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Adriana Trujillo

Global Forest Watch uses Google's mapping power to fight deforestation | GreenBiz.com - 0 views

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forest watch google environmental news mapping NGO

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  • Adriana Trujillo on 07 Mar 14
     
    A major initiative has been launched this week under the banner Global Forest Watch, promising to use advanced satellite and analytics technology to lead a new crackdown on illegal deforestation.
Adriana Trujillo

Methane leaks from palm oil wastewater are a climate concern, CU-Boulder study says | Science Codex - 0 views

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  • An analysis published Feb. 26 in the journal Nature Climate Change shows that the wastewater produced during the processing of palm oil is a significant source of heat-trapping methane in the atmosphere. But the researchers also present a possible solution: capturing the methane and using it as a renewable energy source.
  • Adriana Trujillo on 07 Mar 14
     
    An analysis published Feb. 26 in the journal Nature Climate Change shows that the wastewater produced during the processing of palm oil is a significant source of heat-trapping methane in the atmosphere. But the researchers also present a possible solution: capturing the methane and using it as a renewable energy source.
Adriana Trujillo

New tech uses microbes to cut water waste from beer | Guardian Sustainable Business | theguardian.com - 0 views

www.theguardian.com/...tion-beer-water-energy-drought

water sustainable wastewater environmental news recyling

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  • Adriana Trujillo on 07 Mar 14
     
    Boston-based startup Cambrian Innovation has come up with water-cleaning technology that uses microbes to turn dirty water into clean energy. Cambrian has federal and private equity funding, including $365,000 from the Environmental Protection Agency. "It's where we will go in the future, where waste is a resource and we don't just want to get rid of it, we want to get energy out of it," said April Richards of the EPA's small-business innovation-research program
Adriana Trujillo

Nike, UPS, Starbucks Shareholders Demand GHG Cuts, Sustainability Reporting · Environmental Management & Energy News · Environmental Leader - 0 views

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  • Adriana Trujillo on 26 Aug 13
     
    Investors filed 110 shareholder resolutions this proxy season related to sustainability issues and climate change with 94 US companies, according to business nonprofit Ceres, which helped coordinate the shareholder filings.
Adriana Trujillo

El Paso Zoo launches app to help save the rainforest - Financial and Business News - MENAFN - 0 views

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  • This is an environmental issue, but it is a consumer-driven issue. Palm oil is being produce because consumers are purchasing items with palm oil in them
  • the El Paso Zoo and El Paso Zoological Society have developed a scanning app that allows people to make informed choices about the products they buy."
  • The El Paso Zoo launched a free national smartphone application Thursday that scans the product's bar code on the back of the item to help consumers identify which ones use palm oil.
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  • You go to the app, scan the item's bar code, and then it will tell you which one has palm oil and which one doesn't. It is
  • Adriana Trujillo on 28 Aug 13
     
    The El Paso Zoo launched a free national smartphone application Thursday that scans the product's bar code on the back of the item to help consumers identify which ones use palm oil. The El Paso Zoo Palm Oil Guide and Scanner app is currently available in the iTunes App Store for iPhones. An Android version will be available next month.
Adriana Trujillo

Activists to Kellogg: Save Tigers, Drop Palm Oil - ABC News - 1 views

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  • Adriana Trujillo on 20 Nov 13
     
    Activists are planning a rally at Kellogg Co. headquarters in Battle Creek to urge the cereal giant to stop using palm oil in its products.
Adriana Trujillo

Sierra Nevada Brewing Achieves 99.8% Waste Diversion | Sustainable Brands - 0 views

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  • Del Birmingham on 22 Nov 13
     
    Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. is the first to receive the US Zero Waste Business Council's platinum certification - the highest possible rating - for successfully diverting 99.8 percent of its waste.
  • Adriana Trujillo on 05 Dec 13
     
    Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. is the first to receive the US Zero Waste Business Council's platinum certification - the highest possible rating - for successfully diverting 99.8 percent of its waste.
Adriana Trujillo

Bio-Tec Patents Environmentally Friendly Plastic Method · Environmental Management & Energy News · Environmental Leader - 0 views

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  • company says. Bio-Tec has also received a US notice of allowance for an
  • Adriana Trujillo on 29 Aug 13
     
    Bio-Tec Environmental has patented a method of creating a layered polymeric plastic or composite. The biodegradable-plastics company has been granted US Patent 8,222,316 and foreign equivalents for this process. Products that combine the patented method with Bio-Tec's patent-pending formulations are under development, the company says.
Adriana Trujillo

Renewable Wind Energy Source Adoption | The Energy Collective - 0 views

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  • Adriana Trujillo on 14 Oct 14
     
