Environmental Resources

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...

CALGARY, ALBERTA – Suncor Energy Inc. and EHN’s subsidiary NAR, announced today they are seeking approval from the Alberta Energy and Utilities Board to construct a $48-million, 30-megawatt wind power project. The project, proposed to be located about six kilometres w...

MIDLAND, TX - A shareholder resolution requesting that ChevronTexaco adopt and report on a plan to invest in renewable energy received a record 32 percent of the vote today, up from 9.6% support for a similar global warming resolution voted on at Chevron in 2001. The...

CALGARY - Canadian Oil Sands Trust (the "Trust") today announced that the Syncrude Joint Venture ("Syncrude") is planning to invest an additional $400 million, or approximately $127 million net to the Trust, in an emission reduction program that is expected to signifi...

Oak Brook, IL. McDonald's Corporation today announced the membership of its newly created Global Advisory Council on Healthy Lifestyles. The Advisory Council is comprised of experts in the areas of fitness, nutrition and active lifestyles. This independent group will ...

EMERYVILLE, CA — Scientific Certification Systems (SCS) today announced that it has released its pilot standard for environmentally preferable carpet. The standard, titled “Standard Specification for the Evaluation and Certification of Environmentally Preferable Carpe...