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Tamar Wilner

Tamar Wilner is the managing editor of Environment Energy Pro.She has has 15 years’ experience as a journalist covering business, renewable energy, urban planning, green building and public policy, among other issues, mostly for B2B audiences. She was North America correspondent for Windpower Monthly and has also written for Architectural Record, Regeneration & Renewal, Real Business and Real Finance.She can be reached at Tamar@environmentenergypro.com or 970.377.9505 x15.
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: FTC Order, Food Chemicals, German Renewables Cap

Policy & Enforcement Briefing: FTC Order, Food Chemicals, German Renewables Cap

The Federal Trade Commission approved a final consent order settling charges that N.E.W. Plastics Corp. misled consumers and distributors about the recycled content, post-consumer recycled content, and recyclability of its products. The order relates to claims about N.E.W.’s Evolve and Trimax plastic lumber products, and requires the company to tell its ... Read more »
Nations Press IPCC to Include Financial Benefits of Climate Change Action

Nations Press IPCC to Include Financial Benefits of Climate Change Action

President Obama’s administration and officials from the UK, Sweden, Norway and Japan have voiced concern that an upcoming United Nations report makes efforts to combat global warming seem too expensive. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change study, due to be approved in Berlin this week, says nations will have to make drastic emissions ... Read more »
Standards & Compliance Briefing: RoHS Consultation, GBI Seeks Applicants, R2 Addresses Concerns

Standards & Compliance Briefing: RoHS Consultation, GBI Seeks Applicants, R2 Addresses Concerns

The RoHS 2014 Consultation No. 2, including a substance assessment of diisobutylphthalat (DIBP) and review of quantitative information for substances on a shortlist, is now closed, and contributions are posted on the consultation website. The 2013 consultation No. 2, concerning Exemption Request 2013-6, is due to close on April 11. A new ... Read more »
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: LNG Explosion, Duke in Court, Another IPCC Study

Policy & Enforcement Briefing: LNG Explosion, Duke in Court, Another IPCC Study

An explosion at Williams Co.’s liquefied natural gas processing site near Plymouth, Wash., which injured five workers and caused evacuations in a two-mile radius, could spur debate about safe LNG handling for cities increasingly reliant on the fuel, Reuters reports. Such incidents are rare among the dozens of US LNG ... Read more »
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Chevron at Supreme Court, Wind PTC, Chemical Storage Bill

Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Chevron at Supreme Court, Wind PTC, Chemical Storage Bill

The Supreme Court of Canada yesterday agreed to hear Chevron Corp’s appeal of the Ontario Court of Appeal’s ruling, which found that the province is a proper jurisdiction for Ecuadorean villagers to pursue their $9.51 billion lawsuit for Amazon jungle pollution. The EPA failed to disclose cancer risks to volunteers used in ... Read more »
Standards & Compliance Briefing: Energy Benchmarking, Low-Voltage DC, Hotels' ISO 14001

Standards & Compliance Briefing: Energy Benchmarking, Low-Voltage DC, Hotels’ ISO 14001

Chicago now recognizes the ASHRAE-Certified Building Energy Assessment Professional as a data verifier credential under the city’s new Energy Benchmarking Ordinance. As a result, BEAP credential holders are eligible to provide professional verification of data for the benchmarking and transparency ordinance, which Chicago adopted last September. Chicago is the only city that requires data ... Read more »


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