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BELGIUM, Wis., Feb. 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Mach One Corporation (Pink Sheets: MNCN), is pleased to announce that it has closed the purchase of Ceres Organic Harvest, Inc. an organic grain and grain-based company that supplies ingredients to the food, feed and dairy industries. Ceres Organic Harvest had 2008 revenues (unaudited) of approximately $20,000,000. Mach One acquired 100% of the stock of Ceres for $8 million in a combination of common and preferred stock. 50% of the purchase...

U.S. Companies Face Record Global Warming Resolutions Amid Growing Support in Washington for Clean Energy and Mandatory CO2 Limits. BOSTON, Feb. 18/PRNewswire/ -- Leading U.S. investors today named nine companies to a Climate Watch List, citing concerns that the firms are lagging behind their industry peers and are potentially undermining their long-term competitiveness in responding to the business challenges from global climate change. Investors filed shareholder resolutions with eight...

Launched in September of 2007, and propelled by any one of a trio of hyper-efficient ion engines, NASA's Dawn spacecraft passed the orbit of Mars last summer. At that time, the asteroid belt (where Dawn's two targets, asteroid Vesta and the dwarf planet Ceres reside), had never been closer. In early July the spacecraft began to lose altitude, falling back towards the inner solar system. Then on October 31, 2008, after 270 days of almost continuous thrusting, the ion drive turned off....

BELGIUM, Wis., Feb. 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Mach One Corporation (Pink Sheets: MNCN), Mach One Corporation, a global health company that develops biotechnology based solutions that produce positive, long term benefit to the agricultural and consumer markets, announced today that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Ceres Organic Harvest, Inc. an organic grain and grain-based company that supplies ingredients to the food, feed and dairy industries. Under the terms of the...

Urge Congress to Support Energy Efficiency and Clean Energy in Economic Stimulus Bill WASHINGTON, Jan. 26 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A group of 44 investors managing over $1.7 trillion in assets called on Congressional leaders today to include significant funding for energy efficiency, clean energy and clean transportation in the economic stimulus bill being debated this week in Congress. In a letter delivered this morning to House and Senate leaders and the Obama administration, U.S. and...

HAMPTON, Va., Jan. 12 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A collaboration between students from around the globe and NASA atmospheric scientists who use student observations in cutting-edge climate research has reached a graduation-like benchmark - its 12th anniversary. (LOGO: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20081007/38461LOGO) NASA is marking the anniversary by inviting students everywhere to take part in Global Cloud Observation Day on Jan. 13, 2009. Students can make and report cloud...

BELGIUM, Wis., Jan. 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Mach One Corporation (Pink Sheets: MNCN), a biological solutions company that develops products that produce a positive long term benefit to the agricultural and consumer market, announced today that it has entered into a non-binding letter of intent dated January 7, 2009 related to a proposed transaction with Ceres Organic Harvest, Inc. (the "Seller") to acquire all of the outstanding shares of the Seller. The proposed transaction is...

According to a study released on Thursday, Dell Inc, Intel Corp, and International Business Machines Corp (IBM) stand out among corporations for their environmental policies. The study conducted by investor coalition Ceres, focused on environmental policies in 63 companies in the tech, consumer products, leisure, and drug sectors. IBM, Dell, and Intel ranked in the top five, while Abercrombie & Fitch, and Burger King ranked near the bottom of the list."What we're really looking at...

Nike and Wal-Mart Post Highest Scores in Apparel and Retail Sectors BOSTON, Dec. 11 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- While progress is being made, consumer and technology companies still have more to do in confronting the business challenges posed by climate change, according to a report issued today by the Ceres investor coalition and authored by RiskMetrics Group that analyzes climate change governance practices at 63 of the world's largest retail, pharmaceutical, technology, apparel and other...

Leaders, Laggards to be Listed for 11 Key Industry Categories, Including Retail, Pharma, Grocery, Tech, Restaurants and Travel; Business Choices May Be More Critical in Obama Era WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The climate change corporate governance practices of 63 of the world's leading technology and consumer products/services companies -- including Dell (Nasdaq: DELL), Intel, IBM, Sun, Coca-Cola (NYSE: KO), Johnson & Johnson, Marriott International, Wal-Mart,...