Emissions
Emissions includes news stories on devices that produce air pollutants and greenhouse gasses (GHGs), power management solutions that lead to the reduction of carbon dioxide emissions, sustainability goals for emissions, and organizations that have successfully reduced emissions. Reports on The Clean Air Act, EPA emissions enforcement, fuel economy trends, and air quality standards also are highlighted.
Ignazio Messina & Co, Hamworthy Krystallon Install First Commercial Marine Scrubber
The first of four Ignazio Messina & Co.-owned vessels installed with marine scrubbing technology from manufacturer Hamworthy Krystallon has come on line.
Linea Messina is the first ...
Avon GHG Emissions Fall, But Energy Use Rises
Avon's GHG emissions intensity for its global manufacturing fell 6.6 percent in 2010, from 36.6 to 34.2 metric tons of CO2e per million units, ...
Microsoft: Cloud Computing Can Cut Emissions by 30% or More
Information Communication Technology (ICT) equipment and services are estimated to double their global carbon emissions to 4 percent of global electricity consumption by 2020, taking ...
Indirect Carbon Emissions and Why They Matter
According to our recent research, a combination of regulation and consumer demand means that 93% of multinational companies are now taking ...
Shell Wins Emissions Reduction Advertising Battle
The U.K.'s advertising watchdog has ruled in favor of oil giant Shell over claims it made in a magazine advert that its biofuels reduced CO2 ...
EPA Approves Three Alternative Refrigerants to Replace HFCs
Prodded by companies as diverse as Ben and Jerry’s, General Electric, A.S. Trust & Holdings, and True Manufacturing, the EPA has approved three alternative ...
Kraft Footprints Climate, Land, Water Impacts
More than 90 percent of Kraft Food’s carbon footprint comes from outside its plants and offices, and nearly 60 percent is from farm commodities, ...
Trane Launches GE Software-Based Data Center Management Tool
Heating and cooling product manufacturer Trane has launched an intelligent building automation platform that uses GE software.
Tracer XT was developed in response to data center customer ...
Anvil Cuts Waste 25%, But GHGs Rise 32%
Anvil Knitwear reduced its waste to landfill by 25 percent in 2010, but GHG emissions rose 32 percent, according to its 2011 CSR Progress ...
Del Monte Taps Locus for Energy Management
Del Monte Foods has selected Locus Technologies' ePortal platform to provide an integrated system for monitoring and managing its energy use, water, and other sustainability efforts.
The ...
Service Neutralizes Emissions from Websites
Carbon offsetting firm CO2 Neutral Seal has launched its CO2NS Website product that aims to make web sites carbon neutral by buying carbon credits matched to ...
Case Set to Challenge EPA's GHG Regs
Oral arguments will begin February 28 in a case challenging a "weak link" in the EPA's regulatory process for greenhouse gas emissions, according to ...
Hasbro to Cut PVC from Packaging; Beats 10% GHG Goal
Hasbro will eliminate polyvinyl chloride (PVC) from all new core toy and game packaging beginning in 2013, the company has announced, as it launches ...
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Calif. Emissions Rules, Bonneville Power, FDA Plans BPA Decision
California's Air Resources Board proposed new rules to reduce emissions from vehicles, including putting 1.4 million electric, plug-in and hydrogen cars on the state's roads by ...
Sonoco Unveils Paper-Based Oil Can
Packaging firm Sonoco's U.K. arm has designed a rigid, paper-based can that is capable of carrying liquid and results in a 20 percent reduction in greenhouse ...
Cisco Behind on GHG Goal for 2012
Cisco is slipping in its quest to reduce scope 1, scope 2 and business air travel GHG emissions by 25 percent by 2012, with ...
Lighting Briefing: Millard and Groom, Carmanah, Platinum, Lightolier and Tyree
Refrigerated warehousing and distribution services company Millard and commercial energy project firm Groom Energy have completed the installation of an LED lighting retrofit at Millard's Allentown, ...
Most Climate-Responsible Companies Revealed; Scores up 54% in 4 Years
Unilever has bumped Nike from its perch as the top company for climate responsibility, in the Climate Counts 2011 review.
After holding the top ...
Leaders in Energy Management Software Named
CA Technologies, CarbonSystems, IBM and Verisae have emerged as the leading providers of enterprise-scale energy management software, according to a study from analysis firm Verdantix.
Green ...
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: COP 17 Durban, SolarWorld, Better Buildings Challenge, Boiler MACT
Durban: U.N. climate chief Christiana Figueres remains hopeful that countries can get past the years of gridlock to reach fresh, binding commitments to GHG reductions, Reuters ...