    The U.S. could reduce electricity costs by $7.68 billion per year by installing 54 gigawatts of offshore wind power, according to a study supported by the Department of Energy. The goal of the National Offshore Wind Energy Grid Interconnection Study was "to identify and help address the market barriers to the large-scale introduction of offshore wind energy into the U.S. energy portfolio," according to its authors. The report said offshore wind power could be especially useful in densely populated coastal areas
Adriana Trujillo

Chipotle to Stop Using Genetically Altered Ingredients - NYTimes.com - 2 views

www.nytimes.com/...-genetically-altered-food.html

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  • Adriana Trujillo on 19 May 15
     
    Chipotle became the first major restaurant chain to announce it would use only non-genetically modified organisms in its food preparation across its over 1,800 locations, according the New York Times.
Adriana Trujillo

6 things one utility now knows about electric vehicles | GreenBiz.com - 1 views

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  • SCE customers lease or own more than 12,000 plug-in electric vehicles (PEV), which represent about 10 percent of national EV sales. Because California leads the nation in EV adoption, other utilities and stakeholders in the auto industry may find the information from the white paper useful.
  • The Southern California region and SCE’s service territory in particular is seeing significant uptick of early plug-in vehicle adoption,”
  • Adriana Trujillo on 28 Aug 13
     
    Currently, SCE customers lease or own more than 12,000 plug-in electric vehicles (PEV), which represent about 10 percent of national EV sales. Because California leads the nation in EV adoption, other utilities and stakeholders in the auto industry may find the information from the white paper useful.
Adriana Trujillo

Aspen is third U.S. city to reach 100% renewable energy | AspenTimes.com - 0 views

www.aspentimes.com/...-is-third-us-city-to-reach-100

ROI renewable energy aspen u s city add

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  • Adriana Trujillo on 14 Sep 15
     
    Aspen, Colo., is one of the three cities in the nation to source 100% of its electricity from renewables, according to city officials. The city uses wind, solar and geothermal sources. "It was a very forward-thinking goal and truly remarkable achievement," said city Utilities and Environmental Initiatives Director David Hornbacher. The other two cities to have met their 100% renewable energy targets are Burlington, Vt., and Greensburg, Kan. 
Adriana Trujillo

Addicted to antibiotics, Chile's salmon flops at Costco, grocers | Reuters - 0 views

www.reuters.com/...-feature-idUSKCN0PX1IG20150723

antibiotics chile salmon reuters add environmental news fish seafood

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  • Adriana Trujillo on 12 Aug 15
     
    Costco Wholesale Corporation will stop sourcing its salmon from Chile due to "record levels" of antibiotic use by farmers, according to Reuters. The company will begin sourcing "antibiotic-free" salmon from Norway.
Adriana Trujillo

Apple bans use of 2 chemicals in iPhone assembly - 0 views

www.usatoday.com/...14046859

Add chemicals iphone Apple other company news

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  • hat's more, Apple is requiring all its factories to test all substances to ensure that they don't contain benzene or n-hexane, even if the chemicals aren't listed in the ingredients.
  • Adriana Trujillo on 14 Aug 14
     
    Apple is banning the use of two potentially hazardous chemicals, benzene and n-hexane, during the final assembly of iPhones and iPads as part of the company's latest commitment to protect the factory workers who build its trendy devices.
Del Birmingham

Obama Administration Plans to Aggressively Target Wildlife Trafficking - NYTimes.com - 0 views

www.nytimes.com/...egal-wildlife-trafficking.html

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  • Del Birmingham on 12 Feb 15
     
    Hoping to stem illegal wildlife trafficking, the Obama administration on Wednesday introduced an aggressive plan for taking on traffickers that will include using American intelligence agencies to track and target those who benefit from the estimated $20-billion-a-year market.
Adriana Trujillo

Apple is first U.S. tech company to issue green bonds | GreenBiz - 0 views

www.greenbiz.com/...tech-company-issue-green-bonds

apple add other company news

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  • Adriana Trujillo on 22 Mar 16
     
    Apple frequently uses debt rather than its flush cash coffers to finance corporate initiatives, such as stock repurchase programs - it makes sense to do so for tax reasons. But, the company's latest appeal to the public debt markets includes another "first" for Apple and the tech industry at large: Apple is issuing $1.5 billion in green bonds to pay for a wide range of environmental initiatives.
Del Birmingham

EU outlines strategy to wipe out plastic waste - 0 views

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New Atlas waste plastic EU strategy single-use ban recyclable

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  • Del Birmingham on 18 Jan 18
     
    The EU's Plastics Strategy aims to cut out non-recyclable plastics by 2030, while cutting down on single-use plastics and restricting microplastics, all by establishing a new circular economy around the material. The strategy lays out a few key steps to achieve this. The first is to introduce new rules on packaging that improve their recyclability and increase the demand for recycled plastics, thereby making recycling profitable for businesses.
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