Environmental Resources

New Orleans, LA - Founded on principles of giving back to the community, The Oreck Corporation recently joined with Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation to help raise funds and awareness for the fight against breast cancer.

"When you try the ...

HAWTHORNE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 15, 2006--In response to the Santa Monica City Council's decision Tuesday night to ban all non-recyclable food-related packaging within Santa Monica, Cereplast, Inc. (OTCBB:CERP), producer of renewable and biodegradable plastics, whi...

ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 13, 2006--UPS's fleet of alternative fuel trucks recently hit a major milestone, surpassing more than 100 million miles in delivering packages to homes and businesses.

The total mileage accumulated just sinc...

RENO, Nevada, June 12, 2006 -- Itronics Inc. (OTC BB: ITRO; Frankfurt and Berlin Stock Exchanges: ITG) reported today that it has been named one of the world's first International Green Heroes by The Green Organization, an independent international environmental group...

State College, PA - Four Indiana dairies, connected by family history and geography, have jointly signed an historic agreement with Environmental Credit Corp (ECC) to create more than one million carbon credits from greenhouse gas-reducing projects. Each credit is equivalent...

CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 12, 2006--PolyVision Corporation, a Steelcase Company (NYSE:SCS) and the world leader in visual communication products, today announced GREENGUARD Certification of all marker and tack boards manufactured by PolyVision in the U.S. for com...

San Francisco, Calif. -- Fetzer Vineyards will place the wine industry's largest solar array atop its winery bottling facility in Hopland, generating 1.1 million kilowatt hours of clean electricity annually, enough to offset more than 960,000 pounds of carbon dioxide ...

SEATTLE & PURCHASE, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 8, 2006--Starbucks Coffee Company (Nasdaq:SBUX) and PepsiCo (NYSE:PEP) through their joint-venture partnership, the North American Coffee Partnership, announced today the signing of a distribution agreement for Ethos...

HOLLYWOOD--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 8, 2006--From his perch in Malibu where he is able to view the beauty and power of nature, James Brolin, actor and director, activist, environmentalist and the husband of Barbara Streisand, has teamed with Solucorp Industries, Ltd. (P...

LOS ANGELES & PITTSBURGH--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 7, 2006--Alcoa Foundation announced today that it has invested a $240,000 grant in Palos Verdes Peninsula Land Conservancy to establish a Research Education and Community Involvement Program for the Environment (RECI...