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/2012/02/07/will-customers-pay-more-for-green/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/07/will-customers-pay-more-for-green/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:22:58 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=69528 Will people pay to go green? That’s a key question – maybe the question – for any company committed to sustainability. At Walmart, we’ve learned that the answer is a bit nuanced: Basically, usually not – but it depends. Some customers will pay more for certain products that are better for the environment, and their [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/07/will-customers-pay-more-for-green/feed/ 6 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/07/carbon-disclosure-raises-stock-prices-study-finds/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/07/carbon-disclosure-raises-stock-prices-study-finds/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 07:30:55 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=69577 Companies that voluntarily issue press releases disclosing their carbon emission information see their stock prices rise significantly in the following days, according to a University of California study. Going Green: Market Reaction to CSR Newswire Releases, by Paul Griffin of UC Davis and Yuan Sun of UC Berkeley, used archives of the Corporate Social Responsibility [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/07/carbon-disclosure-raises-stock-prices-study-finds/feed/ 2 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/06/ameren-asks-for-15-rate-hike-efficiency-spend-to-double/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/06/ameren-asks-for-15-rate-hike-efficiency-spend-to-double/#comments Mon, 06 Feb 2012 18:07:09 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=69466 Utility Ameren Missouri is planning a 14.6 percent rate hike next year to reimburse investments in renewable energy, efficiency and reliability. The subsidiary of Ameren Corporation filed an electric rate increase request with the Missouri Public Service Commission, saying the $376 million increase is needed to cover investments as well as operating costs. The company [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/06/ameren-asks-for-15-rate-hike-efficiency-spend-to-double/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/11/23/analyst-u-s-tariffs-solar-price-rises-likely/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/11/23/analyst-u-s-tariffs-solar-price-rises-likely/#comments Wed, 23 Nov 2011 07:34:27 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=65717 As the Chinese solar power industry considers filing a retaliatory trade case against the U.S., IDC research manager in renewable energy Jay Holman said American companies’ actions against China were likely to succeed. But he warned that such a result would raise module prices and make it harder for developers to get projects done. “This [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/11/23/analyst-u-s-tariffs-solar-price-rises-likely/feed/ 1 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/09/06/lee-disrupts-power-raises-oil-prices/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/09/06/lee-disrupts-power-raises-oil-prices/#comments Tue, 06 Sep 2011 15:35:41 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=61290 Hundreds of thousands are without power after former tropical storm Lee pushed through the deep south over the holiday weekend. As many as 200,000 lost power across Alabama, the AP reported, with most of the outages in the Birmingham area, although the number of outages fell to 187,000 by early this morning. Outages have also [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/09/06/lee-disrupts-power-raises-oil-prices/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/06/09/aep-says-epa-rules-will-raise-businesses-rates-10-35/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/06/09/aep-says-epa-rules-will-raise-businesses-rates-10-35/#comments Thu, 09 Jun 2011 20:35:02 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=55986 Proposed Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulations would cost AEP $6 billion to $8 billion by the end of the decade and raise electricity prices for its business customers by 10 to 35 percent or more, the utility said today. AEP said that cumulative costs of EPA regulations have been “vastly underestimated”, and a constrained timeframe [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/06/09/aep-says-epa-rules-will-raise-businesses-rates-10-35/feed/ 6 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2010/12/28/former-shell-oil-president-5-gasoline-in-u-s-by-2012/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2010/12/28/former-shell-oil-president-5-gasoline-in-u-s-by-2012/#comments Tue, 28 Dec 2010 07:28:29 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=46963 Americans will pay $5 for a gallon of gasoline by 2012, thanks to growing global demand for oil, tighter supplies and inadequate responses by the U.S. government, the former president of Shell Oil said Sunday in an interview with Platts Energy Week Television. John Hofmeister also predicted little or no new drilling in deep waters [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2010/12/28/former-shell-oil-president-5-gasoline-in-u-s-by-2012/feed/ 5 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2010/12/17/carb-approves-nations-biggest-cap-and-trade-plan/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2010/12/17/carb-approves-nations-biggest-cap-and-trade-plan/#comments Fri, 17 Dec 2010 07:01:04 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=46763 California regulators voted yesterday to approve the most comprehensive U.S. cap yet on greenhouse gases and create the biggest carbon market in the country, the New York Times reports. The California Air Resources Board (CARB) voted 9-1 to approve the state’s cap-and-trade plan, the keystone of its effort to reduce emissions to 1990 levels by [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2010/12/17/carb-approves-nations-biggest-cap-and-trade-plan/feed/ 2 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2010/12/02/ship-recycling-gains-steam/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2010/12/02/ship-recycling-gains-steam/#comments Thu, 02 Dec 2010 16:31:47 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=45758 With steel prices in the $300 a ton range and  scrap rebounding after its significant downturn, ship recycling is booming these days, American Recycler reports.  This isn’t just ship breaking. Ship recycling recovers large quantities of ferrous and nonferrous metals and also salvages  engines, generators and other parts. Approximately 90 percent of world ship dismantling [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2010/12/02/ship-recycling-gains-steam/feed/ 1 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2010/08/11/expect-slightly-higher-prices-for-gasoline-electricity/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2010/08/11/expect-slightly-higher-prices-for-gasoline-electricity/#comments Wed, 11 Aug 2010 14:39:56 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=40410 Prices for motor gasoline and residential electricity are expected to rise slightly in the short term, while natural gas pricing remains stable for now, reports the latest EIA Energy Outlook Report. U.S. carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from fossil fuels, which declined by 7.0 percent in 2009, are expected to increase by 3.4 percent in 2010. [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2010/08/11/expect-slightly-higher-prices-for-gasoline-electricity/feed/ 0