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The latest environment and energy policy, regulatory, standards, compliance and enforcement news as well as government implementations and proposals.

ISO Publishes New Standard for Ecotourism

January 31, 2019August 5, 2020 by Jennifer Nastu

Tourism accommodations have a new international standard to strive toward in terms of environmental responsibility. ISO 21401, a new international guidance for accommodation facilities, specifies the environmental, social and economic requirements for implementing a sustainability management system in tourist accommodation. It addresses ecotourism issues such as environmental protection, water and ... Read more »

Report: Renewable Energy Companies Should Prepare to ‘Contend with Disruption’

January 30, 2019August 5, 2020 by Emily Holbrook

Companies in the conventional power and renewable energy sectors should be preparing themselves to contend with disruption to their businesses from a range of sources, including potentially adverse developments in the insurance market, according to the latest “Power and Renewable Energy Market Review” from Willis Towers Watson. According to the report, key ... Read more »

Indiana Town Imposes Stormwater Fee for Businesses, Hopes to Raise $1 Million Per Year

January 16, 2019December 26, 2019 by Emily Holbrook

Indiana’s South Bend Common Council approved a $5 per month stormwater fee for area businesses and a $2 per month fee for residents in hopes of raising an expected $1 million per year.

FERC Report: Renewable Energy Sources to Grow by 2021, While Use of Coal Diminishes

January 16, 2019December 26, 2019 by Emily Holbrook

According to the latest data released by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), natural gas dominated new electrical generating capacity in 2018.

Volunteers Attempt to Curb Waste as Shutdown Leads to Ugly Conditions in National Parks

January 15, 2019December 26, 2019 by Jennifer Nastu

With the government shutdown, national parks are seeing major accumulations of trash and litter – to such an extent that unsanitary conditions have led to some park closures.

Levi Strauss, Nike & Others to Create ‘Unified Approach’ to Chemicals Management

January 14, 2019December 26, 2019 by Jennifer Nastu

Four major clothing manufacturers have agreed to share their “screened chemistry” approaches to alternative chemistries, with the aim of supporting a unified approach to chemical management across the apparel and textile industry. Levi Strauss & Co, Nike, H&M and C&A – all of which use similar methodologies in their efforts ... Read more »

Longest US Government Shutdown Hits Energy Star, Spares DOE

January 14, 2019May 11, 2020 by Alyssa Danigelis

The longest government shutdown in United States history continued on Monday morning, affecting around 800,000 federal workers as well as major agencies including the Environmental Protection Agency and its Energy Star program.

Despite Challenges, UK Farmers Must Eliminate Emissions by 2040, Urges NFU Head

January 4, 2019December 10, 2019 by Jennifer Nastu

Farmers in the UK must eliminate greenhouse gas emissions by 2040 in order to compete successfully with other nations on environmental standards, according to National Farmers’ Union president Minette Batters. Farms should aim for net-zero “across all greenhouse gas inventories,” she said during a speech at the Oxford Farming Conference ... Read more »

Environmental Groups to Sue EPA for Not Enforcing Air Quality Standards in Utah

January 3, 2019December 10, 2019 by Jennifer Nastu

A handful of community, conservation and public-health groups announced plans to sue the EPA for what they call a “[failure] to enforce air quality standards in northern Utah and parts of Arizona that limit particulate pollution from fossil fuels, industrial livestock operations and other sources.” The notice of intent to sue ... Read more »

Target Reaches $7.4M Hazardous Waste Disposal Settlement with California

December 14, 2018May 7, 2020 by Alyssa Danigelis

Target Corporation agreed to pay $7.4 million this month as part of a settlement over the company’s handling and disposal of retail hazardous waste in California.

NRDC to Congress: Why Is DOE Sitting on $600M in Clean Energy R&D Funding?

December 10, 2018February 24, 2021 by Jennifer Nastu

The Natural Resources Defense Council today urged Congress to investigate why the Department of Energy (DOE) still has not distributed as much as $600 million in congressionally approved clean energy R&D funding more than two months after the end of fiscal year 2018. Citing the findings in a new NRDC ... Read more »

The American Energy Storage Project Pipeline Doubled This Year

December 7, 2018 by Alyssa Danigelis

The energy storage project pipeline in the United States doubled in 2018 to reach 32.9 gigawatts, according to the newly released US Energy Storage Monitor published by Wood Mackenzie Power & Renewables and the Energy Storage Association (ESA).

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