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ELMWOOD PARK, NJ--Governor Chris Christie has appointed Jorge Berkowitz, PhD, LSRP, to the New Jersey Site Remediation Professional Licensing Board.
ALBANY, NY--A team of research institutions that includes Cornell University and the University of Buffalo received a $1.3 million funding award from the US Department of Energy to study the potential of storing power plant gas emissions in underground rock formations, according to an announcement made today by Secretary of Energy Steven Chu.
WASHINGTON--Champion Chemical Company, Imperial Oil Company Inc. and Imperial's two former officers have agreed to pay at least $1.4 million to resolve actions to enforce a prior agreement to reimburse cleanup costs incurred by the federal government at the Imperial Oil Company Inc./Champion Chemical Company Superfund Site in Marlboro Township, NJ, the Department of Justice and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced.
EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ--Whitman, New Jersey's leading environmental and engineering management firm, has announced that Dr. Ira Whitman, P.E., has been nominated by Governor Chris Christie to serve on the state’s Site Remediation Professional Licensing Board.
WASHINGTON--Representatives of We Can Lead, a coalition of more than 150 major U.S. businesses, including NRG Energy, Virgin America, PSEG, Target, eBay and Exelon, welcomed the introduction of a proposed framework for comprehensive energy and climate legislation, introduced by Senators John Kerry (D-MA) and Joseph Lieberman (I-CT).
WASHINGTON--As the U.S. Senate determines how to move forward on current clean energy and climate proposals, dozens of everyday Americans, from Florida to Maine and in between, brought their homegrown support for clean energy legislation straight to their Senators on Capitol Hill.
ALBANY, NY--The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority is encouraging New Yorkers to buy green to save green this Earth Day.
WASHINGTON---- Leo W. Gerard, International President of the United Steelworkers (USW), today praised the stand taken by Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and nine other senators to ensure that manufacturing is made a centerpiece of any comprehensive energy and climate bill.
ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, MD-- Army installations earned two Department of Defense Environmental Awards for fiscal 2009, recognizing progress in natural resources conservation at Michigan Army National Guard's Fort Custer Training Center and cultural resources management at Wyoming Army National Guard's Camp Guernsey.
NEWARK--Mayor Cory A. Booker, members of the Newark Municipal Council, and other dignitaries re-opened the newly-renovated Kasberger Field in the West Ward at a ceremony on Saturday, April 3.
WASHINGTON--The U.S. Department of Labor's Veterans' Employment and Training Service has announced a $2 million grant competition under the Veterans' Workforce Investment Program to assist eligible veterans by providing employment, training, support services, credentialing and networking information in renewable and sustainable energy.
NEWARK, NJ--The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today recognized PSE&G for its extraordinary efforts to recycle hazardous lead-clad cable and remove more than 1.3 million pounds of lead from the environment.
NEWARK NJ--Deputy Mayor of Economic and Housing Development Stefan Pryor, East Ward Council Member Augusto Amador, Federal Environmental Protection Agency Regional Administrator Judith Enck, and Ironbound Community Corporation Executive Director Joseph Della Fave announced the award of a federal $100,000 grant to the Ironbound Community Corporation to identify and address pollution problems in the East Ward, during a press conference which was held at the River Bank Park Field House.
WALTHAM, MA--American DG Energy Inc. was honored for the fourth year in a row by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Combined Heat and Power (CHP) Partnership for the carbon emissions reductions of the Company's CHP projects.
WATSONVILLE, CA-- The USDA's Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) has announced floodplain easements have been signed and restoration work will begin shortly on a $357,000 project for the Pajaro River Watershed, funded through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA).
WASHINGTON--A new comprehensive guide for sustainable development in the federal government, authored by thought leaders from HOK, the General Services Administration and the University of Maryland, has earned a top award from the Federal Planning Division of the American Planning Association.
WASHINGTON-- The U.S. General Services Administration took two major steps to strengthen its role in President Obama's commitment to make the federal government a leader in sustainability.
WASHINGTON --Cummins Inc., a major motor vehicle engine company based in Columbus, IN, will pay a $2.1 million penalty and recall 405 engines under a settlement agreement resolving alleged violations of the Clean Air Act, the Justice Department and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced.
EBENSBURG, PA-- A Cambria County wind turbine manufacturer that had to temporarily lay off 79 employees last November after new orders fell will be able to bring back those workers and hire an additional 50 people thanks to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Governor Edward G. Rendell said.
BEAVERTON, OR -- Executives from Northwest clean energy and consumer companies will unite with labor leaders at Nike's headquarters today to advocate national climate and energy policies to create new jobs, restore America's competitiveness and provide for our economic and national security.
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