Using Executive Authority to Achieve Greener Buildings

Van Ness Feldman, P.C. for the US Green Building Council / by Tomás Carbonell, Shelley Fidler and Douglas Smith http://www.usgbc.org/ShowFile.aspx?DocumentID=7187 [From Climate Wire]  The White House can retrofit its tools for dealing with energy efficiency, in many cases without asking Congress for money or permission, according to a report released yesterday. The analysis found $72 … Continue reading »

Auto Industry: Lessons Learned from Cash for Clunkers Program

General Accounting Office http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d10486.pdf [From summary] Members of Congress and administration officials articulated two broad objectives for the CARS program: (1) help stimulate the economy and (2) put more fuel-efficient vehicles on the road. The program achieved these broad objectives; however, the extent to which it did so is uncertain. For example, nearly 680,000 consumers … Continue reading »

ToxRefDB : EPA’s Toxicity Reference Database

US EPA. National Center for Computational Toxicology and Office of Pesticide Programs www.epa.gov/NCCT/toxrefdb/ http://actor.epa.gov/toxrefdb/faces/Home.jsp [Website] ToxRefDB was developed by the National Center for Computational Toxicology (NCCT) in partnership with EPA’s Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP), to store data from in vivo animal toxicity studies. The initial focus was populating ToxRefDB with pesticide registration toxicity data … Continue reading »

A European Strategy on Clean and Energy Efficient Vehicles

The European Commission http://tinyurl.com/2vssxmh [Yale Environment 360] The European Union has unveiled a strategy to become a world leader in the green vehicle market, including a framework for common standards for electric cars across Europe by 2011 and the development of a network of charging stations continent-wide. Calling this a defining stage for the automotive … Continue reading »