Bill Opalka, Author at Environment + Energy Leader

User Interface Improved

February 18, 2014February 18, 2014 by Bill Opalka

MSDSonline has refreshed the design of its chemical management user interface and added new tools to provide a better online and mobile experience across various technologies for its customers. While the familiar layout of the application remains the same, users will find a cleaner design, greater functionality and a more ... Read more »

Blue Earth Patents Pipe Protection

February 18, 2014February 18, 2014 by Bill Opalka

Specialty chemical research and development company Blue Earth Labs has received a patent for its concentrated and stabilized version of its Clearitas scale control product. Under this patent, Blue Earth Labs receives protection for the invention of its mixed oxidant designed to attack the organic and inorganic scale that adheres to pipe ... Read more »

Desalination Project Shows Promise

February 17, 2014February 17, 2014 by Bill Opalka

A giant solar receiver in California’s agricultural region may offer some hope for farmers who have been denied water in a record-setting drought. Conservation policies to protect endangered fish species have have contributed as well. The receiver tracks the sun, capturing its energy to heat, desalinate and purify polluted groundwater ... Read more »

Global Environmental Spending Continues Rise

February 17, 2014February 17, 2014 by Bill Opalka

Nearly two-thirds of corporations worldwide will increase environmental spending this year with about half of that group expanding their budgets by double-digits. Verdantix surveyed 250 heads of environment, health and safety (EHS) in 13 major economies and reported that just 3 percent plan to cut spending this year compared to ... Read more »

Europeans Face Carbon Permit Shortfall

February 17, 2014February 17, 2014 by Bill Opalka

Dow Chemical, Heidelberg Cement and other manufacturers face carbon permit shortages as the European Commission tries again to curb a record glut. The glut has accumulated since 2008, driving carbon permits to a record low, threatening the viability of the world’s largest emissions market. Higher permit prices would discourage fossil ... Read more »

Kellogg to Source Fully Traceable Palm Oil

February 17, 2014February 17, 2014 by Bill Opalka

Kellogg Company says it will work with palm oil suppliers to source fully traceable palm oil, produced environmentally responsible, socially beneficial, and economically viable. Kellogg says it wants to ensure that palm oil it uses is sourced from plantations that uphold the company’s commitment to sustainable agriculture. Kellogg says it ... Read more »

France Starts Biogas Pilot Program

February 17, 2014February 17, 2014 by Bill Opalka

France has gotten on board with much of Northern Europe and has started a food waste program to produce biogas. A group of 80 Paris restaurants, hotels and food companies are turning food scraps into biogas and compost ahead of a new law that will force thousands of French food ... Read more »

10% Compostable Plastics Have No Ill Effect

February 17, 2014February 26, 2014 by Bill Opalka

Up to 10 percent compostable plastics mixed with conventional plastics in post-consumer recycling streams has either no or a negligible impact on the mechanical performance of the recyclates, according to a study published by European Bioplastics. Biobased plastics films are chemically identical to their conventional counterparts and are easy to ... Read more »

Pollution Prevention Includes the Whole Process

February 17, 2014February 17, 2014 by Bill Opalka

Environment, health and safety managers that merely keep their companies in compliance will forever be relegated to the “end of the pipe.” But understanding the entire manufacturing process will help the team devise solutions that impact the bottom line. Thomas Vinson, the senior program coordinator for the Zero Waste Network at ... Read more »

Biohazardous Waste Volumes Reduced by 90%

February 17, 2014February 17, 2014 by Bill Opalka

Treatment plants can achieve a greater than 90 percent reduction in volume of biohazardous waste using a technology developed by Ozonator Industries of Canada. Based on its recent analysis of the biohazardous waste treatment market, Frost & Sullivan recognized Ozonator with the 2014 North American Frost & Sullivan Award for ... Read more »

Carbon Capture ‘Would Send Electricity Prices Soaring’

February 14, 2014February 14, 2014 by Bill Opalka

Wholesale electricity prices would soar from 70 percent and 80 percent with carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) at coal-fired power plants, according to the Energy Department. According to Bloomberg News, Julio Friedmann, deputy assistant secretary for clean coal at the Energy Department, told the House Energy and Commerce Oversight and ... Read more »

Study Downplays Natural Gas Benefits

February 14, 2014February 14, 2014 by Bill Opalka

A new study says methane leaks from natural gas wells and pipes undermine the lower emissions potential of that fuel. A new report published in Science suggests that switching from diesel to natural gas in trucks could increase greenhouse gas emissions. The study runs counter to the policies highlighted in ... Read more »

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