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WASHINGTON, DC--When the Washington Nationals host the Atlanta Braves in Sunday's nationally televised baseball season opener, they will play at the first green-built ballpark in the United States.
WASHINGTON, D.C.-- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will award $1.75 million to 25 small businesses to spur development of new environmental technologies.
HARRISBURG-- The Pennsylvania League of Cities and Municipalities (PLCM) has partnered with WITF-TV and
the Pennsylvania Public Television Network (PPTN), as well as the Pennsylvania Economy League (PEL), The Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania's Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED), as a co-sponsor of the IssuesPA 2008 public television program -- Energy and Infrastructure: Where We Need To Be.
NEW YORK--Wells Real Estate Funds, a nationally recognized leader in real estate investing, will turn out the lights at properties nationwide this Saturday in observance of Earth Hour.
TREVOSE, PA-- Pure Earth, Inc. has announced that it recently closed a $6.3 million financing which will provide the capital to expand its existing operations and acquire new facilities.
NORWALK, CT-- Xerox is rolling out a new tool to help companies calculate and reduce the environmental impact of their printers and copiers. The Sustainability Calculator adds to the company's Office Services, which focus on optimizing office processes.
NEW YORK-- The National Audubon Society and Toyota today launched TogetherGreen, a nationwide Audubon program to fund conservation projects, train environmental leaders, and offer volunteer opportunities to benefit the environment.
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ-–Geologists and environmental professionals as well as engineers, regulators and corporate site managers are invited to attend a one-day, continuing education class focused on remediating groundwater in fractured sedimentary bedrock at Rutgers University on April 3.
NEW YORK--The Ethisphere Institute and Forbes Magazine are pleased to announce their joint-conference, "Driving Profit through Ethical Leadership."
NEW YORK---TIAA-CREF, one of America's largest institutional real estate investors, announced today a goal to improve the energy efficiency of its real estate portfolio by 10 percent by 2010.
ALBANY, NY--Ten Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic states working together to reduce greenhouse gases from power plants will hold the first auction of carbon dioxide emissions allowances in the nation for a mandatory emissions reduction program on September 10, 2008.
MANASQUAN-- The new Beleaf tote solves the paper or plastic dilemma and makes it easy for earth-savvy shoppers to take a plastic bag out of circulation and promote the reduction of deforestation.
NEW YORK--The Automotive X PRIZE Foundation will award at least $10 million in privately funded prizes to teams that can engineer clean, production-capable vehicles that exceed 100 miles per gallon, or its energy equivalent fuel efficiency, and win a cross-country stage race.
BOSTON, MA--A sustainable solutions investment and advisory alliance has been formed between Clean Energy Venture Group (CEVG) and eQuilibrium Solutions Corporation (eQ), a Boston-based provider of enterprise sustainability management software and services.
WASHINGTON, DC--The Aspen Institute proudly announces the winners of the first annual Energy and Environment Awards, which will be presented at a ceremony on March 29, 2008, during the inaugural Aspen Environment Forum.
GREENFIELD, MA--Joining forces with nearly 4,000 professionals and visitors at the Northeast Sustainable Energy Association's (NESEA) 33rd annual Building Energy Conference and Trade Show, Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick reinforced his commitment to green building and renewable energy by establishing a task force on net zero energy buildings.
GLENDALE, AZ-- NAIOP (National Association for Industrial and Office Properties) unveiled the “Ultimate Green Office” exhibit last week at its first annual DevelopGREEN: Sustainable Solutions for Commercial Real Estate conference held at the all-green Renaissance Glendale Hotel & Spa in Glendale, AZ.
BOULDER, CO--A team of architecture researchers at the University of Colorado are developing insulated building panels using waste coming out of the state.
NEW YORK--BusinessWeek Special Advertising Sections and Environmental Defense Fund will spotlight some of the most promising private-sector environmental innovations in a section this April.
NEW YORK-- Videoconferencing technology company Tandberg released its first environmental sustainability review this week, laying out pledges to reduce energy use and air travel.
EAST BRUNSWICK-–Whitman Companies, one of New Jersey’s leaders in environmental, civil and structural engineering, played an important role in helping to strike down the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection’s (NJDEP) formula for determining the monetary value of natural resource damages.
HARTFORD, CT-- Mimicking the growing support for and adoption of green building practices, Travelers has become the third insurance company to announce green building coverage this month.
LAS VEGAS-- Wal-Mart unveiled a new store prototype Tuesday that will use nearly half as much energy as a conventional Supercenter.
WASHINGTON, D.C.-- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency issued stringent emissions regulations for boats and trains last week, drawing praise from industry and environmental groups alike.
SADDLE BROOK, N.J.--The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has named CB Richard Ellis Group Inc. as a 2008 ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year for outstanding energy management and reductions in greenhouse gas emissions.
CHICAGO--With only three weeks to go, leading manufacturers are gearing up to share their climate strategies at the inaugural Sustainable Manufacturing Summit on April 8-9 in Chicago.
