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03-06-08
Turner Awards $1.3 Billion of Contracts to Minority and Women Owned Businesses in 2007
NEW YORK, March 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Turner Construction Company, the nation's leading general builder, announced today that it has awarded 3,000 contracts totaling $1.3 billion to minority and women owned business enterprises (M/WBEs) during 2007. This is the third year in a r...
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03-06-08
Alcoa Employees to Help Scientists Study Critical Environmental Issues
PITTSBURGH - March 6, 2008 - Alcoa (NYSE: AA) announced today that 15 of its employees will assist in scientific field research expeditions around the world this year through a partnership with Earthwatch Institute.
Earthwatch is the global volu...
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03-06-08
National Conference Program to Focus on Green Retail Trends
March 5, 2008 - Retail store owners, buyers and corporate purchasing managers will discover the latest green retail trends and concepts at earthNOW expo June 4-5, 2008 at the Las Vegas Convention Center.
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03-06-08
Whole Planet Foundation(TM) (a Whole Foods Market Foundation) and Nobel Peace Prize Winner Dr. Muhammad Yunus Partner With Natural Foods Vendors, Pledging Over $1 Million to Help Combat Poverty
AUSTIN, Texas, March 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Whole Planet Foundation, a Whole Foods Market nonprofit dedicated to combating poverty in developing countries through microcredit, today announced the creation of a unique coalition of natural foods companies -- Whole Planet Foundation...
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03-05-08
Mercy Corps, USAID and Wal-Mart Forge Alliance for Guatemalan Farmers
GUATEMALA CITY, GUATEMALA - March 5, 2008 - The global relief and development organization Mercy Corps, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT) and the Guatemalan nonprofit Fundación ÁGIL (Fundación Apoyo a la Generación de Ingres...
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03-05-08
SAE International Executive Vice President/COO Morris Announces Retirement
PR Newswire -- March 5, 2008 WARRENDALE, Pa., March 5 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- SAE International's
Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Raymond A. Morris
will retire April 30, 2008.
"Leading the staff of SAE Interna...
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03-05-08
Next-Generation GM Hybrid System Announced in Geneva
GENEVA - March 5, 2008 - As another key element in its overall global strategy to improve fuel economy and reduce oil consumption and CO2 emissions, General Motors Chairman Rick Wagoner announced today that GM will introduce a second-generation version of the GM Hybrid Syste...
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03-05-08
Starline USA Inc. Takes an Environmental Leadership Position by Joining Carbonfund.org’s CarbonFree Program
GRAND ISLAND, NY - March 5, 2008 "“ Starline USA Inc. announced today that it is offsetting its carbon emissions with Carbonfund.org, one of the country’s leading carbon offset organizations. Starline USA Inc. plans to offset over 1,000 metric tons of carbon through the Carb...
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03-05-08
LISC Launches Green Development Center
NEW YORK, NY - March 5, 2008 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -"“ In its role as the national force behind comprehensive community revitalization, Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) today announced the launch of its Green Development Center to support green design, construc...
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03-05-08
Aluminum Can Help Transportation Industry Meet Sustainability Objectives
PITTSBURGH - March 5, 2008 - Aluminum is part of the solution to improve the sustainability of the transport industry. That was the key message given by Randall Scheps, Alcoa's director of Ground Transportation, to attendees at the Weststart-CALSTART Clean Heavy Duty Vehicle...
