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.

Pepsi, Goya Findings Put 4-MEI on FDA Regulatory Agenda

February 25, 2014February 25, 2014 by Tamar Wilner

Consumer Reports’ findings on 4-methylimidazole in Pepsi and Goya Foods products, among others, has sparked lawsuits and a renewed FDA investigation of the chemical’s safety. The magazine found that single servings of Pepsi One and Malta Goya exceeded the 29 micrograms level that is the threshold in California, without carrying the warning required ... Read more »

Standards & Compliance Briefing: McDonald’s, KFC Prop. 65 Suits; LEED for DuPont, Canon

February 25, 2014 by Tamar Wilner

The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine asked California’s Second District Court of Appeal to revive lawsuits alleging that McDonald’s, KFC, Applebee’s and other restaurant chains did not give sufficient warning, under Proposition 65, that their chicken grilling creates a carcinogen, Law360 reports. Consumer Advocacy Group has threatened to sue Unified ... Read more »

Supreme Court Considers Narrow GHG Case

February 24, 2014 by Tamar Wilner

The Supreme Court today begins considering a narrow case that is unlikely to impinge much on the EPA’s ability to regulate carbon, according to observers on both sides of the regulatory debate. At issue: whether the EPA’s regulation of vehicle greenhouse gas emissions automatically triggers a requirement that large stationary sources ... Read more »

Policy & Enforcement Briefing: SCOTUS Hearing, Oil Train Safety, GHG Reporting Rule

February 24, 2014February 24, 2014 by Tamar Wilner

The Obama administration’s climate agenda faces its first Supreme Court test today, Reuters reports. The court will consider whether the EPA’s regulation of vehicle greenhouse gas emissions automatically triggers a requirement that large stationary sources such as power plants also control their emissions, Dorsey & Whitney partner and former Department of ... Read more »

Chinese Firms Adopt FSC for Export – Not Home Markets

February 21, 2014February 21, 2014 by Tamar Wilner

Sustainable forestry certifications have helped Chinese companies sell abroad, but the benefits of certification are not recognized at home, the China Daily reports. The state-owned Paiyangshan Forest Farm in the Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region received Forest Stewardship Council certification in November 2010 because it was asked to by a timber manufacturer client, ... Read more »

Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Coal Ash Spill, Calif. Carbon Tax, Alt Fuel Cars

February 21, 2014 by Tamar Wilner

Federal prosecutors have served 20 more subpoenas to the North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources, as part of an criminal investigation into Duke Energy’s coal ash spill in the state, the AP reports. The feds are seeking documents and testimony from employees, including information on investments, cash or other items ... Read more »

US Oil Boom Could Raise Shipping Rates

February 20, 2014 by Tamar Wilner

Shipping rates are likely to increase as the average distance travelled by a single barrel of oil rises, the Wall Street Journal reports. The shift promises to benefit shipping companies and shipbuilders alike. Oil is traveling further because the US energy boom is raising domestic oil and gas production, lowering ... Read more »

Standards & Compliance: Certified EnMS Practitioners, RoHS, R2, EPD

February 20, 2014 by Tamar Wilner

ANSI has accredited the Institute for Energy Management Professionals’ Certified Practitioner in Energy Management Systems Industrial sector certification program (CP EnMS – Industrial) to the International Standard ANSI/ISO/IEC 17024. The CP EnMS – Industrial standard is available to internal staff at industrial facilities, as well as consultants, who work to establish or ... Read more »

Business Groups Promote Water Trading

February 19, 2014 by Tamar Wilner

Business associations and non-profits are stepping up efforts to promote water quality trading. In late January, law firm Troutman Sanders announced the formation of the National Water Quality Trading Alliance, bringing together leaders from business, government and non-profits. It says NWQTA will support the development of new and existing, state ... Read more »

Policy & Enforcement Briefing: EPA Emissions Tool, Nuclear Loans, 2nd Coal Ash Leak

February 19, 2014 by Tamar Wilner

The EPA has released the AVoided Emissions and geneRation Tool (AVERT), designed to help state air quality planners estimate the emissions benefits of energy efficiency and renewable energy programs. According to the EPA, AVERT “aims to address a key reason states have not implemented previous EE/RE State Implementation Plan guidance.” North ... Read more »

Sappi Sustainability Report: Energy, CO2 Down on 2012

February 19, 2014February 18, 2014 by Tamar Wilner

Sappi Group has released its 2013 Sustainability Report. Highlights include: Greenhouse Gases Globally over the past five years, Scope 1 and 2 CO2 emissions fell by 12.2 percent and 28.4 percent. Scope 1 and 2 emissions were also down last year versus 2012 (see charts). In Europe, Sappi is aiming ... Read more »

Lancet Study Warns Against Manganese, DDT, PBDEs

February 18, 2014 by Tamar Wilner

A study published Friday in the journal Lancet Neurology has identified six chemicals or classes of chemicals that the authors say should be considered toxic to children’s brain development, USA Today reports. The six are manganese, fluoride, chlorpyrifos, DDT, tetrachloroethylene (PERC), and polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDE). These six join five ... Read more »

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