environment

The Environmental Protection Agency is proposing to update standards for hydrochlorofluorocarbons, including import requirements. EPA announced that its proposed updates include requiring electronic reporting for importers and exporters; improving the process for petitioning to import used...

News reports about the 2019 Copenhagen Fashion Summit (May 15-16, 2019) highlighted current efforts by the French government to encourage fashion companies to establish sustainability goals for the industry. French President Emmanuel Macron has appointed Francois-Henri Pinault, CEO of Kering SA, to...

Members of the House Transportation & Infrastructure (T&I) Committee agreed on Thursday, February 7 on the need for a bold and long-overdue plan to fix the nation's infrastructure, but the big unanswered question continues to be how to fund it. Raise the gas tax? Install a vehicle-mile...

Scientists say they’ve figured out how much plastics the world has produced, and the numbers aren’t pretty. Of the 9.15 billion tons produced since plastics began their heyday in the 1950s, 6.95 billion tons is packed into landfills or littered elsewhere in the environment. That’s...

Nobody likes drama — except for the public sycophant, who has undoubtedly seen a convenient opportunity or two in recent political turmoil. Amid policy controversies and under the pressure of brand boycotts, a few American corporations quickly embraced fashionable causes ━ and the cameras...

Biofuels like ethanol or biodiesel release more carbon dioxide than petrol-based gasoline, a new University of Michigan (UM) study revealed. Contrary to popular belief, and what their name might suggest, biofuels are not so environmentally friendly after all. The key to this finding is at the...

President Barack Obama and his administration announced on Thursday a new initiative to combat climate change, increase access to cleaner sources of energy and reduce the nation's dependence on oil. The U.S. Department of Energy (DoE) launched the first-ever "Sustainable Transportation Summit,"...

Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE: XOM) and Chevron Corporation (NYSE: CVX) shareholders are concerned about the impact of global warming, and they have the chance to do something about it this week. Both companies have their annual shareholder meetings this week, and investors have the chance to vote...

There has been an increased push among Americans to cut down on the nation's carbon footprint and reduce the negative impact that human activity has had on the environment. As green practices have begun to matter more to consumers, many U.S. companies have started to reform their operations in...

President Barack Obama's plan to fight climate change, by reducing carbon emissions and other greenhouse gases from America's power plants, particularly from coal-fired facilities, has come under criticism. Federal regulators recently expressed their concerns. Testifying before Congress...

Who takes the biggest cut of our tax money? The military, according to an infographic from the National Priorities Project. The average tax payer in the United States paid $11,715 in taxes in 2013, the research organization says. Each person gave about $3,174.25 for the military, which includes $...

The U.S. State Department released its expected environmental impact statement of the controversial Keystone XL pipeline project on Friday afternoon – and said the project is unlikely to alter greenhouse gas emissions or affect America's hunger for cheap oil. “Approval or denial of any one...