Europe
Alleged Honduran Murders Cause More Controversy for ETS
Carbon credits from palm oil plantations in Honduras are still for sale in the EU's Emissions Trading Scheme despite the reported murder of 23 farmers in ...
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Calif. Cap and Trade, Final DOE Loans, UK Retrofit Push
The California Supreme Court has ruled that air-quality regulators may establish a cap-and-trade system of pollution credits, while the state appeals a lower court judge's order ...
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 ...
Standards & Compliance Briefing: WEEE Revision, REACH Review, Honda LEED Certifications
The European Parliament's environment, public health and food safety committee is expected next week to endorse a proposal that would strengthen EU rules on e-waste, European ...
NHS to Assess Emissions of Procurement
The U.K.’s National Health Service has begun assessing the carbon footprint of health care procurement.
Many N.H.S. bodies already include environmental costs into their procurement decision making, ...
EarthCheck Names Tourism ‘Star Performers’
Hotels under the Novotel, Radisson and InterContinental banners have been named as examples of best practice in an assessment of the travel and tourism industry by ...
Bush Brothers, Dairyland Partner on Wastewater Energy Plant
Dairyland Power Partners plans to to buy electricity created by an anaerobic wastewater system at a Bush Brothers & Co. plant in Augusta, Wis.
The digester plant ...
EU ETS to Cost Airlines $1.5bn in 2012; BA Hit Hardest
The cost for airlines of joining the European Union's Emissions Trading Scheme in 2012 will be approximately €1.1 billion ($1.5 billion) using a carbon price of ...
New Sustainability Professionals within the Retail Industry
Following the success of its Plan A, Marks & Spencer has opened one of the U.K.'s most sustainable retail outlets at ...
U.K. Business Increases Sustainability
U.K. companies rapidly increased the sustainability of their business practices over the last 12 months of data collection, according to a report by sustainability non-profit Forum ...
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Double Counting Biofuels, Regulatory Timeout, Stricter Offshore Standards
The Obama administration has told a federal court that it has no objection to reopening lawsuits brought by both industry and environmental groups challenging national ...
Unilever UK Achieves Zero Landfill Status
Consumer products brand Unilever has become a "zero to landfill" manufacturer in its U.K. operations, the company has announced.
The company now recycles 97 percent of its ...
Deutsche Lowers EU Carbon Price Forecast
Deutsche Bank has downgraded its year-end forecast for the price of carbon in Europe’s emission trading program.
The bank has lowered its year-end 2011 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Compliance & Standards Briefing: Formaldehyde-Free Label, LEED Lawsuits, RoHS
The GREENGUARD Environmental Institute yesterday announced a new "formaldehyde free" verification service for manufacturers. The institute said consumers' growing concern about the health effects ...
Compliance & Standards Briefing: WEEE, Biodiesel, RoHS, Coal and Coke
The Sustainable Biodiesel Alliance and member companies in three states on Monday announced that the for the first time retail locations will post sustainability grades for biodiesel, ...
Compliance & Standards Briefing: Electric Vehicles, Smart Energy, Green Grade Homes
The American National Standards Institute submitted to the Department of Energy a report (pdf) outlining priority areas where standards and conformance activities ...
Small Country that Became a Big Leader
For the last 200 years, the United States has been considered the engine of the world’s progress. While traveling the world ...
