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/del-monte-foods-others-join-kkrs-green-portfolio-program/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/23/del-monte-foods-others-join-kkrs-green-portfolio-program/#comments Wed, 23 May 2012 14:10:36 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=77178 Private equity firm Kohlberg Kravis and Roberts is adding seven of its portfolio companies, including Del Monte Foods, healthcare products firm Capsugel and telecommunications firm TDC, to an initiative designed to help them manage their environmental impacts in a profitable way. Telecommunications firm Verstel and Bharti Infratel, fork lift manufacturer Kion Group and Dalmia Bharat [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/23/del-monte-foods-others-join-kkrs-green-portfolio-program/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/2012/05/07/port-of-los-angeles-to-pay-carriers-for-using-low-emission-ships/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/07/port-of-los-angeles-to-pay-carriers-for-using-low-emission-ships/#comments Mon, 07 May 2012 13:50:29 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=75840 The Port of Los Angeles has adopted an international clean air program that will pay a monetary reward to ocean carriers for bringing their newest, most efficient and lowest emission vessels to port. The port estimates that if the predicted 30 percent of vessels qualify for participation, this would cut diesel particulate matter emissions by [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/07/port-of-los-angeles-to-pay-carriers-for-using-low-emission-ships/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/03/lime-energy-central-hudson-contract-to-provide-5000-commercial-lighting-retrofits/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/03/lime-energy-central-hudson-contract-to-provide-5000-commercial-lighting-retrofits/#comments Thu, 03 May 2012 14:20:49 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=75663 Central Hudson Gas & Electric is implementing a commercial lighting program, under a four-year contract with Lime Energy Co., that aims to complete 5,000 energy efficiency projects. The program will serve small and medium-sized commercial customers that have peak energy demands under 350 kilowatts, and will help offset energy efficiency improvement costs by up to [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/03/lime-energy-central-hudson-contract-to-provide-5000-commercial-lighting-retrofits/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/30/policy-enforcement-briefing-clean-energy-ministerial-nyc-zoning-eu-ets-feed-in-tariffs/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/30/policy-enforcement-briefing-clean-energy-ministerial-nyc-zoning-eu-ets-feed-in-tariffs/#comments Mon, 30 Apr 2012 13:42:16 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=75361 Here’s the latest policy, enforcement and legal news affecting corporate environmental and energy executives. Today’s briefing includes 10 items. The 23-government Clean Energy Ministerial and the UN Sustainable Energy for All program have outlined a set of commitments for participating countries and the private sector to promote energy efficiency, renewable energy technologies, and increased global [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/30/policy-enforcement-briefing-clean-energy-ministerial-nyc-zoning-eu-ets-feed-in-tariffs/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/30/1mt-alberta-carbon-capture-project-hits-buffers/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/30/1mt-alberta-carbon-capture-project-hits-buffers/#comments Mon, 30 Apr 2012 06:10:41 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=75380 The three major companies involved in a carbon capture initiative in Alberta, Canada have dropped out of the project. TransAlta Corp., Enbridge Inc. and Capital Power Corp. had planned the Pioneer carbon capture and storage project to help combat emissions associated with their oil sands operations, but said last week that they would pay penalties [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/30/1mt-alberta-carbon-capture-project-hits-buffers/feed/ 2 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/24/wells-fargo-targets-35-ghg-cut-30bn-in-green-investments/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/24/wells-fargo-targets-35-ghg-cut-30bn-in-green-investments/#comments Tue, 24 Apr 2012 14:15:42 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=74965 Wells Fargo is targeting a 40 percent increase in its energy efficiency, 35 percent cut to absolute greenhouse gas emissions, and $30 billion in loans and investments to support a “greener” economy, all by 2020, the company announced. The GHG goal, which uses a 2008 baseline, revises the company’s previous target of a 20 percent [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/24/wells-fargo-targets-35-ghg-cut-30bn-in-green-investments/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/20/ameresco-snags-4-5m-medical-center-espc/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/20/ameresco-snags-4-5m-medical-center-espc/#comments Fri, 20 Apr 2012 12:59:20 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=74729 The University Medical Center of Southern Nevada has awarded Ameresco an