Archive for July, 2009

EPA Refuge Determination Positive for the Environment

The National Corn Growers Association is pleased the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will allow farmers the ability to improve upon the environmental benefits from biotechnology corn. The EPA has announced a reduced refuge requirement for SmartStax, an insect-protection and weed control platform in corn, to 5 percent in the northern Corn Belt and 20 [...]

WSI Issues July Update for 2009 Hurricane Season

WSI Corporation's updated 2009 hurricane season forecast now calls for 10 named storms, 5 hurricanes, and 2 intense hurricanes (category 3 or greater), a slight reduction from the previous forecast of 11 named storms, 6 hurricanes, and 2 intense hurricanes. (PRWeb Jul 21, 2009)
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GreenGopher(SM) Endorses EcoLogo Program

GreenGopher&#8480 – a practical web-resource for lean and green business practices, announces its support of the EcoLogo™ program of qualifying green industrial products (http://www.greengopher.com). (PRWeb Jul 21, 2009)
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Pira International and TAPPI Partner for "Specialty Papers Conference 2009" to be held November 2009

Conference advisory committee comprised of industry leaders (PRWeb Jul 20, 2009)
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LS9’s UltraClean Diesel Exceeds United States & Brazilian Fuels Specifications

Continuing its rapid progress toward commercialization of advanced biofuels, LS9, the Renewable Petroleum Company™, today announced that its UltraClean™ Diesel product exceeds American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) D6751 and Brazilian National Agency of Petroleum ANP-7 specifications. (PRWeb Jul 20, 2009)
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Coming to a Curbside Near You: Recycling Bins That Sing

Recycling and trash bins are now bantering and singing at your curbside in these new comedy animated videos designed for local television and websites to promote recycling for communities and waste management companies. (PRWeb Jul 20, 2009)
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Life is Good - Life is Green Planting a Tree for Every Order

Cloud 9, a leading retailer of Life is Good clothing and products is pleased to announce their environmental program which ensures a tree is planted for every order they receive. The highly respected American Forests organization will take care of the tree planting. Donations will be provided once a month based on the total number [...]

New Statewide Energy Efficiency Program for Maryland Agricultural Producers

A new program is now available for all agricultural producers in Maryland. The Maryland Statewide Farm Energy Audit Program will help farmers reduce their energy costs through farm energy audits and equipment incentives for qualifying energy saving projects. (PRWeb Jul 19, 2009)
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Yorkshire and Humberside Businesses are Sitting on Untapped Cost Savings of Almost £1 Million per Day

Local businesses are collectively missing out on combined cost savings of as much as £1,144,000 per day by ignoring the potential of water efficiency, say sustainable business (http://www.envirowise.gov.uk/uk/Topics-and-Issues/Managing-Behaviour-Change.html) experts Envirowise. (PRWeb Jul 18, 2009)
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Looptworks Upcycled Activewear Readies for Launch with Limited Edition Eco Friendly Clothing

Online apparel start-up Looptworks re-imagines product creation with ground-breaking "upcycling" process, creating limited-edition clothing and accessories from excess materials. The socially responsible designs are made from pre-consumer excess materials and are available for purchase at their online apparel shop, Looptworks.com. (PRWeb Jul 17, 2009)
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Environmental Products Distributor and Retailer Branches Out Into Rainwater Harvesting

Natural Environmental Systems, LLC is now carrying a full line of rain barrels and rainwater tanks (PRWeb Jul 17, 2009)
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Green Bay Decking Launches New Web Site For GeoDeck Composite Decking

The new GeoDeck.com was created to offer customers better insight into the proven science and industry-leading product features of GeoDeck composite decking and railing. (PRWeb Jul 16, 2009)
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Plastic Cup Manufacturer CupDepot Offers Free Matching Lids with Purchase of Eco-Friendly Cups

CupDepot invites everyone (http://www.cupdepot.com/?utm_source=PRW&utm_medium=Press+Release&utm_campaign=lids+plastic+cups) to celebrate the beginning of summer with a money-saving offer for customers looking to purchase eco-friendly cups. Receive free matching flat lids with a purchase of clear biodegradable cups, for a limited time only! (PRWeb Jul 16, 2009)
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Solar Tech CalSEIA Summit Welcomes Boots on the Roof Solar Training Program

Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger joined solar industry leaders as they teamed up with the California Solar Energy Industries Association at eBay's corporate offices in San Jose, CA, for the inaugural Solar Tech CalSEIA Summit. (PRWeb Jul 16, 2009)
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Energy Resource Network - A New Company Offers Cost Saving Technology in Solar and Wind Power

Energy Resource Network Provides the Newest Technology in Alternative Energy Products Available Today! (PRWeb Jul 16, 2009)
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Sweetwater Announces Trademarks of State-of-the-Art Healthy Drinking Water Purification Systems

The Urban Defender® and Kitchen Defender® systems have become registered trademarks of Sweetwater, LLC, as two state-of-the-art water purifiers that create healthy drinking water for homes and businesses alike. (PRWeb Jul 16, 2009)
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Magnalight Introduces First Explosion Proof LED Light for Fluorescent Replacement

Larson Electronics' Magnalight announced the production ready release of the EPL-48-2L-LED, a fully integrated, explosion proof LED light for hazardous location areas. (PRWeb Jul 15, 2009)
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BidURenergy.com Welcomes Energetix and NYSEG Solutions Into Their uPREVAIL™ Auction Platform

BidURenergy.com, a Subsidiary of Energy Curtailment Specialists, Inc., Welcomes Energetix and NYSEG Solutions Into Their uPREVAIL ™ Auction Platform in helping customers lower their electric and natural gas cost. (PRWeb Jul 15, 2009)
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River Network, Busch Beer Conservation Partnership Protects Northwest Rivers

River Network and Busch beer are partnering to protect rivers in Oregon and Washington. As environmental concerns continue to rise, it becomes increasingly important to maintain the health of the region's rivers, which are a major source of water for drinking, industry, agriculture, recreation and fish and wildlife habitat. To celebrate outdoor recreation [...]

Exprodat Launches New ‘Terrain and Image Analysis’ Training Course for Petroleum GIS Professionals

Exprodat announces the launch of a new Petroleum GIS training course: 'Terrain and Image Analysis for E&P'. The new course is the latest addition to Exprodat's Petroleum GIS Training Programme: classroom based training modules designed to help oil and gas professionals apply GIS technology more effectively to common petroleum workflows. More details are available at [...]

New Clean Water Website Brings Pure H2O to the H-O-M-E

With so many chemicals and bacteria in municipal water sources, people often turn to filters to try and have clean water to drink. Those don't always do the trick, but a unique item that's available through the just-launched AliveWaterStore.com, which creates a double helix vortex in the running water, may accomplish what lesser filters [...]

Molpus Implements Forest Inventory Internship Program for Undergraduate Forestry Students

Molpus Timberlands Management, LLC ('MTM'), is pleased to announce the commencement of a Forest Inventory Internship Program ('Program'). The Program began in May 2009 and is being used to provide an invaluable 13-week, hands-on learning experience for undergraduate and recently graduated forestry students as well as provide MTM's clients with productive inventory resources. [...]

Internationally Known Spanish-Language Telenovela Actress Lorena Rojas Joins the Save Planet Blue Team

Spanish-Language Prime-Time Soap Opera Star Becomes a Planet Blue Saver (PRWeb Jul 14, 2009)
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WSI Corporation and TOA Systems Launch Global Lightning Network (GLN)

Premier provider of real-time lightning detection delivers life saving and risk management data to worldwide customer base. (PRWeb Jul 14, 2009)
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Advance Releases Case Study on Outdoor Surface Cleaning Contractor

Atlanta-area cleaning contractor finds Cyclone rider pressure washer holds the keys to bigger, greener jobs (PRWeb Jul 14, 2009)
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Three Thieves New Triple Threat: Summer, Sangria, and Tetra Pak; Portable, Eco-Friendly Packaging Just Right for Warm-Weather Sipping

