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10-01-09
Rainforest Preservation Project Underway in Indonesia
Palm Oil, Timber and Carbon Offsets (POTICO), a project of the World Resources Institute (WRI) and the NewPage Corporation, is making progress toward conserv...
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10-01-09
CARS(TM) Rates 50th CDFI, Adds Five New Subscribers, and Launches New Web Site in Third Quarter
Four community development financial institutions (CDFIs) from across the United States were rated by the CDFI Assessment and Ratings System (CARS(TM)) in the third quarter of 2009. This brings the total number of rated CDFIs to 50. Of those, almost one-third have been re-ra...
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10-01-09
MetLife Foundation Awards $200,000 Grant to Provide Geriatric Training to Medical Students
The American Federation for Aging Research announces that it has been awarded a $200,000 grant from MetLife Foundation for its Medical Student Training in Aging Research (MSTAR) program. The funding will provide 50 medical students with the opportunity to participate in an e...
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10-01-09
CVS Caremark Launches Distribution of $3 million in Free Seasonal Flu Shot Vouchers to the Unemployed
With the unemployment rate currently at the highest in over two decades, CVS Caremark today announced it has begun to provide 100,000 free seasonal flu shots to the unemployed as part of its efforts to help keep Americans healthy this flu season. The initiative kicks off tod...
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10-01-09
Over 160,000 to Benefit from World Cocoa Foundation Youth Education Program in West Africa
The World Cocoa Foundation today announced a public-private partnership for rural education with the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Africa Education Initiative and its members Kraft Foods; The Hershey Company; Mars, Incorporated; Starbucks Coffee Company; ...
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10-01-09
Dow AgroSciences wins Michigan Green Chemistry Governor's Award for Spinetoram
Dow AgroSciences, a subsidiary of The Dow Chemical Company, received a 2009 Michigan Green Chemistry Governor's Award at the inaugural event held at the Detroit Institute of Arts on September 24.
The award was launched by Michigan's Department ...
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09-30-09
New Orleans Schools Go Solar With Entergy, Nike, Winrock International, U.S. Green Building Council Partnership, City of New Orleans
Work on an advanced, hurricane-resistant solar roof wrapped up this week at Warren Easton Senior High School, the first project of a partnership between Entergy Corporation, Nike Corporation, Winrock International, the Louisiana Chapter of the U.S. Green Building Council and...
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09-30-09
Clean Economy Network Releases New TV Ads in Indiana, North Carolina and Missouri
The Clean Economy Network (CEN) is running new TV ads in Indiana, North Carolina and Missouri highlighting the urgent need for clean energy legislation that will lessen our dependence on foreign oil and make our nation more secure -- while bringing tens of thousands of new c...
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09-30-09
AmeriCares Ready to Respond to Back-to-Back Disasters
AmeriCares disaster response experts are preparing to send medical aid to survivors of deadly back-to-back disasters in Asia and the Pacific.
AmeriCares emergency response experts were readying an emergency shipment of medicines and supplies for...
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09-30-09
Finding the Environmentalist in the Consumer "¦ Look No Further Than Your Local Woods
Companies seeking to leverage their environmental friendliness will find their ideal target market right in their local woods, according to five years of research on state park visitors compiled by Government Solutions Group (
