NEW YORK, NY--CraigMichaels, Inc. is honored to announce that President Bill Clinton will be the Keynote speaker at the 2010 Sustainable Operations Summit. The fifth annual summit will take place May 16-18th at the Hyatt Regency Hill Country Resort in San Antonio, TX.
NEWARK, NJ--The search to find New Jersey's most innovative energy efficiency technologies has begun. PSE&G is soliciting proposals for emerging energy-saving technologies that have the potential to come to market quickly.
BENTONVILLE, AR -- Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. has announced a goal to eliminate 20 million metric tons of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from its global supply chain by the end of 2015.
WOODCLIFF LAKE, NJ-- BMW of North America, LLC has announced that two of its Regional Distribution Centers located in suburban Chicago (Minooka, IL) and Eastern Pennsylvania (Lower Nazareth, PA) have received LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certifications from the U.S. Green Building Council.
HACKENSACK, NJ--Following a limited test introduction in several New York and New Jersey stores, Bariloche Seltzer Water—the only seltzer in the United States sold in a recyclable plastic siphon bottle reminiscent of the old fashioned glass seltzer bottles with a metal spigot—is about to be rolled out to supermarkets, independent grocers and specialty food stores throughout New York, New Jersey and Connecticut.
AUBURN HILLS, MI--FEV Inc., (FEV) a leading developer of advanced powertrain and vehicle technologies, has announced that it has completed the first phase of a project under contract to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to determine manufacturing costs in the development and operation of fuel efficient, greener powertrain technologies.
LAS VEGAS--IBM and Johnson Controls have announced a new relationship to create a new era of smarter buildings. Together, the companies will team to provide a Smart Building Solution that can improve operations and reduce energy and water consumption in buildings worldwide.
BRIDGEWATER, NJ--The Somerset County Business Partnership, in conjunction with the law firm of Norris, McLaughlin & Marcus of Bridgewater, New Jersey, will present “Leasing and Operating Green – An Overview of Issues in Leasing and Managing Green Commercial Real Estate Space.”
MINEOLA, NY--Clear Skies Solar, Inc., a full-service renewable energy provider to commercial, industrial and agricultural clients, announces its second fully financed project for 2010, a 324 kW solar power project to be installed on the ShopRite building located in the Metro Plaza in New Jersey.
WASHINGTON-- The U.S. General Services Administration took two major steps to strengthen its role in President Obama's commitment to make the federal government a leader in sustainability.
WASHINGTON --Cummins Inc., a major motor vehicle engine company based in Columbus, IN, will pay a $2.1 million penalty and recall 405 engines under a settlement agreement resolving alleged violations of the Clean Air Act, the Justice Department and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced.
ASHEVILLE, NC-- Clean Fuels Ohio has scheduled a media event to announce the launch of the Ohio Advanced Transportation Partnership, a DOE-based initiative to bring 280 alternative fuel vehicles and 15 refueling stations to Ohio. The contract, which provides $11 million under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, was finalized last week.
WELLESLEY, MA--Babson College, Olin College of Engineering and Wellesley College will co-sponsor an interdisciplinary regional summit, "Educational Imperatives of the Grand Challenges," Wednesday, April 21, from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm in Houghton Chapel at Wellesley College.
EBENSBURG, PA-- A Cambria County wind turbine manufacturer that had to temporarily lay off 79 employees last November after new orders fell will be able to bring back those workers and hire an additional 50 people thanks to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Governor Edward G. Rendell said.
KNOXVILLE/OAK RIDGE, TN--An ambitious new initiative in the Knoxville-Oak Ridge Innovation Valley has set its sights on providing solutions to many of the nation's transportation and energy security challenges.
CHERRY HILL, NJ/PORTLAND, ME--TD Bank has announced it is the largest U.S.-based bank to go carbon neutral. TD Bank also unveiled the new "green" design for its future stores.
NEW YORK, NY--Donnelly Mechanical Corp. has appointed Robert Ragozine president of Donnelly Sustainable Energy Services (SES), its recently formed division that is dedicated to energy efficiency consulting and services.
WASHINGTON--After years of negotiations, American Rivers will join Interior Secretary Salazar, Oregon Governor Kulongoski, and California Governor Schwarzenegger today to sign historic agreements to mount an unprecedented restoration effort on the Klamath River, one of America's greatest river systems.
KINGSTON, NY—-ScheinMedia and the SUNY New Paltz Environmental Task Force are pleased to present a public forum, “The Future of Gas Drilling in New York State,” on Monday, March 8 from 5:45 to 8 pm at SUNY New Paltz.
NEWARK, NJ-- Mayor Cory A. Booker, Newark Municipal Council Members, EPA Regional Administrator Judith Enck, Deputy Mayor of Economic and Housing Development Stefan Pryor, and other dignitaries marked the one-year anniversary of President Obama’s signing of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA).
