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| 8/27/2010 05:42pm |
| EPA Denies Petition Calling for Lead Ammunition Ban |
| The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today denied a petition calling for a ban on the production and distribution of lead hunting ammunition. EPA sent a letter to the petitioners explaining the rejection – that letter can be found here: http://www.epa.gov/oppt/chemtest/pubs/sect21.html
Steve Owens, EPA assistant administrator for the Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention, issued the [...] |
| 8/27/2010 12:57pm |
| Is There a Case Against CSR? |
| Read the full post at Triple Pundit.
Corporate social responsibility is more than “doing well by doing good.” Companies have found that implementing measures related to environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues make a solid business case as well. Consumers have also become more aware of the impacts that their favorite products have on the planet [...] |
| 8/27/2010 12:00pm |
| Biomass Industry Seeks Revamp of Proposed Boiler Rules |
 The biomass industry is demanding that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) revamp newly proposed standards (pdf) that would impose strict emissions limits on boilers in wood-burning plants, claiming the new standards would require billions in equipment upgrades that would “endanger” the “entire renewable energy industry,” reports SolveClimate News.
The Biomass Power Association said on Wednesday it [...] |
| 8/27/2010 10:38am |
| LEED Roundup — Fairmont Pittsburgh, Bank of America, Frito-Lay, Pearson, Atlantic Center |
 Here’s a roundup of some of the most recent businesses that have earned the U.S. Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification. These include luxury hotel Fairmont Pittsburgh, office building Bank of America Tower, Frito-Lay, education services provider Pearson, and multi-tenant building Atlantic Center Plaza.
Here are highlights for each LEED certification [...] |
| 8/27/2010 10:18am |
| Air Products to Pay $1.5M in Penalties for RCRA Violations |
 Air Products has agreed to pay nearly $1.5 million in civil penalties to resolve hazardous waste mismanagement violations at its Pasadena, Texas, chemical manufacturing facility, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Justice. The settlement resolves Air Products’ Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) violations in transferring spent acid to the [...] |
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