NEW ORLEANS--Capital One Financial Corporation announced today a donation of $150,000 to Make It Right, a residential green-building project led by actor Brad Pitt.
BEDMINSTER, N.J.--Advance Realty Group has reaffirmed its industry leadership position by launching an energy conservation program that should lead to annual savings of 5 to 17 percent in energy consumption and an enhanced tenant experience.
NEWARK--AMB Property Corporation will host a ribbon cutting ceremony to celebrate the completion of AMB Liberty Logistics Center, a 191,196-sf speculative warehouse distribution center.
SAN DIEGO-- San Diego State University's College of Extended Studies has developed an online certificate program for green building construction and design.
VANCOUVER-- Green building practices could cut greenhouse gases in North America more effectively than any other action, according to research from Canada, Mexico and the United States.
NEW YORK--Nordstrom, Inc. announced that it will introduce new environmentally friendly packaging options for customers throughout 2008.
NEW YORK-- In an effort to bring the global water crisis home to New Yorkers, hip hop mogul and entrepreneur Russell Simmons today joined the U.S. Fund for UNICEF, various government officials in the NYC TAP Project Water Walk -- an initiative where New Yorkers walk one mile carrying containers of water in a gesture of solidarity with those in the developing world who must collect and carry water on a daily basis.
NEW YORK--Samsung Electronics America launched a recycling program Wednesday geared toward helping businesses dispose of their printers.
NEW YORK-- With more than half of U.S. kids saying that they are concerned about the environment, Nickelodeon targets April for the launch of The Big Green Help, its new multi-platform, global pro-social campaign.
PITTSBURGH-- The United Steelworkers have called on its environmental allies to join the union in rallying support for domestic job growth through sweeping federal
investments in renewable job growth.
NEW YORK CITY--Potential climate change is the greatest strategic risk currently facing the property/casualty insurance industry, with demographic changes taking priority for the life insurance industry, according to a new study by Ernst & Young, closely followed by demographic change and catastrophic events.
WASHINGTON, DC--The White House today took the unprecedented step of overruling the chief of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in determining the nation’s ambient air quality standard for ground-level ozone (“smog”) under the Clean Air Act.
NEW YORK CITY--Liberty Ashes, Inc, a commercial waste hauler located in Elmont, New York has signed a letter of intent with Vista International, Inc., VVIT's parent
company, for the construction of a waste-to-liquid fuel project in the New York City metropolitan area which would deploy VVIT's gasification technology. The joint venture project is to be located in Jamaica, Queens, at a permitted transfer station currently owned and operated by Liberty. Liberty would provide the site as well as municipal solid waste, up to 1000 tons per day, as feedstock.
The management of Vista hopes that the deployment of the company's technology in a major market such as New York City will properly demonstrate the technology's ability to decrease dependence on fossil fuels by providing clean energy from municipal solid waste in an urban environment.
Vista International
www.viti.us.com
NEW YORK CITY--The Element Agency, a leading green marketing and communications firm, announced today that it is offsetting 100% of its carbon emissions with Carbonfund.org, one of the country's leading carbon offset organizations.
FRAMINGHAM, MA-- Staples is making recycled, sustainably-sourced paper the standard product at its 1,400 Copy & Print Centers in the United States.
ALBANY--Through NYSERDA's Assisted Home Performance with ENERGY STAR(R) Program, upstate New York households are provided the means to make energy-efficiency improvements more affordable.
NEW YORK CITY--The first Green Real Estate Summit was held last week in New York City and drew about 200 attendees and webcast viewers interested in the opportunities and benefits of green building.
BOSTON-- U.S. investors filed nearly twice as many shareholder resolutions with companies that will likely encounter business impacts from climate change.
NEW YORK CITY--Little Simon, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing, has announced the launch of Little Green Books, the first eco-friendly line of children's novelty and storybooks aimed at parents and children looking to learn more about the environment, debuting in stores in fall 2008.
NEW YORK CITY--Reed Exhibitions in partnership with United States Green Building Council New York Chapter (USGBC New York) announce the launch of GreenBuildingsNY 2008, June 17-18, at the Jacob Javits Convention Center.
PHILADELPHIA-- The ACE USA insurance company has introduced coverage allowing policyholders to use green building methods when repairing or rebuilding damaged property, joining a number of other companies that offer similar programs.
TRENTON--Michael Sylvester, vice president of business development and marketing for the Whitman Companies, an environmental engineering and management firm, recently participated in the New Jersey Institute of Technology's environmental problem solving seminar as an adjunct professor.
NEW YORK-– In its role as the national force behind comprehensive community revitalization, Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) today announced the launch of its Green Development Center to support green design, construction, and management principles in low- and moderate-income neighborhoods.
NEW YORK--EcoMedia, a leading environmental media company that funds local programs to make a measurable impact on the environment, today announced a strategic print partnership with Kiwi
magazine, a bi-monthly consumer publication that promotes healthy family lifestyle.
