Environmental Resources
Conserving natural resources, landscapes and wildlife for use by future generations.
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07-13-07
NativeEnergy Selected to Provide Carbon Offsets For Live Earth
CHARLOTTE, VT - July 13, 2007 - American Indian majority-owned NativeEnergy, a leading national marketer of renewable energy credits (RECs) and carbon offsets, has been selected to serve as a U.S. provider to offset the global Live Earth concert series that took place...
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07-13-07
HP Meets Billion Pound Recycling Goal Six Months Early, Sets Target for 2 Billion Pounds by 2010
PALO ALTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 13, 2007--Having met its goal six months early to recycle 1 billion pounds of electronics, HP NYSE:HPQ) today announced that it has set a new target for another billion pounds by the end of 2010.
The comp...
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07-12-07
Stop & Shop Commits to 100% Renewable Energy at New Kennebunk Store
KENNEBUNK, ME- July 12, 2007 "“ The Stop & Shop Supermarket Company and Sterling Planet today announced Stop & Shop purchased Sterling Planet's Green-e certified renewable energy to match 100 percent of its electricity use at its new store that opened on June 15 in K...
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07-12-07
SC Johnson Public Report Highlights Commitment to Doing What's Right
RACINE, WI - July 12, 2007 - From setting aggressive new emissions and energy-use reduction goals, to reaching more than 600,000 people in South Africa with malaria education, SC Johnson continues to act on its enduring commitment to do its part by doing what's right.
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07-11-07
Abbott Goes "Carbon Neutral" with U.S. Fleet
ABBOTT PARK, Ill. - July 11, 2007 - Abbott, the global health care company, announced today that it is the first FORTUNE 500 company to go "carbon neutral" with its entire U.S. fleet of company sales vehicles.
At an environmental summit today in...
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07-11-07
Mohawk Fine Papers Now Largest Purchaser of Windpower in U.S. Paper Industry
COHOES, NY- July 11, 2007 "“ Mohawk Fine Papers Inc. announced today that it has begun offsetting 100% of the annual electric power consumption across all its operations in New York and Ohio with the purchase of 100 million kWh (kilowatt hours) of renewable energy certificat...
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07-11-07
Web Host Netfirms Significantly Reduces Energy Consumption
TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 11, 2007--Netfirms, Inc. a leading North American web hosting company has officially launched its Netfirms Green energy saving program. Netfirms Green is a commitment to reduce the company's environmental footprint by conserving energy in its d...
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07-11-07
Tennant Company Social and Environmental Efforts Recognized on Domini 400 Social Index
MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 11, 2007--Tennant Company (NYSE:TNC), a world leader in designing, manufacturing and marketing of solutions that help create a cleaner, safer world, announced that it has been included by KLD Research and Analytics for the 2007 Domini 400 S...
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07-10-07
McDonald's to Save Energy and Increase Operations Efficiency with Echelon's Technology
SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 10, 2007--Echelon Corporation (NASDAQ:ELON), a leading provider of networking technology that is used to manage and reduce energy consumption, today announced that McDonald's Corporation has chosen its LonWorks(R) technology to network...
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07-10-07
Ranch House at Del Sur Named One of the World's 'Greenest': Scores Platinum LEED Rating from U.S. Green Building Council
SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 9, 2007--The Ranch House at Del Sur, the information center for the newly opened master-planned community by Black Mountain Ranch LLC in north San Diego, last week was awarded a Platinum LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) ce...
