greenhouse gas emissions management News
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Air & Waste Management Association presents conference on greenhouse gas assessment and reporting processes
The Air & Waste Management Association (A&WMA) will present ”Harmonizing Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Assessment and Reporting Processes,” August 31-September 2, 2009, in Baltimore, MD. This conference will provide a forum to discuss advances in greenhouse gas emission estimation methods, emission inventories, and reporting. “Reporting data plays an important role in determining the success of ...
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Intelex Technologies continues expansion
Intelex Technologies Inc. announced today that at the end of their third quarter, Fiscal Year 2009, they have grown their staff by over 60%. Intelex plans to continue on a similar growth trend throughout the remainder of 2009 and into 2010, having grown its staff over 80% since January of 2008. The organization has experienced growth throughout all of its departments having hired new talent in ...
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Trinity Consultants Opens Office in San Francisco Bay Area to Serve Northern California
Trinity Consultants, an international environmental consulting firm that specializes in industrial air quality issues, recently opened an office in the San Francisco Bay Area to better serve industry in Northern California. Melissa Hillman, an environmental professional with nearly a decade of experience, will lead the new office. The new office joins Trinity’s Irvine staff in assisting ...
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Trinity Consultants Provides Training on EPA Greenhouse Gas “Tailoring Rule” for Air Quality Permitting
Trinity Consultants, an environmental consulting firm with offices nationwide, will present two Webinars on June 4 and June 10 from 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm CDT on the recent U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) final PSD and Title V Greenhouse Gas Tailoring Rule. The training will be delivered by John E. (Jay) Hofmann, President/CEO of Trinity Consultants, and Katherine Blue, Principal ...
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North America lags on supplier emission cuts
North American suppliers are likely to fall behind in the race to capitalize on climate change opportunities, scoring a D average on emissions performance compared to the C average for European and Asian suppliers, according to research published today by the Carbon Disclosure Project and Accenture. A New Era: Supplier Management in the Low-Carbon Economy, a report on 49 CDP Supply Chain member ...
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Carbon Disclosure Project Taps FirstCarbon Solutions to Expand Sustainability Scoring Partnership to Investors in the Nordic / DACH Regions
FirstCarbon Solutions, a pioneer and industry leader in environmental sustainability solutions for business, today announced an extension of its ongoing partnership with the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP). As part of this expanded relationship with CDP, FirstCarbon Solutions will score submissions from major companies in the Nordic region and in the DACH region of Germany, Austria and ...
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Data-driven approach to pavement management lowers greenhouse gas emissions
Original story at MIT News The roadway network is an important part of the nation’s transportation system, but it also contributes heavily to greenhouse gas emissions. A paper published this month in the Journal of Cleaner Production by researchers with the MIT Concrete Sustainability Hub (CSHub)introduces a way to reduce emissions across a roadway network by using big data to identify ...
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Integral staff to present on climate change and sustainability at AWMA Conference
Integral managing scientist Benjing Sun, Ph.D., and sustainability and regulatory affairs consultant Martha Curran, will present papers at the Air and Waste Management Association (AWMA) annual conference and exhibition to be held June 16–19, 2009 in Detroit, Michigan. Offering a technical program with more than 500 speakers, this annual AWMA conference is a premier education event for ...
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An artistic view of Europe`s waste – EEA announces competition winners
After 200 entries from 29 countries, the European Environment Agency (EEA) is pleased to announce five winners of the Waste•smART competition, which invited Europeans to produce a video, cartoon or photo on the topic of waste. When things come to the end of their useful life, they are often thrown away with little thought for the consequences. However, the way we manage waste in Europe ...
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Welsh conservatives slam assembly sustainability targets
Welsh Conservatives have attacked the recent Welsh Assembly Government’s sustainability report for its “lack of clarity” over measurable sustainability targets. The report, published earlier this year, found “clear improvement” in only 15 of 39 benchmarks, including housing, air quality, water quality and management, and greenhouse gas emissions. The other 24 either did not improve, declined or ...
