http://www.environmentalleader.com Environmental Leader Fri, 25 May 2012 17:41:13 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/24/exxonmobil-chevron-investors-call-for-fracking-risk-disclosures/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/24/exxonmobil-chevron-investors-call-for-fracking-risk-disclosures/#comments Thu, 24 May 2012 20:53:57 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=77325 Chevron and ExxonMobil shareholders have filed proposals asking the companies to disclose risks to their operations and finances from hydraulic fracturing. Shareholder advocacy group As You Sow filed the ExxonMobil resolution on behalf of the Park Foundation, while Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia and Green Century Capital Management filed the Chevron resolution. The organizations asked [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/24/exxonmobil-chevron-investors-call-for-fracking-risk-disclosures/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/23/policy-enforcement-briefing-rio20-natural-gas-lobby-nrc-camp-david-declaration/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/23/policy-enforcement-briefing-rio20-natural-gas-lobby-nrc-camp-david-declaration/#comments Wed, 23 May 2012 14:00:00 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=77212 Here’s the latest policy, enforcement and legal news affecting corporate environmental and energy executives. Today’s briefing includes 11 items. The World Business Council for Sustainable Development has released a policy report directed toward the Rio+20 conference that outlines a set of policy recommendations from the business community. The report has seven categories of action including [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/23/policy-enforcement-briefing-rio20-natural-gas-lobby-nrc-camp-david-declaration/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/23/fracking-and-our-energy-future/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/23/fracking-and-our-energy-future/#comments Wed, 23 May 2012 10:10:40 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=76197 Fracking and Our Energy Future brings a panel of experts and activists together to discuss the impact of hydraulic-fracturing natural gas extraction. A Q&A with the audience follows. Moderated by Joel Towers, executive dean of Parsons The New School for Design]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/23/fracking-and-our-energy-future/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/18/policy-enforcement-briefing-bonn-climate-talks-new-zealand-ets-iris-review/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/18/policy-enforcement-briefing-bonn-climate-talks-new-zealand-ets-iris-review/#comments Fri, 18 May 2012 13:20:33 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=76860 Here’s the latest policy, enforcement and legal news affecting corporate environmental and energy executives. Today’s briefing includes 11 items. UN climate chief Christiana Figueres said that country delegates who agreed on the Durban Platform for Enhanced Action, a process to develop a new GHG emissions reduction protocol by 2015, should set targets this year to [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/18/policy-enforcement-briefing-bonn-climate-talks-new-zealand-ets-iris-review/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/17/investor-coalition-pushes-shale-gas-industry-to-clean-up-fracking/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/17/investor-coalition-pushes-shale-gas-industry-to-clean-up-fracking/#comments Thu, 17 May 2012 14:00:45 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=76790 A coalition of 55 investment firms and institutional investors is urging the shale gas industry to adopt best practices to clean up hydraulic fracturing, a controversial production technique used to release gas trapped in deep underground formations. The group, which has nearly $1 trillion in assets under management, is spearheaded by Boston Common Asset Management, Investor [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/17/investor-coalition-pushes-shale-gas-industry-to-clean-up-fracking/feed/ 2 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/16/gord-lambert-discusses-sustainability-at-suncor-energy/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/16/gord-lambert-discusses-sustainability-at-suncor-energy/#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 10:23:27 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=76183 Gord Lambert, VP of Sustainability with Suncor Energy, interviewed by The Oil and Gas Report. They discuss what sustainability means to Suncor, and what they are doing to stay sustainable.]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/16/gord-lambert-discusses-sustainability-at-suncor-energy/feed/ 1 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/14/dont-board-the-fracking-banned-wagon/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/14/dont-board-the-fracking-banned-wagon/#comments Mon, 14 May 2012 14:35:57 +0000 Peter Gray http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=76417 In my last column, I preached patience for those who question the safety of extracting shale gas via fracking. In this month’s column, I profile the growing trend of states and localities electing to ban fracking in response to fears that it might cause groundwater contamination. The availability of cheap, plentiful shale gas is a [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/14/dont-board-the-fracking-banned-wagon/feed/ 26 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/14/stricter-regulatory-standards-end-of-legal-loopholes-needed-for-fracking-safety-nrdc-says/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/14/stricter-regulatory-standards-end-of-legal-loopholes-needed-for-fracking-safety-nrdc-says/#comments Mon, 14 May 2012 14:30:33 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=76442   Hydraulic fracturing’s huge output of polluted wastewater is putting drinking water supplies, rivers, streams, and groundwater at risk, primarily because state and federal regulations have not kept pace with the industry boom, according to a Natural Resources Defense Council report. The study, “In Fracking’s Wake: New Rules are Needed to Protect Our