Environmental Resources

NEW YORK, NY - The U.S. EPA has just awarded the Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA), The Design Foundation a $50,000 grant to develop and host Eco-Design education workshops across the country in the coming year. The award represents an Innovation Grant‹a ...

LONDON - The University of St Andrews and ConocoPhillips have announced the launch of the 2004 St Andrews Prize for the Environment. Applications are now invited from individuals, multi-disciplinary teams or community groups for the annual prize of $30,000 for the wi...

OAK BROOK, IL – McDonald's Corporation today announced plans that call for its suppliers worldwide to phase-out of animal growth promotion antibiotics that are used in human medicine. The Global Policy on Antibiotics also creates a set of standards for McDonald’s dir...

PITTSBURGH, PA - Alcoa has launched new websites for Yadkin-APGI and Tapoco-APGI, two divisions of Alcoa Power Generating Inc. The Yadkin website can be found at www.alcoa.com/yadkin/en/home.asp. Th...

The Electric Drive Transportation Association (EDTA) announced the technical program for the 20th International Electric Vehicle Symposium and Exposition (EVS-20): Powering Sustainable Transportation, to be held in Long Beach, California, November 1...

WASHINGTON, DC - With the world's biggest and most influential private banks set to announce on June 4 a unified commitment to human rights and the environment, leading experts and NGOs say the Equator Principles don't address the core issue: whether or not banks inve...

POCOS DE CALDAS, BRAZIL & PITTSBURGH, PA. - Representing the 127,000 employees who helped achieve the goal, Alcoa Chairman and CEO, Alain Belda today planted the one-millionth tree in ceremonies at the Company's Pocos de Caldas, Brazil facility - and replicated at...

PORTLAND, OR -- Green House Network, a 501 (c)3 non-profit organization committed to building the grassroots movement to STOP global warming, and recent recipient of the Environmental Protection Agency’s 2003 Climate Protection Award, proudly announ...

ST. PAUL, MN -- On June 3, Gov. Tim Pawlenty will introduce a coalition of unlikely partners -- businesses, government, environmental and public health groups -- that have joined together to fight the region's growing air problem. The coalition, Clean Air Minnesota, ...

NEW YORK, NY - Christian Brothers Investment Services (CBIS), a leading investment management firm serving the Catholic institutional market, helped lead a coalition of ExxonMobil (NYSE: XOM) shareowners who presented a resolution at ExxonMobil's annual meeting yester...