Environmental Defense Fund Archives - Page 9 of 12

Accelerating the Clean Energy Revolution with CA’s Cap-and-Trade

June 3, 2013 by Jennifer Hermes

Six months ago, California launched the largest economy-wide cap-and-trade program in the world, in what many have deemed a grand experiment. Many people watched nervously as the market unfolded, despite California having applied the lessons learned from the growing pains of the EU ETS and from six years of crafting ... Read more »

Green Business Engagement Programs Join Forces

June 3, 2013June 3, 2013 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Representatives from green business engagement programs are working to create a national association to help companies reduce greenhouse gas emissions and strengthen the coordination and impact of these types of programs across the US. Representatives from 21 such programs met for a first-ever national summit in Boston last month. During ... Read more »

Noesis Helps Building Owners Find Energy Efficiency Financing

May 31, 2013 by Paul Nastu

Noesis Energy launched a matchmaking service to connect building managers and owners wanting to invest in energy-efficiency projects with financing companies that specialize in loans for such projects, and has brought four companies – BluePath Finance, Metrus Energy, TIP Capital and Vireo Energy – on board. The lenders offer capital ... Read more »

106 Organizations Use Climate Corps Fellows This Summer

May 23, 2013 by Linda Hardesty

The Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) has kicked off its sixth and largest season of EDF Climate Corps, placing 116 Climate Corps fellows in 106 organizations, including new participants such as Apple, Colgate-Palmolive, General Motors, and the cities of Austin and Philadelphia. These organizations will join returning hosts including AT&T, Facebook, ... Read more »

Cap-and-Trade Auction Investment Plan a Win for California

May 8, 2013 by Jennifer Hermes

California’s clean economy is dominated by industries like clean transportation, energy generation, and energy efficiency. So it comes as no surprise these areas were targeted for cap-and-trade auction proceeds investments in the draft investment plan released by the California Air Resources Board (CARB) recently. Specifically, the plan lays out three ... Read more »

More Voices Emerge in Support of California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard

April 9, 2013April 23, 2013 by Jennifer Hermes

In the past few weeks, California’s California Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) received a heavy dose of positive news: strong support from major companies to develop cleaner transportation fuel options and solid evidence to prove the standard is working. On April 2, major business interests and non-profit organizations across the ... Read more »

Environmental Executive Moves: Ecodesk, EDF, PwC, LiqTech

April 2, 2013April 2, 2013 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Here’s the latest news on hirings, promotions and departures among environmental leaders. Ecodesk: The open data sustainability reporting platform has hired Nick Murry as chief sustainability officer. Murry, who has also consulted for the United Nations, World Bank and European Commission, joins Ecodesk after 16 years with international infrastructure consultancy ... Read more »

Online Tool Measures Cafes’ Carbon ‘Foodprint’

March 28, 2013 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Environmental software firm FirstCarbon Solutions and food service management company Compass Group have launched an online tool to help Compass Group chefs and managers reduce energy, water and resource use. The new Carbon Foodprint toolkit is available to all 9,900 Compass Group cafes in the US. Auburn University, Green Mountain ... Read more »

Chevron, Shell, Enviros Set Fracking Standards

March 21, 2013March 21, 2013 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Chevron, Shell and other natural gas companies and environmental groups have formed a new center that will set standards for drilling by hydraulic fracturing in the Appalachian Basin. Based in Pittsburgh, Penn., the Center for Sustainable Shale Development (CSSD) has established 15 initial performance standards that the groups say will ... 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 »

EDF Launches Private Equity Environmental Tool

December 12, 2012 by Leon Walker

The Environmental Defense Fund has launched an environmental, social and governance management tool for the private equity industry. Created in collaboration with advisory firm Irbaris, the tool defines for the first time the practices necessary to build a successful ESG management program and provides a framework to assess, analyze and ... Read more »

School Bus Retrofits ‘Can Cut Emissions Up To 90%’

November 28, 2012November 28, 2012 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

For between $9,000 and $15,000 each, older school buses can be fitted with tailpipe and crankcase filters that reduce soot emissions by up to 90 percent, according to an Environmental Defense Fund report. This makes the old buses as clean as new ones for a fraction of the cost — ... Read more »

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