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Banks Want ‘Carbon Principles’ Extended To Municipal Utilities

Bankers are discussing the development of lending guidelines - similar to the carbon principles issued by J.P. Morgan Chase, Citigroup and Morgan Stanley that make it tougher for investor-owned utilities to get financing for coal-fired power plants -...

Published 03-20-2008 1:26 PM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Pollution, U.S., Financial, Fossil Fuels, Economics, Utilities, Coal, Finance & Reporting

Ethical Image Hard Sell For Chemical Companies

The Chemical industry places 9 out of 10 in Covalence’s EthicalQuote ranking (PDF), ahead of Oil & Gas. In 2007, the industry improved: Chemicals ranked 8th, outperforming Oil & Gas and Pharmaceuticals. Despite this progress, the Chemical...

Published 03-18-2008 7:07 PM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Major Players, Global, Pollution, Business-to-Consumer, Agriculture, Biofuel, Hazardous Waste, Research & Technology, Today's Green Trend

Battle Over Smog Rules Ramps Up

The chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, Rep. Henry Waxman (D., Calif.), plans to hold a hearing on allegations that the White House intervened to water down new smog rules issued last week by the Environmental Protection Agency...

Published 03-15-2008 5:55 PM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Emissions, Feature, Major Players, Pollution, U.S., Government, Manufacturing, Economics, Healthcare, Industrial Goods, Utilities, Policy & Law

Sustainable Seafood Gains Traction

Companies are beginning to warm up to the idea of sustainable seafood, Mediapost reports. Whole Foods is capitalizing on the buzz, with an announcement this week of the first certified-sustainable tuna fish to hit the market. Sold under the brand name...

Published 02-28-2008 10:18 AM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Supply Chain, Sustainability, Pollution, Marketing, Business-to-Consumer, Products & Planning, Retail & Restaurants

J.R. Simplot Tops Portfolio’s List Of Polluters

The March issue of Conde Nast Portfolio highlights the best and worst, according to Portfolio, companies on environmental records: Some of the best: Bank of America Ceres Dupont General Electric Innovest Organic Valley Starbucks Tesla Motors Whole Foods...

Published 02-26-2008 11:58 AM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Feature, Business-to-Business, Pollution, U.S., Business-to-Consumer, Agriculture, Awards, Strategy & Leadership

Duke’s Carbon-Constrained Future

Duke Energy is the nation’s third-largest corporate emitter of carbon dioxide - after American Electric Power and Southern Co. Depending on what controls Congress passes on carbon emissions, that’s a potentially crippling threat for Duke,...

Published 02-22-2008 10:29 AM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Emissions, Pollution, U.S., Economics, Electricity, New Technology, Utilities, Coal, Hydroelectric, Nuclear, Policy & Law, Carbon Offsets/RECs, Oil & Gas

Chinese Polluters Relocate To Avoid Environmental Scrutiny

Chinese factories are moving inland from coastal regions to provinces such as Hunan, Guangxi, Zhejiang and Jiangxi in order to escape tighter environmental scrutiny, according to China’s Institute of Public and Environmental Affairs, Reuters reports...

Published 02-20-2008 11:07 AM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Facilities, Pollution, Manufacturing, Asia, Policy & Law

California Considers Business Fee Based On Emissions

In what could be a U.S. first, California’s Bay Area Air Quality Management District is proposing to charge an annual fee to businesses based on emissions, the Mercury News reports.All 10,000 “stationary sources” of air pollution that...

Published 02-11-2008 10:59 AM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Emissions, Major Players, Business-to-Business, Facilities, Pollution, U.S., Financial, Manufacturing, Hi-Tech, Healthcare, Industrial Goods, Utilities, Policy & Law, Retail & Restaurants

DuPont, 3M, Daikin and Others Reduce PFOA

In response to the 2006 EPA launch of the 2010/15 PFOA Stewardship Program, eight companies have reported a significant reduction in the release of PFOA and related chemicals, putting industry on target for a 95 percent reduction goal by 2010. The companies...

Published 02-06-2008 12:04 PM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Major Players, Pollution, U.S., Business-to-Consumer, Business Services, Policy & Law

London’s Low Emission Zone Up And Running

Britain has implemented its first low-emission zone in London, and it will cost some truckers $295 to drive into it. The scheme will charge only trucks weighing more than 12 tons and failing to meet EU emissions standards, but over the next two years...

Published 02-05-2008 11:27 AM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Transportation, Emissions, Europe, Business-to-Business, Pollution, Automotive, Policy & Law

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

Corporations Step Up Recycling Efforts

According to the EPA, consumer electronics accounted for almost 1.5 percent of 250 million tons of trash in 2006, and according to a report from the International Association of Electronics Recyclers, in 2006, 15 to 20 percent of electronic waste was...

Published 01-31-2008 2:56 PM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Major Players, Waste, Pollution, U.S., Business-to-Consumer, Business Services, Government, Efficiency, Electricity, Consumption, Recycling, Hazardous Waste, Products & Planning

Pro Sports Go Green

When the Philadelphia Eagles launched its Go Green campaign in 2003, it was the first pro athletic team to implement a major environmental initiative. Over the next five years, other teams joined the eco-friendly bandwagon. Even the Super Bowl has been...

Published 01-31-2008 11:02 AM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Emissions, Major Players, Facilities, Waste, Pollution, U.S., Marketing, Business-to-Consumer, Electricity, Recycling, Wind Energy, Strategy & Leadership, Carbon Offsets/RECs

States Petition EPA on GHG of Nonroad Engines

California Attorney General Edmund G. Brown Jr. announced a petition to the EPA asking it to adopt GHG emissions standards for nonroad vehicles, engines and equipment. Other states, government agencies and environmental organizations on the petition include...

Published 01-30-2008 11:39 AM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Transportation, Emissions, Pollution, U.S., Government, Agriculture, Mining, Policy & Law

HTC Purenergy to Launch New CO2 Capture System

HTC Purenergy announced that they have launched the world’s first modular, pre-engineered CO2 Capture System, called the Purenergy CCS 1000. The CCS 1000 is a stand alone system that will capture CO2 from the flue gas exhaust of power plants, oil...

Published 01-30-2008 10:39 AM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Emissions, Pollution, Utilities, Coal, Oil & Gas

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