Environmental Resources

Weyerhaeuser Company’s Grande Prairie/Grande Cache Forestlands division has achieved certification to the ISO 14001 Environmental Management System (EMS) standard. Registration followed a thorough independent audit by the Quality Management Institute, a division of the Canad...

3M today announced it is phasing out of the perfluorooctanyl chemistry used to produce certain repellents and surfactant products.

The affected product lines represent about two percent of 3M's nearly $16 billion in annual sales. These i...

Weyerhaeuser Company today announced the release of its 1999 Annual Environment, Health and Safety Report. For the first time in the seven years that the company has produced this report, information about health and safety performance has been included.

Jefferson B. Seabright will join Texaco in the newly created position of Vice President, Policy Planning effective May 15, it was announced today by Texaco Chairman and CEO Peter I. Bijur. Seabright currently serves as Executive Director of the White House Climate Change Tas...

Denville, New Jersey - May 8, 2007 - The Solar Center, Inc. (TSC) announced today that it has acquired the solar energy business of Sunwave Enterprises, a leading provider of solar energy systems in Long Island. Combined with TSC's existing operations in New Jersey, New York...

Seven global energy companies announced today that they have joined forces to research and develop advanced carbon dioxide (CO2) separation and geologic storage technology aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions. BP Amoco, Chevron, Norsk Hydro, the Royal Dutch/Shell Group...

BP Amoco today announced it is buying an initial 18.5 per cent shareholding in the United States' premier green and clean energy consumer marketer, GreenMountain.
The investment is focused on significantly extending the market for competitively priced renewable energy...

Texaco (NYSE: TX) and Energy Conversion Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ: ENER) announced today the execution of a share purchase agreement for Texaco to purchase a 20 percent equity stake in Energy Conversion Devices, Inc. for $67.3 million. Additionally, the companies have agreed to ...

PHILADELPHIA AND ATLANTA - Herman Miller, Inc., Texas Instruments and HOK were announced as winners of the Sustainable Leade...

Smithfield Foods, Inc. announced today that it has become the first in its industry to achieve ISO 14001 certification for all its U.S. hog production and processing facilities.

"For years Smithfield has been recognized as the leader in the meat ...