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News: White House Announces Executive Order on Industrial Energy Efficiency, including Combined Heat and Power

Thu, 30 Aug 2012 21:31:56 GMT

Today, President Obama signed an Executive Order to accelerate investments in industrial energy efficiency, including combined heat and power (CHP). Accelerating investment in industrial energy efficiency in a way that benefits manufacturers, utilities, and consumers can improve American manufacturing competitiveness and create jobs while improving our nation's energy system and reducing harmful emissions. The Executive Order: sets a national goal of 40 gigawatts (GW) of new CHP installation over the next decade; directs agencies to foster a national dialogue through ongoing regional workshops to encourage the adoption of best practice policies and investment models that overcome the numerous barriers to investment, provide public information on the benefits of unlocking investment in industrial energy efficiency, and use existing Federal authorities that can support these investments; and directs the Departments of Energy, Commerce, and Agriculture, and the Environmental Protection Agency, to coordinate actions at the Federal level while providing policy and technical assistance to states to promote investments in industrial energy efficiency.

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News: Ship ready to sail on Lake Michigan, but will coal-ash problems make this its last season?

Thu, 10 May 2012 19:12:37 GMT

U.S. EPA has given Lake Michigan Carferry until Dec. 15 to stop dumping coal ash into lake

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News: Former Exxon Valdez Being Scrapped

Tue, 27 Mar 2012 19:16:15 GMT

Numerous news agencies and websites have followed a March 20 report by TradeWinds, a well-known shipping industry media company, that the ship formerly named the Exxon Valdez has been sold to GMS and will be scrapped, apparently in India. GMS, with offices in Cumberland, Md., Dubai, and Shanghai, is the world's largest cash buyer of ships for recycling. It sends them to yards in India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, China, and Turkey. The ship was built in 1986. It struck a reef in Prince William Sound, Alaska, spilling more than 11 million gallons of oil --- the biggest spill ever in U.S. waters.

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Training: Air Quality Training

Wed, 11 Jan 2012 14:54:05 GMT

Six training sessions dealing with a wide variety of air quality topics.

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News: Update: Groups sue U.S. EPA over Navy ship-sinking policy

Mon, 09 Jan 2012 22:00:27 GMT

The U.S. EPA has failed to adequately regulate the dumping of toxic chemicals into the ocean through the Navy's ship sinking program, a lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court alleges. The Basel Action Network and Sierra Club, along with Earthjustice, filed the suit, saying the agency did not respond to its citizen petition by the required time limit. The trio petitioned the agency to regulate the Navy's SINKEX program more stringently in July. The EPA responded that it received the petition, but did not respond by a statutory deadline. The SINKEX program, short for sink exercise, allows the Navy to use decommissioned ships as live target practice in the open ocean. The Navy has a permit and agreement with the EPA to perform the ship-sinking exercises and must complete environmental remediation prior to sinking ships, including PCB decontamination. However, the Navy must remove solid PCB items only if they are readily detachable, according to the lawsuit.

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Resource: Toxics Use Reduction Case Studies

Mon, 05 Dec 2011 14:55:28 GMT

Case studies from a wide variety of industries and processes.

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News: Nominations Sought for 2012 Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Awards

Thu, 10 Nov 2011 21:28:29 GMT

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is accepting nominations for the Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Awards. Green chemistry is the design of chemical products and processes that reduce both the use and generation of chemicals that are hazardous to the environment and people's health. Nominations are due to the agency by December 31, 2011.

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Resource: P2 Data Collection Tools

Wed, 28 Sep 2011 19:16:30 GMT

NEWMOA developed this online resource to enable P2 and environmental assistance programs to share their P2 data collection tools. The overall purpose of this effort is to provide a way for programs to share these tools so that they can learn from each other and not have to reinvent them. P2 data collection tools include surveys, worksheets, self-certification forms, protocols and standard operating practices (SOPs) for follow-up to P2 technical assistance visits, quality management plans (QMPs), and/or checklists that P2 programs use to collect information from their clients. These data collection tools are used to understand the behavioral, environmental, and financial results from site visits, workshops or training events, and in response to an email, phone inquiry, or other social media technology. Users can customize their Search based on the relevant sector or topic, type of P2 activity, or type of P2 data collection tool used. They can also Add their own data collection tools to the system.

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News: IL: Applications now being accepted for 2011 Illinois Governor's Sustainability Awards

Mon, 28 Mar 2011 15:13:01 GMT

ISTC is now accepting applications for the 2011 Governor's Sustainability Awards. The application deadline is May 27, 2011.

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Resource: Shipping Efficiency

Tue, 07 Dec 2010 22:34:43 GMT

Shippingefficiency.org is a free-access, beta data-hub designed for ship owners, operators, charterers, ports, insurance companies, shipbrokers and other stakeholders, to factor in vessel efficiency information when making business decisions.

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