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RAIN TUBE WINS SIX INTERNATIONAL GREEN BUILDING INDUSTRY AWARDS |
JACKSONVILLE, OR, February 26, 2009 --/WORLD-WIRE/-- GLI Systems Inc. of Jacksonville, Oregon,
manufacturer of RainTube, has been awarded an unprecedented six 2008 Green Building Pages Benchmark Sustainability Awards for Outstanding Achievement in Environmental and Social Sustainability.
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VISIBLE STRATEGIES BRINGS AWARD-WINNING ENVIRONMENTALIST LESTER BROWN'S "PLAN B 3.0" TO LIFE ON SCREEN USING SEE-ITTM |
VANCOUVER, B.C., CANADA February 26, 2009 --/WORLD-WIRE/--Today Visible Strategies, provider of the world’s most visually engaging performance management and communications software, and the Earth Policy Institute, a research organization in Washington, D.C., announced the public launch in Visible Strategies’ SEE-ITTM software of Lester R. Brown’s world-renowned plan to save civilization. For the first time, the plan outlined in Mr. Brown’s book, “Plan B 3.0: Mobilizing to Save Civilization”, has been transformed into a single, interactive place on the Web using SEE-IT’s multimedia interface. Now individuals, communities, and organizations everywhere can quickly see and understand “Plan B,” and be inspired to become the generation that mobilizes to save civilization.
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MOSSADIQ UMEDALY, STANFORD OVSHINSKY AND ENER-G-ROTORS RECEIVE CLEANTECH AWARDS IN SAN FRANCISCO |
(WORLD-WIRE) SAN FRANCISCO, February 26, 2009 /PRNewswire/ -- The Cleantech Group, LLC, founders of the cleantech investment category, today named the winners of its Cleantech Awards in the categories of Entrepreneur of the Year, Cleantech Pioneer and Most Promising Technology in front of an audience of 900 industry influencers at Cleantech Forum® XXI in San Francisco. |
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SUNDANCE CHANNEL’S ‘THE GREEN’ GROWS IN ITS HISTORIC THIRD SEASON |
NEW YORK, NY, February 26, 2009 --/WORLD-WIRE/-- Laura Michalchyshyn, Sundance Channel EVP and GM, announced the lineup today for the third season of The GREEN, the network’s weekly primetime destination devoted to environmental programming, which will premiere on Tuesday, April 21st in celebration of Earth Day and will continue to air weekly throughout 2009. Each night of The GREEN, presented by Robert Redford, will feature new episodes from two series, Eco Trip: The Real Cost of Living and Carbon Cops, followed by a documentary film with interstitial pieces sprinkled throughout.
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EXPENSE-PAID TOUR TO JOURNALIST TO VISIT PERUVIAN RAINFOREST TO SEE RESCUE EFFORT |
NEW YORK, NY, February 23, 2009 --/WORLD-WIRE/-- Journalist is invited to explore Peru’s Ashaninka Corridor to see first-hand how Cool Earth is helping to stave off rainforest devastation by securing threatened land and putting it in a trust managed by locals. The all-expense-paid trip, from March 14-21, begins in Lima, Peru, and continues over the Andes to Satipo. On the trip, you'll see deforestation in action, meet the native Ashaninkas, and visit local schools and villages.
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TURNER COMPLETED $3 BILLION OF GREEN CONSTRUCTION DURING 2008 |
| (WORLD-WIRE) NEW YORK, February 23, 2009 /PRNewswire/ Turner Construction Company, the nation’s leading builder of “green buildings,” completed more than $3 billion of green construction projects during 2008. In addition, the firm’s sustainable construction work has grown to 40% of its backlog. Turner’s green building projects are in wide array of building types including in the education, commercial, healthcare and aviation segments. |
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RECELLULAR REUSED AND RECYCLED 5.5 MILLION CELL PHONES IN 2008, UP 35 PERCENT YEAR OVER YEAR |
(WORLD-WIRE) ANN ARBOR, MI, February 20, 2009 /PRNewswire/ ReCellular, the world’s leading electronics-sustainability firm, collected and processed 5.5 million phones for reuse and recycling in 2008. This represents a 35 percent increase year-over-year, reflecting ReCellular’s ongoing efforts to increase the availability and consumer awareness of cell-phone recycling in the U.S. and Canada. |
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WORLD PREMIERE OF FILM ON THE OCEANS AND CLIMATE CHANGE AT DC ENVIRONMENTAL FILM FESTIVAL |
(WORLD-WIRE) NEW YORK, NY, February 19, 2009 /PRNewswire/ Imagine a world without fish. A new documentary on climate change and the oceans proposes just that. The film, A Sea Change, premieres at the DC Environmental Film Festival March 14. A Sea Change is the first documentary about ocean acidification, the underbelly of climate change, a little-known but potentially devastating threat to ocean life. |
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HONDA'S OHIO AND ALABAMA AUTO PLANTS EARN 'ENERGY STAR' FROM EPA |
TORRANCE, CA, February 19, 2009 --/WORLD-WIRE/-- Honda's auto plants in Ohio and Alabama have received Energy Star awards from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for advances in curbing energy use during the production of passenger cars and light trucks.
