EPA Smog Rule Targets Cross-State Air Pollution
The EPA today announced a proposal that targets smog-forming air pollution transported across state lines. The agency says it will reduce summertime emissions of oxides of nitrogen (NOx) from power...
View ArticleGreen Building Consortium Launched for Environmental Product Declarations Market
Leading green building organizations — ASTM International, ICC Evaluation Service, NSF International and Sustainable Minds — tomorrow will launch the first Program Operator Consortium in the...
View ArticleRISK Platform Helps Companies Analyze Resource Risks
Lux Research has launched a Resource Intelligence for System Knowledge (RISK) platform to help companies with complex supply chains mitigate unexpected risks and leverage opportunities that stem from...
View ArticleWhy Automakers, Tech Giants are Investing Millions in Autonomous Vehicles
Self-driving cars will cruise around a 32-acre “city” in Michigan over the next five years, speeding (or not) down roads, through intersections, obeying traffic signs and signals, while avoiding...
View ArticleThe Role of Manufacturing in the Circular Economy
Connecting All the Arrows A while back in the last posting (July?!) the circular economy was included in the discussion about the role of people and the “3rd machine age.” The start of the discussion...
View ArticleEvaporation/Solidification System Meets New Steam Electric, Coal-Fired Power...
General Electric has introduced an evaporation/solidification system for flue gas desulfurization (FGD) that is designed meet new EPA guidelines for wastewater discharge from steam electric and...
View ArticleOrganix Solutions Commercializes Organic Waste Recovery System
Organix Solutions, a Minnesota-based organics recovery and municipal waste consultancy, will be commercializing its BurCell recovery technology. The BurCell captures all organic waste from the...
View ArticleRoad to COP21 Climate Talks: US, UK, Green Building, Climate Change Tool
As governments and businesses gear up for the COP21 global climate talks in a few weeks, countries and industry alike are setting ambitious goals to help achieve a low-carbon economy. Or not: the US...
View Article‘Largest, Smartest’ Residential Recycling Center Opens
Republic Services has opened a new residential recycling center capable of processing 2 million pounds of recyclable material per day, or 70 tons per hour, and is expected to double recycling capacity...
View ArticleThe Profitable Shift to a Circular Economy
A linear economy, where natural resources are extracted from the ground, made into products and then thrown away at the end of their useful life, is becoming increasingly unsustainable — and expensive...
View ArticleAutodesk Tools Advance Buildings’ Environmental Performance
Autodesk has expanded its portfolio of energy and water analysis tools that span the spectrum of design through operations for individual buildings all the way up to the city and district level. The...
View ArticleWastewater Treatment Meets EPA Discharge Standards for Commercial Facilities
A thermally efficient wastewater treatment system by Purestream Services has been deployed at a commercial wastewater disposal facility in Warren, Pennsylvania. The Avara vapor recompression system is...
View ArticleAT&T to Enable Carbon Savings 10X Its Own Footprint by 2025
AT&T has set a goal to enable carbon savings 10 times the footprint of its operations by 2025. To achieve this, AT&T will engage with customers, companies and non-governmental organizations on...
View ArticleChevrolet Meets Community-Based Carbon-Reduction Goal
Chevrolet has met its carbon reduction goal of preventing 8 million metric tons of carbon dioxide from entering the earth’s atmosphere over the last five years. Launched in 2010, the brand’s voluntary...
View ArticleHow Walmart, Levi’s Reduce GHGs, Waste through Partnerships
Walmart met — and beat — a major greenhouse gas emissions goal this week. In 2010, Walmart announced its goal to eliminate 20 million metric tons of GHG emissions from its global supply chain by the...
View ArticleSustainable Packaging a ‘Long-Term Trend’ in Foodservice Industry
Sustainable packaging remains a long-term overall trend in the foodservice packaging industry, with an increasing focus on compostable packaging, according to the Foodservice Packaging Institute’s 2015...
View ArticleOriginClear, Renewable Water Technologies Team Up to Treat Agricultural Effluent
OriginClear and Renewable Water Technologies (RWT), a spin-off of Wisconsin’s Renewable Algae Group, have teamed up to offer complete treatment solutions for agricultural effluent reclamation, with a...
View Article‘Robust’ EHS Spending Increases Forecast for 2016
Environment, health and safety executives say they will increase EHS spending in 2016, according to a Verdantix survey. The global survey of 312 EHS executives found that 10 percent of firms will...
View ArticleRam ProMaster City Wins 2016 Commercial Car of the Year
The 2016 Ram ProMaster City has been named Green Car Journal’s 2016 Commercial Green Car of the Year. The awards, which recognize important environmental achievements in the pickup truck and light...
View ArticleThe No. 1 Green Building Benefit: Lower Operating Costs
The building industry is rapidly developing new technology to manage emissions and improve energy efficiency and water management, while also lowering operating expenses. “Commercial and industrial...
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