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An alliance of environmental groups is urging the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to push forward with new coal ash standards that it had proposed after a massive and expensive 2008 oil spill at the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) Kingston Fossil Plant. The group, comprised of EarthJustice, the Sierra Club, the Environmental Integrity Project, and others, filed a lawsuit against the EPA last Thursday (April 5) because the agency failed to act on the proposal it had made years...
Groundbreaking program to drive greater energy recovery and lower operating costs for Carbon Fiber manufacturers was designed with Harper's decades of experience Buffalo, NY (PRWEB) March 26, 2012 Harper International, world leader in thermal processing solutions for advanced materials, announced today the launch of Beacon™, a ground-breaking new program offering carbon fiber manufacturers the ability to evaluate the carbon footprint of their manufacturing process and identify...
SYDNEY, March 7, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- While over 70 percent of Australians believe that human activity is contributing to climate change, few know how to take action to prevent it. That's where a new Ektron-powered website - http://www.climatefriendly.com - comes in. ClimateFriendly.com is designed to help people around the world take action by reducing emissions and purchasing carbon offsets. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20100709/MM19483LOGO ) "We make it...
MEMPHIS, Tenn., March 2, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Association of Climate Change Officers (ACCO), the Center for Climate and Energy Solutions (C2ES) (formerly the Pew Center on Global Climate Change), and The Climate Registry (TCR) named International Paper (NYSE: IP) among the winners of the inaugural Climate Leadership Awards. International Paper was recognized for aggressively managing and reducing green house gas (GHG) emissions....
Carbonfund.org announces new awards program to top partners of 2011 BETHESDA, Md., Feb, 6. 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Carbonfund.org Foundation is proud to announce its first For Planet and People annual awards, adding to Carbonfund.org's long history of facilitating our partners' goals to mitigate their carbon footprint. Since 2003, Carbonfund.org has worked with over 2,000 businesses and 750,000 individuals on climate solutions. Partners support renewable energy,...
NEW YORK, Jan. 17, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Grupo Pao de Acucar, the largest retailer in South America, has selected the SAP® Carbon Impact OnDemand solution to monitor and manage carbon emissions and energy consumption in each of its 1,832 stores. The solution from SAP AG (NYSE: SAP) will help the group, long recognized as a sustainability leader for retailers both in Latin America and globally, to more effectively control greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and increase the data...
carboNZero certification has been achieved by Dove Medical Press, the first medical and scientific publisher to become carbon neutral by measuring, managing, reducing and mitigating the emissions they can’t reduce by purchasing verified carbon credits. The emissions for the 2010-2011 period were verified by an independent auditor at 10.61 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalents. This is equivalent to the emissions created from driving around 45,000km in a medium sized petrol car....
SACRAMENTO, Calif., Nov. 1, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Carbon Lighthouse, a one-stop shop for organizations to profitably eliminate their carbon footprints, has certified the downtown Traveler's Building as carbon-free. The building is managed by BTV Management, which will enjoy substantial energy savings at no out-of-pocket expense as part of the deal. "The Traveler's Building is a Sacramento landmark, and we're delighted to see this historic structure take an important step into the...
WASHINGTON, Oct. 13, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- HR 2273, scheduled for a vote in the U.S. House on Friday, would authorize construction of new coal ash sites designed to leak up to five times more arsenic into groundwater than current law allows, according to a new analysis by The Environmental Integrity Project (EIP). The EIP analysis, "A Little More Arsenic With That Drinking Water?," with citations to key provisions in the bill, is available online at...
AUSTIN, Texas, Oct 13, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- SmallCapVoice.com, Inc. announced today that a new audio interview with Mantra Venture Group Ltd. ("Mantra") (OTC.BB:MVTG.ob) (Frankfurt: 5MV), is now available. The interview can be heard at http://smallcapvoice.com/blog/10-12-11-smallcapvoice-interview-with-mantra-venture-group-otcbb-mvtg Larry Kristof, President and CEO of Mantra called into SmallCapVoice.com to go over the recent news issued by the Company regarding the announcement that its...
