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Carbon Capture Policies Needed for Faster Climate Action, Report Says

December 8, 2015April 4, 2017 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Strong carbon capture policies are the “missing ingredient” in faster adoption of carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology to enable CO2 reductions, according to a report released today. The report, Closing the Gap on Climate: Why CCS is a Vital Part of the Solution, calls for governments to enact policies ... Read more »

B&W to EPA: Limit Landfill Methane Emissions

October 27, 2015October 28, 2015 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Calling for more stringent limits on methane emissions, Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises has provided formal comments to the EPA’s proposed emissions rules for municipal solid waste landfills. Methane, generated in landfills by the decomposition of organic waste, is 85 times more potent than carbon dioxide. Landfills are responsible for 18 ... Read more »

Environmental Executive Moves: Liberty Property Trust, Terex, IPCC, Casella

October 21, 2015October 20, 2015 by Karen Henry

Here’s the latest news on hirings, promotions and departures among environmental leaders. Liberty Property Trust: The commercial real estate investment trust has named Billy Grayson director of sustainability. He comes to Liberty from the Electronic Industry Citizen Coalition, where he served as vice president of social and environmental sustainability. Terex: ... Read more »

Environmental Executive Moves: Dupont, LG Chem Power, Kurion, AECOM Waste Management

October 8, 2015October 8, 2015 by Karen Henry

Here’s the latest news on hirings, promotions and departures among environmental leaders. Dupont: The chemical company has appointed Edward Breen (pictured), a current member of the DuPont board of directors and chairman of Tyco International, as interim chair and CEO. Ellen Kullman, chair and CEO of DuPont, is retiring on Oct. ... Read more »

Procter & Gamble: Emissions to be Cut 30% by 2020

September 21, 2015 by Carl Weinschenk

Procter & Gamble said this week that it will reduce greenhouse gas emissions from its facilities by 30 percent. The commitment, which was established in partnership with The World Wildlife Fund, will be accomplished by 2020. The 30 percent figure, according to the company, is based on science from the ... Read more »

Cutting Carbon: What P&G, Time Warner Cable are Doing to Curb Absolute GHG Emissions

September 17, 2015September 17, 2015 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Procter & Gamble and Time Warner Cable have both set new goals to cut carbon emissions. Procter & Gamble has pledged to reduce absolute greenhouse gas emissions from its facilities by 30 percent by 2020, against a 2010 baseline. The consumer goods company has currently reduced absolute emissions by almost ... Read more »

General Mills: We’ll Invest $100M to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions

September 2, 2015 by Carl Weinschenk

General Mills will invest more than $100 million in energy efficiency and clean energy across its business – “from farm to fork to landfill,” in the company’s words – during the next ten years. The goal is to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 28 percent in ten years. Steps will take ... Read more »

IBM Big Data Aims to Improve Paper Industry, Agriculture Sustainability

May 21, 2015May 21, 2015 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

IBM researchers in Australia have modeled cellulose at the molecular level — a step that the company says may lead to more disease resistant crops, and strengthen the long-term sustainability of the pulp, paper and fiber industry, one of the main users of cellulose. The IBM scientists’ work, in partnership with ... Read more »

IBM Big Data Manages World’s Largest Climate Data Archive

May 11, 2015May 8, 2015 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

The German Climate Computing Center is using technology and services from IBM to manage the world’s largest climate simulation data archive, used by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and other leading climate researchers worldwide. The archive currently consists of more than 40 petabytes of data and is projected to ... Read more »

Climate Change & Manufacturing

February 26, 2015 by David Dornfeld

“When you’re in a hole, stop digging.” The subtitle to this article, the so-called “first law of holes,” is attributed to various sources (earliest going back to 1911 in the Washington Post) and is usually interpreted as “if you find yourself in an untenable position, you should stop and change, ... Read more »

EPA Releases Stormwater Management Tool

February 16, 2015February 16, 2015 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

The EPA has launched the Climate Adjustment Tool for its Stormwater Management Model, an online stormwater simulation model. The Climate Adjustment Tool allows engineers and planners to evaluate the performance of water infrastructure while considering future climate change projections, such as more frequent high-intensity storms and changes in evaporation rates ... Read more »

In 2015, Companies Address Climate Change through Corporate Sustainability

February 2, 2015 by Jennifer Hermes

Eco-sustainability will matter more than ever in 2015; this is the year the US’s leading companies must prove they are finally addressing climate change through corporate sustainability, thanks to two presidents and the Pope. Remember the green marketing wave of 2007? Al Gore’s movie An Inconvenient Truth won an Academy Award that year, and the ... Read more »

Carbon Capture Policies Needed for Faster Climate Action, Report Says

B&W to EPA: Limit Landfill Methane Emissions

Environmental Executive Moves: Liberty Property Trust, Terex, IPCC, Casella

Environmental Executive Moves: Dupont, LG Chem Power, Kurion, AECOM Waste Management

Procter & Gamble: Emissions to be Cut 30% by 2020

Cutting Carbon: What P&G, Time Warner Cable are Doing to Curb Absolute GHG Emissions

General Mills: We’ll Invest $100M to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions

IBM Big Data Aims to Improve Paper Industry, Agriculture Sustainability

IBM Big Data Manages World’s Largest Climate Data Archive

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EPA Releases Stormwater Management Tool

In 2015, Companies Address Climate Change through Corporate Sustainability

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