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FEBRUARY 2007 PRESS RELEASES STARTECH ENVIRONMENTAL CORPORATION IS FEATURED IN POPULAR SCIENCE MAGAZINE AS THE MIRACLE ENERGY MACHINE WILTON, CT, February 27, 2007 --/WORLD-WIRE/-- Startech Environmental Corporation (OTCBB: STHK), a fully reporting company, announced today that Popular Science Magazine, in its March '07 issue now on the news stands, has produced a 9-page, well-illustrated feature article on the Startech Plasma Converter as the "Miracle Energy Machine - How to Turn Toxic Waste into Clean Power." POLLUTION SOLUTION: NEW BIOFUEL TECHNOLOGY TAKES GUESSWORK OUT OF DRIVING GREEN AND SAVING GREEN MAHOPAC, NY, February 26, 2007 --/WORLD-WIRE/--V.O. Tech, LLC www.VOTechUSA.com, is rolling out the first vegetable oil conversion system for diesel cars and trucks that takes the uncertainty and guesswork out of running these engines on the renewable fuels that they were originally designed to use. AMERICAN CORN GROWERS FILE FOR INJUNCTIVE RELIEF IN FEDERAL COURT TO FOSTER COMPETITION IN HERBICIDE MARKETS WASHINGTON, DC, February 23, 2007 --/WORLD-WIRE/-- American Corn Growers Association (ACGA) has filed a lawsuit in federal court to halt the anticompetitive practices of Monsanto as they relate to the marketing of Roundup® herbicide. CITIZEN PETITION CALLS FOR A BAN ON GENETICALLY ENGINEERED MILK WASHINGTON, DC, February 22, 2007 --/WORLD-WIRE/-- On February 20, three major activist organizations representing dairy farmers, consumers, and public health experts filed a citizen petition to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services requesting immediate disapproval of Monsanto's veterinary drug Posilac on the grounds of "imminent hazards." TRAVELOCITY PARTNER ALLOWS PEOPLE TO GO ANYWHERE AND SLOW GLOBAL WARMING ... AT NO EXTRA COST EPA SEEKS PUBLIC COMMENT ON U.S. GREENHOUSE GAS INVENTORY WASHINGTON, DC, February 21, 2007 --/WORLD-WIRE/-- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is seeking public comment on a draft report that analyzes sources of greenhouse gas emissions. ALL NEW LEAF PAPER INVENTORY ITEMS MANUFACTURED WITH GREEN-E® CERTIFIED RENEWABLE ENERGY SAN FRANCISCO, CA, February 20, 2007 --/WORLD-WIRE/-- New Leaf Paper, an industry leader in the development and distribution of environmentally superior printing and office papers, announced today that all of its inventory product lines are manufactured with Green-e® certified renewable energy. SINGLE LARGEST RHINO TRANSLOCATION IN EAST AFRICA SUCCESSFULLY UNDERWAY NAIROBI, Kenya, February 16, 2007 --/WORLD-WIRE/-- On the 3rd of February the Ol Pejeta Conservancy, the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) and Lewa Wildlife Conservancy commenced the single biggest rhino translocation ever undertaken in East Africa. The translocation is half-way done. USCHPA URGES CONGRESS TO CORRECT ADMINISTRATION'S DOE FY 2008 BUDGET REQUEST BETHESDA, MD, February 15, 2007 --/WORLD-WIRE/-- Clean, distributed generation units would lower energy use and greenhouse gas emissions and increase system reliability. Unfortunately, the Administration's proposed fiscal year 2008 budget is severely lacking in support for distributed generation. SICMAR INTERNATIONAL PANAMA FIRST-OF-ITS-KIND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT SUBMITTED IN PANAMA PANAMA CITY, Panama, February 15, 2007 --/WORLD-WIRE/-- Sicmar International Panama announces the First Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) study submitted on Thursday, Feb. 8, 2007 for the Plasma Converter System from StarTech Environmental Corp. and Electrical Generation Plant to be developed in Las Tablas, Republic of Panama. HEAD START KIDS GET A HEALTHY BOOST WASHINGTON, DC, February 13, 2007 --/WORLD-WIRE/-- Head Start children and their families could face fewer asthma attacks thanks to a new agreement between the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The agencies will work together to educate Head Start families about the risks their children face from secondhand smoke and other environmental asthma triggers. SEA SHEPHERD MAKES AGREEMENT WITH NZ CONSERVATION MINISTER ABOARD THE FARLEY MOWAT, 1745 Hours, February 13, 2007 (2045 Hours, February 12, PST) --/WORLD-WIRE/-- Sea Shepherd Conservation Society is announcing that they will not be ramming the illegal Japanese whaling vessel Nisshin Maru after Founder and President of Sea Shepherd Captain Paul Watson spoke with New Zealand Conservation Minister Chris Carter earlier today. IONLIFE AND CONQUEST TO PROVIDE EQUIPMENT FOR COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION AND BOTTLING OF ALKALINE IONIZED WATER RENO, NV, February 12, 2007 --/WORLD-WIRE/-- IonLife Inc and Conquest International have entered into a U.S. joint venture to provide equipment to bottled water plants and water stores for the Commercial Production and Bottling of Alkaline Ionized Water. An industry-first, IonLife-Conquest offers the only total turn-key system to produce bottled Alkaline Ionized water. JAPANESE WHALING FLEET FORCED TO RUN FROM SEA SHEPHERD ABOARD THE FARLEY MOWAT, 0630 Hours, February 9, 2007 (0930 Hours, February 8th, PST) --/WORLD-WIRE/-- The Sea Shepherd ship Robert Hunter has closed in on the Japanese whaling fleet. The Sea Shepherd helicopter Kookaburra has flown over the Japanese whaling ship the Nisshin Maru and the three harpoon vessels accompanying it. GREEN ENERGY TV AIRS VIDEO FOR UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME NORTH LIMA, OH, February 6, 2007 --/WORLD-WIRE/-- GREEN ENERGY TV recently aired its first video for the United Nations Development Programme. The video was produced in Namibia a few months ago and deals with a UNDP/Global Environment Facility initiative to bring sustainable solar energy to rural parts of Namibia. STARTECH ENVIRONMENTAL PLASMA CONVERTERS TO BE INSTALLED IN RESOURCE RECOVERY AND ENERGY CENTER IN CHITRE, PANAMA WILTON, CT, February 5, 2007 --/WORLD-WIRE/-- Startech Environmental Corporation (OTCBB: STHK), a fully reporting company, announced today that on January 26, 2007, its associate, Sicmar International Panama S.A. signed the contract with the City of Chitre, Panama securing the land and the waste contract for a 200 ton-per-day Sicmar Plasma Converter Facility. GREEN BUILDING EXCHANGE FORMS ALLIANCE WITH BUILD IT GREEN REDWOOD CITY, CA, February 5, 2007 --/WORLD-WIRE/-- Green Building Exchange, the first-ever building exchange dedicated to sustainable green building, has formed an alliance with Build It Green. This relationship will allow Build It Green to host training classes and other programs within Green Building Exchange's 55,000 square foot facility in Redwood City, California. FUEL FREEDOM INTERNATIONAL (FFI) HELPS YOU DO YOUR PART IN THE BATTLE AGAINST GLOBAL WARMING BRAINERD, MN, February 1, 2007 --/WORLD-WIRE/-- Do you wish you could help with global warming and its effects on our precious environment? Fuel Freedom International has a product that will dramatically decrease your emissions and increase your miles per gallon. |
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