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Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Superfund Sites, OECD Report on GHG, Tier 3 Standards

President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron discussed the release of emergency oil reserves during a bilateral meeting this week, but no agreement was reached. U.S. officials have said that they will consider all possible measures – including a release from the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) – to prevent oil ... Read more »

Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Keystone XL, Australia Carbon Tax, EU ETS Permit Supply, U.S. GHG Report

The White House backed TransCanada Corp.’s bid to build a major portion of the Keystone XL oil pipeline – a $2.3 billion section called Gulf Coast Project, which runs from Cushing, Okla., to Texas. It would carry crude oil pumped in the Midwest to refineries in Texas, The Hill reports. ... Read more »

Dow Aims to Keep Absolute GHGs Below 2006 Levels

Dow Chemical has announced a goal to keep all greenhouse gas emissions below 2006 levels on an absolute basis, marking a shift in reporting practices, according to a quarterly sustainability update. The company says it will continue to report GHG intensity, but absolute emissions will become the primary GHG metric ... Read more »

Chevy Sonic Wet Paint Job Cuts GHG, Saves $40 a Car

General Motors is applying a new painting process to the 2012 Chevrolet Sonic, using a water-based “three-wet” paint process and a single trip through the oven. The painting method reduces the paint shop footprint by 10 percent, and reduces manufacturing costs by roughly $40 per vehicle, GM says. When full ... Read more »

The Anatomy of Food Waste

Consider this. There is one economic sector that is essential for survival and accounts for a considerable share of our daily expenses and GHG emissions – and some 28 percent of the production in this sector (in the US) is never consumed. If you haven’t guessed it already, that would ... Read more »

New CSR Portal, but Less Aggressive GHG, Renewable Energy Targets for Timberland

Footwear and outdoor apparel maker Timberland has updated its corporate sustainability reporting goals, publishing these targets in a newly launched online CSR portal. The updated CSR goals are categorized into four broad areas  – climate, product, factories and service – with quantifiable  updates for each. Ironically, behind the user-friendly interface, ... Read more »

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