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Renewable Energy Is No Longer a Pipe Dream

April 2, 2012 by Jennifer Hermes

In October 2011, the global population reached seven billion. It is on its way to more than nine billion, and it took only a dozen years to add the last billion. While the population explodes and economies grow, a significant number of people are becoming increasingly affluent. With money to ... Read more »

Eastman Chemical Efficiency Program Saved $11.6 Million Last Year

March 16, 2012March 16, 2012 by Leon Walker

An ongoing energy efficiency drive by Eastman Chemical Co. resulted in $11.6 million of energy savings in 2011 and cut 357 million pounds of greenhouse gas emissions compared to 2010, according to an article in IndustryWeek.com. The program has its roots in 2010 when Eastman, a producer of chemicals, fibers ... Read more »

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

March 16, 2012June 23, 2013 by Leon Walker

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

February 29, 2012June 23, 2013 by Leon Walker

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

February 27, 2012March 26, 2012 by Leon Walker

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 »

Policy & Enforcement Briefing: BP Trial, Forest Emissions, FTC Hits Window Claims

February 27, 2012 by Leon Walker

BP and plaintiffs suing over the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill are discussing a $14 billion settlement that appears to be nearing completion. A federal judge in New Orleans delayed a liability trial to allow additional time to continue settlement talks. The proposed agreement would be separate from BP’s ... Read more »

Six Lesser-Known Climate Facts

February 15, 2012February 15, 2012 by Kumar Venkat

Climate change seems to have taken a back seat lately both in policy debates and business strategies. But this is generally not the case in the research community, where rigorous analyses of climate change mitigation proposals are being published regularly. Herewith are six lesser-known recent findings that help separate the ... Read more »

Inspector General: EPA Failed to Follow Procedure on GHG Assessment

September 30, 2011September 30, 2011 by Leon Walker

The EPA Office of the Inspector General has taken a stance against the procedural policy the EPA used in its 2009 determination that greenhouse gas emissions pose a threat to public health and welfare, with a report released this week, “Procedural Review of EPA’s Greenhouse Gases Endangerment Finding Data Quality Processes.” ... Read more »

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

September 30, 2011September 30, 2011 by Leon Walker

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

September 28, 2011 by Jennifer Hermes

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

August 2, 2011August 2, 2011 by Leon Walker

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 »

U.K. Groups Recalculate Costs of Mandatory GHG Reporting

August 2, 2011 by Leon Walker

Environmental groups in the UK are making their case for the value of mandatory carbon reporting after a government study put a price tag of about $9.8 billion (£6 billion) for the cost of such a reporting policy to British businesses over ten years, reports the Financial Times. The report, ... Read more »

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