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/2012/02/03/renewables-briefing-siemens-and-army-bancorp-bets-on-renewables-and-wind-power-getting-cheaper/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/03/renewables-briefing-siemens-and-army-bancorp-bets-on-renewables-and-wind-power-getting-cheaper/#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:53:16 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=69417 Siemens Government Technologies Inc. is to build the U.S. Army’s largest solar photovoltaic system at the White Sands Missile Range, in New Mexico. The 4.465 MW solar photovoltaic power generating system is part of a wider $16.8 million contract to implement energy-conserving upgrades. U.S. Bancorp, the U.S.’s fifth-largest commercial bank, is planning to invest hundreds [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/03/renewables-briefing-siemens-and-army-bancorp-bets-on-renewables-and-wind-power-getting-cheaper/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/30/unfccc-launches-business-climate-change-strategy-guide/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/30/unfccc-launches-business-climate-change-strategy-guide/#comments Mon, 30 Jan 2012 17:30:30 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=69115 Microsoft, Coca-Cola, Levi’s, Nestle and Starbucks are among a slew of multinational companies listed in an online database just launched by the U.N. that details how the world’s major firms plan to address global warming. The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change’s Adaptation Private Sector Initiative contains details both on how companies can make [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/30/unfccc-launches-business-climate-change-strategy-guide/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/2012/01/20/d-c-tops-leed-certification-list-for-second-year/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/20/d-c-tops-leed-certification-list-for-second-year/#comments Fri, 20 Jan 2012 14:35:23 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=68654 Colorado and Illinois have pushed out New Mexico and Nevada in the U.S. Green Building Council’s annual ranking of states by certified LEED space per capita, while Washington, D.C. continues to leave all states behind in its wake. The capital city had 18.9 million square feet earn LEED certification in 2011, or 31.5 square feet [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/20/d-c-tops-leed-certification-list-for-second-year/feed/ 2 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/19/ethanol-subsidy-expiration-may-be-hitting-consumers-wallets/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/19/ethanol-subsidy-expiration-may-be-hitting-consumers-wallets/#comments Thu, 19 Jan 2012 18:03:19 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=68575 The expiration of ethanol subsidies from the federal government last month may already be driving up gas prices at the pump, according to AutoblogGreen. Earlier this week, Bloomberg reported an increase of 12 cents to $3.36 a gallon to filling station prices – the first three-week increase in gas prices since October. Autoblog says that [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/19/ethanol-subsidy-expiration-may-be-hitting-consumers-wallets/feed/ 8 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/09/policy-enforcement-briefing-moratorium-on-uranium-mining-cdc-on-fracking-csapr-lake-tahoe-restoration/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/09/policy-enforcement-briefing-moratorium-on-uranium-mining-cdc-on-fracking-csapr-lake-tahoe-restoration/#comments Mon, 09 Jan 2012 12:20:14 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=67991 The Department of the Interior today is expected to announce a 20-year moratorium on new uranium mining claims in a million-acre buffer zone around the Grand Canyon. The decision is expected to allow existing uranium and other mining operations in the region to continue, but block new claims, the New York Times said. The announcement [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/09/policy-enforcement-briefing-moratorium-on-uranium-mining-cdc-on-fracking-csapr-lake-tahoe-restoration/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/05/patagonia-pioneers-sustainability-legal-status/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/05/patagonia-pioneers-sustainability-legal-status/#comments Thu, 05 Jan 2012 20:01:42 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=67859 Outdoor clothing company Patagonia has become the first company in California to elect to be a “benefit corporation.” The legal status affords a company’s directors legal cover to consider environmental and social benefits over financial returns. Patagonia founder Yvon Chouinard – a long-time advocate of corporate environmental stewardship – and 11 CEOs from other companies [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/05/patagonia-pioneers-sustainability-legal-status/feed/ 2 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/04/renewables-briefing-sunpower-cei-sound-solar-matinee-chp-in-cambridge-perdue-and-fibrowatt/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/04/renewables-briefing-sunpower-cei-sound-solar-matinee-chp-in-cambridge-perdue-and-fibrowatt/#comments Wed, 04 Jan 2012 14:00:05 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=67801 Matinee Energy Inc. has broken ground on a 120MW solar power plant planned for Benson, Ariz. WEIS GmbH Consortium from Germany supplied project partners for elements of construction, solar components and financing. Agriculture firm Perdue AgriBusiness and animal waste utility developer Fibrowatt LLC have proposed building a 10 MW biomass power facility in Salisbury, Md. [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/04/renewables-briefing-sunpower-cei-sound-solar-matinee-chp-in-cambridge-perdue-and-fibrowatt/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/04/calif-dmv-retrofit-set-for-summer-completion/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/04/calif-dmv-retrofit-set-for-summer-completion/#comments Wed, 04 Jan 2012 13:55:49 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=67766 A $130 million retrofit of the California Department of Motor Vehicles’ headquarters (pictured) in downtown Sacramento is set to conclude this summer, reports Government Technology. The renovation project began in 2009 and is adding an energy management system, thermally-efficient windows, modifications to the interior to allow more natural light in, LED lighting and a half-megawatt [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/04/calif-dmv-retrofit-set-for-summer-completion/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