Environmental Resources
Conserving natural resources, landscapes and wildlife for use by future generations.
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05-13-08
Owens Corning Announces Business-Building Sustainability Partnerships at NAHB Green Building Show
NEW ORLEANS, May 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Owens Corning (NYSE: OC), a leader in building science for nearly 70 years, announced it has become a sponsor of LBM Journal's Certified Green Dealer(TM) program and renewed its sponsorship with Masco Home Services' Environments ...
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05-13-08
UPS Places Largest Order Ever For Hybrid Electric Trucks
ATLANTA, GA, May 13, 2008 - UPS (NYSE: UPS) today announced it has ordered 200 hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs) - the largest commercial order of such trucks by any company - in addition to another 300 Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) vehicles for its U.S. delivery fleet.
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05-13-08
Buy a Stroller, Plant a Tree! BabyChecklist.com and PamperedTot.com Go Green!
HERMOSA BEACH, CA, May 13, 2008 "“ Baby Rain Inc., the owner and operator of BabyChecklist.com and
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05-12-08
Copenhagen Summit to Add Business Voice to post-Kyoto Negotiations
NEW YORK, NY - May 12, 2008 - The United Nations Global Compact, the Copenhagen Climate Council, the World Business Council for Sustainable Development and the Pew Center on Global Climate Change, will convene a World Business Summit on Climate Change in Copenhagen on 24-26 ...
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05-12-08
LayFlats Arts & Music Festival Offsets its Carbon Footprint with Carbonfund.org
May 12, 2008 - LayFlats Arts & Music Festival announced today that it is offsetting its carbon emissions with Carbonfund.org, one of the country's leadi...
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05-12-08
Rainforest Alliance Announces 2008 Honorees to be Recognized for Leadership in Sustainability and Support of Conservation Work
May 12, 2008 - The Rainforest Alliance, an international nonprofit conservation organization, is pleased to announce the 2008 honorees that will be recognized at its annual gala on May 15 at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. The annual gala recognizes ...
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05-12-08
White Paper on the Economics of LEED for Existing Buildings for Individual Buildings Released by Leonardo Academy
Madison, May 12, 2008 - Leonardo Academy has announced the release of the White Paper: "The Economics of LEED for Existing Buildings for Individual Buildings," which summarizes a survey of buildings that have earned LEED-EB certification. The results show that there are many...
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05-09-08
Mother's Day Mothers Paint Big Picture for Congress
TAKOMA PARK, MD - May 9, 2008 - 1Sky, a new national campaign on climate change, announced today that over 465 events in 43 states and the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico are planned for Mother's Day weekend where mothers in local communities will gather with their chil...
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05-08-08
China, Tibet, and the Strategic Power of Water: Pollution and Global Warming Threaten Asia's Most Important Freshwater Source
May 8, 2008 - Almost two years after a 710-mile (1,100 kilometer)railroad across the world's highest plateau opened from central China to the Tibetan capital of Lhasa, the deadliest clashes in a generation are occurring between Chinese police and young Tibetan protestors. Th...
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05-08-08
The Philadephia Phillies Join Green-e Marketplace with 100% Renewable Energy Purchase
SAN FRANCISCO, CA (May 7, 2008)-The Center for Resource Solutions announced today that The Philadelphia Phillies are the first Major League Baseball team to join Green-e® Marketplace by purchasing enough Green-e Certified renewable energy to meet 100% of the annual electrici...
