emissions reporting News
-
Locus technologies offers greenhouse gas emissions verification services
Locus Technologies (Locus), the industry leader in web-based environmental compliance and information management software, has been accredited by the California Air Resources Board (CARB) to provide greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions verification services. Locus is one of just a few companies to obtain this accreditation. The accreditation allows Locus to provide verification services for GHG ...
-
RTI International supports EPA`s development of the first climate change regulation
With the support of researchers at RTI International and other contractors, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency this week proposed the first comprehensive national system for reporting emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases produced by major sources in the United States. Greenhouse gases, like carbon dioxide, are produced by the burning of fossil fuels and through industrial ...
-
Intelex Technologies Inc. hires Jonna McConaughy as Product Manager for all Intelex Greenhouse Gas and Air Compliance Management Systems
Intelex Technologies Inc. is pleased to announce that Jonna McConaughy has joined the company as Product Manager for all Intelex Greenhouse Gas and Air Compliance Management Systems. In this position, McConaughy will work collaboratively with the development and design teams to continue strengthening our greenhouse gas and air compliance product offering. McConaughy brings over eight years of ...
-
EPA Seeks Public Comment on U.S. Greenhouse Gas Inventory
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is seeking public comment on a draft report that analyzes sources of greenhouse gas emissions. The report, Inventory of U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks: 1990-2005, will be open for public comment for 30 days after the Federal Register notice is published. After responding to public comments, EPA will submit, through the U.S. Department of State, ...
-
EPA proposes first national reporting on greenhouse gas emissions
The US Environmental Protection Agency has proposed the first comprehensive national system for reporting emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases produced by major sources in the United States. “Our efforts to confront climate change must be guided by the best possible information,” said EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jackson. “Through this new reporting, we will have comprehensive ...
-
US EPA seeks public comment on greenhouse gas inventory
The US Environmental Protection Agency is seeking public comment on a draft annual report that analyzes sources of greenhouse gas emissions. The report, Inventory of U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks: 1990-2006, will be open for public comment for 30 days after the Federal Register notice is published. The major finding in this year's draft report is that overall emissions during 2006 ...
-
Caterpillar Inc. to pay $2.55 million to resolve clean air act violations
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) today announced a settlement with Caterpillar Inc. to resolve alleged Clean Air Act violations for shipping more than 590,000 highway and non-road diesel engines without the correct emissions controls. Caterpillar also allegedly failed to comply with emission control reporting and engine-labeling requirements. ...
-
Ships’ CO2 Emissions: MEPs approve New Reporting Rules
Draft EU rules requiring ship owners using EU ports to monitor and report CO2 emissions each year received the support of the House on Tuesday. The new rules, already informally agreed with the Council of Ministers, will apply from 2018 on to ships over 5,000 gross tons, regardless of the country in which they are registered, as a first step towards cutting their greenhouse gas emissions. The ...
-
Ohio, Pennsylvania and Florida Lead List of
Residents of Ohio, Pennsylvania and Florida live in states with the most toxic air pollution from coal- and oil-fired power plants, according to an analysis by the Natural Resources Defense Council. The study used publicly-available data in the Environmental Protection Agency's Toxics Release Inventory (TRI). The analysis, entitled "Toxic Power: How Power Plants Contaminate Our Air and States" ...
-
Greenstone Carbon Management to host workshop on reducing carbon footprint at leading food & beverage industry conference
Greenstone Carbon Management, the global specialist carbon solutions company, has announced today that it will host a workshop at the Sustainable Sourcing for the food and beverage industry conference in Holborn, London. The conference which will be held 21st - 23rd September 2010 will help participants explore the latest updates on integrating sustainable sourcing into businesses, and the latest ...
