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HEI Hotels & Resorts earns award for protecting the environment through superior energy efficiency NORWALK, Conn., March 6, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- For the fourth year in a row, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has recognized HEI Hotels & Resorts with the ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year - Sustained Excellence Award for HEI's continued leadership in protecting our environment through superior energy efficiency. HEI Hotel & Resorts' accomplishments will be recognized...
USAA Real Estate Company earns award for protecting the environment through superior energy efficiency SAN ANTONIO, March 6, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has recognized USAA Real Estate Company with a 2013 ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year - Sustained Excellence Award for their continued leadership in protecting our environment through superior energy efficiency. USAA Real Estate Company's accomplishments will be recognized at an awards ceremony...
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) honors firm's efforts to protect the environment. CHICAGO, March 5, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has awarded Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL) a 2013 ENERGY STAR Sustained Excellence Award in recognition of its continued leadership in protecting the environment through energy efficiency. This marks the second consecutive year JLL has received a Sustained Excellence Award for its dedication to driving energy...
Technical Consumer Products Inc. earns award for protecting the environment through manufacturing energy-efficient products AURORA, Ohio, March 5, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has named Technical Consumer Products Inc. (TCP) as a 2013 ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year for its outstanding contribution to reducing greenhouse gas emissions by manufacturing energy-efficient products and educating consumers about energy efficiency. TCP's...
DAVIS, Calif., March 5, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Private landowners interested in enhancing, restoring or protecting their wetlands or grasslands may want to get their applications in soon. The USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) in California has set April 5, 2013, as the deadline for considering projects for 2013 Wetlands Reserve Program (WRP) and Grassland Reserve Program (GRP) funding. WRP is a voluntary program that provides farmers, ranchers and other...
Burton Energy Group earns award for protecting the environment through superior energy efficiency ALPHARETTA, Ga., March 5, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has recognized Burton Energy Group with a 2013 ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year - Service and Product Provider Award. This award recognizes Burton for its outstanding contributions in reducing greenhouse gas emissions by providing superior energy-efficient services to its customers. Burton's...
EPA Recognizes LG for Protecting Environment through Manufacturing, Promoting Energy-Efficient Products for a Second Consecutive Year WASHINGTON, March 5, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- LG Electronics, a global technology leader in consumer electronics and home appliances, has been named 2013 ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). This is the second year in a row that LG has earned this coveted award for its efforts to manufacture and promote...
Spring promotion encourages residents to recycle old refrigerators JACKSON, Mich., March 5, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Consumers Energy customers have an opportunity to win a $250 prepaid debit card by recycling an outdated refrigerator or freezer between now and the end of May. The appliance recycling program runs year-round, but during the spring cleaning months of March through May, customers now have an extra reason to recycle outdated units. Consumers Energy customers participating...
Groveton Green to be awarded LEED Gold Certification OWINGS MILLS, Md., March 1, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Groveton Green Apartments, a $35 million luxury eco-friendly community, celebrated a key milestone and established itself in history by becoming the first and only apartments in the Owings Mills, Maryland area to receive LEED Gold Certification. "We are very pleased to bring to the Owings Mills area a multi-family community that not only provides energy efficiency, social...
Lee Rannals for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online International Dark-Sky Association (IDA) announced this week that Death Valley National Park is being designated as the largest International Dark Sky Park in the world. The association said that the park offers views similar to what could have been seen before the rise of cities, due to its seclusion from other towns. Death Valley earned a "Gold Tier" status from the sky pollution watchdog, a status awarded to only those places...
Latest Environment of the United States Reference Libraries
Thescelosaurus, meaning “godlike”, “wondrous”, or “marvelous” and “lizard” was a genus of small ornithopod dinosaur that appeared at the very end of the Late Cretaceous period in North America. It was a member of the last dinosaurian fauna before the Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction event around 65.5 million years ago. The completeness and preservation of many of its specimens illustrate that it might have preferred to live near streams. This bipedal ornithopod is known from...
The Greater Sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) is the largest species of grouse found in North America. It occurs in the western United States and in Canada in southern Alberta and southern Saskatchewan. Its habitat is semiarid country sagebrush. Though this species is not considered endangered by the IUCN, its range has shrunk and it no longer exists in British Columbia, Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Arizona and New Mexico. This bird is a permanent resident in its range, though some birds...
