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90 Firms Responsible for Two-Thirds of Emissions

November 22, 2013November 22, 2013 by Leon Walker

Just 90 companies, including ChevronTexaco, ExxonMobil and BP, are responsible for causing almost two-thirds of all man-made global emissions during the industrial era, according to research by the Climate Accountability Institute. These “carbon majors” include 50 investor-owned companies, 31 state-owned companies, and nine government-run industries in the former Soviet Union, China and ... Read more »

Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Water Act, RFS Suit Looms, Kauai GMO Bill

October 18, 2013July 3, 2017 by Tamar Wilner

The House will take up the Water Resources Reform and Development Act next week, according to a statement by Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA). The Senate passed the act in May. The American Petroleum Institute plans to sue if the EPA does not finalize the 2014 Renewable Fuel Standard by the ... Read more »

GE, AT&T, Siemens Support Keystone XL

October 14, 2013October 14, 2013 by Tamar Wilner

A diverse group of over 150 companies, including AT&T, Motorola, Siemens, Volvo and Wyndham Worldwide, have urged President Obama to approve construction of the Keystone XL pipeline. Companies signing the letter include many one would expect – fossil fuel companies such as Chevron, ConocoPhillips, Exxon Mobil and Shell; utilities such ... Read more »

GEMI Develops Sustainable Supply Chain Tool

October 14, 2013March 14, 2018 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

The Global Environmental Management Initiative is developing a tool focused on supply chain sustainability and the procurement decision-making process. The free, interactive online tool is intended to help companies prioritize supply chain processes and identify “hotspot” processes as well as opportunities for improvement, according to the green business alliance whose ... Read more »

CDP Global 500: 10% of Largest Companies Produce 73% of GHGs

September 12, 2013 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

BMW, Daimler, Philips Electronics, Nestlé, financial firm BNY Mellon, Cisco Systems and utility Gas Natural SDG — all with perfect 100 disclosure scores and A performance ratings — top the CDP’s list of the world’s best companies in terms of climate change disclosure and performance. Honda, Nissan, Volkswagen, Hewlett-Packard and ... Read more »

DOE Approves Natural Gas Export Facility

May 20, 2013May 20, 2013 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Mitsui and Mitsubishi of Japan, and GDF Suez of France have invested in a US liquefied natural gas (LNG) project following the Energy Department’s Friday decision to end a freeze on natural gas exports and conditionally approve a Texas LNG project. The decision allows the Freeport LNG Terminal (pictured) on ... Read more »

Policy & Enforcement Briefing: McCarthy Grilling, ConocoPhillips, Carbon Markets

April 12, 2013June 30, 2013 by Tamar Wilner

The Senate confirmed REI chief executive Sally Jewell (pictured) as Interior Secretary on Wednesday, in an 87-11 vote, the Boston Globe reports. One of her first agenda items will be a rule proposing that companies publicly disclose the chemicals they use in fracking on public lands. The EPA will show flexibility ... Read more »

Policy & Enforcement Briefing: State Dept. on Keystone, TX Water Projects, Polar Bears Protected

March 4, 2013June 30, 2013 by Leon Walker

The State Department issued a revised environmental impact statement for the Keystone XL pipeline, presenting no conclusive environmental reason it should not be built. But the study says that tar sands oil produces 5 percent to 19 percent more greenhouse gas emissions than other crude, depending on what oil was ... Read more »

GEMI Updates Water Tools

February 8, 2013February 11, 2013 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

The Global Environmental Management Initiative has updated its GEMI Local Water Tool and the GEMI LWT for Oil and Gas. The green business alliance, whose members include ConocoPhillips, FedEx, Kraft Foods, Procter & Gamble and Southern Company, among others, launched the free tools in March 2012. The tools are intended ... Read more »

Google Tests Biofuel Car

October 26, 2012October 26, 2012 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Google has been using Cool Planet Energy Systems’ biofuel blend to run a fleet vehicle at the search giant’s Mountain View, Calif. campus, according to the energy-tech startup. Google Ventures — along with General Electric, BP, ConocoPhillips, NRG and the Constellation Energy division of Exelon — is also an investor in the ... Read more »

Policy & Enforcement Briefing: EU Nuclear Safety, Alaska-Asia Pipeline, EIA Budget, Kalamazoo Cleanup

October 5, 2012June 30, 2013 by Leon Walker

Most of the EU’s 130 active nuclear reactors need safety improvements, repairs or upgrades, at a cost of up to $32 billion, a European Commission review finds. The EC conducted a nuclear safety review after the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Japan. The assessment found that agreements on extensive ... Read more »

Isaac Shuts Oil, Gas Production; Could Ease Drought

August 28, 2012August 29, 2012 by Kirsten Korosec

More than three-fourths of daily oil production in the Gulf of Mexico has been shut in as Tropical Storm Isaac bears down on the coast and threatens to make landfall as a hurricane, which could produce flooding and storm surges in Louisiana and Florida. The Bureau of Safety and Environmental ... Read more »

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