Sustainability


Kimberly-Clark Promotes 2, Adds Strategy Officer

The company's personnel decisions are designed to strengthen its focus on continuous improvement, global sourcing and sustainability.

Rentech Awards Fluor FEED Contract for Rialto Project

Commercial biomass gasification facility to produce renewable synthetic fuels and electric power.

What to Stock in Case of an Emergency

Camping Survival.com provides tips on the essential items needed in case of a hurricane or other crisis events.

EPA to Assist Select State Capitals in Green Initiative

Letters of interest in the program should be submitted by July 9.

Tampa Electric Completes 10-Year, $1.2 B Air Quality Investment

Big Bend Power Station installs new equipment on all four units to lower nitrogen oxide emissions.

Georgetown University Center to Tap Rain Water Resource

New research center is going for a Silver LEED rating and will use LT Technologies' systems to help achieve it.



EPA Analysis Finds American Power Act Strategy Affordable, EDF Says

The agency estimates that households will pay between $79 to $149 per year to further clean energy development.

U.S. Conference of Mayors Adopts Producer Responsibility Resolution

Mayors from California, Washington, Massachusetts, Arkansas, and Texas signed the resolution.

HUD to Apply Neighborhood LEED Criteria to Grant Submissions

Housing and Urban Development will encourage smart growth, location efficiency and green communities.

Reflecting Light Wavelengths Reveal Oil in Contaminated Soils

Researchers from several organizations tested visible near infrared light with diffuse reflectance spectroscopy to determine the presence and amount of oil in Louisiana soils.

Case study: Mining Company Reclaims Wastewater in Mexico

Met-Mex Peñoles has used reverse osmosis membranes to further treat municipal wastewater from Torreón City for its boilers over the last 12 years.

Laws Require Gypsy Moth Inspection before Relocating

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has quarantined specific areas, and if you are moving from one of them, you had better get an inspection certificate.

Agency Estimates $298 B Needed for Water Pollution Control

In its Clean Watersheds Needs Survey, EPA summarizes data from 47 states and predicts the nation will need most of the money for wastewater treatment and collection systems over the next 20 years.

10-Minute Lead Paint Test Less Expensive, RTI Says

Lead paint rule spurred RTI International to develop a method that uses a simple, portable turbidity meter that measures the amount of light blocked by suspended particles in solution.

Free, Online Energy Conference Features Federal Authorities

Clinton Climate Initiative’s Magaziner, FERC Chair Wellinghoff and Secretary of Commerce Locke to speak at Virtual Energy Forum.

China to Build Largest Coal Mine Methane Emissions Abatement System

The Datong mine ventilation air methane abatement system will use MEGTEC's Vocsidizer technology.