Environmental Resources

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...

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...

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...

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 ...

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...

IRVING, Texas - Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM) today announced its plans to invest $100 million in a groundbreaking Stanford University project dedicated to researching new options for commercially viable, technological systems for energy supply and use which have...

MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota/ACCRA, Ghana - Today, in a ceremony witnessed by U.S. Secretary of Commerce Donald Evans and Ghanian and U.S. dignitaries at the Labadi Hotel in Accra, Ghana, Lemna International signed an agreement with Ghana Water Company to implement the expansion a...

MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin - In celebration of National Education Week, Johnson Controls (NYSE:JCI) and the National Energy Foundation have announced the launch of the second "Igniting Creative Energy" Challenge. The Challenge is an educational competition designed to encourage st...

VANCOUVER, British Columbia - Ballard Power Systems (NASDAQ:BLDP)(TSX:BLD) and Millennium Cell, a technology solutions company that has created an energy dense proprietary technology to safely store, deliver and generate pure hydrogen, have successfully completed their Joint...

FRAMINGHAM, Massachusetts - Staples, Inc. (SPLS) today announced its environmental paper procurement policy, formalizing the company's commitment to protecting forest resources through environmentally sound paper procurement practices. The policy solidifies Staples' position...