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Manufacturers ‘Freaked Out’ about Climate Guidelines

March 18, 2013March 18, 2013 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Manufacturers are “very freaked out” by new climate change standards that President Obama will reportedly issue in the coming weeks, Bloomberg reports. According to the news agency, Obama will set guidelines that requires all federal agencies to consider the effects of major projects on air, water and soil pollution. Lobbyists ... Read more »

GM to Cut Vehicle Weight ‘Up to 15%’ by 2017

March 11, 2013March 11, 2013 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

General Motors will save 12 billion gallons of fuel over the life of the vehicles it builds between 2011 and 2017 by reducing vehicle weight by up to 15 percent, along with other fuel efficiency improvements, GM CEO and chairman Dan Akerson said in a speech at the IHS CERAWeek ... Read more »

VW to Reduce CO2 Emissions to 95 g/km by 2020

March 6, 2013 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

The Volkswagen Group has said it will reduce the CO2 emissions of its European new car fleet to 95 grams per kilometer by 2020. The automaker says it’s the first to commit to this target. Previously, Volkswagen had set a target of reducing the CO2 emissions of its European new ... Read more »

Maersk Beats 2020 Carbon Goal

January 25, 2013January 28, 2013 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Maersk Line has reached, eight years early, its target of reducing CO2 emissions by 25 percent from 2007 levels. The shipping company has now increased its 2020 goal to a 40 percent reduction. The company says increased operational efficiency, network and voyage optimization, slow steaming and technical innovation helped it ... Read more »

Energy, Deforestation Among ‘Top 2013 Stories to Watch’

January 16, 2013January 16, 2013 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Energy demand and supply, deforestation and President Obama’s political leadership on climate change are among the top environmental and sustainability stories to watch in 2013, according to the World Resources Institute. CO2 emissions are on the rise globally, from 6 billion tons in 1950 to 35 billion tons in 2012 ... Read more »

Panama Canal Project Won’t Cut Carbon, Study Finds

December 21, 2012December 20, 2012 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

While larger vessel sizes carrying cargo through an expanded Panama Canal could reduce CO2 emissions as much as 23 percent, other factors such as increased voyage distance and waterborne emissions essentially negate these GHG reductions, according to a new Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) study. The peer-reviewed Panama Canal Expansion: Emission Changes ... Read more »

BASF Resin Saves Ford Fusion 60,000 lb CO2 a Year

December 12, 2012December 12, 2012 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

The trim around the window switches in the 2013 Ford Fusion saves 2,700 gallons of diesel fuel usage and about 60,000 pounds of CO2 emissions a year, the automaker says. The new resin, developed by BASF, allows Ford to skip the clear-coat paint traditionally applied to the molded plastic pieces ... Read more »

Steel Companies’ CO2 Reporting Up, Emissions Steady

October 15, 2012October 15, 2012 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

At 1.8 tons of CO2 produced per ton of crude steel cast, the global steel industry’s greenhouse gas emissions haven’t changed since 2007, according to Worldsteel’s 2012 Sustainability Indicators. Established in 2003, the indicators measure the steel industry’s sustainability progress. The 2012 Sustainability Indicators capture data from 100 member and ... Read more »

Socially Networked Pickup Systems Can Reduce GHGs Up To 98%, Study Finds

August 27, 2012August 28, 2012 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

When customers use social networks to find package pick-up points, greenhouse gas emissions decline by 45 to 98 percent compared to a typical home delivery route, researchers at the University of Minnesota and Seoul National University say. The GHG reductions depend on the social connectedness of the recipients and the ... Read more »

Abengoa Labels CO2 Emissions in 15 Products and Services

August 24, 2012 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Abengoa reduced its CO2 emissions by 361,212 metric tons in 2011, compared to 2010 levels, and this year has labeled CO2 emissions generated by more than 15 products and services, using its own Integrated Sustainability Management System (ISMS) and other tools. The Spain-based renewable energy technology company also says it ... Read more »

SCA Achieves First Zero-Waste-To-Landfill Plant in North America

April 2, 2012April 2, 2012 by Leon Walker

SCA announced its first zero-waste-to-landfill manufacturing plant in North America. The plant, in Bowling Green, Ky., manufactures SCA’s Tena line of incontinence products. The facility, which opened in 1988, had programs in place to recycle about 90 percent of its waste. In 2011, the paper company reviewed waste streams left over ... Read more »

Volume of Global Carbon Market to Grow 13% in 2012, Then Decline

February 23, 2012February 23, 2012 by Leon Walker

The volume of carbon traded globally will grow by 13 percent in 2012 reaching 9.5 Gt CO2e, despite depressed prices, according to analysis by Thomson Reuters Point Carbon. However, after that, global carbon markets are expected to enter their first decline in volumes since EU ETS was launched, the company ... Read more »

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