PORT NEWARK, NJ-- During a noon news conference today at Port Newark, New Jersey, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa P. Jackson announced that the U.S. government has applied to designate U.S. coastal waters as "Emission Control Areas" under international law.
TULSA, OK-- More than 4,000 renewable energy professionals from 75 different countries gathered in Las Vegas for the sixth annual Renewable Energy World North America conference and expo March 10-12.
With more than 225 companies exhibiting, both the exhibit and attendance numbers reflected significant increases over a year ago. Next year's numbers are again expected to increase. A total of over 5,000 attendees and 300 exhibitors are expected at the Renewable Energy World North America conference and expo in Austin, Texas, February 23-25, 2010.
Renewable Energy World North America is owned and managed by PennWell Corporation and is the largest all-renewable conference and exhibition in the world. Conference sessions covered issues related to wind, solar, biomass, hydroelectricity, geothermal and hydrogen technologies, projects and finance.
The Keynote Session on March 10 featured Roberto Denis, Senior Vice President of Energy Supply for NV Energy. Following his remarks he was joined on stage by the executive directors of each of the leading renewable industry trade associations for a lively roundtable discussion on the economic stimulus, federal and state policy initiatives and technological breakthroughs.
Roundtable participants included Denise Bode, CEO of the American Wind Energy Association; Douglas Durante, Executive Director of the Clean Fuels Development Coalition; Karl Gawell, Executive Director if the Geothermal Energy Association; Linda Church-Ciocci, Executive Director of the National Hydropower Association; Julia Hamm, Executive Director of the Solar Electric Power Association; and Rhone Resch, President & CEO of the Solar Energy Industries Association. Edwin F. Feo, Partner in the law firm Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy LLP also took part.
Archived video coverage of the event is available by visiting Renewable Energy World.com, the event's flagship media sponsor.
The 2010 event is scheduled for February 23-25 in Austin, Texas.
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MINNEAPOLIS-- Four labor unions and two environmental organizations today announced their support for comprehensive cap-and-trade climate change legislation in 2009.
LONG ISLAND CITY, NY--The Long Island City Business Development Corporation has made their Guide to Going Green available online.
BROOKLYN, NY-- Monday through Saturday, a New York & Atlantic train crew goes over to the Varick Avenue transfer station in East Williamsburg, Brooklyn, where they couple up with 10-to-12 89-ft. flat cars loaded with up to 48 22-ft. long containers. Each has been stuffed with 18 tons of refuse, collected from homes and businesses in North Brooklyn.
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ--Geologists and environmental professionals as well as engineers, regulators and corporate site managers are invited to attend a one-day, continuing education class focused on remediating groundwater in fractured sedimentary bedrock at Rutgers University on April 2.
WASHINGTON--The National Building Museum will recognize several Visionaries in Sustainability for their leadership, commitment, and achievements in green building and design, workforce development, and business practices during its annual gala on June 4, 2009.
PARSIPPANY, NJ-- Bell Environmental Services (BES) is one of a few companies using a pest control tool of the future: Instant Freeze, a completely non-toxic and non-chemical procedure helping to eradicate the bed bug epidemic infiltrating the tri-state area.
NEW YORK, NY--On March 10, the federal government ushered in newly proposed rules for reporting greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs). New York state followed suit the next day and announced a new initiative to include greenhouse gas emissions in the state's environmental review of large-scale projects.
NEW YORK, NY-- Calling the upcoming series of federal decisions on carbon dioxide reduction regulations the "demarcation line between history and future," automakers urged the administration to establish a single program for fuel economy and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and said that an Obama National Standard is the most effective way to do this.
BRONX, NY--Omar Freilla, the founder of Green Worker Cooperatives and ReBuilders Source has been asked to go to the White House this week for a an event with President Obama that would focus on "investing in our clean energy future."
ATLANTA-- As green building shifts from an emerging trend to a viable mainstream option, architects and building contractors are rapidly adapting green building practices to remain competitive. This includes the use of green building products to achieve energy efficiency, water conservation and indoor environmental quality goals.