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CRS names busch policy director
Center for Resource Solutions (CRS), a renewable energy policy and environmental commodity certification provider based in San Francisco, has named Chris Busch policy director. Busch will work both in the West and nationally to advance policy initiatives that promote clean energy development and reduce greenhouse gases. He will seek to ensure the continued vibrancy of the voluntary market for ...
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ADVISORY: Global launch of new standards to measure corporate greenhouse gas emissions
Two new international standards will be launched at events in New York and London to enable corporations to measure and manage greenhouse gas emissions across their entire value chain and product lifecycle. The standards will be released on Tuesday, October 4, 2011, at Citigroup in New York City and RSA House in London. The new Corporate Value Chain Standard reveals the biggest opportunities for ...
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EPA Administrator, Lisa Jackson, invited as Keynote for NEHA 2010 AEC & Exhibition
EPA Administrator, Lisa P. Jackson, has been invited as the keynote speaker for the NEHA 74th Annual Educational Conference & Exhibition. Her proposed presentation plans to focus on emerging public policy in regards to environmental concerns. It is also expected Administrator Jackson will talk about the relationship between a healthy environment and human health, and the environmental health ...
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WRI Hosts panels on business strategies, climate change and green economy at Rio+20
The World Resources Institute (WRI) will host a series of panel discussions, featuring leaders in business, government and civil society, that will focus on how businesses can advance low-carbon and climate goals in the context of Rio+20. The three panels will take place on Sunday, June 17, from 1:30 – 6:00 p.m. BRT, at Copacabana Fort in Rio de Janeiro. Topics include: moving forward ...
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Baxter advances science education, Haiti relief efforts and environmental initiatives in fourth quarter
Baxter International Inc.'s (NYSE: BAX) Science@Work education program recently hosted interactive science workshops by Baxter scientists to help Chicago-area high school students experience the science behind healthcare careers. The company also announced product donations to support relief efforts for the Haiti cholera outbreak, and was recognized by leading sustainability rankings including ...
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WRI Joins Greenhouse Gas Management Institute
The World Resources Institute (WRI) and the Greenhouse Gas Management Institute are joining forces to train professionals on the Greenhouse Gas Protocol, the most widely used international accounting tool for government and business leaders to understand, quantify, and manage greenhouse gas emissions. “Our mission is to train and develop a community of experts with the highest standards of ...
By ClimateCHECK
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Investors call on Canadian oil sands producers to improve environmental and social performance
As presidential candidates spar over the issue of North American energy independence, a group of 49 investors with $2 trillion in assets under management are calling on Canadian oil sands developers to dramatically reduce the environmental and social impact of their operations by lowering greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, managing water use, promoting land reclamation and consulting fully with ...
By Ceres
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Waste Management Announces The SmartEnergy(SM) Compactor
Waste Management, Inc. (NYSE:WM) today announced the new SmartEnergy(SM) Compactor which could reduce electricity consumption by as much as 70 percent versus traditional compactors, resulting in lower operating costs and a lower carbon footprint for customers. The SmartEnergy Compactor is the latest innovative technology from North America's leading environmental solutions company, helping ...
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Eaton achieves CDP leadership position for global climate change transparency, including first place in the industrials sector
Power management company Eaton today announced it has been ranked a global leader by CDP and named to the Climate Disclosure Leadership Index. Eaton’s position in the index ranked it first among its global competitors in the industrials sector. “Eaton’s achievement in the CDP ratings is a clear indication of the progress we are making to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, ...
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Brazilian companies announce global warming game plan
The Brazil Greenhouse Gas Protocol Program was launched on Tuesday and its 12 founding corporate members have voluntarily agreed to report their global-warming emissions. “The program provides options for sound measurement and allows members to take action to reduce their GHG emissions,” said Thelma Krug, secretary of climate change, Brazil Environment Ministry, at the launch event here in the ...
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