Government
COP 17 Closing Statement by UNFCCC Executive Secretary
Here's the COP 17 closing statement by UNFCCC executive secretary Christiana ...
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Calif. Emissions Rules, Bonneville Power, FDA Plans BPA Decision
California's Air Resources Board proposed new rules to reduce emissions from vehicles, including putting 1.4 million electric, plug-in and hydrogen cars on the state's roads by ...
Standards & Compliance Briefing: Green Building Initiative, LEED, GRI, International Maritime Organization
The Green Building Initiative released its Guiding Principles Compliance certification program for existing buildings - a tool designed to help federal agencies comply with sustainability requirements ...
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: COP 17 Durban, Gulf Coast Task Force, Chevron Fined
Durban: The world's biggest polluters -China, the United States and India - remain firmly against a new legal commitment to curb their carbon emissions. The nations ...
Navy Orders Cooking Oil, Algae to Power Ships
The U.S. Navy has placed the world's largest advanced biofuel order of 425,000 gallons with Dynamic Fuels LLC, a joint venture between Tyson Foods Inc. and ...
COP 17 Press Briefing – End of Week One
UNFCCC Executive Secretary Christiana Figueres briefs the press on the status of negotiations at the end of the first week of ...
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: COP 17 Durban, SolarWorld, Better Buildings Challenge, Boiler MACT
Durban: U.N. climate chief Christiana Figueres remains hopeful that countries can get past the years of gridlock to reach fresh, binding commitments to GHG reductions, Reuters ...
$4bn for Energy Efficiency Announced; Walgreens, Kohl’s, Nissan Commit to Upgrades
3M, Alcoa, GE, Kohl's, Nissan, Supervalu, Walgreens and dozens of other organizations joined President Obama and former president Bill Clinton today in announcing ...
DOE Cuts Scope 1 and 2 GHGs 13% in Two Years
The Department of Energy reduced its scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emissions by 13 percent from its FY 2008 baseline of ...
Navy Launches Algae-Powered Destroyer
The U.S. Navy sent a destroyer ship powered by algae-based fuel on a 20-hour trip Wednesday, the largest alternative fuel test it has undertaken to date.
Some ...
Fed Agencies Ordered to Cut Travel, Printing, IT 20%
President Obama heralded a program that has saved the Commerce Department $1.8 million off its cell phone bills, as he directed agencies to ...
EPA, Other Agencies Detail their Own Environmental Progress
The EPA reduced its scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emissions by 79.5 percent between FY 2008 and FY 2010, according to the ...
Carbon Trust to Help Businesses with Green Product Selection
The Carbon Trust, a non-profit funded by the U.K. government, has launched a business aimed at helping companies reduce their energy costs and install greener, more efficient technology.
Carbon Trust Implementation aims to remove barriers ...
GSA Issues Net Zero Retrofit Challenge
The U.S. General Services Administration has announced its Net Zero Renovation Challenge, which aims to get the private sector to improve the energy performance of federal ...
States and Local Governments Lead the Way on Product Content Regulation
Increasingly in key areas of environmental and public health protection, states are choosing to step forward to fill what they may ...
Green Fleet Program in Santa Barbara Running Smoothly
A look at the green fleet programs in the city and county of Santa Barbara.
U.S. Capitol Pens Waste-to-Energy Contract
The U.S. Capitol is to divert 90 percent of its solid waste from landfills to local waste-to-energy facilities.
Congress's estimated 5,300 tons of annual non-recyclable waste will ...
Tata Steel Pens Green Deal with Netherlands
Tata Steel has signed an energy efficiency deal with the Dutch government.
The so-called "green deal" commits Tata Steel's plant in IJmuiden, Netherlands, to three projects totaling ...
City of Austin, Texas, Goes 100% Renewable
The City of Austin, Texas, has become the largest municipality in the U.S. to power all of its facilities using only renewable energy.
As of Oct. 1 ...
Texas Sues EPA Over Power Plant Pollution Rules
Texas filed a petition for review of the EPA's - the Cross-State Air Pollution Rule - in a federal appeals court, the Houston Chronicle reports, saying the state doesn't have enough time to comply with ...
