JUNE 2007 PRESS RELEASES FORD MOTOR COMPANY ISSUES ITS 8TH ANNUAL SUSTAINABILITY REPORT DEARBORN, MI, June 29, 2007 --/WORLD-WIRE/-- Ford Motor Company continues its commitment to being transparent in the reporting of the company's progress on social, economic and environmental performance by releasing its 2006/2007 Sustainability Report. The report provides insight into both challenges and successes. S & ME's MIKE GARRETT INSTRUCTS INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE CLASS WITH ENVIRONMENTAL RENTAL EQUIPMENT DONATED BY ENVIRO-EQUIPMENT, INC.   CHARLOTTE, NC, June 28, 2007 --/WORLD-WIRE/-- Mike Garrett, CIH, of S&ME volunteered to teach a full-day program on Industrial Hygiene at the Advanced MESH (Manager of Environmental Safety and Health) training program held in Charlotte during June 2007. Various types of environmental rental equipment for the class were donated by Enviro-Equipment, Inc. ECO-RETAILER ANNOUNCES PHOTO CONTEST AIMED AT RAISING AWARENESS OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION EFFORTS, CELEBRATING SUCESSES   PORTLAND, OR, June 28, 2007 --/WORLD-WIRE/-- Peaceful Valley Earth Friendly Clothing & Gifts (www.peacefulvalleygifts.com) announced today that it is sponsoring the 2007 Green Up America Photo Contest in an effort to raise a collective public awareness of environmental conservation efforts and celebrate the people engaged in those efforts. THE NEW YORK TIMES IGNORES INFORMATION ON DANGERS OF SUNSCREENS   CHICAGO, IL, June 28, 2007 --/WORLD-WIRE/-- On June 19, the New York Times published an article "Saving Young Skin From the Sun's Perils," by its regular columnist Jane Brody. Brody warned that sunscreen "is a must for everyone starting at age six months ... and should be reapplied every two hours," especially for children. However, Brody is unaware of the dangers of sunscreens. BONNY DOON VINEYARD'S WINEGROWING TEAM GOES GREEN!   SANTA CRUZ, CA, June 28, 2007 --/WORLD-WIRE/-- Bonny Doon Vineyard received Biodynamic® certification last month from the Demeter Association for its 125 acre estate Ca’ del Solo vineyard in Soledad, Monterey County. This strict three year process eliminates all chemical fertilizers, pesticides, herbicides, hormones, fumigants and GMOs from the vineyard. HELP SOLVE GLOBAL WARMING: NON-PROFIT OFFERS FREE PERSONAL CARBON IMPACT CALCULATOR   ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, June 28, 2007 --/WORLD-WIRE/-- A solution to global warming is right under our feet and we can make it personal,” says Peter Holter, COO of Holistic Management International (HMI). The non-profit uses natural methods to restore land, improve soil health, reverse desertification and improve biodiversity. REAL ESTATE INDUSTRY QUIETLY EMBRACING GREEN DEVELOPMENT, PROGRESSIVE INVESTOR REPORTS NEW YORK, NY, June 27, 2007 --/WORLD-WIRE/-- Although much less public than the major media announcements of the world’s largest corporations, GE and Wal-Mart, the real estate industry is quietly transforming by embracing sustainable business practices and green technologies. Delta's IntelligentEHS® Adopts EarthSoft's EQuIS® ST. PAUL, MN, June 25, 2007 --/WORLD-WIRE/-- Extensive evaluation and testing that included more than 400 sites from a large oil and gas client's portfolio has resulted in Delta's selection of EQuIS as the technical data module used with its IntelligentEHS information management system. STARTECH ENVIRONMENTAL RECEIVES 2007 FROST & SULLIVAN TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION AWARD WILTON, CT, June 25, 2007 --/WORLD-WIRE/-- Startech Environmental Corporation (OTC BB: STHK), a fully reporting company, announced today that the Company received the Frost & Sullivan "2007 Excellence in Emerging