HASBROUCK HEIGHTS, NJ-- Architects, engineers and developers, as well as others involved in the design, construction and administration of school projects, are invited to attend a full-day workshop focusing on incorporating Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) principles into school projects and reviewing the technical requirements of the LEED for Schools rating system.
BARNEGAT, NJ--A new multi-story eco-friendly affordable housing community is currently under construction by the Walters Group, a local residential and commercial real estate developer.
BETHESDA, MD-- For the third straight year, Marriott International has been recognized by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) with its Sustained Excellence Award.
ATLANTIC CITY, NJ--Paul Wheeler, national service engineer for Trane, will present a case study at the Association of Energy Engineers (AEE) Globalcon 2009 conference about the energy management strategy that Ingersoll Rand employed in its Residential Systems facility in Tyler, TX.
HOPKINTON, MA-- EMC Corporation, a leader in information infrastructure solutions, announced it is a sponsor of the World Resources Institute's Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Protocol Product and Supply Chain Initiative, a joint effort with the World Business Council on Sustainable Development.
PHILADELPHIA--This summer season, IKEA has released the IKEA SOLIG light series, entirely powered by the sun. A solar panel in each light captures the sun's rays during the day and lights up at night. Every light in this eight series collection is decorative, sturdy and maintenance-free.
NEWARK, NJ-- Mayor Cory A. Booker and New Jersey Clean Communities Council President Patrick Ryan announced today that the City of Newark will be the site for the council’s Sixth Annual Clean Communities Seminar and Banquet, to be held on May 19-21, 2009.
NEW YORK, NY-- The Tribeca Community Association and Canal West Coalition, have announced that they will host "The Hudson Rise Picnic," a community awareness-building event today at 7 p.m. at 375 Hudson Street.
CHICAGO-- ComEd is once again sponsoring the Smart Home: Green + Wired, Powered by ComEd exhibit at the Museum of Science and Industry. The Smart Home showcases ComEd's electricity-saving programs for customers and other ways to practice green living. The exhibit is open today through Jan. 3, 2010.
NEWARK, NJ--Mayor Cory A. Booker, Council Member-At-Large Donald M. Payne, Jr., and other Newark dignitaries swore in members of the City’s new Environmental Commission during a Municipal Council Chamber ceremony today, launching Newark’s first such body, with a mission to support Newark’s efforts to protect and promote its natural resources and become the “greenest” city in the Garden State.
TRENTON, NJ-- Cushman & Wakefield, Inc. has been named exclusive leasing agent for Vista Center, a major new sustainable development. Capital Real Estate Group will construct the 25-story, 700,000-sf tower adjacent to the Trenton Transit Center.
AUSTIN, TX-- The global "green" enterprise IT study released by Strategic Oxygen and Cohn & Wolfe today reveals that Dell is the number one green technology brand, recognized for its extensive recycling program, the top ranked attribute sought by IT buyers.
NEWARK, NJ--Mayor Cory A. Booker, North Ward Council Member Anibal Ramos, Jr., and local community members cut the ribbon to re-open historic Elwood Park, a triangle-shaped green space in Newark’s North Ward that once sheltered George Washington’s troops as they retreated from the British Army in 1776.
MIDLAND, MI-- The Dow Chemical Company has announced that it has succeeded in converting its first facility that manufactures STYROFOAM(TM) Brand Insulation in Dalton, GA, to its new zero ozone-depleting, no-VOC (volatile organic compound) foaming agent technology.
NEW YORK--Day Pitney LLP has announced that Michael A. Stosser, an energy attorney with 30 years of experience in the areas of renewable and alternative energy, is joining the firm's practice in New York.
SADDLE BROOK, NJ--CB Richard Ellis has announced that the 177,008-sf warehouse property located at 850 Clark Drive in Mount Olive, New Jersey, has recently achieved LEED certification from the U.S Green Building Council (USGBC) for its 3,155-sf office unit.
SAN FRANCISCO--BCCI Construction Company has announced that The Energy Foundation, a partnership of major donors to new energy technologies, has been recognized with the first LEED Commercial Interiors - Platinum Certified project in San Francisco.
