Environmental Resources

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...

NEWARK, N.J- Leading environmental organizations -- Clean Water Action, the Connecticut Coalition for Clean Air, and the Clean Air Task Force -- and PSEG Power Connecticut, owner of the 375-megawatt Bridgeport Harbor (Bridgeport, CT) coal-fired power plant today issue...

WASHINGTON, DC - The Dow Chemical Company and The World Resources Institute have announced that Dow is joining the Green Power Market Development Group. The announcement was made jointly during the Sixth Sustainable Enterprise Summit in Washington, D.C., March 13, 2...

MEDIA ADVISORY: Earth Day Network (EDN) sends representatives to the World Water Forum in Kyoto, Japan

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EDN’s Charlotte Youngblood and Laura O’Laughlin will be participating in the Third World Water Forum in Kyoto, Shi...

KNOXVILLE, TN - Alcoa Rigid Packaging, one of Alcoa's largest business units, announced today the selection of 16 companies to receive Alcoa UBC Supplier Quality Awards for shipments of outstanding quality used beverage containers (UBCs) in 2002. Suppliers are nomina...

DALLAS, TX - Kinko's, Inc. today announced a new forest-based product procurement policy incorporating a strict set of vendor requirements and establishing a central set of recycled content standards. Rainforest Action Network (RAN) has hailed Kinko's new policy as o...