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Sustainability Reporting by Association

By Elaine_Cohen on April 20, 2011 Comments Off on Sustainability Reporting by Association BeyondBusiness Ltd, Cattlemen’s Stewardship Review, CEA, Consumer Electronics Association, consumer electronics industry, CSR, Dell, eCycling initiative, Elaine Cohen, EPEAT products, green grid, green lubricants, HP, industry associations, Industry sector report, LG Corp, methane emission, Microsoft, National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, National Council for Air and Stream Improvement, NCASI, NCBA, Nokia, Panasonic, Philips, power island, responsible business practice, Samsung, Sony and Toshiba, sustainability, sustainability reporting, Yellow Pages Association, YPA

Sustainability Reporting by Association

In this post Elaine gives her take on the latest slew of industry sector sustainability reports increasingly being published by various industry associations, ranging from cattle growers to consumer electronic and every where in between. She notes that they tend to be oriented towards good news marketing oriented material, but they can give you a good overview of the issues in a particular sector.

EPA Gives Awards for Turning Trash into Power

By Chris de Morsella on January 14, 2010 1 Comment Alameda, Altamont Landfill Resource and Recovery Facility, Ameresco, biogas, Bureau of Waste Management, Byron Center, CA, cogeneration, EcoLineTM, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, GA, Gina McCarthy, global warming, greenhouse gas, Half Moon Bay, Jefferson City, Jefferson City Missouri Renewable Energy Project, Kansas Department of Health and Environment, Kent County Department of Public Works, landfill gas, landfill methane capture, Landfill Methane Outreach Program, LFG, Livermore, LMOP, methane, methane emission, MI, Mo., MSW, municipal solid waste, NH, Office of Air and Radiation, Ox Mountain LFG Energy Project, Palo Alto, renewable energy, Rochester, SD, Sioux Falls, Sioux Falls Landfill & Poet LFG Pipeline, University of New Hampshire, Winder, Winder Renewable Methane Project

EPA Gives Awards for Turning Trash into Power

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has recognized eight landfill methane capture projects for innovations to reduce their emissions of methane – a potent greenhouse gas — and in the process recover renewable energy. The Landfill Methane Outreach Program (LMOP) gives these awards to acknowledge excellence in innovation, successful project development that achieves both environmental and economic benefits.