Sustainability


Agency OKs Smart Sponge Plus for Use in Reducing Bacteria in Runoff

The AbTech Industries technology helps lower coliform bacteria levels in stormwater runoff.

Water and Biodiversity Issue Now Available

"Science for Environment Policy" is offered free from the European Commission DG's Environment.

Republic Services, RecycleBank to Deploy Reward Program

The agreement has set a 1-million home goal for increasing curbside recycling levels.

N.J. Panel to Review State Land Leasing Policy

The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection and other stakeholders will determine if the formula needs updating to account for disturbances to habitat, conservation, or resource protection, for example.

Investors Ask Companies with Deep Water Wells for SPCC Plans

Fifty-eight investors with assets totaling $2.5 trillion are asking oil and gas companies and insurance companies to disclose their risk management plans by Nov. 1.

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Excessive Idling Lands MBTA in $2 M Clean Air Act Settlement

The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority and the Massachusetts Bay Commuter Railroad Company will have to install anti-idling equipment at all of its end-of-line stations and maintenance facilities.

Watershed Academy Sets Webcast on Houston's LID Experience

On Aug. 11, EPA will explain how a low impact design competition had a ripple effect on Houston's design/build community.

Two Texas Cities Make Top 10 in Green Power

The cities of Houston and Dallas purchase more than 12 billion kilowatt-hours of green power annually, according to EPA's Green Power Partnership.



Allied Waste to pick up and recycle trash from Boy Scout Jamboree

Allied Prepares to Collect Estimated 900 Tons of Boy Scouts' Trash

Boy Scouts are gathered in Fort A.P. Hill, Va., for their annual Jamboree, where Allied Waste has placed 450 trash and recycling bins to manage the cleanup.

Lasco air emissions control.

Case Study: Aquatic Adopts RTO for Compliance and Power

Aquatic, which makes plastic composite bath products, invested in Dürr air emissions control technology that also provides energy from the collection and incineration of styrene.

Laredo Breaks Ground on Brackish Water Purification Plant

Terrabon's AdVe technology will increase water supply at the Santa Isabel Water Treatment Plant.

University of Arkansas graduate student Rose Feinstein sets up the laser level for a survey.

Geoscience Team Gauges Stream Depths, Differences

University of Arkansas researchers took a look at streams and land use surveys to determine that restoration of urban streams cannot be based on the characteristics of streams in agricultural or forested settings.

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A Re-think on Fly Ash Ponds in India

Bioremediation of ash ponds has the potential to reclaim the contaminated environment and return it to a more natural condition.

Collaborative Procurement for Solar PV Focus of EPA Webinar

Using an actual project as a model, the Green Power Partnership will explain how to successfully execute a renewable energy strategy.

NIRE and TTU have won grants to help solve issues blowing toward the turbine industry.

Texas Technology Fund Drives Wind Energy Research

With $8.4 million in state funding, grant recipients will develop research wind farms and provide services to industry partners.

In 2007, desktop computers wasted 50 percent of the power coming from the wall.

CompTIA: IT Industry Powers Equipment Down

A study shows the industry has lowered carbon dioxide emissions by 32 million metric tons and needs to reduce those emissions by another 22 million metric tons to meet a June 2011 goal.

Sonoco Meets GHG Target, Ups Ante with Global Goal

The company said a global Web-based environmental management system will help it measure greenhouse gas emission reductions.

Power Partners and PNNL Work on Commercial Air Conditioning

The team, which also includes Arkema, is trying to improve the efficiency and test new refrigerants in an air conditioner that runs on waste heat or solar heat.

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Getting the Elephant Out of the Mud

Sustainability initiatives require a clear, steadfast plan.

Safer Siting Could Have Lessened Damage at Veolia Facility

The Chemical Safety Board completed its report on the 2009 explosion at Veolia ES Technical Solutions' plant in Ohio and recommended the Center for Chemical Process Safety revise control room siting guidelines.