Burden-sharing, transparency, and limited mechanisms will promote success in an incentive-based greenhouse gas mitigation policy, the study says.
The EPA-funded study surveyed institutions that reported improvement in air quality at their facilities due to student action.
A DOE laboratory says 850 utilities offer green power programs and sales of green power increased about 20 percent between 2007 and 2008.
The retail division of the ACE Group is launching a contractors' pollution liability program.
The company will pay a $1.7 million penalty and spend millions to correct violations in seven states that were found after Invista took ownership of the DuPont facilities.
More than $1.6 million has been awarded to Duke University, Resources for the Future, and the World Resources Institute to study designs for a cap-and-trade system.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency issued a proposed finding that six greenhouse gases pose a potential threat to public health or welfare.
DeWALT, a power tool manufacturer, will give a discount on purchases to those who recycle power tool batteries at its service center.
Eastman Kodak has been recycling its and other brand single-use camera since 1990.
InEnTec Chemical's new facilities will convert hazardous and non-hazardous chemical residuals into useful products and fuels.