Mitsubishi Electric Builds $12M Technology Training Center
Mitsubishi Electric says its Thai-based subsidiary, Mitsubishi Electric Kang Yong Watana, has invested over 400 million baht ($12 million) in a new training center that will promote cooling technology...
View ArticleEven Your Couch Is Toxic, Senator…
How do you make Congress pay attention to an urgent problem? Make it hit home. To that effect, I recently grabbed some aluminum foil and a pair of scissors and set off for the Capitol to illustrate...
View ArticleGSSB Issues Interpretation on ‘In Accordance’ Criteria
The Global Sustainability Standards Board (GSSB) — the independent body responsible for developing and issuing the Sustainability Reporting Standards — has issued an Interpretation on disclosure...
View ArticleRecycling Option for Safety Equipment
Northstar Recycling helps businesses avoid the landfill by providing recycling solutions for all types of waste including safety equipment — the Safety Equipment and Protective Gear Zero Waste Box from...
View ArticlePenn State Taps Evoqua Water Treatment for $62M Upgrade
Evoqua Water Technologies will provide Penn State University with a water treatment system as part of a $62 million project to provide clean water to the university. The adsorption systems systems...
View ArticleGE’s Industrial Internet Cloud Service Promises Billions in Operational Savings
General Electric is entering the cloud services market with Predix Cloud, which GE says is the world’s first and only cloud solution designed specifically for industrial data and analytics. The...
View ArticleEnvironmental Executive Moves: Car Charging, US Water Alliance, Ceco...
Here’s the latest news on hirings, promotions and departures among environmental leaders. Car Charging Group: The owner, operator and provider of electric vehicle car charging services has appointed...
View ArticleBioteQ Completes Gold Mine Water Treatment Pilot
BioteQ Environmental Technologies has completed a pilot water treatment campaign for the removal of selenium from waters occurring at mining company Seabridge Gold’s KSM Project — a major gold and...
View ArticleBREEAM Approves SCS Indoor Air Quality Credits
BREEAM, the internationally recognized environmental assessment method and rating system for buildings, has approved certification under the SCS Indoor Advantage Gold program as eligible for credits...
View ArticleImpact of the EU Directive on Non-Financial Reporting
This article was co-authored by Dr. Matthew Gardner and Dr. Stephan Lienin. What does this latest development in CR disclosure requirements mean for you? In October 2014, the EU issued its directive on...
View ArticleEnvirogen Provides Water Treatment Cartridge Filtration
Envirogen Technologies will begin providing a range of cartridge filtration products for use in water treatment and wastewater treatment to industry, the public sector and equipment re-sellers,...
View ArticleEnvironmental Information Management for Process, Industrial Plants
Wood Group Mustang has released the ENVision real-time environmental information management software system for process and industrial plants. The system provides emissions monitoring, troubleshooting,...
View ArticleBOP Control System Fluid Improves Drilling Operations’ Safety, Performance
Raisepower and atg UV Technology have designed a system that combines UV treatment and filtration to treat hydraulic fluids used for subsea blow out preventer (BOP) operations. BOPs are safety devices...
View ArticleBattery Recycling Charged Up Across North America
More than 5.7 million pounds of batteries were kept out of US and Canadian landfills and recycled so far this year, reports battery stewardship organization Call2Recycle. This means battery collections...
View ArticleWorld’s Largest Biobased Succinic Acid Plant Opens
The world’s largest succinic acid plant, which produces renewable chemicals from sugar instead of petroleum, opened yesterday in Canada. Renewable chemistry company BioAmber jointly built the $141.5...
View ArticleArch Coal to Pay $2M, Reduce Water Pollution
Arch Coal, one of the largest coal companies in the US, and 14 of its subsidiaries under the International Coal Group will pay a $2 million civil penalty and conduct comprehensive upgrades to their...
View ArticleKodak Process-Free Plates Eliminates Printers’ Water, Chemical, Energy Use
Kodak today opened a new manufacturing line to meet demand for its Sonora Process Free Plates, which eliminates the water, chemical and energy use required by processed plates without sacrificing...
View ArticleLaser Based Gas Analyzer Launched
Environnement SA has introduced a laser absorption spectrometry gas analyzer in four different versions to cover a number of applications for CEMS regulatory and process control. Applications include...
View ArticleAeration May Remove SSRIs From Landfill Leachate
Aeration treatment may be an effective means of removing selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) from landfill leachate before they reach the environment, a new study finds. SSRIs, generally...
View ArticleGreen Fleet Management Drives Market
The fleet management market in Europe, driven by “green-fleet management,” is expected to grow at a CAGR of more than 26 percent from 2015-2019, according to a report from Technavio. The market...
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