Environmental Defense Fund Archives - Page 5 of 12

Organizations Tap EDF Climate Corps to Save Energy in 2015

January 23, 2015 by Karen Henry

The Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) Climate Corps fellowship program, now in its eighth year, announced that the following organizations have already been confirmed to host 2015 EDF Climate Corps fellows who will help cut costs and carbon emissions through improved energy management: Alamo Colleges, Avaya, Bentall Kennedy, Blue Shield of California, ... Read more »

Chemical Management Tool Launched

December 8, 2014December 8, 2014 by Ken Jennison

Target, Staples, Kaiser Permanente and the US Green Building Council are among the organizations that joined together today to launch the Chemical Footprint Project, a metric for publicly benchmarking corporate chemicals management and profiling leadership companies. The CFP will enable purchasers to preferentially select suppliers and investors to integrate chemical risk ... Read more »

Six Steps for Managing Water Risks, Opportunities

November 12, 2014November 12, 2014 by Ken Jennison

In its 2014 Global Risks report, the World Economic Forum identified water crises as one of the risks of highest concern. For businesses, it is important to understand operational and market contexts to manage water risk and leverage opportunity, according to The Guardian. Businesses can manage water resources with a ... Read more »

GEMI, EDF Expand Water Efficiency Toolkit

October 8, 2014October 7, 2014 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

The Global Environmental Management Initiative and Environmental Defense Fund have teamed up to expand the adoption of their water efficiency toolkit for companies in water-stressed areas as drought conditions persist on the West Coast and throughout the Southwest. The EDF-GEMI Water Management Application (WaterMAPP) toolkit is a MS Excel-based, multi-tabbed ... Read more »

Report: Methane Mitigation Could Stimulate US Economy

October 6, 2014October 3, 2014 by Ken Jennison

Increased use of technologies and services that capture methane emissions from oil and gas systems could save the industry over $1 billion in lost product, reduce air pollution and create new jobs, according to an economic analysis by Datu Research and the Environmental Defense Fund. The report identifies 76 companies ... Read more »

Methane Detectors Challenge Finalists Chosen

August 22, 2014August 21, 2014 by Ken Jennison

Five proposals have been chosen as finalists by the Environmental Defense Fund in the Methane Detectors Challenge, an initiative to identify next-generation technologies that will help better monitor and ultimately help reduce methane emissions from oil and natural gas operations. The challenge is being sponsored by EDF and seven partner ... Read more »

Google Earth, EDF Map Natural Gas Leaks

July 17, 2014July 17, 2014 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Google Earth Outreach and Environmental Defense Fund have partnered to map natural gas leaks under streets of Boston, Indianapolis and New York City’s Staten Island. Leaks like these rarely pose an immediate safety threat, but the leaking natural gas — which is mostly methane — has a powerful effect on ... Read more »

Supreme Court Upholds Factory GHG Emissions Limits

June 24, 2014June 24, 2014 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

The US Supreme Court yesterday ruled that the EPA reasonably interpreted the Clean Air Act to require large industrial facilities and power plants to limit their emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gasses if they are also required to obtain permits due to their emissions of other dangerous air ... Read more »

Big Rigs Can Cut Fuel Consumption 40%, ACEEE Says

June 13, 2014June 13, 2014 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Fuel efficiency and greenhouse gas emissions standards for medium- and heavy-duty trucks could achieve a reduction in average new truck fuel consumption of at least 40 percent by 2025 from 2010 levels, according to a fact sheet by American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy and four other groups. The EPA ... Read more »

Corporations See Water Scarcity as Business Risk

June 3, 2014June 3, 2014 by Leon Walker

Companies including AT&T, Deloitte, MillerCoors and Veolia see water scarcity as a business risk and a barrier to economic growth, according to a blog by Environmental Defense Fund on a recent meeting involving those parties aimed at tackling water scarcity issues. Major nonprofits, water technicians and corporations met at the ... Read more »

EDF, Smithfield Foods to Cut GHGs by 60,000 Tons

May 27, 2014May 23, 2014 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Smithfield Foods and its livestock production subsidiary, Murphy-Brown, are collaborating with Environmental Defense Fund to help farmers optimize fertilizer application to grain grown for animal feed. EDF estimates that the collaboration will reduce excess nitrogen fertilizer on more than 450,000 acres and reduce GHG emissions from agriculture by more than ... Read more »

Investor Confidence Project Comes to Texas

April 17, 2014August 2, 2019 by William Opalka

An innovative program to standardize investment protocols in energy efficiency programs is coming to Texas with the introduction of Keeping PACE in Texas. The Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) said it is dedicated to bringing property assessed clean energy (PACE) programs to the state. The do-it-yourself toolkit embeds energy efficiency protocols ... Read more »

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