development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. The concept of sustainable development...
Chicago -- In an effort to promote environmentally sustainable economic development worldwide, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency EPA and the U.S. Business Council for Sustainable Development US BCSD announced a far-ranging agreement to col Chicago -- In an effort to promote environmentally sustainable economic development...
WASHINGTON, Oct. 22 /U.S. Newswire/ -- EPA today awarded $660,000 to 66 student teams for the 2004-2005 academic year to research and develop sustainable designs through the People, Prosperity and the Planet (P3) competition. Sustainable development alloWASHINGTON, Oct. 22 /U.S. Newswire/ -- EPA today awarded $660,000 to 66 student...
For officials with the U.S. General Services Administration and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the New England Regional Laboratory in North Chelmsford, Mass., represented more than a new $18 million testing facility: It was an opportunit For officials with the U.S. General Services Administration...
Laboratories are complex structures in comparison to typical office buildings or other commercial structures, and each lab has needs that are unique to its purpose. The U.S. EPA's New England Regional Laboratory in North Chelmsford, Mass., performs Laboratories are complex structures in comparison to...
Novak Biddle Venture Partners and Kinetic Ventures Invest $4 Million in Enterprise Carbon Management Software Start-Up WASHINGTON, Nov. 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Clear Standards, Inc. (http://www.clearstandards.com/), a leading provider of enterprise carbon management and sustainability solutions, today announced it has secured $4 million in Series A financing from...
ASTM Committee E60 to Develop Standards That Will Drive Mainstream Market Implementation W. CONSHOHOCKEN, Pa., Nov. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- ASTM International, one of the largest voluntary standards development organizations in the world, today announced the formation of ASTM Committee E60 on Sustainability. This new standards development initiative...
CARLSBAD, Calif. -- As a part of its continued commitment to environmental sustainability, Invitrogen Corporation (NASDAQ:IVGN), a provider of essential life science technologies for research, production and diagnostics, today announced its participation in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) Climate Leaders program. By participating in Climate Leaders, Invitrogen has pledged...
ATLANTA -- As part of its continued commitment to sustainable business practices, UPS (NYSE:UPS) today announced its participation in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Climate Leaders program. UPS is the first shipping company to join the program. Climate Leaders is an industry/government partnership that works with...
Texas real estate developer Hines has earned the gold for environmentally friendly and sustainable building design with the completion of its University Towne Center office tower earlier this month. La Jolla Commons, a 13-story, 300,000-square-foot class A structure, was not only the first high-rise construction in UTC in...
SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- APX, Inc., the leading infrastructure provider for environmental and energy markets, today announced that it has opened a Washington, D.C. office as part of its continuing strategy to support the rapidly developing global environmental commodities markets. The Washington, D.C. office, the Company's second on...
Host Istanbul to Speak about Developing Global Challenges and America's Involvement NEW YORK -- On May 13, 2008, the 5th World Water Forum, the largest water-related event in the world, will be presented during the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD-16) in New York, with a special...
In the not too distant future, our vehicles may be running on biodiesel fuel produced from fatty microorganisms grown in sludge from wastewater treatment plants. That's a project underway by a research team at Mississippi State University MSU that willbe part of solving the country's energy dilemma. It will also...
SALISBURY, N.C. -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency EPA today recognized Food Lion LLC with a seventh ENERGY STAR[R] award, the most ENERGY STAR awards ever received by a grocer. The award, for sustained excellence, will be presented to Food Lion LLC on April 1, 2008 during a ceremony in...
The Institute for Sustainability IfS, an AIChE technological community, has appointed Dr. Subhas K. Sikdar, associate director for science for the National Risk Management Research Laboratory of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency EPA, as its new chair. Prior to this appointment, Sikdar held a variety of AIChE leadership roles -...
The Rochester-based law firm of Harris Beach PLLC is seeking to become a more environmentally friendly, "green" law office. Last year the firm hired former president of the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority NYSERDA William Flynn to head its new energy practice group. It...
Natural Personal Care Products Sustainability Leader Offsets 100 Percent of Its Electricity with Wind Power DURHAM, N.C. -- Burt's Bees, a leading manufacturer of natural personal care products, today announced it has purchased 3,954,000 kilowatt hours kWh of renewable energy credits RECs generated by wind farms across America....
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] PAUL ANASTAS REFERS TO HIMself as "the father of green chemistry," having coined the term in 1991 while working at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Now director of Yale University's Center for Green Chemistry and Green Engineering, he is one proud papa. Opened in January 2007,...
EPA Ranks PBG Among Nation's Largest Purchasers of Green Power SOMERS, N.Y. -- The Pepsi Bottling Group (NYSE: PBG) today announced that it has received a 2007 Green Power Leadership award from the U.S Environmental Protection Agency EPA. The annual awards recognize the country's leading green power purchasers...
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Stephen Johnson presented the President's Volunteer Service Award to Dr. Gordon Forward. He serves as chairman emeritus of the U.S. BSCD, a nonprofit coalition of businesses that promotes sustainable development initiatives. Forward is a member of the National Academy of Engineering and is past president...
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