are seriously considering or ...
Policy & Regulatory Briefing: Nuclear Waste, Yucca Mountain Lawsuit, Dow Chemical Penalty
A 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. ...
