Environmental Compliance
Environmental compliance is the adherence to environmental laws, regulations and standards. These stories include environmental enforcement stories on key environmental enforcement news. Also included are stories on the government’s regulatory intervention and proposed government regulation on the environment.
IHS Tool Links into EPA’s Carbon Reporting System
IHS has launched a product that automates the preparation of data for submission via the Environmental Protection Agency’s online system, the electronic Greenhouse Gas Reporting Tool ...
Compliance & Standards Briefing: RoHS Lead Exemption, WEEE Compromise, LEED Platinum Luxury
The European Union on Monday added a new exemption for lead to the RoHS directive on toxic substances in electronic goods, ENDS Europe reported. ...
Standards & Compliance Briefing: ISO-GRI Pact, Cadmium Jewelry Shelved, Banned Pesticide Lingers
Target, Gap, and Saks Fifth Avenue are among 26 major retailers that have reached a settlement under California's Proposition 65 to eliminate all but ...
Gannett Fleming Discusses Sustainable Infrastructure
Gannett Fleming has been named a charter member of the Institute for Sustainable Infrastructure (ISI), a recently formed non-profit leadership organization ...
Chemical Industry Proposes Assessment Tool to EPA
The American Chemistry Council is seeking to inform the Environmental Protection Agency's regulatory revisions with a proposed system for prioritizing chemical review and ...
City Makes Recycling Compulsory for Businesses
The city of Minneapolis has introduced mandatory recycling for all businesses, workplaces and houses of worship, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reports.
The rule, which came into ...
Obama Axes Ozone Rule; Could Have Cost Business $90bn
President Obama climbed down this morning from proposed national ozone standards that have been heavily criticized by industry and the GOP.
In a ...
London Olympics Drops Carbon Offset Pledge
Organizers of the London 2012 Olympic Games have dropped plans to offset the event’s carbon emissions, blaming requirements that such offset projects would have been located ...
Compliance & Standards Briefing: REACH Additions, GRI's G4, e-Waste Pledge Sunsets
The European Chemicals Agency has proposed to add 20 chemicals to its list of "substances of very high concern" (SVHC) list, as defined by ...
Environmental Regulations Shaping Today’s Sustainable Supply Chains
Join Environmental Leader for a webinar on Wednesday, August 31, 2011 at 8am PDT/11am EDT, discussing environmental regulations shaping today's sustainable ...
Water Quality Cap-and-Trade Wins USDA Funds
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has awarded $1 million to an industry-led cap and trade system for water quality.
The Electric Power Research ...
EPA Launches Electronic GHG Reporting Tool
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has launched a tool to allow 28 industrial sectors to submit their 2010 greenhouse gas pollution data electronically.
More than 1,000 ...
American Water Raises Wastewater Compliance, Cuts Emissions Intensity
American Water raised its wastewater compliance rate in 2010 and held its drinking water compliance rate steady at 99.9 percent, according to the ...
Beyond Energy and Water – The Value of LEED
Some critics have charged that the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) LEED program does not deliver on the energy and water savings claimed ...
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Imperial Sugar, Wetlands Fill, Gas Storage
Georgia’s Environmental Protection Division says Imperial Sugar will pay $80,000 to settle charges that the company violated state clean ...
Where the Regulators Do Not Tread: Lessons From the Greenlist Case
The enforcement environment for green marketing changed last month, not under the supervision of the Federal Trade Commission, but thanks ...
Policy & Regulatory Briefing: Massive Shell Spill, Online Violation Tracking, EPA Easing Carbon Capture
The EPA on Thursday proposed a rule that would exclude carbon dioxide streams that are injected for geologic sequestration, in wells designated for ...
Compliance & Standards Briefing: Carbon Bonds, EcoLogo, ISO Considers Buildings Tool
The ISO is considering a tool developed by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) to gauge energy consumption and CO2 emissions in ...
Port Authority Taps Enviance for Environmental ERP Solution
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey is transitioning to a cloud-based regulatory compliance management system from environmental software provider Enviance.
The Port Authority is ...
Federal Environmental Permitting of Renewable Energy Projects
Lessons for the “Green” Economy from Conventional Industries
Many assume that it will be easier to obtain environmental permits and approvals ...
