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Environmental Enforcement Roundup: North America’s Largest Lead Producer to Pay $65 Million in Fines, Enbridge Oil Spill Cleanup

October 11, 2010October 18, 2016 by Environmental Leader

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the U.S. Justice Department and the Missouri Department of Natural Resources on Friday announced that Doe Run Resources Corp. of St. Louis, North America’s largest lead producer, has agreed to pay approximately $65 million to correct violations of several environmental laws at 10 of its ... Read more »

West Virginia Sues EPA over Mountain Top Mining Controls

October 7, 2010October 18, 2016 by Environmental Leader

The State of West Virginia says it is filing a lawsuit against two federal agencies that seeks to reverse the stricter controls on mountain-top coal mining adopted in 2009 by the Obama administration, the New York Times reports. Announcing the action on Wednesday against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and ... Read more »

Toxic Industrial Spill Kills Four People, Injures 120 in Hungary

October 6, 2010October 18, 2016 by Gina Roos

Hungary has declared a state of emergency in three counties one day after a sludge reservoir at an alumina plant sent toxic red sludge spilling through their villages, killing four people, and injuring 120, reports Reuters. Three people are reported missing. Gyorgy Bakondi, head of the National Disaster Unit (NDU) ... Read more »

Suncor Sustainability Report: Sets Four Environmental Goals for 2015

August 19, 2010 by Gina Roos

Suncor Energy Inc. has set four environmental goals for water use, reclamation, energy efficiency and air emissions, according to the company’s 2010 Report on Sustainability report (PDF). These targets include reducing fresh water consumption 12 percent by 2015, increasing reclamation of disturbed land area 100 percent by 2015, improving energy ... Read more »

How to Use Sustainability Metrics to Drive Business Performance, Innovation and Stakeholder Satisfaction

August 11, 2010September 13, 2010 by Dave Meyer

Environmental metrics were not much of an issue when I started as a young environmental coordinator at a Utah coal mine 30 years ago. The few environmental metrics I used were mainly driven by regulatory-agency permits, inspections and audits. How many spills occurred this month? How many fines did we ... Read more »

Coal Industry Sues Obama Admin

July 22, 2010October 18, 2016 by Paul Nastu

The coal industry announced that it will sue the Obama administration over plans to regulate surface coal mining, according to a report in the Associated Press. According to the report, the National Mining Association names both the Environmental Protection Agency and the Army Corps of Engineers, which it says are ... Read more »

How to Turn Blighted Property into Community Assets through Re-powering

July 6, 2010July 7, 2010 by Jennifer Hermes

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is taking recycling to a new level with its RE-Powering America’s Contaminated Lands and Mines initiative. Cities, businesses, developers, and investors stand to benefit greatly if they are prepared. Since its establishment in the 1990s, EPA’s “Brownfields” land revitalization program has enabled states, communities, and ... Read more »

MEGTEC Builds Methane Abatement System

June 9, 2010June 9, 2010 by Paul Nastu

MEGTEC Systems announced today that it will build the world’s largest methane abatement system to capture and eliminate ventilation air methane (VAM) from the Datong coal mine in China’s Chongqing municipality. The project could generate carbon offset credits (CER) for the company as well. The system, which will go online ... Read more »

Consol Energy Taps Methane For Carbon Credits

June 3, 2010June 3, 2010 by Paul Nastu

Consol Energy will become the second coal miner to develop a methane capture and abatement system in the U.S., according to a company press release and news reports. A report in the Wall Street Journal quoted Consol’s vice president of research and development Steve Winburg as saying the driving force ... Read more »

Environmental Leader Introduces EL Insights – Data, Market Intelligence and Insights on Energy and Environmental Technology

June 2, 2010April 23, 2013 by Paul Nastu

Environmental Leader LLC is pleased to announce its latest offering for decision-makers, EL Insights, a subscription-based information source delivering critical data and insights on energy and environmental technology. “Whether it’s a corporation developing products for the solar industry, an enterprise analyzing carbon management services, or a company weighing energy efficient ... Read more »

Spud Giant Closes Loop on Sustainability

April 23, 2010May 12, 2011 by Paul Nastu

J.R. Simplot, the nation’s largest potato grower and provider of McDonald’s french fries, has created an internal value-chain loop out of its sustainability practices. Simplot, which has about $4.5 billion in annual sales, takes waste slurry from its phosphate mining operations and pipes it 87 miles underground to a plant ... Read more »

BP Defends Oil Sands Project in Canada

April 16, 2010 by Gina Roos

In the wake of BP’s release of its 2009 sustainability review, the oil and gas company shut down a resolution proposed by 143 shareholders at its annual general meeting that demanded BP to review the risks of its Sunrise oil sands development in Alberta, reports The Guardian. BP will make a ... Read more »

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