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Greenbytes: December 1, 2004 Edition
In this IssueGreetings from EPA New England. We hope you find this edition of Greenbytes useful and we encourage you to give us feedback. For information on subscribing or unsubscribing see the section at the end of this message.
The combustion of fossil fuels affects the health of New England's environment more than any other sector. As a result, the environmental payoffs from greater energy efficiency and more sustainable production of energy are significant:
This wiser use of energy not only benefits the environment, it also improves the reliability of our energy supply, reduces risks from unreliable foreign supplies, and makes good economic sense. EPA New England is working with its partners in the Performance Track program to address this important issue. Facilities that are members of Performance Track must demonstrate past environmental achievement, commit to improving their performance through their implementation of an environmental management system (EMS), and then report on their progress. This past winter, we issued a challenge to New England Performance Track facilities to cut their energy usage by 5% by December 2006. Specifically, we challenged the New England Performance Track facilities to collectively commit to a reduction in energy usage that will be tracked via a facility-specific 5% greenhouse gas reduction goal that is to be achieved by December 2006. They will track their progress on achieving these energy improvements and report on their progress annually. Among the means they could use to achieve this goal are energy efficiency upgrades, installation of renewable energy systems on-site, use of combined heat and power, and the purchase of renewable energy certificates. In the summer of 2004, sixteen facilities came back to us and said that they would take up the challenge. In the coming years, we can expect that these industrial facilities will have removed thousands of tons of CO2, smog causing NOx, and acid rain causing SO2 from New England's air. Not only that, these upgrades will have made their operations more efficient, contributing to their bottom line making them more competitive in their respective markets. Facilities participating in the Energy Challenge will use the inventory protocols currently specified under EPA's Climate Leaders program, a voluntary industry-government partnership that encourages companies to develop long-term entity-wide climate change strategies. Consequently, the inventory completed for this Energy Challenge will provide the facilities important experience in developing GHG inventories, and may also be useful in such programs as the Department of Energy's enhanced “1605(b)” GHG registry, as well as EPA's Climate Leaders program. The facilities participating in the EPA New England Energy Challenge are: Connecticut Maine Massachusetts New Hampshire Rhode Island For more information on the EPA New England Energy Challenge or the Performance Track program, please contact Martha Curran at 617-918-1802, or curran.martha@epa.gov. Web Resources: Performance Track Energy and New England's Environment
Press Releases RI Building Co. Agrees to Pay $46,000 for PCB Violations in CT Boston's Saunders Hotel Group Awarded For Energy Efficiency and Good Environmental Practices Ellington, CT Firm to Spend $35,000 To Resolve Complaint of Chemical Release Violations EPA Orders Four Municipalities to Remove Illicit Discharges into the Charles River Healthy Communities Awarded EPA to Begin Cleanup at Carvill Combing Company Site in Plainfield, CT "Love that Dirty Water" No Longer Applies to the Charles River Groups in E. Boston and Worcester Receive $50,000 in Environmental Justice Grants Cleanup Complete at Pownal Tannery Superfund site in Pownal, VT EPA Awards $16.9 M to RI for Drinking Water and Sewage Plant Improvements Field Investigation Begins At Sutton Brook Superfund Site In Tewksbury, MA Clean Up Work Begins at Abandoned Property in Turner Falls, MA Two Year Clean Up of Salem's Witchcraft Heights Superfund Site Completed EPA Issues Complaint Against Lewiston, ME Property Owners for Failure to Disclose Lead Paint Hazards
Massachusetts
Military Reservation Plume Cleanup Team Fort Devens Restoration
Advisory Board South Weymouth
Naval Air Station Restoration Advisory Board Raymark Advisory
Committee NETC (Newport)
Restoration Advisory Board MMR Impact Area
Review Team
Baird & Mcguire Superfund Site - five report added Beede Waste Oil Superfund Site - reuse assessment and Water Quality Analysis posted Bennington Landfill Superfund Site - five year report posted BFI Rockingham Landfill Superfund Site - five year report posted Colleges and Universities Assistance - updated text and links Earth Artists - new poems and posters Electronic Waste - updated text and links EPA Policy 2003-08 - recently added to a number of page to make it easier to locate Environmental Management Systems (EMS) - site updated Fort Devens Superfund Site - reports added GE Pittsfield Superfund Site
Most Popular Pages - updating listing, 'in the news' keeps climbing up New Bedford Harbor Superfund Site New London Submarine Base Superfund Site - rod posted Parker Landfill Superfund Site - five year report added Pease Air Force Base Superfund Site - five year report posted Peterson Puritan, Inc. Superfund Site - reuse assessment Rhode Island Sound Dredging - final eis posted Rose Disposal Pit Superfund Site - five year report posted Silresim Chemical Corp. Superfund Site - five year report posted Solid Waste - solid waste and emergency response innovation pilots new solicitation South Weymouth Naval Air Station Superfund Site - documents added Storm water - noi comments due dec. 3 Tansitor Electronics Superfund Site - five year report added Wells G&H Superfund Site - five year report added WR Grace Superfund Site - five year report added
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