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Ashland Inc. and Dept. of Education announce partnership; three teachers receive $16,000

Posted: Feb 06, 2001 – 11:00 PM EST

Feb. 06 /CSRwire/ - Representatives of the Kentucky Department of Education and Ashland Inc., (NYSE:ASH) announced a new partnership today, combining the state's Teacher of the Year Award with the Ashland Inc. Teacher Achievement Awards. The awards ceremony was hosted by Kentucky Commissioner...

Low- and Middle-income Families, Urban Communities to Gain from $725 Million Fannie Mae, Enterprise Partnership

Posted: Feb 06, 2001 – 11:00 PM EST

Feb. 06 /CSRwire/ - Tens of thousands of low- to middle-income American families will benefit from a five-year, $725 million commitment to affordable housing and community development announced today by Fannie Mae and The Enterprise Foundation. The financing will support community development through...

Wisconsin Electric, DNR Sign Innovative Environmental Agreement; Environmental Cooperative Agreement is a First for the State

Posted: Feb 04, 2001 – 11:00 PM EST

Feb. 04 /CSRwire/ - Wisconsin Electric and the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) today will sign an Environmental Cooperative Agreement. This is the first agreement of its kind between a Wisconsin business and the DNR. "We're very enthusiastic about being a part...

RealNetworks Announces Stock Option

Posted: Feb 01, 2001 – 11:00 PM EST

Feb. 01 /CSRwire/ - RealNetworks®, Inc. (Nasdaq: RNWK), the global leader in media delivery on the Internet, today announced that its Board of Directors has approved a voluntary stock option exchange program for its employees. At the core of this Companys achievements over...

IMPCO and Scania Develop Environmentally Friendly Gas Powered Truck Fuel System

Posted: Jan 31, 2001 – 11:00 PM EST

Eclipse gas system seen as answer to tighter emission regulation in US

AT&T Donation Supports Environmental Workshop Series

Posted: Jan 29, 2001 – 11:00 PM EST

Jan. 29 /CSRwire/ - The Institute for Conservation Leadership ("Institute") will present its Excellence in Environmental Leadership workshop series for 2001. The workshop series is supported by a contribution from AT&T. Excellence in Environmental Leadership is a series of intensive one-day workshops for...

Bank of America Announces Energy Initiatives

Posted: Jan 28, 2001 – 11:00 PM EST

State's largest bank introduces new loan to support energy efficiency

Freddie Mac Launches New $100 Million Initiative to Increase Homeownership in Eastern North Carolina

Posted: Jan 28, 2001 – 11:00 PM EST

Collaborative Includes Affordable Mortgage Products for Home Rehabilitation

Shell forests receive Forest Stewardship Council approval

Posted: Jan 23, 2001 – 11:00 PM EST

Jan. 23 /CSRwire/ - Shell Forestry has been awarded Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certification for its 159,000 hectares of forests in Latin America. Shells performance was measured against the 10 Principles and 56 Criteria of the FSC. These cover economic, social and environmental...

Oracle(r) Exchange - the Environmentally Friendly Marketplace

Posted: Jan 23, 2001 – 11:00 PM EST

Jan. 23 /CSRwire/ - Most retailers stuff their customers' mailboxes with four or more seasonal catalogs each year. Weary consumers ultimately throw away each and every one of those catalogs, wasting valuable resources used to print, mail, and recycle all of those pages....