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Public-Private Collaboration Aims to Transform Oroville Region into California's 'Clean Tech' Capital OROVILLE, Calif., April 20 /PRNewswire/ -- In an unprecedented show of community unity, a new group of regional business, government and civic leaders has been formed to design, implement and promote a new economic blueprint for the greater Oroville and Butte County region. Named the BayTEC Alliance, the group includes prominent business and labor leaders, education and elected officials...
WASHINGTON, March 6 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- John Joseph Cota, a California ship pilot, pleaded guilty today to negligently causing the discharge of approximately 53,000 gallons of oil into San Francisco Bay in violation of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, a law enacted in the wake of the Exxon Valdez disaster. Cota, who piloted the M/V Cosco Busan when it hit the San Francisco Bay Bridge on Nov. 7, 2007, also pleaded guilty today to violation of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act for the death...
LAS VEGAS, March 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- American Pacific Corporation (Nasdaq: APFC) is pleased to announce that its wholly-owned subsidiary AMPAC Fine Chemicals LLC (AFC) received the California Pollution Prevention Challenge Award from the Department of Toxic Substances Control of California (DTSC) and the Chemical Industry Council of California (CICC). The award recognizes the overall pollution prevention achievements of AFC's STRIDE (Sustainability Through Renewable Innovative...
WALNUT CREEK, Calif., Feb. 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Fehr & Peers is proud to announce CoolConnections, a company-wide initiative that reflects Fehr & Peers' commitment to innovative transportation solutions that improve communities, with a particular emphasis on sustainable climate energy conditions and healthy lifestyles. CoolConnections is in line with the current trends of reducing green house gas emissions and providing solutions for developers and governments to help reverse the...
WATSONVILLE, Calif., Feb. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- California Energy Initiatives (CEI), a leading developer of accurate, timely and cost-effective greenhouse gas emissions profiling solutions, today announced the introduction of its service that profiles the distribution of greenhouse gas levels throughout California. CEI's new service is a key resource for the successful implementation of California's landmark climate change legislation for all of California's 58 counties, 18 metropolitan...
WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following is a statement of John P. McEleney, Chairman, National Automobile Dealers Association, in reaction to the Environmental Protection Agency's announcement on the California waiver public comment process: "It is apparent from its notice that EPA has all but made up its mind to allow for state-by-state fuel economy/greenhouse gas regulations, which is contrary to the President's statement against a 'confusing and patchwork set of...
Snowpack Levels at 61% of Average; State Water Contractors Urge Long-Term Delta Fix Along With Conservation SACRAMENTO, Calif., Jan. 29 /PRNewswire/ -- The California Department of Water Resources (DWR) released its latest snow survey results today showing Sierra Nevada snowpack levels at just 61 percent of normal, giving public water agencies a dismal outlook on weather conditions. The State Water Contractors member agencies rely heavily on snowpack runoff from the Sierra Nevada...
Taking an innovative approach to involving the public, Cal/EPA's Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) is launching a "wiki" to gather comment on how to build California's Green Chemistry regulations. The wiki, found on the department's website, allows anyone to access and contribute or modify content, using simple on-line tools.DTSC created the wiki for the landmark Green Chemistry bills signed into law by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger in September 2008. These new laws require DTSC...
WASHINGTON, Jan. 26 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- All people have the right to clean air. Action announced by the White House today means that Americans may soon be able to breathe easier, said Dr. Jane L. Delgado, President and CEO of the National Alliance for Hispanic Health, the nation's leading Hispanic health advocacy group. We congratulate President Obama on issuing a Presidential Memorandum to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to review the agency's denial of the State of...
Industry Needs Single National Standard, Not Patchwork of State Regulations WASHINGTON, Jan. 23 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A comprehensive analysis released today by the National Automobile Dealers Association (NADA) on a California Air Resources Board's (CARB) rule that would allow individual states to regulate fuel economy standards finds numerous unintended consequences that will cause economic harm and provide little or no environmental benefit over the proposed federal standards....
