http://www.environmentalleader.com Environmental Leader Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:49:07 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/31/un-documents-propose-mandatory-sustainability-reporting/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/31/un-documents-propose-mandatory-sustainability-reporting/#comments Tue, 31 Jan 2012 18:30:19 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=69216 Two influential documents – the Rio+20 negotiating text and the recommendations of the U.N. secretary general’s High Level Panel on Global Sustainability – both propose tighter sustainability reporting requirements for businesses, according to Chatham House fellow Paul Hohnen, writing in the Guardian. In “Resilient People, Resilient Planet – A Future Worth Choosing,” published yesterday, the [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/31/un-documents-propose-mandatory-sustainability-reporting/feed/ 2 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/30/policy-enforcement-briefing-hydroelectric-dam-removal-gulf-lease-sale-biorefinery-assistance-program/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/30/policy-enforcement-briefing-hydroelectric-dam-removal-gulf-lease-sale-biorefinery-assistance-program/#comments Mon, 30 Jan 2012 14:55:16 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=69087 The California Air Resources Board has unanimously approved new emissions standards for cars and light trucks, for model years 2017 to 2025. The standard cuts greenhouse gas emissions to 166 grams per mile, which ARB says is 34 percent below predicted 2016 levels, and cuts smog-forming pollution by an extra 75 percent from 2014 levels. [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/30/policy-enforcement-briefing-hydroelectric-dam-removal-gulf-lease-sale-biorefinery-assistance-program/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/23/policy-enforcement-deepwater-horizon-wind-tower-imports-in-review-rio20-thai-flood-plan/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/23/policy-enforcement-deepwater-horizon-wind-tower-imports-in-review-rio20-thai-flood-plan/#comments Mon, 23 Jan 2012 12:59:49 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=68714 The U.S. Department of Justice has asked a U.S. District Judge to declare BP, Anadarko and Transocean, as Deepwater Horizon owners and operators of vessels or offshore facilities, liable for penalties under the Clean Water Act and Oil Pollution Act of 1990. The Clean Water Act allows for penalties of $1,100 per barrel of oil spilled, [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/23/policy-enforcement-deepwater-horizon-wind-tower-imports-in-review-rio20-thai-flood-plan/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/03/standards-compliance-briefing-marpol-sustainable-palm-oil-fide-certification-iso-14001-leed/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/03/standards-compliance-briefing-marpol-sustainable-palm-oil-fide-certification-iso-14001-leed/#comments Tue, 03 Jan 2012 12:37:29 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=67723 ClassNK has issued its first-ever Statement of Fact for Tier III nitrogen oxide (NOx) reductions to a marine diesel engine with a selective catalytic reduction (SCR) system. The engine was fitted as the propulsion system for MV Santa Vista, a 37,800 dwt general cargo ship, built by Naikai Zosen, and the document verifies that the [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/03/standards-compliance-briefing-marpol-sustainable-palm-oil-fide-certification-iso-14001-leed/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/12/28/policy-enforcement-briefing-rfs2-2012-keystone-xl-solarworld-aviation-carbon-tax/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/12/28/policy-enforcement-briefing-rfs2-2012-keystone-xl-solarworld-aviation-carbon-tax/#comments Wed, 28 Dec 2011 14:04:39 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=67558 The EPA finalized the Renewable Fuel Standard program (RFS2) 2012 percentage standards for four fuel categories as part of the annual renewable fuel volume targets intended to achieve an overall level of 36 billion gallons in 2022. The 2012 overall volumes and standards are: biomass-based diesel (1.0 billion gallons; 0.91 percent); advanced biofuels (2.0 billion [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/12/28/policy-enforcement-briefing-rfs2-2012-keystone-xl-solarworld-aviation-carbon-tax/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/12/22/pwcs-take-on-cop17-and-durban/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/12/22/pwcs-take-on-cop17-and-durban/#comments Thu, 22 Dec 2011 11:50:28 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=67365 PwC’s take on the UN climate change summit in Durban which resulted in: - The launch of the Durban Platform for Enhanced Action, “to develop a protocol, another legal instrument or an agreed outcome with legal force under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change applicable to all Parties.” - Agreement of a second [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/12/22/pwcs-take-on-cop17-and-durban/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/12/20/e-waste-recovery-totals-6-8b-in-2010-grows-3x-faster-than-other-streams/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/12/20/e-waste-recovery-totals-6-8b-in-2010-grows-3x-faster-than-other-streams/#comments Tue, 20 Dec 2011 11:38:34 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=67201 E-waste is a small portion of global waste, contributing only a 0.01 percent to 3 percent of total global waste, but it is growing at a rate two to three times faster than any other waste stream, according to a new report from SBI Energy. The report “E-Waste Recycling and Reuse Services Worldwide” says that the [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/12/20/e-waste-recovery-totals-6-8b-in-2010-grows-3x-faster-than-other-streams/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/12/12/durban-parties-agree-kyoto-extension/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/12/12/durban-parties-agree-kyoto-extension/#comments Mon, 12 Dec 2011 15:58:10 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=66572 Negotiators at U.N. climate talks in Durban yesterday agreed a second commitment period under the Kyoto Protocol, to run from 2013 through 2017, pulling negotiations back from the brink days after the conference was supposed to have ended. The 190-odd countries also bound themselves to agree, in 2015, a deal to force them to cut [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/12/12/durban-parties-agree-kyoto-extension/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/12/09/us-china-india-hold-up-durban-climate-talks-on-final-day/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/12/09/us-china-india-hold-up-durban-climate-talks-on-final-day/#comments Fri, 09 Dec 2011 07:25:34 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=66498 The U.S., China and India are blocking a plan to create a legally binding global climate treaty as the final day of COP 17 negotiations winds down in Durban, news outlets report. European Union Climate Commissioner Connie Hedegaard said China and India are holding back their support for the EU-designed “road map” plotting the successor [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/12/09/us-china-india-hold-up-durban-climate-talks-on-final-day/feed/ 4 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/12/05/cop-17-press-briefing-end-of-week-one/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/12/05/cop-17-press-briefing-end-of-week-one/#comments Mon, 05 Dec 2011 18:03:01 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=66163 UNFCCC Executive Secretary Christiana Figueres briefs the press on the status of negotiations at the end of the first week of the Durban Climate Change Conference.]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/12/05/cop-17-press-briefing-end-of-week-one/feed/ 0