CHERRY HILL, NJ--New Jersey American Water will replace its 1920s-era Canoe Brook Water Treatment Plant in Millburn Township, NJ and build a new, state-of-the-art facility on the same grounds. Groundbreaking is expected in early fall 2010 and the plant is scheduled to be completed by March 2012.
BETHESDA, MD--The Lockheed Martin Center for Leadership Excellence has earned the U.S. Green Building Council's LEED® Silver certification. The USGBC's Green Building Rating System(TM), is an internationally accepted benchmark for the design, construction, and operation of high performance green buildings.
HASBROUCK HEIGHTS, NJ--Green Economics, Inc., a sister company of DMR Architects, P.C. based in Hasbrouck Heights, has formed a strategic alliance with TerraVerde Renewable Partners, LLC, a Baltimore and San Francisco Bay Area based company.
ANN ARBOR, MI-- Enertia, a team of three University of Michigan graduate students with a plan to harness vibrations to power small electronics, won the top prize of $50,000 in the 2009-2010 Clean Energy Prize business plan competition.
BEAVERTON, OR -- Executives from Northwest clean energy and consumer companies will unite with labor leaders at Nike's headquarters today to advocate national climate and energy policies to create new jobs, restore America's competitiveness and provide for our economic and national security.
VANCOUVER -- The University of British Columbia (UBC) and Nexterra Systems Corp., a leading biomass gasification company, has announced that UBC will install and demonstrate a unique, on-site biomass-fuelled combined heat and power (CHP) solution developed by Nexterra and GE Power & Water's gas engine division.
HERSHEY, PA -- Pennsylvania American Water has announced the application process is now open for its 2010 Environmental Grant Program to support innovative, community-based environmental projects that improve, restore or protect watersheds and community drinking water supplies.
ORLANDO, FL--Ford Motor Company's commitment to contributing to a better world further expands today with the announcement of the 'Go Green' Dealership Sustainability Program. The program is being shared with the company's U.S. Ford and Lincoln Mercury dealers today at the 2010 National Automobile Dealers Association Convention.
WASHINGTON --The U.S. Postal Service recycled over 2,000 tons of paper, plastic and other waste in 2009, representing a decrease in its greenhouse gas emissions of approximately 1.67 million barrels of oil.
MINNEAPOLIS-- 4R Communications has announced that 300 green PR professionals will descend on Minneapolis for the first-ever Green PR summit, the rEnergize Communications Summit, May 23-25, 2010, to discuss how corporate brands, products and initiatives will be best positioned for success in the new era of climate change and sustainability.
CHARLOTTE, NC-- Turner Construction Company has been awarded a $61.5 million contract by the University of North Carolina at Charlotte to provide pre-construction and construction services for an Energy Production Infrastructure Center on the university campus.
LEHIGH VALLEY, PA--Air Products has been awarded the Rushlight Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Industry Award for its innovative Series 100 Hydrogen Fueling Station technology.
VIENNA, VA-- Home Properties, Inc. has announced its newly constructed apartment community, The Courts at Huntington Station in Alexandria, Virginia, has been presented a Land Conservation Award by the Fairfax County Department of Public Works and Environmental Services.
NEW YORK, NY-- The Fulbright Scholar Program awarded Polytechnic Institute of New York University (NYU-Poly) Professor of Environmental Psychology Richard Elliot Wener a grant to lecture and conduct research on the psychology of sustainable design.
SPRINGFIELD, NJ--As part of its commitment to sustainability, Gruskin Group, an integrated design firm, has planted 3,000 trees in the Hal Scott Regional Preserve just east of Orlando, Florida.
SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA--Over 3 bustling days, the photovoltaic market was all abuzz at one spot, at KINTEX, Korea. After its huge success last year, EXPO Solar came back this year to get even more enthusiastic welcome and responses from both exhibitors and visitors alike.
NORTHBROOK, IL-- UL Environment, Inc., a global leader in environmental evaluation and certification, announces a collaborative effort to develop sustainability standards for plastic materials used in consumer and manufactured goods.
NEW YORK, NY-- Dover Corporation has announced that its Industrial Products segment has formed the Environmental Solutions Group ("ESG"). The newly formed ESG combines three industry-leading companies within Industrial Products' current business portfolio - Heil Environmental, Marathon Equipment Company and Bayne Machine Works - to create a leading fully integrated equipment group serving the solid waste management industry.
AMES, IA--A new nationwide grant program will provide qualifying Non-Profit Organizations with thousands of dollars in cash allowances and services for the purpose of installing new energy efficient lighting systems.
WETHERSFIELD, CT-- The Town of Wethersfield and Direct Energy announced Monday they're offering residents and small businesses the opportunity to enroll in the first co-branded residential and commercial electricity offer in the State of Connecticut.
