by Dave Newman | February 26th, 2010
Sixty corporations began measuring emissions, named Scope 3, from products and supply chains. What are scope 3 emissions? Scope 3 emissions are activities within a company's supply chain (manufacturing, transportation, etc.) which aren't owned by the company. Scope 3 emissions include other impacts from a ... Read More
by Dave Newman | February 18th, 2010
The episode was originally going to focus on Sainsbury’s decision to include environmental metrics within their quarterly financial updates. However, in learning about their environmental program, we found many examples of sustainability leadership. Therefore, we'll do a review of Sainsbury's climate activities using ... Read More
by Dave Newman | February 12th, 2010
We here at Dave's Corner Extra are keeping an eye on the concept of labeling consumer products with carbon footprint information. Providing consumers with footprint information on products may take time before it influences purchasing decisions. However once adopted, carbon labeling could be just ... Read More
by Dave Newman | January 29th, 2010
As expected, the first challenge to the EPA's endangerment finding was filed in federal court. What is surprising is which group was the first to challenge the Endangerment Finding. I expected a large regional utility or a large business association such as the Chamber ... Read More
by Dave Newman | January 25th, 2010
Growth Energy and the Renewable Fuels Association filed a lawsuit in December 2009 challenging the constitutionality of California’s low-carbon fuel standard. These groups believe the low-carbon fuel standard violates both the supremacy clause and commerce clause of the U.S. Constitution. The California Air Resource Board approved ... Read More
by Dave Newman | January 8th, 2010
Happy New Year everyone! It is a new year and a new decade and time for our resolutions. My climate resolutions for 2010 are: 1. An international climate agreement. Although unsatisfactory to many, the Copenhagen agreement between China, India, Brazil and the US ... Read More
by Dave Newman | December 18th, 2009
Week two of the climate negotiations in Copenhagen continues to show promise, highlight fundamental disagreements, and cause concern that a global climate agreement will happen. Here's my take on the key areas for the negotiations: Binding emissions reduction targets for developed nations The world (both developed ... Read More
by Dave Newman | December 14th, 2009
At a press conference, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that greenhouse gas emissions threaten human health and the environment. What today's announcement means: A federal government entity finds that greenhouse gases threaten human health and the environment. Six gases are included in the findings: carbon dioxide, ... Read More
by Dave Newman | December 4th, 2009
In the background of U.S. Climate Policy, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is laying the foundation to potentially regulate Greenhouse Gas emissions (GHG). In this week's episode of Dave's Corner, we'll try to explain what this means to U.S. citizens. What is the EPA? The Environmental Protection ... Read More
by Dave Newman | November 23rd, 2009
Economists say climate change will harm the U.S. economy. They conducted a survey with top economic experts to solicit their views on several key questions about climate change that could affect policy. The pool of economists were selected by searching the top twenty-five economics ... Read More
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