Last week the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a case dealing with global warming. This is a significant development for our industry because it marks the first time a climate change-related case has been brought before the nation´s topmost tribunal. The court´s decision is expected around June.

For those keeping score at home, the case is titled Massachusetts v. Environmental Protection Agency.

Here is an interesting piece from the New Yorker on the case and the oral arguments heard last week; here is another from the Washington Times; and here is Waste News´ coverage.

 

"America´s Largest Firms Pledge To Go Green," reported CNNMoney.com yesterday. Yes -- well, some of them, anyway. Forty-two companies have answered a challenge posed by the EPA calling on the nation´s top 500 revenue-generating firms to double their green energy purchases by next year.

Among the participants in the EPA´s Fortune 500 Green Power Challenge [the entire list is available here] are Wells Fargo, Whole Foods, Johnson & Johnson and Hewlett-Packard. Noteworthy shirkers include Fortune 500 chart toppers Exxon Mobil and Wal-Mart.

 

Maybe They Seeped Into The Groundwater
"Following Leak, Waste Well Company Apparently Disappears" -- Headline, Associated Press/MLive.com, Dec. 4; "Where Did Waste Firm Go?" -- Headline, Detroit News, Dec. 4

 

Mother Nature´s Comfort Station
"Trashed Cove Victim Of ´Flushing Event´" -- Headline, Camden [S.C.] Chronicle-Independent, Dec. 4

 

Heiffer-Vescence
"Cows Power Plan For Alternative Fuel" -- Headline, USA Today, Dec. 3

 

Pete Fehrenbach is assistant managing editor of Waste News. Past installments of this column are collected in the Inbox archive.

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