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Chrysler Testing Trees To Clean Contaminated Site

Chrysler has teamed up with Purdue researchers in a project to use transgenic poplar trees to eliminate pollutants from a contaminated former oil storage facility near Kokomo, IN. They expect to plant the trees this summer. In a study published last October...

Published 01-24-2008 1:04 PM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Transportation, Major Players, Facilities, Pollution, U.S., Automotive, Agriculture, Hazardous Waste, Research & Technology, Oil & Gas

U.K. Scientists Say Biofuels May Not Cut CO2

The U.K. Royal Society has issued a report claiming that the effort to increase the use of biofuels may not result in significant reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, Bloomberg reports. The Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation program stipulates that...

Published 01-15-2008 1:00 AM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Europe, Automotive, Agriculture, Biofuel, Research & Technology

ADM, Bayer, Daimler Team Up On Jatropha Biodiesel

Archer Daniels Midland Company, Bayer CropScience AG and Daimler AG have announced plans to explore jointly the potential for a biodiesel industry based on Jatropha. Jatropha is a drought tolerant wild plant whose seeds contain more than 30 percent oil...

Published 01-11-2008 1:01 AM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Business-to-Business, Automotive, Agriculture, Biofuel, Contracts & Installations

GM’s Wagoner: U.S. Needs 15,000 More Ethanol Stations

The U.S. needs more stations that sell ethanol, claims GM CEO Rick Wagoner in this article. Currently, there are about 1400 such stations, 800 more than when GM first started selling its flex fuel cars, but there are 170,000 filling stations in this country...

Published 01-09-2008 10:40 AM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Transportation, Major Players, U.S., Automotive, Manufacturing, Agriculture, Travel, Biofuel, Fuel Cells, Products & Planning

Citigroup Says Energy Bill Will Raise Ethanol Prices

Citigroup has released a report that claims the energy bill passed early in December by Congress will raise ethanol prices in the upcoming year. MarketWatch quotes a Citigroup report in which their analysts claim, “We firmly believe the new energy...

Published 01-03-2008 11:06 AM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Transportation, Business-to-Business, U.S., Automotive, Agriculture, Biofuel, Pricing, Predictions, Finance & Reporting

U.S. Can Halve Emissions Without ‘Big Changes In Consumer Lifestyles’

The U.S. could reduce projected 2030 emissions of greenhouse gases by between one-third to one-half at manageable costs to the economy and without requiring big changes in consumer lifestyles, according to “Reducing US Greenhouse Gas Emissions:...

Published 11-30-2007 11:22 AM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Emissions, Supply Chain, Major Players, U.S., Automotive, Manufacturing, Efficiency, Agriculture, Clean Energy, Economics, Industrial Goods, Electricity, Biofuel, Wind Energy, Utilities, Coal, Hydrogen, Geothermal, Wave Energy, Predictions, Nuclear, Biomass, Today's Trend, Strategy & Leadership, Carbon Offsets/RECs, Oil & Gas

Ethanol Losing Its Lustre

Ethanol has gone from the answer for U.S. energy independence to what some are calling a cure that is worse than the disease, according to a Wall Street Journal article. The biofuel’s critics, which include industries hurt when the price of corn...

Published 11-29-2007 2:22 PM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Transportation, Business-to-Business, Automotive, Agriculture, Biofuel, Policy & Law, Oil & Gas

Bayer To Spend $1.46 Billion On Green Initiatives

Bayer has launched a group-wide Bayer Climate Program with a goal of cutting CO2 emissions from its production facilities. In the new climate protection program, which is based on a new Bayer Policy on Climate Change, Bayer will tap its “specific...

Published 11-19-2007 11:47 AM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Emissions, Europe, Major Players, Global, Business-to-Business, Facilities, Automotive, Manufacturing, Efficiency, Agriculture, Economics, Pharmaceuticals, Healthcare, Construction, Biofuel, Strategy & Leadership

CEOs Sign Numerous Environmental Pledges At Global Compact Summit

A flurry of press releases have come out of the Global Compact leaders Summit that's finishing up in Geneva. Top executives of corporations such as Coca-Cola, Petrobras, Fuji Xerox, China Ocean Shipping Group, Tata Steel...

Published 07-06-2007 12:37 PM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Transportation, Retail & Restaurants, Emissions, Supply Chain, Europe, Feature, Major Players, Global, Reporting, Environmental Affairs, Sustainability, Climate, Business-to-Business, Compliance, Waste, U.S., Automotive, North America, Business-to-Consumer, Business Services, Fossil Fuels, Conservation, Manufacturing, Efficiency, Hi-Tech, Agriculture, Clean Energy, Travel, Economics, Pharmaceuticals, Healthcare, Industrial Goods, Hybrid Technology, Electricity, Asia, Refitting, Recycling, Oil & Gas, Biofuel, Wind Energy, Utilities, Solar Energy, Industry Events, Hydrogen, Australia, Geothermal, Wave Energy, Hydroelectric, Mining, Nuclear, Storage, Fuel Cells, Water, Hazardous Waste, South America, Central & South America, Africa

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