GRAPEVINE, TX--GM has announced that its new lineup of heavy-duty diesel pickups will have B20 biodiesel capability. B20 fuel is a blend of 20-percent biodiesel and 80-percent conventional diesel, which helps lower carbon dioxide emissions and lessens dependence on petroleum. The announcement was made at the National Biodiesel Conference.
TROY, MI--A recent report published by the EPA, "Light-Duty Technology Cost Analysis Pilot Study," details the methods and results to determine incremental direct manufacturing costs for a set of advanced, leading-edge light-duty vehicle technologies for reducing emissions of greenhouse gases in the future. Munro & Associates was selected as the subcontractor to FEV based on their expertise and robust methodologies in analyzing any and all manufacturing processes through the use of their Design Profit(R) software and detailed cost modeling tools.
GREENWICH, CT-- A new study released recently finds that water, in all its forms, has the least environmental impact of any beverage choice.
EL PASO, TX-- Gerald W. Cichon, Chief Executive Officer of the Housing Authority of the City of El Paso (HACEP), has announced a National Green Design Competition for a $10+ million LEED Green Affordable Housing Project supported by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
PEORIA, IL--The Caterpillar Administration Building, which serves as the company's world headquarters, has been awarded LEED-EB® O+M (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design for Existing Buildings: Operations and Maintenance) Gold certification from the United States Green Building Council (USGBC).
BONITA SPRINGS, FL-- Algenol Biofuels Inc. has announced that the company has reached an agreement with the Lee County Board of Commissioners to support the opening of a new 43,000-sf facility in Lee County, bringing economic diversity and jobs to the area launching in the first quarter of 2010.
HARRISBURG, PA--Department of Environmental Protection Secretary John Hanger has announced plans to open a new Oil and Gas Management office in Scranton, Lackawanna County, to improve the agency's ability to oversee and respond to issues stemming from increased natural gas drilling throughout the region.
BRIDGEWATER, NJ--SJP Properties has announced that Somerset Corporate Center II has been awarded the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Energy Star recognition, the national symbol for superior energy efficiency and environmental protection.
NEW YORK, NY--The Institute of Design & Construction (IDC), in affiliation with Forever Green Training & Sustainable Design, will offer a two-day seminar, "LEED Green Associate Exam Preparation: The Core Concepts of Sustainable Design," in March.
WASHINGTON--The National Green Building Standard Commentary, the companion publication to the ANSI-approved National Green Building Standard, is now available for purchase through BuilderBooks.com, the publishing arm for the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB).
KINGSTON, NY—ScheinMedia announces the publication of comprehensive maps of green residential development projects in the New York metro region.
CHICAGO--Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company's Engineering Technology Center (ETC) in Chicago has received LEED Silver certification by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), further advancing the company's goal to leverage high-performance design across its existing facilities.
PISCATAWAY, NJ-- American Standard Brands, a leading manufacturer of bath and kitchen plumbing products in North America, has announced its commitment of $1 million over a two-year period to The Nature Conservancy to increase awareness of how consumers can conserve water every day and to provide support of the Conservancy's mission of protecting the Earth's most vital natural resource - our drinking water.
WASHINGTON-- Three national environmental groups praised President Obama for crafting the first presidential budget to provide funding to restore the Gulf Coast along Louisiana and Mississippi.
NORTHBROOK, IL--UL Environment, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Underwriters Laboratories (UL) and a global leader in environmental evaluation and certification, has announced that it is launching the Energy Efficiency Certification (EEC) program for compliance with energy efficiency standards and regulations.
HERNDON, VA--Volkswagen of America's 2.0-liter four-cylinder TDI® Clean Diesel engine has been selected by Ward's Automotive Group as one of the "10 Best Engines" for 2010.
WASHINGTON--Though it no longer exists, the impact of the Free Enterprise Action Fund on the global warming debate was concretized last week when the Securities and Exchange Commission decided to require that publicly-owned companies disclose the risks of global warming laws and regulation.
FREEHOLD, NJ-- Trinity Solar, the largest solar integrator in New Jersey with over 950 solar electric systems installed to date, is proud to offer New Jersey's homeowners new financing solutions to pay for their solar power. Never has solar been so affordable or so easy to obtain.
WASHINGTON--Nearly 100 organizations in the renewable energy, energy efficiency and environmental arenas -- representing hundreds of companies and tens of thousands of workers and citizens -- are joining forces to turn February 1-5, 2010, into Clean Energy Week.
EL PASO, TX-- Rev. David Beckmann, president, Bread for the World, has urged members of the National Latino Congreso to press their representatives in Congress to create more green jobs in order to reduce hunger and poverty among U.S. Latinos.
