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/2012/05/23/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/2012/05/21/o2-measures-lifecycle-of-mobile-voice-data-emissions/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/21/o2-measures-lifecycle-of-mobile-voice-data-emissions/#comments Mon, 21 May 2012 16:35:10 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=76959 O2 has measured the greenhouse gas emissions embedded throughout the entire lifecycle of its voice and data services. The UK-based telecom giant, which has more than 22 million customers, says its the first network operator to have its carbon footprint independently verified by the Carbon Trust. The majority of O2′s carbon footprint is linked to the [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/21/o2-measures-lifecycle-of-mobile-voice-data-emissions/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/16/policy-enforcement-briefing-google-wind-line-eu-aviation-superfund-settlement/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/16/policy-enforcement-briefing-google-wind-line-eu-aviation-superfund-settlement/#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 14:00:47 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=76669 Here’s the latest policy, enforcement and legal news affecting corporate environmental and energy executives. Today’s briefing includes 10 items. The $5 billion, Google-backed offshore wind energy transmission line proposed for the mid-Atlantic U.S. will advance to an environmental review stage after the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management found that there is no competitive interest. After [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/16/policy-enforcement-briefing-google-wind-line-eu-aviation-superfund-settlement/feed/ 0 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/2012/05/08/kraft-cuts-packaging-with-lifecycle-analysis/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/08/kraft-cuts-packaging-with-lifecycle-analysis/#comments Tue, 08 May 2012 13:40:51 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=75960 Kraft Foods cut the amount of plastic packaging in its YES Pack salad dressing by 60 percent using a lifecycle analysis system, the company has announced. Kraft’s LCA centers around its Eco-Calculator, a proprietary tool that figures the percentage of post-consumer recycled material in a given package design, along with the amount of energy and [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/08/kraft-cuts-packaging-with-lifecycle-analysis/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/07/us-german-automakers-adopt-fast-charging-standard-at-odds-with-nissan-toyota/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/07/us-german-automakers-adopt-fast-charging-standard-at-odds-with-nissan-toyota/#comments Mon, 07 May 2012 14:10:22 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=75835 Audi, BMW, Chrysler, Daimler, Ford, General Motors, Porsche and Volkswagen have agreed to standardize a single-port fast charging approach, called DC-fast charging with a Combined Charging System, for use on electric vehicles in Europe and the United States – bypassing the CHAdeMO charging standard already used by Japanese cars including the Nissan Leaf. The combined [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/07/us-german-automakers-adopt-fast-charging-standard-at-odds-with-nissan-toyota/feed/ 1 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/02/puma-earns-a-apple-takes-home-d-in-eiris-sustainability-rankings/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/02/puma-earns-a-apple-takes-home-d-in-eiris-sustainability-rankings/#comments Wed, 02 May 2012 15:26:40 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=75600 German sportswear manufacturer Puma tops EIRIS’ Top 10 Global Sustainability Leaders list while Apple earns a D, in a ranking that sees UK and European companies receive higher marks than their US and Asian counterparts. With the UN’s 2012 Rio+20 Earth Summit coming up in June, the research house applied its Sustainability Ratings methodology to [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/02/puma-earns-a-apple-takes-home-d-in-eiris-sustainability-rankings/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/18/policy-enforcement-briefing-deepwater-horizon-shell-oil-sheen-ypf-nationalization-keystone-xl-lng-exports/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/18/policy-enforcement-briefing-deepwater-horizon-shell-oil-sheen-ypf-nationalization-keystone-xl-lng-exports/#comments Wed, 18 Apr 2012 14:36:45 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=74532 Here’s the latest policy, enforcement and legal news affecting corporate environmental and energy executives. Today’s briefing includes 18 items. A presidential commission investigating the 2010 Gulf oil spill found that Congress has failed to pass any change to laws governing offshore drilling that could help prevent a repeat of the Deepwater Horizon disaster. On its [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/18/policy-enforcement-briefing-deepwater-horizon-shell-oil-sheen-ypf-nationalization-keystone-xl-lng-exports/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/06/policy-enforcement-briefing-la-feed-in-tariff-solyndra-review-coal-mining-eu-ets-offshore-wind-lawsuit/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/06/policy-enforcement-briefing-la-feed-in-tariff-solyndra-review-coal-mining-eu-ets-offshore-wind-lawsuit/#comments Fri, 06 Apr 2012 13:40:23 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=73688 Here’s the latest policy, enforcement and legal