ATLANTA-- The Emory Conference Center Hotel is in the final phase of a major renovation and expansion that was started in March 2008. The multi-million dollar expansion is expected to be completed in May of this year and includes a new five-story structure to be certified LEED Silver (Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design) by the U.S. Green Building Council.
NEW YORK, NY--Vantage Properties, LLC, has begun a major initiative, in partnership with U.S. Energy Group, to reduce the carbon footprint of its 139-building portfolio in New York City.
MALTA, NY--C9 Corporation has announced plans to occupy 8,500 sf of headquarters and manufacturing space at the Saratoga Technology + Energy Park (STEP), located in Malta. C9, the first semiconductor company to locate a facility in the Park, expects to bring five initial employees to the Park and open its doors this summer.
MORRIS TOWNSHIP, NJ-- Honeywell has announced that it has developed a new lead-free packaging technology that improves the thermal management of semiconductor chips.
ALBANY, NY-- The New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) and the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) have jointly announced funding for a dozen transportation sector proposals that seek to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and the use of petroleum fuel products.
BROOKLYN, NY--The Center for the Urban Environment (CUE) is offering a course on greening one's school.
The course will cover various angles of From installing a green roof to creative ways of incorporating sustainability themes into the classroom. Join local experts to discuss easy to implement projects, ways of getting environmental projects funded, opportunities for nonprofit partnerships, and what has (and hasn’t) worked in local schools.
Panelists Include:
Alive Structures
Center for the Urban Environment
Cloud Institute for Sustainability Education
NYS Department of Environmental Conservation
United Federation of Teachers, Green Committee
Center for the Urban Environment
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NEW YORK, NY-- Green Energy Resources has announced the signing of two separate wood pellet export orders to Europe valued at approximately $14 million each.
ASBURY, NJ/ALLENTOWN, PA-- The Allentown Planning Commission has granted approval to Bennett Toyota for a new dealership facility on the site of a former Exide Battery plant located at the east end of Allentown‘s “Lehigh Street Auto Mile,” which will be LEED-certified.
MAHWAH, NJ-– Fuji EnviroMAX™, the first green, high performance battery on the market, will be available to consumers nationwide in April.
WASHINGTON-- Americans nationwide could face less traffic congestion and cut their transportation costs if Congress passes legislation introduced today by Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), "The Complete Streets Act of 2009."
NEW YORK-- Kicking off the Building Owners and Managers Association of Greater New York's (BOMA) Energy Action Day!, NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg said despite the gloom and doom heard daily in the media, he is confident that NYC will weather the current economic tough times better than any other city.
NEW BRUNSWICK--Brendan Murray, founder and president of Tekton Development Corp., has achieved the LEED accredited practitioner (AP) designation from the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC)/Green Building Certification Institute.
FRIANT, CA-- The Specialty Sleep Association (SSA) announced today it is launching the first mattress/bedding industry "Green Initiative."
WASHINGTON-- A group of nine leading biomass companies has formed the Biomass Thermal Energy Council (BTEC), a non-profit association dedicated to advancing the use of biomass for heat and other thermal energy applications.
NEW YORK-- GfK Roper Consulting, a division of GfK Custom Research North America, announced results from its 2008 GfK Roper Green Gauge(R) study, revealing that consumers are not only more aware of green issues, but are finding practical ways to be eco-friendly while also saving money in today's difficult economic times.
DUESSELDORF, GERMANY/ROCKY HILL, CT--U.S. retail giant Wal-Mart has selected Henkel to receive the "Wal-Mart Sustainability Award."
RICHMOND, IN-- Belden, a leader in the development of signal transmission products for industrial, enterprise, building management, broadcast, and security applications, has introduced a new adaptive enclosure heat containment (AEHC) system for data centers that will ensure the entire room is normalized with cold air to just the right amount, with no wasteful oversupply of cooling.
LEHIGH VALLEY, PA-- Air Products today announced the signing of a Cooperative Agreement with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to design and construct a carbon dioxide purification system in support of an oxyfuel technology development project.
UNIONDALE, NY--With consumer demand rising for eco-friendly pest control, one of the largest pest control companies in the region, Knockout Pest Control Inc., is responding with cutting-edge green services.