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E-BOOK ON HISTORY OF COLUMBIA BASIN SALMON RECOVERY LITIGATION NOW AVAILABLE |
BEND, OR February 19, 2009 --/WORLD-WIRE/-- Salmon and Hydro: An Account of Litigation over Federal Columbia River Power System Biological Opinions for Salmon and Steelhead, 1991-2009 has just been released as a digital download “issue summary” by the Columbia Basin Bulletin, an e-mail newsletter and website focused on Columbia River Basin salmon recovery. |
| FRITO-LAY SPRINTS AHEAD TO IMPROVE FUEL EFFICIENCY |
(WORLD-WIRE) PLANO, Texas, Feb. 18 /PRNewswire/ Frito-Lay North America is adding more than 1,200 fuel-efficient Sprinter vehicles to its nationwide fleet, which will help the company improve miles per gallon (MPG), continue to cut energy costs, and reduce emissions. |
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ECOALIGN RELEASES REPORT, "INCREASING ENERGY EFFICIENCY THROUGH DECENTRALIZED COORDINATION," AVAILABLE AT NO CHARGE |
WASHINGTON D.C., February 12, 2009 --/WORLD-WIRE/-- EcoAlign, a strategic marketing agency focused on energy and the environment, released the second Project Energy Code report, “Markets, Technology and Institutions: Increasing Energy Efficiency Through Decentralized Coordination,” written by distinguished economist Dr. Lynne Kiesling.
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HONDA CIVIC GX NATURAL GAS CAR EARNS TOP SPOT ON ACEEE'S "GREENEST VEHICLES OF 2009" LIST |
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TORRANCE, CA, Feb 12, 2009 --/WORLD-WIRE/-- Recognizing Honda’s dedication to fuel-efficient and alternative fuel technologies, three Honda vehicles earned recognition from the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE) as the “greenest vehicles of 2009” with the Civic GX natural gas car taking the title of the greenest vehicle for the sixth consecutive year. In the 12th annual ACEEE’s “Green Book® Online” ranking of environmentally responsible vehicles (available at www.greenercars.org), the natural gas-powered Civic GX ranked first with the gasoline Fit and Civic Hybrid joining the list of the 12 most environment-friendly vehicles available to the public. This is the ninth year in a row that a Honda vehicle received the number one ranking. |
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STARTECH ENVIRONMENTAL RECEIVES $250,000 FOR SLOVENIA DISTRIBUTORSHIP |
WILTON, CT, February 9, 2009 --/WORLD-WIRE/-- Startech Environmental Corp. (OTC BB: STHK), a fully reporting, Award-winning Environment and Energy Company today announced the appointment of EKOBASE d.o.o. of Gorenje Blato 103, 1291 Skofljica, Slovenia, as its exclusive distributor for the Republic of Slovenia, the Republic of Croatia, the Federation of Bosnia-Herzegovina, the Republic of Serbia, the Republic of Macedonia, the Republic of Montenegro and also the Republic of Austria. |
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TIMEX GROUP FLIPS THE SWITCH ON SOLAR ARRAY: ONE OF THE LARGEST GROUND-MOUNTED SYSTEMS IN NORTHEAST |
MIDDLEBURY, CT, February 5, 2009 --/WORLD-WIRE/-- Timex Group USA today held a dedication ceremony for its recently completed installation of 800 solar panels outside its Middlebury headquarters in what is one of the largest, if not the largest, ground-mounted solar electric installation in the state of Connecticut. It is also one of the largest solar power installations in the northeastern United States.
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SEA TURTLE RESEARCH DATABASE FOR THE PACIFIC REGION TO BE RELEASED FEB. 17 |
HONOLULU, HAWAII and APIA, SAMOA, February 5, 2009 --/WORLD-WIRE/-- A seven-year effort to develop a Pacific region database on sea turtle research will culminate with the launch of the Turtle Research Database System (TREDS), 5:30 to 6:00 p.m., Feb. 17, 2009, at the 29th Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation, Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre, Australia.
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“THE STATE OF THE PLANET’S OCEANS” NEW EPISODE OF JOURNEY TO PLANET EARTH PREMIERES MARCH 18, 2009 AT 8 P.M. MATT DAMON HOSTS |
WASHINGTON, D.C., February 3, 2009 --/WORLD-WIRE/-- “The State of the Planet’s Oceans,” the next episode in the award-winning environmental series Journey to Planet Earth, will be broadcast on PBS on Wednesday, March 18, 2009 at 8 p.m., with Academy Award winner Matt Damon returning as on-camera host/narrator. Produced by Emmy Award-winning filmmakers Hal and Marilyn Weiner, the Journey To Planet Earth series reports on the most important environmental and sustainable development issues of the 21st century.
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