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Backed by $7.6 Trillion Worth of Investors, CDP Urges Companies to Cut Emissions

April 5, 2011April 5, 2011 by Tamar Wilner

Institutional investors managing $7.6 trillion yesterday called on companies in the FTSE Global 500 to institute cost-effective programs to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. A group of 34 investors, including Aviva Investors, CCLA Investment Management and Scottish Widows Investment Partnership, called for the changes through Carbon Action, a new initiative of ... Read more »

EPA and Louisiana Tussle Over GHG Permits

March 23, 2011March 23, 2011 by Tamar Wilner

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has not yet approved the country’s first greenhouse gas permits for industrial plants, nearly two months after they were issued – leaving environmental groups threatening an appeal. Steel company Nucor corporation became the first in the country to secure permits for its carbon emissions on ... Read more »

U.S. Bank Chooses Hara for Energy Management

February 18, 2011February 18, 2011 by Tamar Wilner

The country’s fifth-largest commercial bank has selected Hara to provide it with comprehensive energy and resource management software. Hara Environmental and Energy Management (EEM) software will help U.S. Bank identify energy reduction opportunities in its properties while tracking and measuring environmental initiatives, Hara said. Hara EEM will create a central ... Read more »

EPA Chief Defends GHG Rules on Capitol Hill

February 10, 2011October 18, 2016 by Tamar Wilner

The head of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) yesterday defended the agency’s greenhouse gas regulations before House Republicans. Lisa Jackson was a witness at a hearing held by the Energy and Commerce Committee, to review the economic impact of the EPA’s limits on carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases. She ... Read more »

Palm Oil Giant Agrees to Protect Forests

February 9, 2011February 9, 2011 by Tamar Wilner

The world’s second-largest palm oil company has agreed a standard for conservation of Indonesian forests and peatlands, according to non-profit The Forest Trust (TFT). TFT and Golden Agri-Resources Limited (GAR), part of the Sinar Mas group, a $2.3 billion company that is the largest palm oil producer in Indonesia, have ... Read more »

California Board Approves Emissions Credits

February 7, 2011October 18, 2016 by Tamar Wilner

Air quality officials on Friday adopted a plan to allow Los Angeles area industries to buy emissions credits. The South Coast Air Quality Management District board voted 10-1 to allow low-level polluters to sell their credits to companies seeking to expand their operations and emit more pollution, the Los Angeles ... Read more »

Bacardi Improves Energy, Water Efficiency

January 31, 2011January 31, 2011 by Tamar Wilner

Bacardi has reduced water consumption by 27 percent and energy use by 11 percent, year-on-year. The liquor company’s 2010 corporate responsibility report (pdf) says that the company reduced water consumption by 27.3 percent in fiscal year 2010, a 41.4 percent improvement over the past four years. One-fifth of the drop ... Read more »

ABS, SDARI to Test Fuel-Saving Tech for Ships

September 8, 2010 by Gina Roos

ABS and the Shanghai Merchant Ship Design & Research Institute (SDARI) have entered into a two-year joint research and development project to study the potential of an energy-saving device that could improve propulsion efficiency on a bulk carrier. This add-on device could offer ship owners the potential to reduce greenhouse ... Read more »

EPA Considers Energy Efficiency as Part of BACT Rules

April 27, 2010 by Gina Roos

As the Environmental Protection Agency gets ready to issue guidance on how it will define best available control technology (BACT) for greenhouse gases from stationary sources, the EPA’s air chief is requesting feedback from agency advisors on how the government promotes energy efficiency and innovative technology, reports the New York ... Read more »

EPA’s Endangerment Finding Under Fire by States, Lawmakers and Industry Groups

February 18, 2010 by Gina Roos

A legal battle is brewing for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s endangerment finding for greenhouse gasses after several industry groups, conservative think tanks, lawmakers and three states filed 16 court challenges before yesterday’s (Feb. 16) deadline, reports the New York Times. The lawsuits filed in the U.S. Circuit Court of ... Read more »

As UK Cap and Trade Falters, Government May Prop Up Carbon Prices

February 9, 2010 by Gina Roos

UK lawmakers are calling for stricter limits on greenhouse gases and the power to intervene in carbon markets as its cap-and-trade program fails to encourage investments in cleaner energy, reports Business Week. The UK’s cross-party parliamentary Environmental Audit Committee (EAC) says the current EU ETS carbon price is well below ... Read more »

U.S. Dairy Industry Plans 25% GHG Emissions Cut by 2020

December 16, 2009 by Gina Roos

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy are working together to help the U.S. dairy industry reach its goal to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 25 percent over the next decade. One part of the strategy is to turn methane gas from livestock ... Read more »

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