news affecting corporate environmental and energy executives. Today’s briefing includes 12 items. Los Angeles City Council approved a measure to allow the Department of Water and Power (DWP) to move forward with a feed-in tariff initiative. The Clean LA Solar program will allow property owners to sell solar [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/06/policy-enforcement-briefing-la-feed-in-tariff-solyndra-review-coal-mining-eu-ets-offshore-wind-lawsuit/feed/ 1 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/05/providers-revealed-for-government-backed-commercial-efficiency-projects/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/05/providers-revealed-for-government-backed-commercial-efficiency-projects/#comments Thu, 05 Apr 2012 14:35:33 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=73598 British Gas, E.ON and Kingfisher, owner of home improvement chain B&Q, are among 22 initial providers under the Green Deal, the U.K.. government’s program to finance energy efficiency improvements to commercial and residential buildings at no upfront cost to owners. The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) list of initial providers also includes Ampere [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/05/providers-revealed-for-government-backed-commercial-efficiency-projects/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/03/29/united-american-other-airlines-drop-eu-carbon-trading-lawsuit-urge-u-s-to-act/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/03/29/united-american-other-airlines-drop-eu-carbon-trading-lawsuit-urge-u-s-to-act/#comments Thu, 29 Mar 2012 14:29:54 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=73034 American Airlines, United Continental and association Airlines for America have dropped their lawsuit challenging U.S. airlines’ inclusion in the European Union’s Emissions Trading Scheme, Reuters reports. Airlines for America, whose members include Delta, Southwest, US Airways, FedEx and UPS, as well as industry partners Airbus, Boeing, Honeywell and Pratt & Whitney, said that opposition to [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/03/29/united-american-other-airlines-drop-eu-carbon-trading-lawsuit-urge-u-s-to-act/feed/ 2 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/03/28/policy-enforcement-briefing-indian-point-epa-overruled-on-coal-uk-delays-ghg-reporting-law/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/03/28/policy-enforcement-briefing-indian-point-epa-overruled-on-coal-uk-delays-ghg-reporting-law/#comments Wed, 28 Mar 2012 13:40:56 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=72958 Entergy, the owner of Indian Point nuclear plant in Buchanan, N.Y., has agreed with the New York State DEC to pay a $1.2 million penalty for a transformer explosion at its Unit 2 reactor that spilled oil into the Hudson River in November 2010. The penalty comes as the state agency and Entergy negotiate whether [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/03/28/policy-enforcement-briefing-indian-point-epa-overruled-on-coal-uk-delays-ghg-reporting-law/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/03/26/mcdonalds-to-pump-1-5m-into-uk-and-irish-farming/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/03/26/mcdonalds-to-pump-1-5m-into-uk-and-irish-farming/#comments Mon, 26 Mar 2012 15:40:07 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=72630 McDonald’s has launched Farm Forward, a three-part program aimed at supporting British and Irish farmers, as it aims to increase the sustainability of its supply chain. The initiative includes a training program for young farmers; provision of a “carbon calculator” to existing farmers; and funding for research and innovation in the British and Irish agriculture [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/03/26/mcdonalds-to-pump-1-5m-into-uk-and-irish-farming/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/03/26/policy-enforcement-briefing-eu-ets-risks-hormuz-blockade-impact-uk-solar-tariffs/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/03/26/policy-enforcement-briefing-eu-ets-risks-hormuz-blockade-impact-uk-solar-tariffs/#comments Mon, 26 Mar 2012 13:28:00 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=72675 Energy analysts say that the risk of the aviation sector exiting the EU cap-and-trade scheme is being priced into the market, and the impact could affect carbon prices by 2 euros or more. The carbon market is already oversupplied with hundreds of millions of permits and hindered by lower demand. Benchmark EU carbon prices have [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/03/26/policy-enforcement-briefing-eu-ets-risks-hormuz-blockade-impact-uk-solar-tariffs/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/03/23/policy-enforcement-briefing-air-standards-supreme-court-ruling-eu-ets-chevron-keystone-fast-track/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/03/23/policy-enforcement-briefing-air-standards-supreme-court-ruling-eu-ets-chevron-keystone-fast-track/#comments Fri, 23 Mar 2012 13:49:12 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=72556 The EPA is retaining the existing secondary National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for NOx and SOx. The agency said that though the standards do not provide adequate protection from harmful deposition-related effects on plants, soil, water and wildlife, levels of NOx and SOx in the air have fallen by more than 50 percent and [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/03/23/policy-enforcement-briefing-air-standards-supreme-court-ruling-eu-ets-chevron-keystone-fast-track/feed/ 0