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EPA Names Xanterra Parks & Resorts Performance Track Leader

Xanterra Parks & Resorts, operator of concessions in national and state parks and resorts across the country, has been selected by the Environmental Protection Agency as the “2006 Performance Track Corporate Leader.” Xanterra was the only company to receive the recognition this year and is only the fourth company to receive the designation since its creation in 2004. The EPA’s Performance Track program recognizes top environmental performers that voluntarily go beyond compliance with environmental regulations and publicly commit to specific environmental improvements over a three-year period. Xanterra’s operations at Yellowstone, Zion, Bryce Canyon and Grand Canyon (both the North and South Rims) National Parks as well as Mount Rushmore National Memorial are members of the prestigious program. According to the EPA, the Corporate Leader designation is “a way to recognize companies that are substantially committed to Performance Track and exhibit policies and behavior at a corporate level that are associated with environmental excellence. The Corporate Leader designation enhances Performance Track by providing EPA with additional opportunities to work more effectively with corporate leaders in improving environmental performance beyond regulatory requirements. It recognizes and promotes corporate activities not often or fully integrated at the facility level, such as improving the environmental […]

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House Appropriations Committee Supports Mandatory Emissions Caps

An historic moment: The House Appropriations Committee went on record May 10th in support of addressing global warming through a mandatory cap on U.S. emissions. The panel accepted an amendment which endorses capping greenhouse gas emissions as long as the program does not harm the U.S. economy. The amendment also requires participation from international trading partners. Here’s a reaction from Senate Energy Chairman Domenici and Ranking Member Bingaman: “The bipartisan decision of the House Appropriations Committee to adopt a resolution on global warming that is identical to the Sense of the Senate resolution passed last year and is an important indicator of the growing interest in Congress to responsibly address global warming.”

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N.Y. Tidal Power Project Clears Final Regulatory Hurdle

Verdant Power has received the permits needed to install the first tidal wave turbines in the US, in the East River, off the coast of NYC. In this pilot project, the turbines will produce 200 kilowatts of power, enough to power a grocery store and parking lot on Roosevelt Island. After a successful test, the company hopes to install a field of 200 – 300 turbines in the area. That would be enough turbines to generate 10,000 kilowatts, which would power about 8,000 homes. Other tidal power projects are in varying stages of design or operation in Europe, Canada and the United States, include: A permit application to install 100 to 300 tidal turbines in Deception Pass that would supply power to a local utility. A prototype 300 kilowatt offshore turbine installed in 2003 for testing in the Bristol Channel at Lynmouth, North Devon, England. Marine Current Turbines, also in England, is studying the same area for a 12-turbine project which would generate power for about 5,500 homes. A 15 kilowatt generator at Loche Linnhe in Scotland designed and tested by IT Power.

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