Environmental Resources

NEW YORK, NY - Four state and city treasurers and comptrollers, representing approximately $190 billion in investments, today expressed concern about the risks of climate change to long-term investments, and announced plans to hold a summit with other institutional in...

WASHINGTON, DC, —With world oil markets increasingly in turmoil, U.S. oil imports steadily increasing, and oil and gas prices on the rise, the Alliance to Save Energy has launched the Drive for America campaign demanding that the Big Three automakers increase fuel eco...

CHICO, CA - This April 22, Smucker Quality Beverages (SQB), the nation's leading producer of natural and organic beverages, will celebrate Earth Day at its Chico, California, headquarters.

Aside from honoring the planet, SQB celeb...

RADCLIFFE, IA - Mirenco, Inc., (OTCBB:MREO) the contractor for the Bus Emissions Education Program (BEEP), helped Iowa schools clear an estimated five tons of soot from the air through improvements made to Iowa's nearly 5,000 diesel school buses.

COLUMBIA, MD - Corporate Office Properties Trust (NYSE:OFC) has been honored by the Northern Virginia Electric Cooperative (NOVEC) for efforts and achieved results to conserve energy at Washington Technology Park, a 470,000 square foot office building located in Westf...

GREENFIELD, MA - A majority (61%) of consumers don't want milk, eggs, poultry, or meat to be labeled "organic" if they were from animals fed antibiotics, hormones and pesticides, according to a nationwide consumer opinion poll conducted by RoperASW on behalf of the Or...

LOS ANGELES, CA - Cameron Diaz, Robin Williams, Tom Hanks, Susan Sarandon and Tim Robbins are just a few of the growing list of stars you'll see pulling up to the Academy Awards (R) in hybrids and electric vehicles instead of limos this Sunday.

CINCINNATI, OH – Chiquita Brands International, Inc. (NYSE:CQB) announced today that independent auditors have certified its banana farms in Costa Rica to the strict Social Accountability 8000 (SA8000) labor standard. Chiquita’s Costa Rican division, which has more t...

PITTSBURGH, PA - Alcoa Inc. (NYSE:AA) today announced it has finalized agreements with the Government of Iceland and Landsvirkjun, Iceland's National Power Company, to build the 322,000 metric tons per year Fjardaal aluminum facility in Eastern Iceland. Agreements we...

PITTSBURGH & REYDARFJORDUR - Iceland's Environmental Agency today issued an Operating Permit for Alcoa's proposed Fjardaal primary aluminum smelter in Eastern Iceland.

The Permit establishes environmental operating conditions...