Compliance

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

Footprint Tool & Analyses of Shell, BT, BP Others Available

April 4, 2007October 3, 2009 by Paul Nastu

The Center for Sustainable Innovation has made its Global Warming Footprint tool available. The calculator compares an organization's emissions with an allowable pattern of emissions required to stabilize CO2 concentrations in the earthÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s atmosphere. The tool has been used...

Supreme Court Decision Big Blow to Big Three

April 3, 2007 by Paul Nastu

Yesterday's Supreme Court decision comes as pressure is building on automakers and Congress to reduce global warming by cutting emissions from vehicles, a move that could cost the auto companies billions of dollars, Detroit News reports. Automakers took some comfort from a section of the decision suggesting states might not be successful...

Supreme Court: EPA Can Regulate Car Emissions

April 2, 2007 by Paul Nastu

In a 5-4 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that the EPA has authority to regulate vehicle emissions, USATODAY reports. The Bush administration had argued that any limits on new cars and trucks would be incremental...

Nokia Releases 2006 Corporate Responsibility Report

April 2, 2007June 15, 2007 by Paul Nastu

Nokia has released its 2006 corporate responsibility report. Highlights include Nokia's first sustainability summary, updated Nokia supplier requirements containing more...

Carbon Tax Promoted as Cap-And-Trade Alternative

April 2, 2007 by Paul Nastu

A coalition of academics and polluters is saying that a simple tax on each ton of emissions would prove more efficient and less bureaucratic than a cap-and-trade system, Washington Post reports. A carbon tax offers certainty about the price of polluting, which appeals to many economists and...

Ford Offers Flex Fuel Crown Victoria Police Vehicle

April 2, 2007April 2, 2007 by Paul Nastu

Ford's 2008 Crown Victoria Police Interceptor will be offered as a flexible fuel vehicle allowing it to operate on E85 ethanol or gasoline. Vehicle production is slated to begin in May. "The ability to offer an E85 capable vehicle...

House Passes Emissions Legislation for Shipping

March 28, 2007 by Paul Nastu

The U.S. House of Representatives has approved legislation to to curb emissions from ships using diesel fuel, ABC News reports...

SF Close To Banning Plastic Bags

March 23, 2007October 3, 2009 by Paul Nastu

San Francisco is close to passing a law that would require supermarkets and large drug stores to offer customers only bags made of recyclable paper, plastic that can be turned into compost or sturdy cloth or plastic that can be reused, AP reports. A legislative committee indicated...

White House Recognizes “Environmentally Preferable” Computer Manufacturers

March 22, 2007October 3, 2009 by Paul Nastu

The White House Council on Environmental Quality and the Federal Environmental Executive have released a list of computer manufacturers that make “environmentally preferable computers and monitors.” The manufacturers make products meeting the new EPEAT green computer standard. President Bush recently mandated that at least 95 percent of federal agency computer purchases be EPEAT ... Read more »

Alcoa, DuPont, Merrill Lynch, Others Sign ‘Climate Call to Action’

March 20, 2007October 3, 2009 by Paul Nastu

A dozen U.S. companies and dozens of institutional investors managing $4 trillion in assets have called on Washington to enact strong federal legislation to curb the pollution causing global climate change. The group outlined the business and economic rationale for climate action as they called for a national policy that reduces greenhouse gas emissions consistent with targets scientists say are

British Legislation Sets Legal Limits on CO2 Emissions

March 13, 2007October 3, 2009 by Paul Nastu

Britain has proposed legislation setting binding limits on greenhouse gases, Reuters reports. In its draft Climate Change Bill, the government said carbon dioxide emissions had to be cut by at least...

EU to Ban Inefficient Light Bulbs

March 9, 2007October 3, 2009 by Paul Nastu

The European Union's 490 million citizens will have to use energy-efficient lighting by the end of the decade, Reuters reports EU leaders as having decided. "The European Council ... invites the Commission to rapidly submit proposals to enable increased energy efficiency requirements for office and street lighting to be adopted by 2008 and on incandescent lamps and other forms of

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