Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability News - ENN

Iran to Cut Motorists' Winter Gasoline Quota 20 Percent

dotdotdotdotdotdotdotdotdotdotdotdotdotdotdotdotdotdotdotdotdotdotdot — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 09:24:00 EST

Iran will reduce heavily subsidized gasoline quota for private motorists in winter, the official IRNA news agency reported. Such a move could help the country lower its consumption as well as vulnerability to any possible Western sanctions targeting its fuel imports.

EPA to Regulate Green House Gases Under the Clean Air Act

dotdotdotdotdotdotdotdotdotdotdotdotdotdotdotdotdotdotdot — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 06:27:00 EST

The United States Environmental Protection Agency is moving forward in regulating greenhouse gas emission in the US from both mobile sources (principally autos and trucks) and stationary sources (industrial and power generation sources). The actions taken today support EPA in regulating greenhouse gas emissions under the Clean Air Act.

US EPA to Regulate Green House Gases Under the Clean Air Act

dotdotdotdotdotdotdotdotdotdotdotdotdotdotdotdotdotdotdot — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 16:14:00 EST

The United States Environmental Protection Agency is moving forward in regulating greenhouse gas emissions in the US from both mobile sources (principally autos and trucks) and stationary sources (industrial and power generation sources). The actions taken today support EPA in regulating greenhouse gas emissions under the Clean Air Act. Today, the US EPA Administrator signed two distinct findings regarding greenhouse gases under section 202(a) of the Clean Air Act: Endangerment Finding: The Administrator finds that the current and projected concentrations of the six key well-mixed greenhouse gases--carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O), hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), perfluorocarbons (PFCs), and sulfur hexafluoride (SF6)--in the atmosphere threaten the public health and welfare of current and future generations. Cause or Contribute Finding: The Administrator finds that the combined emissions of these well-mixed greenhouse gases from new motor vehicles and new motor vehicle engines contribute to the greenhouse gas pollution which threatens public health and welfare.

US EPA to Regulate Green House Gasses Under the Clean Air Act

dotdotdotdotdotdotdotdotdotdotdotdotdotdotdotdotdotdotdot — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 17:33:00 EST

Smog problems off almost 50% in 2009

dotdotdotdotdotdotdotdotdotdotdotdotdotdotdot — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 05:29:00 EST

If you think there’s less smog this year, you are probably right. Thanks in large part to cooler temperatures and more rain, the number of dirty-air days for smog nationwide has dropped by almost half in 2009 compared to last year, according to a survey by the non-profit Clean Air Watch. The survey by Clean Air Watch volunteers is the first comprehensive snapshot of smog in the United States in 2009. It found that the national health standard for smog, technically ozone, was breached more than 2,600 times through August 31 at monitoring stations in 37 states and the District of Columbia.

Ford Creates 62 MPG Gas Cars in Europe

dotdotdotdotdotdotdotdotdotdotdotdotdotdotdotdotdotdotdotdotdotdotdotdotdot — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 15:50:00 EST

In the US, Ford is still behind the 5 major foreign auto makers in fuel efficiency, surpassing only GM and Chrysler. Yet Ford of Europe already achieves dazzling mileage that we Americans can only dream of.

Union Carbide plant in Bhopal 25 Years after the Disaster

dotdotdotdotdotdotdotdotdotdotdotdotdotdotdotdotdotdotdotdot — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 06:43:00 EST

It was seen as a symbol of the new emerging India -- a factory that would not only generate thousands of jobs, but manufacture cheap pesticides for millions of farmers. But the Union Carbide plant in the central city of Bhopal left a more potent legacy when it accidentally released toxic gases into the air, killing thousands of people and causing many more to suffer in the world's most deadly industrial disaster.