http://www.environmentalleader.com Environmental Leader Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:44:14 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/08/policy-enforcement-briefing-bank-of-england-considers-carbon-bubble-diesel-health-study-delayed/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/08/policy-enforcement-briefing-bank-of-england-considers-carbon-bubble-diesel-health-study-delayed/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:51:38 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=69619 The governor of the Bank of England has acknowledged that there is a need for evaluation of the financial system’s exposure to high carbon and environmentally unsustainable investments, and the bank is willing to consider the levels of fossil fuel exposure as a potential risk to financial stability, The Guardian reports. The discussion stems from [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/08/policy-enforcement-briefing-bank-of-england-considers-carbon-bubble-diesel-health-study-delayed/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/27/policy-enforcement-briefing-manufacturing-tax-credit-natural-gas-drilling-ener1-chapter-11-tier-3-emissions/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/27/policy-enforcement-briefing-manufacturing-tax-credit-natural-gas-drilling-ener1-chapter-11-tier-3-emissions/#comments Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:25:25 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=69028 The White House has released more details about the manufacturing efficiency incentives that President Obama announced in his State of the Union address Thursday. The proposed $5 billion in incentives aren’t new, but – if passed by Congress – are an extension to the Recovery Act’s Advanced Energy Manufacturing Tax Credit awarding a 30 percent rebate on qualified [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/27/policy-enforcement-briefing-manufacturing-tax-credit-natural-gas-drilling-ener1-chapter-11-tier-3-emissions/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/26/standards-compliance-briefing-igcc-code-guide-builders-challenge-version-2-sites-zhome-responsible-jewellery-council/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/26/standards-compliance-briefing-igcc-code-guide-builders-challenge-version-2-sites-zhome-responsible-jewellery-council/#comments Thu, 26 Jan 2012 12:41:05 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=68972 The International Code Council and Delmar have released a support publication for the construction industry referencing the 2012 International Green Construction Code (IgCC). The guide, Green Building: A Professional’s Guide to Concepts, Codes and Innovation, includes coverage of green building design, rating systems, standards, and the regulatory process for residential and commercial construction; an explanation [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/26/standards-compliance-briefing-igcc-code-guide-builders-challenge-version-2-sites-zhome-responsible-jewellery-council/feed/ 0 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/2011/12/16/policy-enforcement-briefing-keystone-xl-arctic-drilling-gulf-of-mexico-lease-sale-coal-mines-clean-up/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/12/16/policy-enforcement-briefing-keystone-xl-arctic-drilling-gulf-of-mexico-lease-sale-coal-mines-clean-up/#comments Fri, 16 Dec 2011 11:11:32 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=66972 TransCanada Corp said it would undertake a $600 million expansion and extension of the Keystone XL oil pipeline, a move designed to show its commitment to the project despite delays. The plan would increase output capacity for the oil sands crude to 830,000 barrels a day from 700,000, Reuters reports. Companies interested in drilling in [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/12/16/policy-enforcement-briefing-keystone-xl-arctic-drilling-gulf-of-mexico-lease-sale-coal-mines-clean-up/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/12/07/policy-enforcement-briefing-cop-17-durban-navy-purchases-biofuel-gulf-coast-task-force/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/12/07/policy-enforcement-briefing-cop-17-durban-navy-purchases-biofuel-gulf-coast-task-force/#comments Wed, 07 Dec 2011 15:55:21 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=66340 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 want to put off a commitment on binding cuts until 2015 – until after the publication of additional scientific review on the effects of climate change and a chance [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/12/07/policy-enforcement-briefing-cop-17-durban-navy-purchases-biofuel-gulf-coast-task-force/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/12/01/jpmorgan-citi-top-banks-slammed-over-coal-investment/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/12/01/jpmorgan-citi-top-banks-slammed-over-coal-investment/#comments Thu, 01 Dec 2011 19:12:40 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=66043 JP Morgan Chase, Citi and Bank of America have been branded the worst three “climate killers” in the financial sector over their large-scale investments in coal industries, in a report by German green group Urgewald, South African organizations GroundWork and Earthlife Africa Johannesburg and international financial sector monitor BankTrack. Figures in Bankrolling Climate Change show that [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/12/01/jpmorgan-citi-top-banks-slammed-over-coal-investment/feed/ 6 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/11/21/policy-enforcement-briefing-climate-pact-setback-california-tailpipe-rules-biofuel-support/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/11/21/policy-enforcement-briefing-climate-pact-setback-california-tailpipe-rules-biofuel-support/#comments Mon, 21 Nov 2011 10:59:42 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=65551 The world’s richest countries have all but given up on a new climate treaty that would take effect this decade ahead of next month’s talks in Durban, South Africa, The Guardian reported. Government officials from the United Kingdom, European Union, Japan and the United States said any global climate agreement to succeed the Kyoto Protocol [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/11/21/policy-enforcement-briefing-climate-pact-setback-california-tailpipe-rules-biofuel-support/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/11/16/tiffany-details-diamond-metals-purchasing/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/11/16/tiffany-details-diamond-metals-purchasing/#comments Wed, 16 Nov 2011 08:58:29 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=65304 Tiffany & Co. last year bought over 80 percent of its serialized diamonds either directly from a mine, or from a supplier that only sources from known mines, the company said in its first annual corporate responsibility report. In the report, Tiffany said it buys diamonds only from countries that are full participants in the [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/11/16/tiffany-details-diamond-metals-purchasing/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/10/31/policy-enforcement-briefing-energy-department-probe-arizona-copper-mining-cape-wind-setback/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/10/31/policy-enforcement-briefing-energy-department-probe-arizona-copper-mining-cape-wind-setback/#comments Mon, 31 Oct 2011 11:17:02 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=64391 President Obama has promised House Republicans investigating the government’s aid to to the now-bankrupt solar firm Solyndra that a former business executive will lead an independent probe of the Energy Department’s loan guarantee program, The New York Times reported. At the same time, the White House said it would oppose any subpoena of additional internal [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/10/31/policy-enforcement-briefing-energy-department-probe-arizona-copper-mining-cape-wind-setback/feed/ 0