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Conserving natural resources, landscapes and wildlife for use by future generations.

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    12-19-02

    Conservationists welcome EUB decision on Cheviot

    EDMONTON, ALBERTA, CANADA — Alberta and national conservation groups welcome a decision by the Alberta Energy and Utilities Board (EUB) requesting Cardinal River Coals Ltd. to provide information on all potential environmental impacts of their revised proposal for the...

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    12-19-02

    Sprint Reminds Consumers to Make a Difference during the Holidays by Donating Their Used Wireless Phones to Sprint Project Connect

    Overland Park, KS -- In April 2002, Sprint launched a wireless phone donation/recycling program -- Sprint Project Connect -- to raise money and support for people with disabilities while providing an environmentally friendly way to dispose of used wireless phones. Now...

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    12-18-02

    Forestweb Launches Online Price and Data Service for Recovered Paper Market; Service Includes New Municipal Recycling Index, Global Projects Database

    LOS ANGELES -- Forestweb, Inc. (http://www.forestweb.com) announced today that it has launched a dynamic online price, news, and data service for professionals serving and working in the recovered paper market. The new service called PriceBeat: Recovered Paper is the...

    United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiatives (UNEP FI) to Release Report Detailing Almost Two Years of Progress Image

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    12-18-02

    United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiatives (UNEP FI) to Release Report Detailing Almost Two Years of Progress

    GENEVA,SWITZERLAND - The Johannesburg Summit confirmed the critical importance of the relationship between finance and sustainability. Will financial institutions and capital markets become a key driver of sustainability? This fundamental question remains unanswered.

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    12-17-02

    Johns Manville Formaldehyde-free Fiber Glass Wins BuildingGreen Top Ten Green Building Products Award

    DENVER - Johns Manville Formaldehyde-free building insulation was recently named to the top ten new green building products by BuildingGreen, Inc., publisher of the GreenSpec(R) Directory and Environmental Building News. The first-ever award recognizes the most exciting pro...

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    12-12-02

    Verizon Partners with State of New Jersey to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions

    NEWARK, NJ - Verizon New Jersey will implement measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and promote increased energy efficiency as a result of an agreement signed today with the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) and the New Jersey Board of Pub...

    American Lung Association of Texas and Green Mountain Energy Company Team Up To Educate Members About Clean Energy Image

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    12-04-02

    American Lung Association of Texas and Green Mountain Energy Company Team Up To Educate Members About Clean Energy

    AUSTIN, Texas - The American Lung Association of Texas and Green Mountain Energy Company announced that they have joined forces to educate Texans about renewable, wind-generated electricity service in the Lone Star State.

    Through the partnership, Green Mou...

    $573 million in funding agreed for cutting developing country CFCs by 50% Image

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    12-02-02

    $573 million in funding agreed for cutting developing country CFCs by 50%

    ROME — Negotiators from some 140 Governments have adopted a $573 million funding package to halve the consumption and production in developing countries of chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) - the leading destroyer of the stratospheric ozone layer - by the year 2005 (relative...

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    12-02-02

    Delphi Plant Ranked In Top Five By Environmental Protection Magazine

    MATAMOROS, Mexico - Delphi Corp.'s (NYSE:DPH)Deltronicos facility has earned distinction as one of Environmental Protection magazine's "Facilities of the Year." This award is presented annually to five top industrial plants, wastewater treatment operations and other ...

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    11-20-02

    Oregon Power Companies Offset Carbon Through Investment in Ecuador’s Rainforest

    WASHINGTON, D.C./PORTLAND, OREGON – To combat global warming while conserving biodiversity, Conservation International and the Jatun Sacha Foundation, an Ecuadorian conservation organization, have launched a carbon offsets project to reforest 680 acres of degraded pas...

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