National Resources Defense Council Archives - Environment + Energy Leader

Blue Sphere Breaks Ground on Waste-to-Energy Project

March 26, 2015April 1, 2015 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Waste-to-energy company Blue Sphere has broken ground on both its first waste-to-energy project and new US headquarters in Charlotte, North Carolina. The facility will produce 5.2 MW of clean energy from food waste that would normally end up in local landfills. That electricity will then be sold to Duke Energy ... Read more »

Groups Petition FDA to Ban Imported PFCs in Paper Products

October 23, 2014October 22, 2014 by Ken Jennison

A group of consumer and health organizations has filed a petition with the Food and Drug Administration asking the agency to ban perchlorate and perfluorocarboxylates in paper products that are imported into the US, citing potential harm to human health. In 2011, three US manufacturers voluntarily stopped using the chemicals ... Read more »

FEMA to Require States to Examine Climate Risks

October 3, 2014October 2, 2014 by Ken Jennison

The Federal Emergency Management Agency will soon require states to examine the impacts of global warming on their communities as a condition for receiving federal disaster preparedness funding, according to draft guidelines released by the agency earlier this month. States hoping to get federal funding for disaster preparedness must conduct ... Read more »

Big Rigs Can Cut Fuel Consumption 40%, ACEEE Says

June 13, 2014June 13, 2014 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Fuel efficiency and greenhouse gas emissions standards for medium- and heavy-duty trucks could achieve a reduction in average new truck fuel consumption of at least 40 percent by 2025 from 2010 levels, according to a fact sheet by American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy and four other groups. The EPA ... Read more »

Calif. Utilities Save Customers $850 Million Over 2 Years

December 23, 2013 by Leon Walker

The $1 billion invested annually in energy efficiency programs by California’s largest utilities have saved customers $850 million on their energy bills over the last two years, after accounting for costs, according to the National Resources Defense Council. The energy savings are enough to power all of the homes in Fresno County, ... Read more »

ACEEE Finds Energy Savings in the Laundry

July 24, 2013 by Leon Walker

Despite advances in the efficiency of laundry machines, there are still significant energy savings to be realized in the residential sector and even more so in the largely untapped commercial laundry sector, according to a white paper by the American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy and the Natural Resources ... Read more »

NRDC: Indian Office Building Retrofit is Exemplar

April 22, 2013August 2, 2019 by Leon Walker

A retrofit of the iconic Godrej Bhavan office building in South Mumbai that cut its electricity costs by 28 percent shows that such projects are practical and profitable in India’s rapidly transforming building stock, according to the National Resources Defense Council. As described in the case study, Saving Money and Energy: ... Read more »

Food Waste ‘Causes Losses Throughout the Supply Chain’

August 23, 2012August 24, 2012 by Kirsten Korosec

Grocery stores and other retail food sellers are losing as much as $15 billion a year in unsold fruits and vegetables alone, with about half of the U.S. supply going uneaten, according to an analysis on food waste by the National Resources Defense Council. The NRDC report, Wasted: How America ... Read more »

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