David Worford

Fort Collins

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Hydrogen, Regulations Highlight Most Read E+E Leader January Posts

Feb 5, 2024 | environmentenergyleader.com | David Worford

The year is off to a fast start in the energy and sustainability world, and Environment+Energy Leader readers have shown a few topics that are trending, from hydrogen advances to government regulations and involvement. Those topics comprised four of the top five stories at E+E Leader for January 2024. However, while the overall topic of those articles may have been similar, there was much more to each with a deeper look into the material.
Biden Tabs John Podesta as Top Climate Diplomat

Feb 1, 2024 | environmentenergyleader.com | David Worford

President Biden has selected John Podesta to replace John Kerry as the United States’ top international climate representative. Podesta is currently a White House adviser leading the clean energy elements of the Inflation Reduction Act and will remain in that role while becoming the senior adviser to the president for international climate policy. Kerry, who is the U.S. climate envoy, has said he will step down later this year but has not given an official date.
Looking Forward to Growth and the Unexpected in 2024 Energy, Sustainability

Dec 22, 2023 | environmentenergyleader.com | David Worford

As businesses and industries close out 2023 and look ahead to 2024, expect another year with significant growth, surprises, and expectations in energy and sustainability from what happens with fossil fuels, more plans to add nuclear power sources, carbon capture, evolving government regulations, and much more.
Tesla And Volvo Create ‘Positive Tipping Points,’ Author Says

Dec 12, 2023 | environmentenergyleader.com | David Worford

To avoid a climate tipping point, “business as usual” is intolerable. In other words, if we continue, the damages will only escalate — increased droughts, floods, and heat waves. That’s Tim Lenton, a professor of climate change at the University of Exeter in the United Kingdom, speaking. Small changes in the system can cause massive changes — a self-propelling event. And it’s “tough to stop” and will be irreversible. We spoke at COP28 in Dubai.
3M, DuPont, Chemours Win Significant PFAS Case

Nov 28, 2023 | environmentenergyleader.com | David Worford

3M, E.I. DuPont de Nemours, and Chemours are among a group of chemical manufacturers that won a significant case regarding PFAS contamination as a federal court in Ohio rejected a previous ruling against the companies. That ruling by a lower court essentially included every resident of Ohio in a class action lawsuit against the chemical companies.
Greenwashing Complaint Filed Against Coca-Cola, Danone, Nestlé in Europe

Nov 9, 2023 | environmentenergyleader.com | David Worford

Consumer and environmental groups have filed a formal complaint to the European Commission that beverage companies Coca-Cola, Danone, and Nestlé have falsely claimed their plastic water bottles are 100% recycled or recyclable. The Bureau Européen des Unions de Consommateurs (BEUC), or the European Consumer Organization, and member organizations from 13 countries filed the complaint on Nov. 7, 2023.
EcoEnergy Insights Helps JoAnn Stores Achieve Energy Efficiency

Aug 29, 2023 | environmentalleader.com | David Worford

Global greenhouse gas emissions are at their highest-ever level, pushing the world towards unprecedented levels of climate warming, according to new research, says the World Economic Forum. Buildings contribute as much as one-third of the total global greenhouse gas emissions; about . Finding ways to be more energy efficient has become essential for many business strategies to improve both sustainability and overall operations.
Assent Supply Chain Sustainability Platform Helps Companies Address PFAS

Aug 3, 2023 | environmentalleader.com | David Worford

sponsored content by: AssentRegulations are nothing new across the increasingly important corporate environment, social, and governance landscape, but one looming policy piece that manufacturers and their suppliers should not overlook has to do with per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances or PFAS. The chemicals, which have been labeled forever chemicals because they do not break down naturally in the environment, are in a variety of everyday materials.
Report: Capital Energy Plans to Sell 4.3 GW of Spanish Renewable Energy

Jul 31, 2023 | environmentalleader.com | David Worford

Capital Energy is planning to sell 4.3 gigawatts of wind and solar power plants in Spain, which could be valued at up to $1 billion, according to a report from Reuters. The Madrid-based renewable energy investor has hired financial services company Lazard to help sell the systems, according to the report. The offering is called “Project One,” and consists of 48 projects that are set to start construction through late 2024.
First New U.S. Nuclear Reactor in 30 Years Begins Commercial Operation

Jul 31, 2023 | environmentalleader.com | David Worford

Georgia Power said its new nuclear power unit, the first constructed in the United States in three decades, has started commercial operations. The Plant Vogtle Unit 3 can provide energy to more than half a million businesses and homes in its service area, Georgia Power said, and once a fourth nuclear unit comes online the system will be the largest producer of clean energy in the nation. The new reactor is expected to produce 1.1 gigawatts of energy.