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WaPo: $4.6 Billion AEP Settlement Victory For Power Industry

The AEP settlement marks a significant victory for the power industry, which has opposed the "New Source Review" rule, saying that it penalizes them for efficiency improvements, the Washington Post reports. The AEP case centers on whether the...

Published 10-11-2007 10:43 AM by Environmental Leader: Green Business and Corporate Sustainability News

Filed under: Emissions, Feature, Business-to-Business, Compliance, Facilities, Pollution, U.S., Policy & Law, Government, Economics, Electricity, Refitting, Utilities

Hunt Refining Settles Clean Air Act Case For $49 Million

The Hunt Refining Co. and Hunt Southland Refining Co. have agreed to pay a $400,000 civil penalty and spend more than $48.5 million for new and upgraded pollution controls at three refineries, the Justice Department and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency...

Published 10-02-2007 9:39 AM by Environmental Leader: Green Business and Corporate Sustainability News

Filed under: Emissions, Feature, Business-to-Business, Compliance, Facilities, Pollution, U.S., Fossil Fuels, Policy & Law, Oil & Gas

60% Of Companies Worry About Compliance Costs Of Climate Change Rules

While U.S. businesses are concerned about compliance costs related to climate change legislation, those same companies still believe that the federal government should be doing more to combat global warming, according to a new survey sponsored by law...

Published 09-27-2007 12:26 PM by Environmental Leader: Green Business and Corporate Sustainability News

Filed under: Emissions, Feature, Major Players, Climate, Business-to-Business, Compliance, U.S., Business-to-Consumer, Business Services, Policy & Law, Government, Efficiency, Economics

ICS: Global Regulations Needed To Cut Ship Emissions

The chairman of the International Chamber of Shipping says the UN must enforce global regulations if the industry is to cut emissions, Reuters reports. Some industry groups have called for a complete ban on high sulfur marine fuels, in favor of running...

Published 09-10-2007 10:04 AM by Environmental Leader: Green Business and Corporate Sustainability News

Filed under: Transportation, Emissions, Supply Chain, Feature, Global, Business-to-Business, Compliance, Pollution, Policy & Law, Manufacturing, Industrial Goods

Ford, McDonald’s, IBM, Abbott, Time Inc. To Share Sustainability Strategies

With new sustainability initiatives being launched daily, U.S. companies are under increasing pressure to demonstrate their climate change credentials. Corporate Climate Response, a newly announced conference, is pulling together corporate sustainability...

Published 07-17-2007 1:17 PM by Environmental Leader: Green Business and Corporate Sustainability News

Filed under: Transportation, Retail & Restaurants, Emissions, Supply Chain, Feature, Major Players, Global, Reporting, Environmental Affairs, Sustainability, Climate, Business-to-Business, Compliance, Waste, Pollution, U.S., credits, Marketing, Financial, Government, Manufacturing, Efficiency, Hi-Tech, Clean Energy, Travel, Pharmaceuticals, Healthcare, Industrial Goods, Hybrid Technology, Electricity, Refitting, Consumption, Recycling, Oil & Gas, New Technology, Wind Energy, Utilities, Savings, Solar Energy, Industry Events, Hydrogen, Geothermal, Wave Energy, Hydroelectric, Mining, Predictions, Spending, Nuclear, Storage, Water

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

Search Giants Guard Carbon Footprint Data

At the Climate Savers Computing Initiative press conference earlier this week, Google vp for operations Urs Holzle declined to reveal the company's overall greenhouse gas emissions when the question was asked by a Forbes' reporter, according to...

Published 06-15-2007 10:22 AM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Emissions, Feature, Major Players, Reporting, Environmental Affairs, Sustainability, Business-to-Business, Compliance, U.S., Hi-Tech

McDonald’s, Kiplinger, HSBC Among Most Ethical

Ethisphere magazine has released a list of most ethical companies. In assembling the 2007 rankings of the World’s Most Ethical Companies, the researchers and editors of Ethisphere say they examined more than 5,000 companies across 30 separate industries...

Published 05-11-2007 12:43 PM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Feature, Major Players, Global, Environmental Affairs, Business-to-Business, Compliance, Marketing, Financial, Business-to-Consumer, Business Services, Manufacturing, Awards, Industrial Goods

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