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Companies Pay $7 Billion in EPA Enforcement Actions

December 17, 2015December 17, 2015 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

EPA enforcement actions in 2015 cost companies more than $7 billion, requiring them to invest in equipment to control pollution and clean up contaminated sites, according to the agency’s annual enforcement results. In fiscal year 2015, the EPA secured record-setting hazardous waste, Clean Air Act, and Superfund settlements. It also ... Read more »

Pricing Water Is Key to Mitigating Business Risk

December 1, 2014 by Jennifer Hermes

Businesses are becoming increasingly aware of the risks of water scarcity. The CDP’s recent survey found that two thirds of the world’s largest companies are exposed to water related risks, with almost a quarter saying it could limit their growth – for some within the next year. Drinks firm Diageo says growth ... Read more »

Environmental Suits Loom for Chile’s Copper Mines

January 22, 2014July 3, 2017 by Tamar Wilner

Usually business-friendly Chile may be witnessing a turning tide, as more and more mining and energy projects get stalled by environmental objectors. The $5 billion Castilla coal-fired plant was cancelled after fierce environmental opposition, and legal challenges are possible for the Chilean energy company AES Gener’s Alto Maipo hydropower project, Reuters ... Read more »

Green Mining: Turning It into Less of an Oxymoron

September 24, 2013 by Jennifer Hermes

New breakthrough science and cost reductions from the world of cleantech hold promise for making mining—one of the dirtiest, most inefficient industries in the world—more profitable, safer and cleaner. But which cleantech innovations aimed at reducing toxicity in mining, as well as the need for power and water, are best ... Read more »

GE's Durathon battery powered mining scoop

GE Trials Cleaner Battery-Powered Mining Scoop

September 13, 2013September 13, 2013 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

General Electric says its Durathon battery has successfully powered its Mining Scoop, an underground vehicle that transports mining materials, at Coal River Energy in Alum Creek, W. Va. GE Mining and GE Energy Storage, two businesses within GE Transportation, collaborated to combine the Durathon battery, an Ecomagination-qualified product, with GE’s ... Read more »

Greener Technologies Making Mining Cleaner, More Efficient

September 11, 2013September 13, 2013 by Leon Walker

Mining companies such as Rio Tinto and Barrick Gold are beginning to adopt greener technologies, spawning a cottage industry of companies aimed at helping the mining industry clean up after hundreds of years of inefficiencies and waste, according to a report by cleantech research and advisory firm Kachan & Co. The ... Read more »

Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Barrick $16m Fine, Edison ‘Misled Regulators’

May 29, 2013June 30, 2013 by Tamar Wilner

Southern California Edison willfully misled the public and regulators to avoid a full safety review of its redesigned San Onofre nuclear power plant in California, according to Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA), chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee. Boxer published correspondence between Edison and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, which she said ... Read more »

The Profound Business Results of CSR

July 16, 2012July 16, 2012 by Jennifer Hermes

It’s ten years into companies’ efforts to engage in corporate social responsibility (CSR) and the returns for business still aren’t good enough. On the one hand, CSR isn’t going away anytime soon. It’s an important business discipline that has become the equivalent of table stakes, especially for large public corporations. ... Read more »

Environmental & Energy Executive Moves: EIA, Carbon War Room, Energy Points, Switch Lighting

April 16, 2012June 30, 2013 by Leon Walker

Environmental Industry Associations (EIA): The solid waste and recycling services industry trade group – comprising sub-groups the National Solid Wastes Management Association and the Waste Equipment Technology Association – selected Sharon H. Kneiss as its new president and CEO, to take over following the retirement later this year of Bruce ... Read more »

Environmental & Energy Executive Moves: AASHE, Barrick Gold, Gamesa, PwC, PNM

March 8, 2012March 9, 2012 by Leon Walker

Gamesa: The wind turbine manufacturing company has named David Flitterman as its chairman. Flitterman previously held senior management positions at several firms including Bankers Trust Company, part of the Deutsche Bank Group, in Spain, the UK, Brazil and the U.S. Barrick Gold: The Toronto-based mining company established a Corporate Social ... Read more »

Companies Pay $7 Billion in EPA Enforcement Actions

Pricing Water Is Key to Mitigating Business Risk

Environmental Suits Loom for Chile’s Copper Mines

Green Mining: Turning It into Less of an Oxymoron

GE Trials Cleaner Battery-Powered Mining Scoop

Greener Technologies Making Mining Cleaner, More Efficient

Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Barrick $16m Fine, Edison ‘Misled Regulators’

The Profound Business Results of CSR

Environmental & Energy Executive Moves: EIA, Carbon War Room, Energy Points, Switch Lighting

Environmental & Energy Executive Moves: AASHE, Barrick Gold, Gamesa, PwC, PNM

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