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Oil Spill Shuts 10% of Refining Capacity

March 24, 2014March 24, 2014 by Bill Opalka

Shipping channels that deliver crude oil for more than one-tenth of US refining capacity in Texas were shut for a third day on Monday following a weekend oil spill, Reuters reports. The spill cleanup could last through the week. The Houston Ship Channel was shut on Saturday following a collision ... Read more »

Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Mandatory CSR, Oil Spill Fines, Flood Report

March 21, 2014 by Tamar Wilner

India is mandating that companies with an annual turnover of INR 10 billion ($164 million) or more, or a net worth of INR 5 billion and more, or a net profit of INR 0.05 billion or more during any financial year, set aside two percent of their net profits for socially beneficial activities in ... Read more »

Standards & Compliance Briefing: Sustainable Beef, IgCC Changes, Prop. 65 Reforms

March 20, 2014 by Tamar Wilner

The Global Roundtable for Sustainable Beef has released its draft Principles and Criteria for Global Sustainable Beef for public comment, through May 16. The draft was developed by GRSB members, including producers and producer associations, the processing sector, retail companies, civil society organizations, and regional roundtables. California’s Office of Environmental Health ... Read more »

Oil Spills Increase as Energy Demand Rises — Six Steps to Remediation

March 18, 2014 by Jennifer Hermes

According to the EPA, 1,800 to 2,400 oil spills are reported each year that are caused by a variety of reasons, including storage leaks, production issues and transportation accidents. This equates to millions of gallons of contaminates flooding the environment annually. The frequency of spills has steadily escalated over the ... Read more »

40 Million Acres in the Gulf of Mexico Now Open to Oil Exploration

March 5, 2014 by Jennifer Hermes

In a new push by the Obama administration, as part of an all-of-the-above energy strategy, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) will auction off 40 million acres in the Gulf of Mexico to help facilitate the growth of US energy production. In 2013, the Gulf of Mexico contributed 20 ... Read more »

Policy & Enforcement Briefing: EPA Budget, Bottle Ban, Chevron Win

March 5, 2014 by Tamar Wilner

President Obama’s 2015 budget proposal calls for more investment in natural gas research and fossil fuel development, including what energy secretary Ernest Moniz called the administration’s first moves to demonstrate carbon capture technology for natural gas systems, The Hill reports. The budget also includes Obama’s $1 billion fund to help communities ... Read more »

Maersk Sustainability Report: Relative CO2 Down 9% in One Year

March 5, 2014March 5, 2014 by Tamar Wilner

A.P. Moller – Maersk, the worldwide shipping, oil and gas company with about 89,000 employees, has released its 2013 Sustainability Report. Highlights include: Greenhouse gases Relative CO2 is down 17 percent from 2010 to 2013, with a 9 percent reduction since 2012. Shipping division Maersk Line has improved its carbon ... Read more »

Barge Spill Shows All Oil Transport Has Risks

February 28, 2014February 28, 2014 by Tamar Wilner

Any way we choose to move our oil – rail, pipeline or barge – businesses will feel the economic and environmental ramifications. The latest case in point: a barge crash last Saturday that spilled about 31,500 gallons of light crude into the Mississippi River, about 50 miles upstream of New Orleans. ... Read more »

Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Fracking Diesel, GM Corn, Fukushima

February 12, 2014February 12, 2014 by Tamar Wilner

The EPA yesterday released revised underground injection control permitting guidance, along with an interpretative memorandum, for fracking wells that use diesel fuels. EPA developed the guidance to clarify how companies can comply with a law passed by Congress in 2005, which exempted hydraulic fracturing operations from the requirement to obtain a ... Read more »

Enforcement Trends: What the EPA Numbers Show

February 10, 2014February 10, 2014 by Tamar Wilner

The number of EPA civil enforcement case initiations and conclusions last year continued a downward trend seen since FY09, as the agency continued to pursue larger and more complex cases, according to newly released data. The FY13 EPA Enforcement and Compliance Annual Results show that last year the agency initiated 2,418 civil ... Read more »

Record Railroad-Related Crude-Oil Spills in 2013

January 23, 2014 by Kirsten Korosec

Thirty percent more crude was spilled from US rail cars in 2013 than in the nearly four previous decades combined, according to US Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration data. An analysis of the data by the Washington Post found railroads spilled 800,000 gallons of crude oil between 1975 and ... Read more »

Carbon Nanotube Sponge Shows Promise for Industrial Accidents, Oil Spill Cleanups

January 21, 2014 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

A carbon nanotube sponge capable of soaking up fertilizers, pesticides, pharmaceuticals and other water contaminants is more than three times more efficient than previous water cleanup efforts, according to a study in Institute of Physics Publishing’s journal Nanotechnology. The tests showed the carbon nanotube (CNT) sponges, doped with sulfur, also ... Read more »

Oil Spill Shuts 10% of Refining Capacity

Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Mandatory CSR, Oil Spill Fines, Flood Report

Standards & Compliance Briefing: Sustainable Beef, IgCC Changes, Prop. 65 Reforms

Oil Spills Increase as Energy Demand Rises — Six Steps to Remediation

40 Million Acres in the Gulf of Mexico Now Open to Oil Exploration

Policy & Enforcement Briefing: EPA Budget, Bottle Ban, Chevron Win

Maersk Sustainability Report: Relative CO2 Down 9% in One Year

Barge Spill Shows All Oil Transport Has Risks

Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Fracking Diesel, GM Corn, Fukushima

Enforcement Trends: What the EPA Numbers Show

Carbon Nanotube Sponge Shows Promise for Industrial Accidents, Oil Spill Cleanups

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