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Cargill Plans $6 Million Water Cleaning System
Agribusiness Cargill is planning a bacteria-based system to reduce the amount of nitrogen and phosphorous released into a river by its Fort Morgan, Colo., beef processing facility. The company expects...
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Environmental Enforcement: Dept of Justice Sues Texas Driller to Enforce EPA...
The United States Department of Justice filed a complaint on Tuesday against a Texas oil company in federal district court, seeking enforcement of a Dec. 7, 2010, emergency order issued by the U.S....
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Beef Ranchers ‘Can Significantly Reduce Climate Impacts’
Carbon sequestration offers the best hope for mitigating the climate impacts of raising beef cattle, according to a report by the Union of Concerned Scientists. The report (pdf) said that U.S. crop and...
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Policy & Regulatory Briefing: NJ Target Cut, China Subsidy, Methane MOU
New Jersey governor Chris Christie yesterday announced plans to scale back the state’s targets under its renewable portfolio standard, the New York Times reports. Christie wants to revise the amount of...
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Policy & Enforcement Briefing: DuPont Order, E-Waste Ban Expanded, Fracking...
The Energy Department’s natural gas advisory subcommittee has released its report on hydrofracking, saying that the industry might win public trust by overhauling water management, updating rules that...
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Six Lesser-Known Climate Facts
Climate change seems to have taken a back seat lately both in policy debates and business strategies. But this is generally not the case in the research community, where rigorous analyses of climate...
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Rolls-Royce LNG Ship Engines Can Cut CO2 By 30%, Company Says
Rolls-Royce says its liquefied natural gas (LNG) engines for ships reduce CO2 emissions by up to 30 percent compared to a marine engine running on distillate diesel or heavy fuel. The company says that...
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The Story of Ethylene: Now Starring Natural Gas
It’s a $160 billion a year market you’ve probably never heard of. Ethylene, the intermediary chemical compound from which popular plastics and many other high value products are derived, has...
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U.S. Emissions Up 3.2% As Economy Expands, Summers Heat Up
U.S. GHG emissions in 2010 rose by 3.2 percent from 2009, due to the expanding economy and an increased demand for air conditioning caused by warmer summer weather, the EPA said. Energy consumption...
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EPA Maintains GHG Thresholds, Focus on Larger Polluters
The EPA will maintain greenhouse gas thresholds that target the nation’s largest emitters, which account for nearly 70 percent of pollution from stationary sources. The final rule will shield smaller...
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Policy & Enforcement Briefing: DOE Downplays EV Goal, UN Targets Venting
Here’s the latest policy, enforcement and legal news affecting corporate environmental and energy executives. Today’s briefing includes seven items. The Department of Energy backed away President...
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CO2Meter.com Unveils Biogas Meter
CO2Meter.com, a provider of atmospheric gas measurement equipment, has developed a combination carbon dioxide and methane gas level meter for use in the biogas industry. It can measure up to 100...
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Scientists Discover New Ways to Capture Methane
Scientists at UC Berkeley and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory have found new materials that could be used to scrub methane, a potent greenhouse gas, from the air. The research team used...
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EPA Won’t Regulate Coal Mine Emissions
The EPA will not set methane emissions rules for coal mines, according to a document published in the Federal Register today. EarthJustice had petitioned the EPA to add coal mines to the Clean Air Act...
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Agriculture, Livestock Remain Major GHG Sources
Global greenhouse gas emissions from the agricultural sector totaled 4.69 billion tons of carbon dioxide equivalent in 2010, the most recent year for which data are available — an increase of 13...
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Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Wind PTC, US Fracking Rules Delayed, Belarus...
Renewable industry groups including the Geothermal Energy Association, Biomass Power Association, Energy Recovery Council and National Hydropower Association have asked President Obama for a change to...
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Fracking Methane Emissions 97% Lower than EPA Estimates, Study Says
Greenhouse gas emissions from hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, are “significantly lower” than EPA estimates, according to a new study from the University of Texas and the Environmental Defense Fund....
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Clean Energy Sells Fuel Made from Waste
Clean Energy Fuels says it is the first company to commercially distribute a renewable natural gas vehicle fuel made from waste streams such as landfills, large dairies and sewage plants directly to...
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Covanta Energy, Turning Earth Provide Organics Recycling to Businesses
Covanta Energy and Turning Earth have partnered to provide organics recycling to Connecticut businesses and municipalities. Under the 10-year agreement, Turning Earth will build, own and operate an...
View ArticlePolicy & Enforcement Briefing: EPA Adaptation Plans, Chemical Safety, Water...
The EPA has released 17 climate change adaptation implementation plans for its various regions and offices – such as the Office of Water, and the Office of Air and Radiation – to provide more detail...
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