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The latest news and best practices about environmental compliance, standards and enforcement for commercial and industrial companies, as well as government enforcement and proposals.

More Companies Concerned About Financial Implications of Climate Change

More Companies Concerned About Financial Implications of Climate Change

Climate change has become a major concern among leading US financial institutions and companies, according to a recent report by the Carbon Disclosure Project, a coalition of global investors with more than $31.5 trillion in assets. “The findings of CDP4 confirm that awareness of the risks and opportunities posed by ... Read more »
CT Governor Proposes $500 Million Energy Plan

CT Governor Proposes $500 Million Energy Plan

Republican Gov. M. Jodi Rell has proposed a four-year, $500 million energy plan for Connecticut, The Advocate reports. The proposal calls for the use of bio-fuels and renewable forms of energy, cutting costs for businesses and families, and reducing fossil fuel consumption. Rell also called for a set of new ... Read more »
Virginia Beach School Buses Make Switch to Biodiesel

Virginia Beach School Buses Make Switch to Biodiesel

Virginia Beach school buses will begin using biodiesel soon.   Six public school systems in Virginia currently use biodiesel commercially, but Virginia Beach Public Schools, which operates over 600 buses, will be the largest fleet. PAPCO Oil Company will be Virginia Beach Public Schools exclusive biodiesel supplier, WTKR reports. Every $1,000,000 ... Read more »
City Waives Alt-Energy Permit Fees, If There's Not Too Many

City Waives Alt-Energy Permit Fees, If There’s Not Too Many

The Hillsboro, Oregon City Council voted recently that solar panels and similar devices will be exempt from payment of the normal permit fees associated with installation or construction. The list of qualifying devices includes passive solar space heating, solar water heating, solar thermal electric, photovoltaic, wind, biomass, hydroelectric, fuel cells ... Read more »
Solebury Township Aims for 100% Alternative Energy

Solebury Township Aims for 100% Alternative Energy

Pennsylvania’s Solebury Township is moving forward with a series of studies that would provide direction for outfitting buildings with solar panels, batteries to collect unused solar energy and mechanical systems that rely on natural underground temperatures to heat and cool buildings. The township believes it can produce more energy than ... Read more »
Bill Could Unlock $100 Million for San Francisco Solar Power

Bill Could Unlock $100 Million for San Francisco Solar Power

A bill passed by the California Assembly last week would allow San Francisco to use $100 million from a 2001 bond measure for solar energy to build large-scale solar projects at locations such as reservoirs and parking garages. The measure could ease restrictions from the 2001 bond measure, which limits ... Read more »
Invenergy Given Go-Ahead for West Virginia Wind Farm

Invenergy Given Go-Ahead for West Virginia Wind Farm

Invenergy has received approval to build 124 wind turbines in Greenbrier County, West Virginia, although a lawsuit to block the project is likely. The $300 million, 186-megawatt Beech Ridge Energy Wind Farm would be one of the largest wind-turbine projects east of the Mississippi River. Beech Ridge, a subsidiary of ... Read more »
Pa. Doubles Green-Energy Use to 20%

Pa. Doubles Green-Energy Use to 20%

Pennsylvania’s state government will double the amount of electricity it consumes from renewable energy sources to 20 percent. “It makes Pennsylvania by far and away the largest state in terms of purchasing megawatts from green electricity,” said Pennsylvania’s Governor Rendell, according to the Philadelphia Inquierer. “It will also make us ... Read more »
Dallas/Fort Worth Airport Agrees 25% Water Cut with EPA

Dallas/Fort Worth Airport Agrees 25% Water Cut with EPA

The Dallas/Fort Worth (DFW) International Airport has agreed to reduce energy use by ten percent and water use by 25 percent under the EPA’s Sustainability Partnership program. DFW has agreed to make the improvements during its $1.9 billion, seven-year renovation, the Terminal Renewal and Improvement Program (TRIP), the EPA said. ... Read more »
EPA Penalty Signals Stricter Chemical Enforcement

EPA Penalty Signals Stricter Chemical Enforcement

A recent civil penalty against Dover Chemical Corporation has fueled speculation that the EPA has stepped up enforcement of toxic substances, a development that could compel companies to improve their reporting and inventory operations. Dover Chemical, which produces the vast majority of chlorinated products sold in the U.S., agreed earlier ... Read more »


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