Recent Posts Tagged With 'Environmental Policy'

• Calculating The Real Cost of Biofuels; Science Says they Aren’t Green

  Posted on Friday October 23rd, 2009 at 13:07 in Environmental Policy, ethanol, biofuel, carbon capture biofuel, carbon neutral biofuel, cost of biofuel

  New studies in the October 22 issue of Science show beyond the shadow of a doubt that biofuels are far from being green. The first study, led by Jerry Melillo of the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, MA, showed that greenhouse gas emissions...

• Apple Quits US Chamber of Commerce Over Climate Change

  Posted on Tuesday October 6th, 2009 at 08:02 in Environmental Policy, apple chamber of commerce, apple climate change, apple computer climate change, apple environment, apple resigns chamber of commerce

  Apple Inc. has resigned from the US Chamber of Commerce over the Chamber’s opposition to limiting greenhouse gases. In their words: “We strongly object to the chamber’s recent comments opposing the E.P.A.’s effort to limit gre...

• Dirty Oil Alberta Pipeline Challenged By Natives and Sierra Club In Court

  Posted on Sunday September 6th, 2009 at 10:54 in global warming, Environmental Policy, dirty oil, alberta clipper, alberta pipeline, oil sands pipeline, oilsands production, permit issued for alberta clipper

  The tar sands of Alberta are known to have a much higher carbon cost than traditional oil to refine and produce. A pipeline to transport this dirty oil from Alberta to the US called the “Alberta Clipper” had its permit for construction is...

• New York State To Write New Green Building Guidelines

  Posted on Friday September 4th, 2009 at 15:29 in Environmental Policy, green building new york state, new green building guidelines new york, new york green building, new york leed

  For years the state of New York has been pursuing LEED certifications and other green building measures when purchasing and building new construction for the State. Now, its Office of General Services (OGS) is putting together a new set of formal gui...

• Navy Testing Biofuels for Fighter Jets

  Posted on Sunday August 23rd, 2009 at 13:58 in Environmental Policy, Biofuels, algae biofuel, biofuel military, military biofuel, navy biofuel

  The US Navy has put out a call to tender for 40,000 gallons of biofuel. The biofuel may not be produced from any food crops, a condition which shows that the Navy is not only thinking about the environment, but the ramifications of using some forms o...

• The Environmental Risks of Arctic Shipping

  Posted on Sunday July 5th, 2009 at 00:50 in global warming, Environmental Policy, arctic waters, arctic navigation, arctic shipping lanes, arctic shipping route, arctic transportation, eastern arctic shipping

  The above was the trailer. To watch the full documentary, visit the CBC page. As Arctic ice melts, resources aren’t the only thing up North that corporations are eyeing. They are also looking to expand shipping routes to make regular use of the...

• Tough New Vehicle Emissions Standards in California get Thumbs-Up from EPA

  Posted on Wednesday July 1st, 2009 at 12:08 in global warming, Environmental Policy, california emissions, auto emissions california, california truck emissions, california vehicle emissions

  The EPA has given its blessing to a set of 2004 vehicle emission laws that environmentalists have been trying to get passed for years. The new rules will force automakers who want to sell vehicles in California to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 3...

• US Supreme Court Says Go Ahead and Kill The Fish - It’s OK With Us!

  Posted on Tuesday June 23rd, 2009 at 09:34 in Environmental Policy, alaska lake waste dump, coeur d'alene mines, coeur d'alene mining, dennis e. wheeler, goldmine waste dump, supreme court dump, supreme court mine, tailings dump

  In a distinct reversal from what environmentalists were expecting under the new Obama administration, the United States Supreme Court ruled yesterday in the favour of a US mining company which was seeking permission to dump tailings from a gold mine ...

• Sotomayor May be a Force for The Environment in the US Supreme Court

  Posted on Wednesday June 3rd, 2009 at 16:19 in Environmental Policy, sonia sotomayor, sotomayor environment, sotomayor epa, sotomayor green

  Sotomayor has a track record for ruling on the side of the environment, giving some hope to environmental groups. Specifically, in the past she ruled against the Bush administration-era EPA allowing companies to use cost-benefit analysis when decidin...

• Nine Toxic Chemicals Added to Global Banned List

  Posted on Saturday May 9th, 2009 at 11:26 in Environmental Policy, in the media, banned chemical, banned chemicals, banned chemicals in products by the european union, banned chemicals list, list of banned garden chemicals

  Nine new substances were added to the list of banned toxic chemicals today under the 2001 Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants.  They are: Lindane, a pesticide that is still in use to combat head lice in some areas Alpha hexachloro...