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PwC: Supply Chains Threatened by Six-Degree Global Warming

November 5, 2012November 5, 2012 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Some 85 percent of companies have more complex supply chains as a result of globalization, and adjusted climate forecasts mean businesses should expect climate change to have an even more destructive effect than previously assumed on supply chains, assets and infrastructure, according to two reports from PricewaterhouseCoopers. The first PwC report, 10 ... Read more »

Sandy Slows Deliveries, Cripples Supply Chains

November 5, 2012November 5, 2012 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Companies from Amazon to railroad firm CSX are warning customers to expect delays on shipments as Hurricane Sandy continues to back up supply chains and slow deliveries leading into the holiday season. CSX told its customers to expect delays of at least 72 hours as trains in the Northeast continue ... Read more »

Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Pa. Drinking Water, German Shipper Banned, Chinese Solar

November 5, 2012June 30, 2013 by Leon Walker

The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection reported incomplete drinking-water test results that omitted data on some toxic metals, because the department’s oil and gas division had not requested all the results. The report is part of a lawsuit claiming that fracking and storage of wastewater have contaminated drinking water and ... Read more »

Policy & Enforcement Briefing: FERC $435m Penalty, Fuel Waiver, Calif. Carbon Market

November 2, 2012June 30, 2013 by Leon Walker

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission proposed a $435 million penalty against Barclays Bank for allegedly manipulating electricity markets in and around California between 2006 and 2008. FERC is also seeking to force Barclays to give up $35 million in profits gained from the allegedly illegal trading, and proposing $18 million ... Read more »

Sandy Ruptured Shell-Saudi Oil Tank; 349,000 Gallons Spilled

November 1, 2012November 1, 2012 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Cleanup efforts are underway to remove 349,000 gallons of diesel fuel that spilled into New Jersey’s Arthur Kill waterway as a result of Hurricane Sandy, according to media reports. The spill happened late Oct. 29 when a storage tank ruptured at a Motiva Enterprises oil tank facility in Woodbridge and ... Read more »

Businesses Reel from Hurricane Sandy

October 31, 2012 by Tamar Wilner

Hurricane Sandy has disrupted businesses from Virginia to Rhode Island, but the storm may actually benefit some companies in the long run. Northrop Grumman closed facilities in Suffolk, Va., Columbia, Md., Pleasantville, N.J., J Street, N.Y., and Middletown, R.I., Industry Week reports. Lockheed Martin also closed several facilities on Monday ... Read more »

Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Hurricane Sandy, BP, Sulfur Limits, Chinese Mining

October 31, 2012June 30, 2013 by Leon Walker

In assessing the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, insurance industry analysts say that the government’s national flood insurance program is already $20 billion in debt since 2005’s Hurricane Katrina. It is expected that Sandy will exhaust the NFIP’s remaining $3 billion of statutory borrowing authority, and the program will need to request ... Read more »

Hurricane Sandy Cuts Power to 8.2 Million

October 31, 2012 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Utilities are preparing for what could be the worst power outage in years as Hurricane Sandy cut power to more than 8.2 million across the East as of 2 p.m. EDT on Oct. 30, according to the Department of Energy. As many as 60 million people could be affected by ... Read more »

Sandy Losses Could Exceed $20 Billion

October 30, 2012October 30, 2012 by Kirsten Korosec

Hurricane Sandy delivered gale-force winds, rain and snow to the east coast, damaging businesses and homes, grounding thousands of US flights, flooding New York City’s subways and tunnels and cutting power to more than six million customers after making landfall on New Jersey’s shore and cutting a path through Pennsylvania. ... Read more »

Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Fukushima, Daina Shipping, Abound Solar, Wind Lease

October 29, 2012June 30, 2013 by Leon Walker

Tokyo Electric Power, operator of the Fukushima power plant, said it couldn’t completely rule out the possibility that the nuclear facility may still leak radiation into the sea, but the company confirmed that radiation levels are declining in the sea water and seabed soil around the plant. Fishing in the ... Read more »

Hurricane Sandy Shuts Wall Street, Grounds Flights

October 29, 2012October 30, 2012 by Kirsten Korosec

Hurricane Sandy strengthened on Monday as it headed toward the East Coast, prompting governors to order evacuations, airlines to cancel an estimated 6,000 flights, US equity markets to close trading floors, public transit to suspend service in cities such as New York, Philadelphia and Washington D.C., and more than two-third’s ... Read more »

PwC: Supply Chains Threatened by Six-Degree Global Warming

Sandy Slows Deliveries, Cripples Supply Chains

Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Pa. Drinking Water, German Shipper Banned, Chinese Solar

Policy & Enforcement Briefing: FERC $435m Penalty, Fuel Waiver, Calif. Carbon Market

Sandy Ruptured Shell-Saudi Oil Tank; 349,000 Gallons Spilled

Businesses Reel from Hurricane Sandy

Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Hurricane Sandy, BP, Sulfur Limits, Chinese Mining

Hurricane Sandy Cuts Power to 8.2 Million

Sandy Losses Could Exceed $20 Billion

Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Fukushima, Daina Shipping, Abound Solar, Wind Lease

Hurricane Sandy Shuts Wall Street, Grounds Flights

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