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Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Hyundai Suit, Shell CCS, BP Penalties, Light Bulbs

July 13, 2012June 30, 2013 by Leon Walker

Hyundai faces a class-action lawsuit from Consumer Watchdog in California, which seeks damages for owners of 2011 and 2012 Elantra models. The suit is related to Hyundai’s alleged use of gas mileage numbers in advertising without government-mandated disclosures, which the auto maker denies, writes AutoblogGreen. Royal Dutch Shell’s Canadian carbon-capture ... Read more »

Fleet Roundup: Honda Fit EV, Nissan DeltaWing, Audi Axes A2

June 7, 2012June 6, 2012 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

The 2013 Honda Fit EV has received a combined adjusted EPA mile-per-gallon-equivalency rating of 118 MPGe and a consumption rating of 29 kWh per 100 miles — the best-ever consumption rating awarded by the EPA. The Fit EV battery can be recharged in less than 3 hours from a low-charge ... Read more »

Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Canada Vehicle Emissions, Natural Gas, TSCA, Petroleum Reserve

April 16, 2012June 30, 2013 by Leon Walker

Canada issued greenhouse gas emissions rules that aim to make heavy trucks and buses up to 23 percent less polluting by 2018. The rules will take effect on the 2014 model year for vehicles including full-size pickups, heavy trucks and buses, and fit with measures already set in the U.S., ... Read more »

Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Calif. Chemicals, Refinery Agreement, Loan Program Revived

April 9, 2012June 30, 2013 by Leon Walker

The California Department of Toxic Substance Control (DTSC) will imminently release its formal draft of the Safer Consumer Products regulations, part of the state’s green chemistry program, attorneys at law firm Alston & Bird predicted. By fall 2012, thousands of chemicals will come under regulation and products face bans for non-compliance ... Read more »

Policy & Enforcement Briefing: UN Conference, Chevy Volt Fire Risk, Electric Bills to Rise

November 28, 2011June 18, 2013 by Tamar Wilner

The United Nations Climate Change Conference kicks off in Durban today, presenting the last chance for countries to come to an agreement on extending the Kyoto protocol, Reuters reports. The news service reports that there is a chance countries may agree a stop-gap measure to prolong the protocol, and that developed ... Read more »

Utilities Want Cap and Trade – The Sooner, the Better

March 21, 2011March 21, 2011 by Tamar Wilner

Utilities prefer cap and trade legislation to the use of regulatory CO2 limits – but would choose either over continuing uncertainty, according to a survey. The study by risk management consultants DNV also found that utilities foresee a possibility for business interruption and negative effects on reputation from the physical ... Read more »

Renewable Energy Standard Revived in New Energy Bill

September 21, 2010October 18, 2016 by Environmental Leader

A bipartisan group of U.S. senators will introduce legislation today that would require utilities to generate minimum levels of power from clean energy like wind and solar, after such a measure was stripped from a broader oil-spill bill in July, Reuters reports. Senators Jeff Bingaman (D-NM), who heads the Senate ... Read more »

IT Bolstered by U.S. Energy-Efficiency Agenda

November 3, 2009 by Gina Roos

Information technology departments are focused on greater energy efficiency and using more renewable energy sources now more than ever as the Obama Administration pushes its energy-efficiency agenda, while high-tech companies like Samsung and Microsoft are driving home the message to boost the adoption of environmentally friendly PCs by consumers. Companies ... Read more »

U.S. Spends $133B for Emission Mitigation

June 18, 2009October 19, 2009 by Gina Roos

Investments in the United States for greenhouse gas (GHG) mitigation technologies totaled $132.9 billion dollars between 2000 and 2008, according to a new study by T2 and Associates and the Center for Energy Economics at the University of Texas. These investments were made by U.S.-based oil and gas companies, other ... Read more »

Cantor Adds Voluntary Carbon Markets To CantorCO2e Trading Platform

October 5, 2007October 4, 2009 by Paul Nastu

CantorCO2e has launched a web-based marketplace, emissionstrading.com, providing information about multiple domestic and international projects creating carbon dioxide equivalent offsets. Registered users can see prices, quantities, and brief descriptions of the projects. Clients can respond on-line to bids and offers. According to a recent report on the voluntary carbon markets, more than 20 million tons of CO2e were traded voluntarily

Pa. Doubles Green-Energy Use to 20%

September 1, 2006November 11, 2006 by Paul Nastu

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 »

Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Hyundai Suit, Shell CCS, BP Penalties, Light Bulbs

Fleet Roundup: Honda Fit EV, Nissan DeltaWing, Audi Axes A2

Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Canada Vehicle Emissions, Natural Gas, TSCA, Petroleum Reserve

Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Calif. Chemicals, Refinery Agreement, Loan Program Revived

Policy & Enforcement Briefing: UN Conference, Chevy Volt Fire Risk, Electric Bills to Rise

Utilities Want Cap and Trade – The Sooner, the Better

Renewable Energy Standard Revived in New Energy Bill

IT Bolstered by U.S. Energy-Efficiency Agenda

U.S. Spends $133B for Emission Mitigation

Cantor Adds Voluntary Carbon Markets To CantorCO2e Trading Platform

Pa. Doubles Green-Energy Use to 20%

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