energy savings performance contract to install more than $4.5 million of improvements at the facility. The infrastructure improvements made at UMC will save the facility more than $200,000 in energy costs each year, the companies say. The deal announced Thursday marks the energy efficiency and [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/20/ameresco-snags-4-5m-medical-center-espc/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/12/umass-medical-school-national-grid-partner-for-7-5mw-cogeneration-plant/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/12/umass-medical-school-national-grid-partner-for-7-5mw-cogeneration-plant/#comments Thu, 12 Apr 2012 14:00:27 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=74124 The University of Massachusetts Medical School plans a 14,000-square-foot cogeneration expansion of its existing power plant, using a $5.6 million check from National Grid – the largest incentive payment the utility has made in Massachusetts. The project features a high-efficiency, 7.5 MW, gas-fired combustion turbine and an associated heat recovery system to increase onsite electric, [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/12/umass-medical-school-national-grid-partner-for-7-5mw-cogeneration-plant/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/06/solar-installations-to-flatline-in-2012-rebound-by-2017-lux-says/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/06/solar-installations-to-flatline-in-2012-rebound-by-2017-lux-says/#comments Fri, 06 Apr 2012 15:00:43 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=73709 Annual solar capacity additions will rise by just 0.4 GW in 2012, with 26.9 GW expected to be installed this year, and industry revenues will fall by $18 billion to $92 billion, according to a Lux Research report. However, new installations will rebound to 38.3 GW in 2017 as emerging markets quadruple in size. South [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/06/solar-installations-to-flatline-in-2012-rebound-by-2017-lux-says/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/06/states-and-utilities-leading-way-on-industrial-energy-efficiency-programs/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/06/states-and-utilities-leading-way-on-industrial-energy-efficiency-programs/#comments Fri, 06 Apr 2012 14:20:46 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=73683 States and utilities invested over $811 million on direct industrial energy efficiency programs in 2010, far exceeding the spending by the federal government and other national-level programs, according to a report by the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy. Some $737 million – 84 percent – of that total was spent by utilities and public [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/06/states-and-utilities-leading-way-on-industrial-energy-efficiency-programs/feed/ 0 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/2012/04/05/encouraging-customers-towards-more-sustainable-system-behaviors/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/05/encouraging-customers-towards-more-sustainable-system-behaviors/#comments Thu, 05 Apr 2012 13:57:53 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=73560 Nearly a decade ago, I wrote that the answer to the sustainability conundrum is not, cannot be, to sell your car and bike the twenty miles to work each day, or to remember your cloth rucksack every time you venture out to your local butcher and grocer. Eventually society may go in this direction, but [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/05/encouraging-customers-towards-more-sustainable-system-behaviors/feed/ 1 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/03/20/disconnect-of-tax-sustainability-departments-a-missed-opportunity/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/03/20/disconnect-of-tax-sustainability-departments-a-missed-opportunity/#comments Tue, 20 Mar 2012 06:40:25 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=72139 Many companies could be missing opportunities for financial savings as tax departments and sustainability programs lack integration, according to a survey from Ernst & Young. Only 16 percent of companies that either have or are developing an environmental sustainability strategy said their tax or finance departments are actively involved in it, according to Working Together: [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/03/20/disconnect-of-tax-sustainability-departments-a-missed-opportunity/feed/ 1 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/03/16/first-solar-and-suntech-lead-2011-top-10-solar-manufacturers/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/03/16/first-solar-and-suntech-lead-2011-top-10-solar-manufacturers/#comments Fri, 16 Mar 2012 15:00:16 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=71990 First Solar, Suntech Power, Yingli Green Energy, Trina Solar, Canadian Solar, Sharp, Hanwha Solar One, Jinko Solar, LDK Solar and SolarWorld are the 2011 top 10 solar module manufacturers, according to the Solar Supply Tracker from Lux Research. The leaders’ modular production for the year totaled 12.5 GW, and commanded a total global market share [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/03/16/first-solar-and-suntech-lead-2011-top-10-solar-manufacturers/feed/ 0