It could be the perfect summer storm: warm weather to make you thirsty for something cool, fruit-and-spice flavors of premium-quality Sangria, and packaged in handy, portable, packable 500ml or 1 Liter TetraPak containers to make it available anytime, anywhere. (PRWeb Jul 14, 2009)
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Experts at Home Heating Guide Say UK Consumers May Be Missing Out on Energy Efficiency Grants

Many unaware of Government grants and rebates for heating and insulation (PRWeb Jul 14, 2009)
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AFP Commends Hospitality Clients, Distinguished With Esteemed LEED National Certification

AFP's "Green" Fitness Solutions Bring Value to Three LEED Recipients - The National "Gold Standard" for Energy- and Environmental-Conscious Hotels (PRWeb Jul 13, 2009)
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PennWell’s Oil & Gas Journal Online Research Center Partners with Saurage Research, Inc.

Pennwell Corporation's Oil & Gas Journal Online Research Center announced today that it is partnering with Saurage Research Inc. to provide syndicated Brand Strength and Customer Value studies for oilfield service companies. Information will be gathered via an online survey of qualified oil and gas professionals from the Oil & Gas Journal Online [...]

WePOWER Names Howard Makler EVP Business Development

Entrepreneur to Direct Business Development for Cleantech Company (PRWeb Jul 13, 2009)
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Cap and Trade Education, Carbon Footprint Analysis Best Practices Resource by Green Supply Chain Firm, Bellwether Services is Announced

Bellwether Services, a globally awarded strategic management consultancy firm offering high performance solutions, provides a free online Carbon Cap & Trade, Carbon Footprint Analysis, and Greenhouse Gas (GHG) education resource for US Business Leaders. This resource is applicable to the strategic sourcing, procurement, purchasing, supply chain, logistics, environmental and sustainability functional areas. (PRWeb Jul [...]

Water Replenishment District Receives Nearly $500,000 in Federal Stimulus Funds for Water Recycling Expansion Project

Water Replenishment District (WRD) will receive nearly $500,000 in federal stimulus funding from the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (USBR) title XVI program for expansion of the Leo J. Vander Lans Advanced Water Treatment Facility (also known as the Alamitos Barrier Recycled Water Project). (PRWeb Jul 11, 2009)
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Komax Systems Launches New Website

Komax Systems, the leading manufacturer of Static Mixers has released a new, upgraded website. This new site provides fast access to their broad range of product literature and drawings for static mixers, steam heaters and sludge heat exchangers. (PRWeb Jul 11, 2009)
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UGA Researchers Could Help Restore Devastated American Chestnut

New gene inserted into DNA may fight fungal disease that caused the chestnut blight (PRWeb Jul 10, 2009)
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Native Waters Introduces Sustainable Bottled Water

Native Water is bottled in ENSO Bottles, a biodegradable PET plastic bottle. The bottles are produced with Ecopure™, an additive added to the plastic manufacturing process that allows the bottles to be metabolized and neutralized on a microbial level, breaking down the plastic. ENSO bottles maintain the same physical properties and strengths as existing [...]

World Bank Debunks Tiger Farming Benefits

Experimenting with tiger farming is too risky and could drive wild tigers further toward extinction, the World Bank told a key international wildlife trade meeting today. (PRWeb Jul 9, 2009)
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Poaching Crisis as Rhino Horn Demand Booms in Asia

Rhino poaching worldwide is poised to hit a 15-year-high driven by Asian demand for horns, according to new research. (PRWeb Jul 9, 2009)
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Utility Rates Soar, Homeowners Switch to Solar Power

As utility rates continue to rise, more and more homeowners across the nation are installing photovoltaic solar systems on their homes to save money on their electric bill. Solar electric, once thought to be a luxury, has seen prices steadily decline over the past year making going solar more affordable than ever. (PRWeb Jul 9, [...]

Argonne Partners with Turkey’s Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources

Partnership Promotes Clean Energy Technologies and Reduces Carbon Emissions (PRWeb Jul 9, 2009)
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Jerry Stoller Honored with Good Nabor Alumni Award

Presented for the 30th time, the 2009 recipient of the Good Nabor Award is Jerry Stoller of Houston, Texas, founder and president of StollerUSA. (PRWeb Jul 9, 2009)
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