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Westar Releases Energy Plan

Westar Energy has published an energy plan, Meeting Our Customers’ Energy Needs: A Strategic Plan for Uncertain Times (PDF) that outlines the company’s future plans. Westar says its strategy embraces state and federal policies encouraging...

Published 02-25-2008 4:28 PM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Emissions, Feature, Major Players, Business-to-Business, Business-to-Consumer, Efficiency, Electricity, Utilities, Coal, Finance & Reporting

Citigroup, JPMorgan and Morgan Stanley Unveil ‘Carbon Principles’

Citigroup, JPMorgan Chase and Morgan Stanley have announced new standards that will make it harder for companies to get financing for the construction of coal-fired power plants in the U.S., the Wall Street Journal reports. According to Reuters, the banks...

Published 02-04-2008 12:43 PM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Emissions, Feature, Major Players, Business-to-Business, Facilities, Pollution, U.S., Financial, Government, Clean Energy, Economics, Coal, Finance & Reporting

Senate Passes Energy Bill

An energy bill that included an increase in fuel-economy standards passed the Senate by a margin of 86-8 yesterday, The New York Times reports. Provisions of the legislation that passed the House and would have repealed more than $13 billion in tax breaks...

Published 12-14-2007 9:25 AM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Transportation, Emissions, Feature, Major Players, U.S., Automotive, Fossil Fuels, Government, Manufacturing, Efficiency, Clean Energy, Economics, Biofuel, Utilities, Coal, Nuclear, Policy & Law, Oil & Gas

Kansas Rejects Proposed Coal Plant Because Of CO2 Emissions

The Kansas Department of Health and Environment has become the first government agency in the U.S. to cite carbon dioxide emissions as the reason for rejecting an air permit for a coal-fired electricity generating plant, The Washington Post reports. Sunflower...

Published 10-19-2007 9:12 AM by Environmental Leader: Green Business and Corporate Sustainability News

Filed under: Emissions, Feature, Climate, Business-to-Business, U.S., Business-to-Consumer, Government, Utilities, Coal

AEP To Pay $4.6 Billion In Record Clean Air Settlement

In a record settlement, American Electric Power has agreed to cut 813,000 tons of air pollutants annually at an estimated cost of more than $4.6 billion, pay a $15 million penalty, and spend $60 million on projects to mitigate the effects of its past...

Published 10-09-2007 9:23 AM by Environmental Leader: Green Business and Corporate Sustainability News

Filed under: Emissions, Feature, Major Players, Environmental Affairs, Facilities, Pollution, U.S., Government, Economics, Electricity, Refitting, Utilities, Coal

Advanced Electricity Technologies Could Lower CO2 Control Costs By 50%

The aggressive development and implementation of a full portfolio of advanced electricity technologies could reduce the economic cost of cutting future U.S. CO2 emissions by more than 50 percent while meeting the continuing growth in demand for electricity...

Published 08-20-2007 12:15 PM by Environmental Leader: Green Business and Corporate Sustainability News

Filed under: Emissions, Feature, Business-to-Business, Research & Technology, Efficiency, Hybrid Technology, Electricity, Coal, Nuclear, Storage

AEP: Strict Emission Curbs Could Raise Power Prices 50%

AEP, the No. 1 industrial emitter of carbon dioxide in the U.S., is working on some innovative technologies to cut emissions, but has yet to tackle the kind of overhaul that many say will be required to make a serious dent in greenhouse gases, The Wall...

Published 07-12-2007 2:26 PM by Environmental Leader: Green Business and Corporate Sustainability News

Filed under: Emissions, Feature, Major Players, Climate, Facilities, U.S., Business-to-Consumer, Policy & Law, Economics, Electricity, Utilities, Coal, Pricing, Predictions

BHP Revises Climate Change Policy

BHP Billiton, the world's biggest miner, has released its revised climate change policy (PDF), ABC reports. There are four key elements to the plan, which commits $350 million, less than 0.2 percent of BHP Billiton's net annual profit, to the...

Published 06-20-2007 10:25 AM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Emissions, Feature, Major Players, Environmental Affairs, Climate, Fossil Fuels, Coal, Australia, Mining

U.S. Concrete Promotes Green Technology

U.S. Concrete says it's implementing environmental technologies that will reduce potential carbon dioxide emissions by hundreds of thousands of tons annually. The company says it's substantially replacing traditional Portland cement, which accounts for...

Published 06-06-2007 12:23 PM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Products & Planning, Feature, Major Players, Facilities, Marketing, Clean Energy, Industrial Goods, Construction, Recycling, New Technology, Coal

Top 10 Greenest Companies In The World

The Independent, along with Ethical Investment Research Services, has put together a guide to the greenest companies in the world. 1. Vestas Wind Systems has more than...

Published 06-04-2007 12:20 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, Facilities, Waste, Pollution, U.S., credits, VC Funding, Automotive, North America, Marketing, Financial, Business-to-Consumer, Business Services, Fossil Fuels, Government, Conservation, Manufacturing, Efficiency, Hi-Tech, Clean Energy, Travel, Economics, Pharmaceuticals, Healthcare, Awards, Industrial Goods, Hybrid Technology, Electricity, Refitting, Consumption, People, Recycling, Oil & Gas, Biofuel, New Technology, Wind Energy, Utilities, Savings, Solar Energy, Industry Events, Coal, Hydrogen, Geothermal, Wave Energy, Hydroelectric, Mining, Pricing, Education, Sales, Predictions, Spending, Nuclear, Storage, Fuel Cells, Biomass

Massey Global Warming Proposal Defeated

Massey Energy Co. shareholders rejected the proposal that asked the coal company to explain its response to mounting pressure for limits on carbon dioxide emissions, AP reports. New York City Comptroller...

Published 05-23-2007 10:10 AM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Emissions, Feature, Business-to-Business, Facilities, U.S., Financial, Business-to-Consumer, Policy & Law, Coal, Mining

Massey Faces Emissions Reporting Resolution

A group of investors, including the California Public Employees Retirement System, came out in support Monday of a shareholder resolution asking coal company Massey Energy to explain its response to growing pressure...

Published 05-22-2007 9:31 AM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Emissions, Feature, Environmental Affairs, Climate, Business-to-Business, U.S., Financial, Coal

BP & Rio Tinto Partner On Hydrogen-Fuel Projects

BP and Rio Tinto formed a joint venture, Hydrogen Energy, to develop technology for producing power from coal, oil and natural gas without emitting the gases blamed for global warming, Bloomberg reports. Rio will pay...

Published 05-18-2007 10:52 AM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Europe, Feature, Business-to-Business, Research & Technology, Facilities, U.S., Fossil Fuels, Clean Energy, Coal, Hydrogen

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