By Greenstone+
-
Mercedes-Benz Dinged $60 Million for Air Pollution Control Defects
WASHINGTON, DC (ENS) - Mercedes-Benz will pay $1.2 million in civil penalties to resolve its failure to promptly notify the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, about air pollution control defects on numerous 1998 - 2006 model vehicles, the agency said Thursday. Mercedes must also improve its emissions defect investigation and reporting system to ensure future compliance, at an estimated ...
-
Sinclair Wyoming Refining Company Hit with $1.6 million Civil Penalty for Clean Air Act Violations at Its Wyoming Refinery under Seventh Amended Consent Decree
The United States has provided notice at 84 FR 30243 (available at https://www.justice.gov/enrd/consent-decree/file/1177391/download) that the Seventh Amendment to the Consent Decree between Sinclair Wyoming Refinery Company (“SWRC”), the United States and the State of Wyoming lodged in the U.S. District Court for the District of Wyoming is available for public comment ...
-
EPA proposes to add sources to greenhouse gas reporting system
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to include additional emissions sources in its first-ever national mandatory greenhouse gas (GHG) reporting system. The data from these sectors will provide a better understanding of where GHGs are coming from and will help EPA and businesses develop effective policies and programs to reduce emissions. “Gathering this information is ...
-
Seeking public comments on new protocol for city-level GHG emissions
We are excited by the release of the first draft of the Global Protocol for Community-Scale GHG Emissions (GPC) to help cities around the world measure and report greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions using a more consistent protocol. The GPC has been developed by Local Governments for Sustainability (ICLEI) and C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group (C40), in partnership with the World Resources Institute ...
-
EPA Delays Emissions Rules as Energy Companies Prepare for a Tumultuous Year
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced last week that it will delay releasing the final rules for new power plants’ carbon dioxide emissions. The rules are now scheduled to be released sometime this summer. The EPA’s 2015 Plan for the Carbon Emissions Rules The rules for new power plants were expected to be released on January 8, 2015, but the EPA held a press ...
-
International partners release pilot global protocol for community-scale greenhouse gas emissions
C40, ICLEI, WRI and partners achieve a significant milestone towards establishing a single standard for measuring emissions for cities C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group and ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability, together with international partners, are launching a pilot version of the Global Protocol for Community-scale Greenhouse Gas Emissions (also called the “community ...
-
A new global framework to measure greenhouse gas emissions from cities
At an official side event to the UNFCCC Bonn Climate Change Conference this week, C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group (C40), ICLEI– Local Governments for Sustainability, the World Resources Institute (WRI), and partners released Pilot Version 1.0 of the Global Protocol for Community-Scale Greenhouse Gas Emissions (GPC). The release of the GPC Pilot Version 1.0 marks an unprecedented ...
-
DP World selects Greenstone for online Carbon Management Tool
In line with its commitment to reduce its carbon footprint significantly across its 50 marine terminals across the world, DP World has become the first global port operator to roll out Greenstone Carbon Management and The CarbonNeutral Company’s carbon management and reduction solution newly developed for the ports and marine sector. The move comes as part of the global ...
By Greenstone+
-
Terra Industries, Inc., to Pay $625,000 civil penalty for air violations at acid plants in Iowa, Mississippi and Oklahoma
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Justice today announced Terra Industries, Inc., one of the nation’s largest producers of nitric acid and nitrogen fertilizers, has agreed to pay a total of $625,000 in civil penalties to settle a series of alleged violations of the federal Clean Air Act at nine of its plants in Iowa, Mississippi and Oklahoma. As part of ...
-
3E Company and Logical Data Solutions Announce Strategic Alliance to Enable Customers to Manage EH&S and Compliance Obligations more Effectively
3E Company, a leading provider of environmental health and safety (EH&S) compliance and information management services, and Logical Data Solutions, Inc., a leading provider of environmental compliance and task management systems, today announced a strategic alliance to deliver integrated solutions designed to enable customers to comply more effectively and efficiently with EH&S, chemical ...
Need help finding the right suppliers? Try XPRT Sourcing. Let the XPRTs do the work for you