Health and [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/14/stricter-regulatory-standards-end-of-legal-loopholes-needed-for-fracking-safety-nrdc-says/feed/ 1 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/14/policy-enforcement-briefing-german-solar-subsidies-australian-carbon-price-honda-hybrid-suit/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/14/policy-enforcement-briefing-german-solar-subsidies-australian-carbon-price-honda-hybrid-suit/#comments Mon, 14 May 2012 13:50:46 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=76463 Here’s the latest policy, enforcement and legal news affecting corporate environmental and energy executives. Today’s briefing includes eight items. The German parliament’s upper house has rallied enough support to delay plans to cut solar subsidies for as long as several months. But those opposing the proposal to slash feed-in tariffs by between 20 and nearly [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/14/policy-enforcement-briefing-german-solar-subsidies-australian-carbon-price-honda-hybrid-suit/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/14/epas-mercury-and-air-toxics-standards-costly-and-time-consuming-for-coal-plants/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/14/epas-mercury-and-air-toxics-standards-costly-and-time-consuming-for-coal-plants/#comments Mon, 14 May 2012 13:45:06 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=76399 Compliance with the EPA’s Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS) poses “significant challenges” for coal plants, forcing many to retire rather than make the required retrofits, according to a study commissioned by the Midwest Independent Transmission System Operator (MISO). Economists at the Brattle Group evaluated the MATS, which requires the US coal and oil fleet [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/14/epas-mercury-and-air-toxics-standards-costly-and-time-consuming-for-coal-plants/feed/ 5 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/11/policy-enforcement-briefing-california-quebec-ets-energy-efficiency-canada-emissions-target/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/11/policy-enforcement-briefing-california-quebec-ets-energy-efficiency-canada-emissions-target/#comments Fri, 11 May 2012 14:00:56 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=76342 Here’s the latest policy, enforcement and legal news affecting corporate environmental and energy executives. Today’s briefing includes 11 items. The California Air Resources Board released proposed regulations to link its cap-and-trade program to the carbon market in Quebec. The proposal, which has a 45-day public comment period, includes market security measures, guidelines for ensuring that [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/11/policy-enforcement-briefing-california-quebec-ets-energy-efficiency-canada-emissions-target/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/09/aep-sustainability-report-carbon-emissions-rise-1-5-revenues-up-4-8/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/09/aep-sustainability-report-carbon-emissions-rise-1-5-revenues-up-4-8/#comments Wed, 09 May 2012 14:01:17 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=76062 American Electric Power’s total CO2 emissions rose just shy of 1.5 percent from 2010 to 2011, while revenues rose 4.8 percent over that time period, according to the company’s 2012 combined annual report and corporate sustainability report. In 2011, AEP emitted 136 million metric tons of carbon, up from 134 million metric tons in 2010. [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/09/aep-sustainability-report-carbon-emissions-rise-1-5-revenues-up-4-8/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/09/policy-enforcement-briefing-production-tax-credit-light-bulbs-buffett-on-keystone/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/09/policy-enforcement-briefing-production-tax-credit-light-bulbs-buffett-on-keystone/#comments Wed, 09 May 2012 13:31:04 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=76103 Here’s the latest policy, enforcement and legal news affecting corporate environmental and energy executives. Today’s briefing includes 11 items. President Barack Obama urged Congress to extend the Production Tax Credit and expand the 30 percent tax credit to investments in clean energy manufacturing, known as the 48C Advanced Energy Manufacturing Tax Credit. The remarks came [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/09/policy-enforcement-briefing-production-tax-credit-light-bulbs-buffett-on-keystone/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/08/nrel-unveils-more-accurate-energy-project-emissions-calculator/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/08/nrel-unveils-more-accurate-energy-project-emissions-calculator/#comments Tue, 08 May 2012 16:12:45 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=75985 Cradle-to-grave greenhouse gas emissions from solar photovoltaics are about 5 percent of those from coal; wind and solar are about equal in emissions; and nuclear energy is on a par with renewable energy, according to a new study by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, which claims to use a more precise method for calculating life [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/08/nrel-unveils-more-accurate-energy-project-emissions-calculator/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/07/policy-enforcement-briefing-australia-carbon-tax-japan-nuclear-more-fracking-rules/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/07/policy-enforcement-briefing-australia-carbon-tax-japan-nuclear-more-fracking-rules/#comments Mon, 07 May 2012 14:00:13 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=75874 Here’s the latest policy, enforcement and legal news affecting corporate environmental and energy executives. Today’s briefing includes 12 items. The Australian government’s preliminary list of companies facing a carbon tax included 248 names, much lower than the expected total of 500. Those on the list – primarily power generators, mining companies and heavy industry firms – will [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/07/policy-enforcement-briefing-australia-carbon-tax-japan-nuclear-more-fracking-rules/feed/ 0