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Pollution is harmful contamination of the environment. Here are up-to-date articles on pollution and efforts to reduce pollution. We also include information on environmental enforcement against polluters by governmental bodies such as the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and regulation to control pollution.
Eric Dominguez shares what Caesars is doing once the low-hanging fruit has been plucked
As investors encourage companies to provide information on environmental risk, the number of companies that are doing so is rising. In fact, almost 1,400 major multinational companies are using
The Trump administration now says that it wants to repeal the Obama administration’s prized environmental policy: the Clean Power Plan, which mandates 32% cuts in CO2 emissions by 2030.
On July 25, 2017, California Governor Jerry Brown signed Assembly Bill (AB) 398 into law, extending the state’s signature climate change program – the Cap and Trade Program (the program) – through 2030. AB 398 represents …
7-Eleven announced a carbon offset program that the company says will reduce emissions by up to 30% for each gallon of fuel pumped. Nearly 100 stores in Portland, Seattle, and Madison, WI, are piloting the program, dubbed 7-Eleven Renew. For every 15-gallon car pumping gas at participating stores, 7-Eleven will
The aviation industry is a heavy hitter when it comes to CO2 emissions, but airlines are making progress. British Airways is the most recent to
Researchers at the University of Chicago say that rules affecting smog-forming ozone that went into effect on October 1 will save billions in medical costs each year. Manufacturers counter, however, that the rules are too rigid and need to be rewritten.
The market for vehicles to run on electricity is getting more crowded now that Dyson Ltd. said it too would hit the road with its concept by 2020.
Cyber security company Symantec Corporation reduced GHG emissions by 15% in fiscal year 2017, surpassing its 3% annual reduction target. The company’s VP of corporate responsibility, Cecily Joseph, shares challenges, pinpoints solutions, and gives an unusual call to action.
If industry could capture invest in the technologies to capture carbon dioxide releases and either bury them or use them to help produce more oil discoveries, it would be a win-win, Energy Secretary Rick Perry said.
Keeping global warming below 1.5 degrees Celsius is still possible, a new study indicates, but the change in the estimate of how much more carbon the world can emit and still keep climate change to a minimum is not because
