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/2009/11/04/doe-awards-155m-to-make-industrial-sector-more-energy-efficient/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/04/doe-awards-155m-to-make-industrial-sector-more-energy-efficient/#comments Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:27:16 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=26699 The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is awarding more than $155 million in funding under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act for 41 industrial energy-efficiency projects across the country. These awards include funding for industrial combined heat and power systems, district energy systems for industrial facilities, and grants to support technical and financial assistance to [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/04/doe-awards-155m-to-make-industrial-sector-more-energy-efficient/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/03/chesapeake-energy-changes-natural-gas-drilling-over-water-concerns/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/03/chesapeake-energy-changes-natural-gas-drilling-over-water-concerns/#comments Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:28:08 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=26587 Due to environmental concerns over safe drinking water, Chesapeake Energy Corp. has agreed not to drill for natural gas within the New York City watershed, a small area within the Marcellus Shale natural gas reserve, which includes some of the Appalachian regions of New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Maryland and West Virginia, reports EARTHWORKS. According to Chesapeake [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/03/chesapeake-energy-changes-natural-gas-drilling-over-water-concerns/feed/ 3 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/10/30/epa-considers-labeling-coal-ash-as-a-toxic-waste-moves-to-regulate-mercury-emissions/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/10/30/epa-considers-labeling-coal-ash-as-a-toxic-waste-moves-to-regulate-mercury-emissions/#comments Fri, 30 Oct 2009 07:55:25 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=26389 The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is considering labeling coal ash as toxic waste, while the agency moves to regulate mercury emissions at coal-fired power plants. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently released a 230-page report on coal ash that comes 10 months after a spill of 1.1 billion gallons of coal ash slurry at the [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/10/30/epa-considers-labeling-coal-ash-as-a-toxic-waste-moves-to-regulate-mercury-emissions/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/10/22/epa-orders-review-of-air-pollution-at-bp-refinery/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/10/22/epa-orders-review-of-air-pollution-at-bp-refinery/#comments Thu, 22 Oct 2009 15:00:00 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=26026 The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has ordered Indiana to re-examine several sources of air pollution at BP’s Whiting refinery in northwest Indiana, one of the largest sources of air pollution in the Chicago area, reports the Chicago Tribune. The results are due in 90 days. In response to a petition from environmental groups alleging that [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/10/22/epa-orders-review-of-air-pollution-at-bp-refinery/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/10/21/the-hidden-cost-of-electric-vehicles/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/10/21/the-hidden-cost-of-electric-vehicles/#comments Wed, 21 Oct 2009 15:28:11 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=25762 Although electric vehicles show higher non-climate damages than many other technologies, they will not be significantly cleaner than cars powered by fossil fuels until they rely less on electricity produced from coal-fired power plants, according to new research from the National Research Council, reports Reuters. Despite the finding, Japanese automaker Honda is considering a move [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/10/21/the-hidden-cost-of-electric-vehicles/feed/ 4 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/10/15/epa-releases-bush-administrations-endangerment-document/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/10/15/epa-releases-bush-administrations-endangerment-document/#comments Thu, 15 Oct 2009 15:29:55 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=23926 The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has released a long-secret document on global warming that shows the George W. Bush administration had concluded in December 2007 that greenhouse gas emissions from motor vehicles were endangering public welfare and needed to be regulated under the Clean Air Act, reports the New York Times. Bush’s top environmental adviser, [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/10/15/epa-releases-bush-administrations-endangerment-document/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/10/15/timberland-cuts-emissions-19/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/10/15/timberland-cuts-emissions-19/#comments Thu, 15 Oct 2009 15:24:26 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=23939 Timberland reduced its emissions by 4,426 metric tons from 2007 to 2008, or about 19 percent, according to the company’s 2007-08 CSR report (PDF). The company was able to cut emissions via energy efficiency and other methods, and therefore chose not to go through with its previously stated goal to have 22 percent of its 2008 [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/10/15/timberland-cuts-emissions-19/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/10/15/from-carbon-credits-to-water-quality-trading/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/10/15/from-carbon-credits-to-water-quality-trading/#comments Thu, 15 Oct 2009 13:53:06 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=23899 Similar to a carbon cap-and-trade scheme, a forthcoming water quality trading program will allow emitters to purchase pollution reduction credits from another source. The Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) has received $1.3 million in federal grants from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to launch a regional water [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/10/15/from-carbon-credits-to-water-quality-trading/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/10/14/in-clean-water-act-violations-chevron-sfo-fuel-to-spend-1m-at-sf-airport/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/10/14/in-clean-water-act-violations-chevron-sfo-fuel-to-spend-1m-at-sf-airport/#comments Wed, 14 Oct 2009 14:00:43 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=23757 After Clean Water Act violations related to a jet fuel storage facility at the San Francisco International Airport, $1 million in improvements will be undertaken by Chevron and SFO Fuel. SFO Fuel, a consortium of airlines that leases a fuel tank facility at the airport, self-reported the violations to the Environmental Protection Agency in 2008. Chevron [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/10/14/in-clean-water-act-violations-chevron-sfo-fuel-to-spend-1m-at-sf-airport/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/10/08/tracker-calculates-emissions-from-diesel-equipment/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/10/08/tracker-calculates-emissions-from-diesel-equipment/#comments Thu, 08 Oct 2009 16:40:42 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=23358 For companies that rent a range of diesel-powered equipment, a new tracking service allows companies to track emissions from that equipment. With the federal government requiring agencies to begin tracking emissions, this sort of service could become more prevalent, said Kevin Groman, Senior Vice President of RSC Equipment Rental, which has been developing the new service [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/10/08/tracker-calculates-emissions-from-diesel-equipment/feed/ 0