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ORLANDO, FL "“ April 22, 2008 "“ The Pearson Foundation and Nokia today announced a global, environmental filmmaking competition that gives young people the chance to share their views on the earth's future and the importance of combating climate change. The Mobile Learning ...

WASHINGTON - April 22, 2008 "“ Cindy Liu, a fifth-grader at the Harker School in San Jose, Calif., and Connie Yu, a seventh-grader at John Adams Middle School in Edison, N.J., have been named the first and second prize winners, respectively, of the United Nations Environment...

WESTLAKE VILLAGE, CA - April 22, 2008 - Dole Food Company, Inc. announced yesterday that its operating division in Costa Rica, Standard Fruit Company de Costa Rica S.A., will purchase carbon offsets from the Costa Rican Government’s program in amounts equal to the carbon di...

MANILA, PHILIPPINES - April 22, 2008 - In recognition of Earth Day, Peter Gourlay, President of The Maryland-Asia Environmental Partnership (MD-AEP) presented a $2500 donation to the Water Environment Association of the Philippines (WEAP) for helping preserve the Malabanban ...

WASHINGTON, April 22 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- One in three U.S. nonprofit organizations conducts no background checks on volunteers, and roughly one in eight does no screening at all, says a report released today by the National Center for Victims of Crime, the nation's l...

SPRINGFIELD, MA - April, 22, 2008 - The CSRwire team will be joining the national nonprofit Keep America Beautiful (KAB) in the Great American Cleanup: their national campaign for a cleaner, greener America. CSRwire, together with thousands of volunteers across the n...

PURCHASE, NY - April 22, 2008 - PepsiCo was honored with the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) 2008 Energy Star Partner of the Year Award for its commitment to reduce greenhouse gas emissions through energy efficiencies. In addition, the company received the EPA's Sust...

LONDON "“ April 22, 2008 "“ Companies are looking forward to getting more guidance on the UK's new mandatory carbon trading scheme, the Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC), at Corporate Climate Response "“ London.

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NEW YORK, NY "“ April 22, 2008 "“"Organic" and "green" claims by dry cleaners are showing up on every corner, but customers must beware of this misleading marketing tactic. The term "organic" refers to toxic volatile organic compounds found in dry cleaning solv...

ATLANTA "“ April 22, 2008 - Interface, Inc., the world's largest manufacturer of modular carpet, today released ecometrics for 2007, reporting that net absolute greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions are down 82 percent from the 1996 baseline, while total energy intensity...