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PwC: Supply Chains Threatened by Six-Degree Global Warming

Some 85 percent of companies have more complex supply chains as a result of globalization, and adjusted climate forecasts mean businesses should expect climate change to have an even more destructive effect than previously assumed on supply chains, assets and infrastructure, according to two reports from PricewaterhouseCoopers. The first PwC report, 10 ... Read more »

PG&E Sustainability Report: Plant CO2 Emissions Up 31%

Power plants operated by Pacific Gas & Electric increased their absolute carbon emissions almost 31 percent year-on-year in 2011, according to the company’s latest sustainability report. In 2010, the company produced 1,545,892 metric tons of CO2 equivalent. In 2011 this figure jumped to 2,024,206. The increase of roughly 500,000 metric ... Read more »

Smart Meters Catch Fire, Halting Installations

Smart meter installations are being put on hold in Pennsylvania after several devices overheated and caught on fire, which has prompted regulators in Pennsylvania and Maryland to investigate the devices’ safety, according to news reports. Meanwhile, in California, several cities have filed petitions to allow customers to opt out of ... Read more »

Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Exxon and CBS Superfund, Chinese Solar War, Occidental Cleanup

Exxon Mobil, Vertellus Specialties, and CBS have agreed to pay about $29.8 million to clean up Big John’s Salvage-Hoult Road Superfund Site in Fairmont, Marion County, W. Va. The companies will perform cleanup work estimated to cost $17.8 million. as well as reimburse the EPA and the state of West ... Read more »

Starbucks, Staples, Three Others Join Better Buildings Challenge

Starbucks Coffee, Staples, and The J.R. Simplot Company are among five companies that have this week joined the White House’s Better Buildings Challenge. Starbucks, Staples and Simplot have pledged to upgrade more than 50 million square feet of combined commercial building space, including 15 manufacturing facilities, as they strive to ... Read more »

Environmental & Energy Executive Moves: Climate Registry, AECOM, PG&E, BioteQ, Abound Solar

The Climate Registry: The operator of a voluntary carbon footprint registry has appointed David Rosenheim to the position of executive director. Rosenheim currently runs U.S. business development for Offsetters, a carbon management organization. AECOM: The consultancy has named Matthew Sutton as chief executive of its environment business line. Sutton joined ... Read more »

Appliance Recycling Centers Using Robots to Extract Fridge Coolant

Appliance Recycling Centers of America Inc. is using a robotic system to remove almost all coolant from refrigerators, including the hard-to-reach coolant in foam insulation. The Minneapolis-based company recently unveiled the 40-foot high machine at a facility in Philadelphia, the New York Times reports. Refrigerators are placed in one end ... Read more »


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