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Policy & Enforcement Briefing: COP 17 Durban, Gulf Coast Task Force, Chevron Fined

December 7, 2011December 7, 2011 by Leon Walker

Durban: The world’s biggest polluters -China, the United States and India – remain firmly against a new legal commitment to curb their carbon emissions. The nations want to put off a commitment on binding cuts until 2015 – until after the publication of additional scientific review on the effects of ... Read more »

Policy & Enforcement Briefing: COP 17 Durban, SolarWorld, Better Buildings Challenge, Boiler MACT

December 5, 2011June 18, 2013 by Leon Walker

Durban: U.N. climate chief Christiana Figueres remains hopeful that countries can get past the years of gridlock to reach fresh, binding commitments to GHG reductions, Reuters said. The remarks follow news that China could join legally binding emissions targets after 2020. A researcher from China’s Energy Research Institute in Beijing ... Read more »

Policy & Enforcement Briefing: More EPA Delays, Solar Trade Dispute, Chevron Fined

November 23, 2011 by Environmental Leader

The EPA said it will delay proposing the country’s first-ever greenhouse gas limits on oil refineries, the latest setback for the agency that has struggled to fulfill its ambitious clean air agenda, Reuters reported. The EPA had been required to propose the rules by mid-December as part of a court ... Read more »

Few Oil & Gas Firms Set Environmental Goals

October 11, 2011October 11, 2011 by Tamar Wilner

BP, ConocoPhillips, GazProm, PetroChina, SinoPec and Royal Dutch Shell have all failed to set specific sustainability goals, making the industry lag conspicuously behind others, according to a report by Green Research. The sector is the only one, out of those Green Research has studied, in which a significant number of ... Read more »

Compliance & Standards Briefing: Leaks, Labeling and Laundry

July 14, 2011 by Environmental Leader

Officials in Maine plan to announce on Friday that Chevron will pay a large settlement for more than 140,000 gallons of oil that has been seeping from storage tanks from the 1940s to the 1980s into the Penobscot River near Bangor, according to the Bangor Daily News. The oil company ... Read more »

Ecuadorian Judge Hits Chevron with $8.6bn Ruling

February 15, 2011October 18, 2016 by Tamar Wilner

Chevron has been slapped with an $8.6 billion penalty, in what is suspected to be the largest environmental fine in history – and the amount could double. An Ecuadorian judge yesterday ordered Chevron to pay $8.6 billion to clean up oil pollution in the country’s rain forest, the Wall Street ... Read more »

BP, Other Oil Companies Update Transparency Guidelines

February 8, 2011February 8, 2011 by Tamar Wilner

Oil and gas companies including BP, Chevron and ExxonMobil have contributed to updated guidance on improving transparency in environmental reporting. Three oil and gas associations have published a second edition of their joint guidance, which they say will help the industry keep its stakeholders informed about company performance. The American ... Read more »

Coca-Cola Signs Waste Pledge; Biofuels Fail Standards; Forests to be Leased

January 28, 2011October 18, 2016 by Tamar Wilner

Coca-Cola, Kraft and Procter & Gamble are among the latest companies to join voluntary U.K. pledges to reduce packaging and waste. The companies signed the Courtauld Commitment, set by the Waste & Resources Action Programme (WRAP). The commitment says that companies will reduce the carbon impact of their grocery packaging ... Read more »

Shareholders Demand Fracking Risk Disclosure

January 24, 2011January 24, 2011 by Tamar Wilner

Investors have filed shareholder resolutions urging nine major oil and gas companies to disclose risks of their U.S. natural gas fracturing, or fracking, operations. Five investment groups filed resolutions with ExxonMobil, Chevron, Ultra Petroleum, El Paso, Cabot Oil & Gas, Southwestern Energy, Energen, Anadarko and Carrizo Oil & Gas. The ... Read more »

Chevron Attempts to Repair Tarnished Image with ‘We Agree’ Ad Campaign

October 18, 2010October 18, 2010 by Gina Roos

Chevron has launched a new global advertising campaign called “We Agree,” which is in direct response to industry critics as it tries to repair its image in the wake of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill and a multi-billion lawsuit that claims the oil company is responsible for oil pollution ... Read more »

Sunoco, Shell, Chevron Boast GHG Emission Cuts

May 11, 2010May 11, 2010 by Gina Roos

Although Sunoco, Shell and Chevron report reductions in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions for 2009, part of the declines can be attributed to lower production demand. Sunoco has reduced its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions at its refineries and chemical plants by more than 19 percent since 1990, according to the company’s ... Read more »

Chevron Installing Massive Solar System to Run Oil Plant’s Pumps, Pipelines

March 22, 2010March 22, 2010 by Paul Nastu

Chevron is adding a solar system to power the pumps and pipelines at its Kern River oil field facility. The 7,700 solar panels are expected to produce about 740 kilowatts of electricity, according to Reuters. Chevron is using the eight-acre site — “Project Brightfield” — as a testing grounds of ... Read more »

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