http://www.environmentalleader.com The Executive's Daily Green Briefing Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:16:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/18/epa-may-regulate-sulfur-dioxide-emissions-on-hourly-basis/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/18/epa-may-regulate-sulfur-dioxide-emissions-on-hourly-basis/#comments Wed, 18 Nov 2009 07:29:57 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=27458 Manufacturers and utilities that emit sulfur dioxide may soon fall under tighter regulation, as the Environmental Protection Agency has proposed new rules that set hourly requirements on emissions, the Wall Street Journal reports. Currently, emissions standards are based on annualized or 24-hour averages and do not take into account the sort of short-term peaks that often [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/18/epa-may-regulate-sulfur-dioxide-emissions-on-hourly-basis/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/13/green-building-jobs-rise-meteorically/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/13/green-building-jobs-rise-meteorically/#comments Fri, 13 Nov 2009 09:42:12 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=27042 Starting in July of 2008 the percentage of available jobs related to green building has taken off dramatically and shows no sign of slowing. This chart from Indeed.com shows the percentage of job postings that contain the term “green building.” “The trend for ‘green building’ shows a stark rise in the number of job postings,” said Hillary [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/13/green-building-jobs-rise-meteorically/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/12/al-gore-gives-greenbuild-keynote/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/12/al-gore-gives-greenbuild-keynote/#comments Thu, 12 Nov 2009 21:00:21 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=27220 Here’s part of Al Gore’s keynote address at the U.S. Green Building Council’s annual convention. ]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/12/al-gore-gives-greenbuild-keynote/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/12/protecting-the-environment-leading-cause-for-consumers/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/12/protecting-the-environment-leading-cause-for-consumers/#comments Thu, 12 Nov 2009 09:44:23 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=27179 About 91 percent of consumers surveyed recently said that protecting the environment is the cause they personally care the most about. That leads improving the quality of health care (89 percent) and reducing poverty (87 percent), according to the GoodPurpose study by Edelman. In a related finding, 82 percent of those surveyed said they were more likely [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/12/protecting-the-environment-leading-cause-for-consumers/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/10/environment-top-issue-consumers-want-from-new-media-communications/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/10/environment-top-issue-consumers-want-from-new-media-communications/#comments Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:32:30 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=26882 About 26 percent of consumers list the environment as a corporate responsibility issue they want businesses to address through new media, according to the 2009 Cone Consumer New Media Study (registration required). That puts the environment narrowly ahead of health and wellness (24 percent) and ethics (20 percent). When using new media to communicate corporate responsibility efforts, [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/10/environment-top-issue-consumers-want-from-new-media-communications/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/06/energy-efficiency-at-home-ranks-low-in-apathy-gap/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/06/energy-efficiency-at-home-ranks-low-in-apathy-gap/#comments Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:24:49 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=26822 When asked what two home improvement projects consumers would consider if they were given $10,000, improvements related to energy efficiency were outweighed by kitchen/bathroom improvements and new flooring. About 37 percent of consumers listed the kitchen/bathroom as the highest priority, and 33 percent looked to their flooring needs, according to the Energy Pulse 2009 study from [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/06/energy-efficiency-at-home-ranks-low-in-apathy-gap/feed/ 1 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/10/30/teslas-martin-eberhard-discusses-sustainability/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/10/30/teslas-martin-eberhard-discusses-sustainability/#comments Fri, 30 Oct 2009 15:48:14 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=26504 Martin Eberhard, co-founder of Tesla Motors and founder of Rocket e-Books, discusses sustainability. You can see more of Eberhard’s discussion here. ]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/10/30/teslas-martin-eberhard-discusses-sustainability/feed/ 1 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/10/27/green-mobile-phone-app-downloads-may-exceed-400m-by-2014/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/10/27/green-mobile-phone-app-downloads-may-exceed-400m-by-2014/#comments Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:33:39 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=26229 As more and more companies and organizations develop mobile phone applications that are centered on energy efficiency and the environment, the market for such downloads could exceed 400 million by 2014, according to Juniper Research. Such a high rate of downloads would be predicated on the full exploitation by application stores of what Juniper calls “ecozones,” [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/10/27/green-mobile-phone-app-downloads-may-exceed-400m-by-2014/feed/ 3 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/10/26/when-explaining-smart-grid-benefits-keep-it-simple/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/10/26/when-explaining-smart-grid-benefits-keep-it-simple/#comments Mon, 26 Oct 2009 14:58:38 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=23631 When explaining the benefits of the smart grid, consumers relate most to terms such as “budget billing,” “flat billing” and “peak pricing.” They do not relate well to terms like “green pricing” or “fuel supply billing,” according to “Green Gap Redux: Green Words Gone Wrong,” a report from EcoAlign. The report is based on results [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/10/26/when-explaining-smart-grid-benefits-keep-it-simple/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/10/22/fewer-americans-view-global-warming-as-a-problem/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/10/22/fewer-americans-view-global-warming-as-a-problem/#comments Thu, 22 Oct 2009 16:15:48 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=26068 About 35 percent of Americans see global warming as a very serious problem, down from about 44 percent in April of 2008, according to a new consumer survey from the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press. About 57 percent of the 1,500 adults surveyed from Sept. 30 through Oct. 4 think there is [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/10/22/fewer-americans-view-global-warming-as-a-problem/feed/ 10