EPA Finalizes Pollutants Discharge Rule for Steam Electric Power Plants
The EPA has finalized the Steam Electric Effluent Limitation Guidelines, in a move that the agency says will reduce the discharge of toxic pollutants into America’s waterways from steam electric power...
View ArticleGoogle to ‘Cut the Crap,’ Reduce Waste
Google, in an effort to reduce waste and increase recycling, has partnered with the Ellen MacArthur Foundation to help drive the circular economy. In a blog post, Google VP Jim Miller details the...
View ArticleVW Emissions Scandal: Almost 1.2M UK Vehicles Used ‘Defeat Devices’
Volkswagen has admitted almost 1.2 million diesel vehicles in the UK are involved in the emissions scandal and used “defeat devices” to cheat air pollution laws. VW said the diesel vehicles include...
View ArticleGreening Up Your Marketing Events
Even though digital age channels like social media, webinar, and vid-cast are on the rise, a physical event like a trade show is hard to beat when it comes to face to face interaction with prospects,...
View ArticleInnovyze, WinCan Power Smart Wastewater Asset Management
Smart water and wastewater infrastructure technology developer Innovyze has added automated data import from WinCan software to InfoMaster, its GIS-centric analytical asset management software....
View ArticleEcolab Is First in World to Receive Alliance for Water Stewardship Standard...
Ecolab’s manufacturing plant in Taicang, China, is the first site in the world to be independently certified under the Alliance for Water Stewardship’s global standard for water stewardship. The ASW...
View ArticleOnline Tools to Choose Water-Efficient Products
Online tools to help agencies choose water-efficient and energy-efficient technologies and products for deployment in federal facilities have been released by the US Federal Energy Management Program...
View ArticleHoneywell Tech Can Help Aviation Industry Halve CO2 Emissions
Two Honeywell Aerospace technologies — the SmartPath Ground-Based Augmentation System and the EGTS electric taxiing system — have been recognized by the Air Transport Action Group as solutions that can...
View ArticleShell, GSA to Pay $55M for Soil Cleanup
The EPA has reached a $55 million settlement with Shell Oil Company and the US General Services Administration for the cleanup of contaminated soil at the Del Amo Superfund Site in Los Angeles,...
View ArticleEPA Tightens Smog Standards
The EPA issued tighter smog standards yesterday, limiting ground-level ozone to 70 parts per billion from 75 ppb. The agency says the updated National Ambient Air Quality Standards will reduce the...
View ArticleTop Environmental Consulting, EHS Brands Revealed
ERM has the highest brand preference in the environment, health and safety consulting sector, the Bureau Veritas brand ranks highest in the verification sector, SAP tops the brand preference list in...
View ArticleLED Lighting Myths Dispelled
This article is sponsored by Digital Lumens. In the last five years, LED lighting and controls have been widely used in a broad range of general lighting applications, from residential to commercial,...
View ArticleThe New EHS Performance-Based Paradigm: Enabling Operational Excellence with...
In the past, Environment, Health & Safety (EHS) management was traditionally viewed as a siloed function that dealt with compliance and safety issues out of public view. However, today leading...
View ArticleGE Taps into $225bn IoT Market with Predix Software Platform
General Electric unveiled Predix.io, a dedicated cloud environment for app developers aimed at tapping into the $225 billion industrial Internet of Things market. According to the company, Predix.io...
View ArticleEnterprise-Wide Smart Waste, Recycling System from Bigbelly
Smart waste and recycling system developer Bigbelly has launched Connect, an enterprise-wide turnkey system. This platform as a service encompasses hardware, software, services, installation, cleaning,...
View ArticleBio-Succinic Acid Produced at Commercial Scale
BioAmber says its Sarnia joint venture, which produces renewable chemicals from sugar instead of petroleum, has begun shipping bio-succinic acid to customers and is operating its manufacturing process...
View ArticleAre Plastic-Eating Worms the Future of Waste Management?
Stanford University researchers may have found the solution to global plastic pollution: mealworms. The tiny worm can subsist on a diet of Styrofoam and other forms of polystyrene, according to two...
View ArticleFood Giants Urge Climate Change Action
Global food companies have pledged to accelerate business action on climate change and urged governments to do the same by forging an international agreement this December at the Paris climate...
View ArticleDuPont, EPA Reach Settlement After Fatal Chemical Explosion
DuPont has agreed to pay a fine of $724,000 in settlement of Clean Air Act violations relating to a fatal fire and explosion at its chemical plant in Tonawanda, New York. In the settlement, DuPont will...
View ArticleWater Trends: Looking into Water’s Crystal Ball
Having been involved in the business of water for going on 30 years now, it is clear to me that four significant water-related trends are now evolving here in the US and in many other industrialized...
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