Environmental Resources
Conserving natural resources, landscapes and wildlife for use by future generations.
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04-28-08
Toyota Announces $5 Million Grant To National Park Support Organizations For Environmental Leadership Programs
WASHINGTON, D.C. - April 28, 2008 - Toyota today announced a $5 million contribution in support of five National Parks and the National Park Foundation to enhance environmental leadership and educational programs at parks around the country. The company also will donate 23 ...
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04-28-08
Exclusively Green, LLC Partners with Carbonfund.org to Offset Shipping of Green Products
EAGLEVILLE, PA - April 28, 2008 - Exclusively Green, LLC announced today that it is offsetting its carbon emissions with Carbonfund.org, one of the country's leading carbon offset organizations.
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04-28-08
California Cities Implement Smart Water Management System to Protect Water Supply
PETALUMA, CA - April 28, 2008 - Three California cities are becoming green heroes in the state's struggle to preserve dwindling water supplies and stop the destructive effects of water mismanagement. Healdsburg, Newport Beach and Petaluma have implemented the WeatherTRAK(R) ...
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04-25-08
Nearly 20,000 Students Planting Trees as Part of Dominion's 'Project Plant It!'
Environmental program includes classroom instruction on trees and their benefits
RICHMOND, Va., April 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Nearly 20,000 elementary students in 217 schools in four states are participating this week in Dominion's P...
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04-25-08
Pratt & Whitney Dedicates New Co-Generation System at Middletown Facility
MIDDLETOWN, CT - April 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Pratt & Whitney today dedicated a new energy efficient, environmentally friendly co-generation facility capable of generating about two-thirds of the site electrical energy and the majority of the steam for winter heatin...
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04-25-08
Build-A-Bear Workshop Cele-bear-ates Arbor Day with Friendship Forest Planting and Donation to the Arbor Day Foundation
ST. LOUIS, MO - APRIL 25, 2008 - Build-A-Bear Workshop® will cele- ear-ate Arbor Day by partnering with the Arbor Day Foundation to plant nearly 220,000 trees in forests throughout the U.S. and 25,000 in Canada this spring. In addition, the Build-A-Bear Workshop Foun...
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04-25-08
GM Role in Coskata's Cellulosic Ethanol Has Deep Roots
MADISON, PA - April 25, 2008 - General Motors Corp.'s role in helping Coskata Inc. bring its next-generation cellulosic ethanol to market traces back a quarter of a century to technology developed for a GM iron foundry in northwest Ohio.
Coskat...
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04-25-08
Harrah's is First Major Gaming Corporation in the United States to Earn an Environmental Quality Award
NEW YORK and ATLANTIC CITY, N.J., April 25 /PRNewswire/ - Green is not just the color of money at Harrah's Entertainment, Inc. It's also the way the company operates.
(Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20080425/NEF007 )
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04-24-08
Henkel Now an Official Member of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil
DUESSELDORF, Germany and GULPH MILLS, Pa., April 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Henkel has joined the international Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) as an official member effective April 2008. For decades, Henkel has been an active proponent of sustainability and corporate soc...
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04-24-08
OfficeMax Joins EPA's ENERGY STAR Low Carbon IT Campaign
NAPERVILLE, Ill., April 24 /PRNewswire/ -- OfficeMax(R) Incorporated (NYSE: OMX), a leader in office products and services, joined the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's ENERGY STAR Low Carbon IT Campaign by enabling the power management, or sleep mode, on their compute...
