Environmental Resources
Conserving natural resources, landscapes and wildlife for use by future generations.
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05-15-02
Project To Educate Vietnamese Rice Farmers Wins Conoco-sponsored International Environmental Prize
ST. ANDREWS, SCOTLAND - An initiative to try to persuade a million rice farmers in Asia to stop spraying harmful and unnecessary insecticides is the winner of this year's St. Andrews Prize, the U.K.'s only international environmental prize. The St. Andrews Prize - a joint i...
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05-15-02
Conoco Cuts Steel on Environmentally Improved Towboats
HOUSTON, Texas - Conoco (NYSE: COC) is building four new towboats with innovative safety, environmental and design improvements that set new standards for the inland towing industry.
"We are raising the bar for towboat design, machinery and marine systems by constructin...
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05-14-02
Dallas' Largest Solar Facility Unveiled
DALLAS, Texas - Clean energy takes another step forward in Dallas today as The Winston School, Green Mountain Energy Company and Nuon teamed up to dedicate the city's largest solar facility and harness the power of the sun to generate pollution-free electricity.
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05-13-02
Aquatic Cellulose Receives Strong Support In Brazil For Expansion of
VERNON, British Columbia - Senior executives of Aquatic Cellulose (OTC:AQCI - News) recently returned from a successful month-long business trip to Brazil. The objective of the visit was to garner support from government, businesses and financial institutions for expansion o...
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05-10-02
Whistler, Inc. Completes Acquisition of Fuel Cell Technology
SACRAMENTO, California - Whistler, Inc. (OTCBB: WSLR) today announced the completion of co-ownership of The patents of Anuvu's (www.anuvu.com) Carbon-X fuel cell, an innovative Proton Exchange Membrane (PEM) fuel cell specifically designed for mass production. Anuvu Incorpor...
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05-10-02
Spire to Provide ATmicro Solar, a Cyprus Company, With Solar Electric Module Manufacturing Line; $2.7 Million Contract from ATmicro Solar to Deliver 10MW Per Year Production Line
BEDFORD, Massachusetts - Spire Corporation (NASDAQ:SPIR), a leading supplier of photovoltaic manufacturing equipment and solar electric systems, today announced that it was awarded a $2.7 million contract to provide a SPI-LINE(TM) turnkey photovoltaic (PV) module production ...
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05-10-02
GE Completes Enron Wind Acquisition; Launches GE Wind Energy
ATLANTA, Georgia - GE Power Systems today officially entered the wind power industry, announcing that its acquisition of certain assets of Enron Wind Corp. has been completed.
The new GE business, GE Wind Energy (www.gewindenergy.com), will be headed by Steven Z...
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05-09-02
Weyerhaeuser's British Columbia Coastal Mill and Timberlands Operations Reach New Environmental Certification Milestones
VANCOUVER, British Columbia - Weyerhaeuser Company (NYSE:WY) recently added two timberlands and three mills to its growing list of certified operations, moving the company closer toward its goal of having all its operations worldwide certifiable by 2005.
With th...
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05-08-02
Shell Invests in Green Fuel Technology
OTTAWA, Ontario - Shell Oil Products (Shell) announced today that it has purchased an equity stake in Iogen Energy Corporation, a world-leading bioethanol technology company.
The US$29mln investment will enable the Canadian based company to develop more rapidly ...
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05-06-02
Clean Air Partners & SYSCO Food Services of Los Angeles Foster U.S. Energy Independence While Reducing Emissions
SAN DIEGO, California - Clean Air Partners (CAP), a leader in the development and commercialization of high-tech solutions to reduce engine emissions, has delivered 33 Caterpillar (CAT) C12 engines, equipped with its patented Dual-Fuel(TM) technology, to SYSCO Food Services ...
