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Trade Group on EPA Chemical Regs: ‘If Everything is a Priority, Then Nothing is a Priority’

Publicado Posted by Environmental Leader on 19/11/2009

As the U.S. House of Representatives considers how far the EPA should go in regulating chemicals used in everyday products, trade groups are cautioning against over-regulation.The Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection took comments on the EPA’s proposed overhaul the 1976 T ...

Etiquetas Chemicals Government Policy & Law Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization epa Grocery Manufacturers Association Regulation Toxic Substances Control Act U.S. House Of Representatives


A/V Equipment Gets New Energy Star Requirements

Publicado Posted by Environmental Leader on 19/11/2009

Audio/video products such as home theaters, DVD players and docking stations, among others, will face more stringent energy efficiency requirements to qualify for the EPA’s Energy Star label.Version 2.0 of the EPA’s A/V Energy Star requirements are effective immediately. For products ...

Etiquetas Electricity Energy Efficiency Government Green Marketing Products & Planning Audio/Video DVD energy star epa home theater


As Congress Drags Feet on CO2 Regulations, EPA Moves Forward

Publicado Posted by Environmental Leader on 11/11/2009

The Environmental Protection Agency, as it promised it would do, is moving ahead to regulate carbon dioxide emissions in the absence of Congressional action, Reuters reports.When the EPA came out with its endangerment finding on CO2 and the Clean Air Act, the Obama Administration signaled to Cong ...

Etiquetas Climate Emissions Government Policy & Law Congress emissions. carbon dioxide epa obama


Intel, Pepsi, Kohl’s Stay Atop Green Power Partnership list

Publicado Posted by Environmental Leader on 04/11/2009

No company has been able to dethrone Intel, PepsiCo. or Kohl’s as the top three (in descending order) users of renewable energy, as listed on the most recent EPA Green Power Partnership Top 50 list.At 1.301 billion kilowatt hours, Intel gets 48 percent of its energy needs from renewable ene ...

Etiquetas Clean Energy Feature Finance & Reporting Government Major Players Dell epa Green Power Partnership Intel Kimberly Clark Kohl's Pepsi Whole Foods Markets


EPA Orders Pesticides Tested for Hormone Effects

Publicado Posted by Environmental Leader on 02/11/2009

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has ordered the first test for pesticide chemicals to be screened for their potential effects on the endocrine system. Endocrine disruptors are chemicals that disrupt the hormones produced or secreted by human and animal endocrine systems, which regu ...

Etiquetas Chemicals Healthcare Manufacturing Policy & Law epa Hormone Effects Pesticide Chemical Testing Toxic Substances Control Act