Environmental Resources

PONTEVEDRA, SPAIN – Dozens of rehabilitated sea birds will be returned to the wild off the coast of Spain this week thanks to the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW—www.ifaw.org) Emergency Relief (ER) team. These latest releases cap a two-month wildlife rescu...

SILVER SPRING, MD - The Fund for Animals is celebrating a banner year for animal protection and looking back on some of the year's biggest achievements. "We have made great strides this year to improve the lives of animals across the country," said Michael Markarian, ...

ROANOKE, VA - American Electric Power (NYSE: AEP) today received a key approval it needs to construct the proposed Wyoming-Jacksons Ferry 765-kilovolt (kV) transmission line. The decision came when the U.S. Forest Service issued its final Environmental Impact Statemen...

LOS ANGELES, CA - The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California has extended to Jan. 31, 2003, the deadline for applying for grants from the district's Innovative Conservation Program.

Under the program, Metropolitan ...

Stamford, CT - Keep America Beautiful, Inc. has awarded Shell Oil Company the First Place National Award to Business in its Beautification and Community Improvement category. Shell was honored by the national nonprofit environmental education and community improvement...

WHITE PLAINS, NY - At the stroke of midnight on New Year's Eve ConEdison Solutions(R), one of the leading energy service providers in the United States, will donate to the New York State power grid 83,000 watts of electricity generated by an upstate wind farm - an amo...

FRANKFURT, GERMANY - Despite the international aviation industry's difficult economic situation, Fraport AG contributed about EUR 1.25 million from corporate operating results to its eco fund in 2002. The Fraport Eco Fund helps support a large number of nature and env...

HARRISBURG, PA - On behalf of Pennsylvania Gov. Mark Schweiker, Department of Environmental Protection Secretary David E. Hess today announced that Pennsylvania schools and libraries will soon receive an Earth Day 2003 educational packet from the Pennsylvania Center f...

WATERBURY, VT.- Green Mountain Coffee, Inc. (NASDAQ: GMCR) announced today that it has provided EcoLogic Enterprise Ventures, Inc. (EEV) of Cambridge, Massachusetts with a 0% interest loan of $100,000. This will provide needed financing to small-scale coffee producers...

WASHINGTON —The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service today announced a record-breaking year for its Earth Team Volunteer Program with more than one million hours of service donated to conservation activities. Volunteers worked on th...