Environmental Resources

Spring is in the air and the gardening season is in full swing. To help gardeners get a compost pile off to a healthy start, Starbucks Coffee Company (SBUX: Nasdaq) is offering coffee grounds. Composting coffee grounds provides a good nutrition source for a garden and is a g...

The Louisiana Wildlife Federation recognized Cleco Corporation as its Conservation Corporation of the Year during its annual meeting last week.
"Cleco has taken the initiative in supporting environmental education and other conservation projects of benefit to the commu...

Bay Area homebuyers now have an important financial incentive to purchase a home with convenient access to efficient public transportation, U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) announced today. The Bay Area is among the first regions in the United States to have access to the L...

Praxair, Inc. (NYSE:PX) announced today that its Kingman, Arizona, Semiconductor Process Gases Facility has received ISO 14001 certification. This plant manufactures arsine and phosphine, creates product blends, and supplies various silicon precursor, etchant, dopant, and re...

Unilever moves closer to fulfilling its commitment to buying all fish from sustainable sources by 2005

The Marine Stewardship Council (MSC), an independent, non-profit, non-governmental body with a set of principles and criteria for susta...

A system to clean and reuse almost 400,000 gallons of water per day will be installed at Fieldale Farms' Murrayville, Ga., poultry processing plant by Praxair, Inc. (NYSE: PX) and Zentox Corporation.

The agreement for the installation and...

An increasing amount of misinformation is being circulated regarding the Coca-Cola system and its use of recycled plastic. Consumers should be aware that the Coca-Cola system is using recycled content plastic in bottles produced for the U.S. marketplace. During the year 2000...

World Wildlife Fund and the Center for Energy and Climate Solutions today announced the launch of Climate Savers, an innovative new partnership to help businesses voluntarily lower energy consumption and reduce emissions of the greenhouse gasses that most scientists warn con...

It happens everyday. We make a few purchases and pop them into a plastic bag. Or a few bags. Actually, it’s quite staggering when you think about it. The amount of plastic bags we use and toss is overwhelming. According to the Environmental Protection Agency, the U.S. consu...

Southern Company, the nation’s largest producer of electricity, announced today that it is the first U.S. utility to join the Zero Emission Coal Alliance (ZECA).

The alliance, a consortium that includes researchers from the U.S. D...