ALBANY, NY/LEXINGTON, MA--The 2009 Northeast Energy Efficiency Summit: Maximizing the Energy Efficiency Solution, scheduled for May 27-28 in Albany, NY will highlight how the Northeast is leading the effort to advance energy efficiency in support of a green economy that sustains and builds jobs, while contributing to a cleaner environment.
ALBUQUERQUE, NM-- Advent Solar, Inc., a leading innovator of next generation silicon-based solar technology, today announced it was named a finalist in TechInsight's EE Times fifth Annual Creativity in Electronics (ACE) Awards in the "Most Innovative Renewable Energy Technology" category.
HARRISBURG, PA-- From multi-state agreements to pilot projects for municipalities, the commonwealth is taking action to slow, reduce and stop greenhouse gas emissions. That includes more than $79,000 in grants announced today in Swarthmore, Delaware County, to help four municipalities in the area work at the local level to combat the global problem of climate change.
CRANBURY, NJ-- Matrix Development Group has announced that its award-winning Trenton property, 32 East Front Street, has earned the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Energy Star award.
HASBROUCK HEIGHTS, NJ-- DMR Architects has announced that Chance Parker, a construction manager with the firm, has received Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Professional Accreditation (LEED-AP) from the U.S. Green Building Council.
WASHINGTON-- Two weeks after President Obama challenged Congress to send him a bill that "places a market-based cap on carbon pollution and drives the production of more renewable energy," House and Senate leaders responded with an ambitious timetable for new "cap-and-trade" legislation, including a final Senate vote by the end of summer.
NEW YORK, NY--New York's hotel scene is going "green" -- and Stonehill & Taylor is leading the charge.
WASHINGTON-- A Middlesex, NJ industrial pipes, valves and fittings supply company and its co-owner pleaded guilty today to participating in a fraud conspiracy at two U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)-designated Superfund sites in New Jersey, the Department of Justice announced today. The sites are Federal Creosote, located in Manville, NJ, and Diamond Alkali, located in Newark, NJ.
DETROIT-- The National Summit, convened by the Detroit Economic Club, will provide a venue for discussion on four disciplines that are crucial to the country's future prosperity: Technology, Energy, Environment, and Manufacturing.
NORTH BRUNSWICK--Kipcon, Inc, a provider of engineering solutions, is hosting a free educational seminar scheduled for Thursday evening, March 19, 2009 at the Doubletree Hotel in Fort Lee, NJ.
DALLAS-- Hunt Oil Company's Dallas headquarters building has earned the U.S. Green Building Council's Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Silver certification for Commercial Interiors.
WASHINGTON-- BP America's government affairs office has earned a platinum certification -- the highest rating possible -- under the U.S. Green Building Council's (USGBC) Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED(R)) program.
NEW YORK, NY—Accomplished real estate publishing industry veteran Eric Peterson is joining ScheinMedia, Jonathan A. Schein, president and CEO of ScheinMedia, has announced.
PURCHASE, NY -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has awarded PepsiCo a 2009 ENERGY STAR Sustained Excellence Award in recognition of its continued leadership in protecting our environment through energy efficiency. PepsiCo's accomplishments will be recognized at an awards ceremony in Washington, D.C. on March 31, 2009.
NEW YORK, NY-- Whole Foods Market, in partnership with Teens Turning Green, the national coalition of teens educating peers and community members about safe, healthy, and eco-lifestyle choices, has announced the launch of Project Green Prom, a multi-faceted effort to encourage teens around the country to make thoughtful, earth-friendly decisions and purchases around prom season.
RANDOLPH, NJ –- The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (BPU) has recognized Aspen Ice with the 2008 NJ Clean Energy Leadership Award – Project of the Year.
GRAND RAPIDS, MI-- Supercenter retail chain Meijer will soon expand its green initiatives to include the use of wind power at some of its facilities.
WASHINGTON-- Change to Win chair Anna Burger issued the following statement about the first meeting of the Middle Class Task Force today, chaired by Vice President Joe Biden, at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia.
