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Environmental Policy Roundup – 10/6/2010

October 6, 2010October 18, 2016 by Environmental Leader

US Ecology Fined Approximately $500,000 for Hazardous Waste Violations The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency yesterday fined US Ecology $497,982 for 18 counts of hazardous waste violations. US Ecology operates a commercial hazardous waste treatment, storage and disposal facility in Nye County, Nev., on the outskirts of Beatty. EPA inspectors found ... Read more »

Yahoo Tackles Fan Energy for more Efficient Data Centers

October 6, 2010 by Gina Roos

Scott Noteboom, Yahoo’s director of global data center operations, said the company is targeting fan energy as its next step to improve the efficiency of its data centers, reports Data Center Knowledge. Noteboom made the announcement at the AFCOM Data Center World Fall 2010 conference in Las Vegas, where he ... Read more »

Toxic Industrial Spill Kills Four People, Injures 120 in Hungary

October 6, 2010October 18, 2016 by Gina Roos

Hungary has declared a state of emergency in three counties one day after a sludge reservoir at an alumina plant sent toxic red sludge spilling through their villages, killing four people, and injuring 120, reports Reuters. Three people are reported missing. Gyorgy Bakondi, head of the National Disaster Unit (NDU) ... Read more »

Xerox’s Patty Calkins Talks Sustainability With EMC’s Kathrin Winkler

October 6, 2010October 5, 2010 by Paul Nastu

A Xerox Thought Leadership Executive Exchange between Xerox Thought Leader, Patty Calkins & Sustainability expert, Kathrin Winkler of EMC.

Climate Change Ad Shows Blown Up Children Who Say No to Carbon Emissions Cuts

October 5, 2010October 5, 2010 by Gina Roos

The UK’s new 10:10 climate change ad campaign shows school children, office workers and a famous soccer player being blown up for not agreeing to cut their carbon emissions, resulting in protest from both climate change critics and supporters, reports Fox News. The short film, “No Pressure,” shows students, employees ... Read more »

GNC Cuts Energy, Paper Use Across all Stores, HQ

October 5, 2010 by Gina Roos

GNC’s environmental initiatives have yielded reductions in energy use at its Pittsburgh headquarters and across its 2600+ company-owned stores in the U.S. and Canada, together with reductions in paper use and elimination of all Styrofoam cups at the company’s headquarters. The retailer also made some changes in its energy management ... Read more »

IBM Plays ‘Smart’ Games

October 5, 2010 by Gina Roos

IBM has unveiled CityOne, a Smarter Planet interactive simulation game that is designed to help business and civic leaders make their cities and industries smarter by solving real-world business, environmental, and logistical problems. The simulation game enables players — business leaders, city planners, government workers — to develop and budget ... Read more »

Supply Chain Management Market to Hit $8.5 Billion by 2015

October 5, 2010October 5, 2010 by Paul Nastu

From 2010 to 2015, the global Supply Chain Management market is projected to increase from $5.90 billion to $8.55 billion, according to the latest issue of EL Insights, which focuses on sustainable supply chains. This represents a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 7.7% during this time period. If you’re already a subscriber ... Read more »

Hara Energy Management SW Upgrade Improves Supply Chain, Mandatory Reporting, Language Support

October 5, 2010 by Gina Roos

The latest upgrade to Hara’s environmental and energy management software solution enables organizations to better manage and optimize their energy and natural resource reductions across supply chains as well as adds global language and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) mandatory reporting rule support. The Hara Environmental and Energy Management (EEM) ... Read more »

UN Estimates Annual Global Environmental Costs Equal $6 Trillion

October 5, 2010October 18, 2016 by Derek Wong

Environmental damage caused by human activity in 2008 was estimated to be $6.6 trillion, equivalent to 11% of global GDP, calculates a United Nations study released today. Global in scope and covering a wide range of environmental impacts by all industries, the new report is an ambitious attempt to estimate ... Read more »

Cargill CSR: Falls Short of Energy Efficiency, GHG Intensity Reduction Goals

October 5, 2010 by Gina Roos

Cargill shows mixed results in meeting its 2010 environmental goals, according to the company’s 2010 Corporate Responsibility Report. The company improved its energy efficiency (per unit of production) by 11 percent, from its fiscal 2001 baseline, but was short of its 20 percent goal, and while it improved greenhouse gas ... Read more »

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