Technologies Award for Technology Innovation" at the Frost & Sullivan Annual Award ceremonies in California on June 13. ARE ELECTRIC SCOOTERS DRAINING THE POCKETS OF OIL COMPANIES? TAMPA, FL, June 22, 2007 --/WORLD-WIRE/-- Americans everywhere are parking their SUVs and Sports Cars. They realize that now they have a choice and can get around traffic quicker on electric scooters. NEW ENERGY CAPITAL ANNOUNCES SALE OF INDIANA ETHANOL FACILITY TO BABCOCK & BROWN HANOVER, NH, June 20, 2007 –-/WORLD-WIRE/-– New Energy Capital Corp. today announced the sale of the Iroquois Bio-Energy Company, LLC ("IBEC"), a 45 million gallon per year ethanol plant located in Rensselaer, Indiana, to Babcock & Brown (ASX: BNB). Terms of the sale were not disclosed. SPOKANE COMPANY DELIVERS INNOVATIVE FUEL ADDITIVE TO RELIEVE CONSUMERS OF OUTRAGEOUS FUEL COSTS SPOKANE, Washington June 18, 2007 --/WORLD-WIRE/-- June's Warm weather has arrived in many areas of the nation and so have high fuel costs.  Gasoline prices have skyrocketed in almost every city once again, and consumers are feeling it in their pocket books.  A 20-year-old product formulated for and being marketed by a Spokane-based company, Neutro Fuel Additives, promises to bring relief. GREEN BUILDING GROWS IN NYC WITH SPEC IT GREEN EVENT NEW YORK, NY, June 18, 2007 --/WORLD-WIRE/-- Interest in designing and constructing Green Buildings in New York City was evident at a recent Spec-It Green event in New York City on June 6th. Over 100 enthusiastic trade professionals gathered to learn about local green building material manufacturers and distributors. INNOVATION IN THE CONSTRUCTION SECTOR DRIVES AMBITIOUS EUROPEAN TARGETS FOR CO2 AND ENERGY REDUCTIONS BRUSSELS, Belgium, June 18, 2007 --/WORLD-WIRE/-- The second European forum on eco-innovation, held in Brussels on 11 June 2007 as a prequel to European Green Week, focused on the need for sustainable construction. The event brought together some 240 people from public authorities, research organisation, industry associations and companies to exchange good practice in sustainable building. CSR DEVELOPMENTS SHIPS M.V. KABORE TO GHANA, WEST AFRICA FOR FIRST PHASE OF GREEN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT VENTURE MILL BAY, BC, Canada, June 18, 2007 --/WORLD-WIRE/-- CSR Developments (CSRD), an international developer and supplier of ecologically responsible and environmentally friendly tropical hardwoods, announced today that the M.V. Kabore, the first marine vessel slated for operations in CSRD's Volta Lake project, has arrived in Ghana, West Africa. INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL CONFERENCE IN ALBUQUERQUE ALBUQUERQUE, NM, June 18, 2007 --/WORLD-WIRE/-- "Early Bird" registration, with substantial savings, is now open through Monday, July 16 for Holistic Management International (HMI)'s international environmental conference, November 1-4, 2007 at the Hotel Albuquerque in Albuquerque's Old Town. "GREEN" STAINLESS STEEL OFFERS HOPE TO PROMOTE HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY CONSERVATION RIVERDALE, NY, June 17, 2007 --/WORLD-WIRE/-- With increasing fuel costs, and energy conservation awareness reaching new heights, the desperate search for innovative products and methods to "save the environment" continues. Jason Stile, CEO of JLS Global explains how stainless steel could be a viable solution because it's "green" and it's already here. GLOBAL IVORY TRADE SUSPENSION APPROVED THE HAGUE, The Netherlands, June 14, 2007 --/WORLD-WIRE/-- Government delegates today approved a compromise document to deal with the highly contentious continent-wide debate over the future of elephant conservation and the international sale of elephant ivory. FORD MAKES HISTORY AS DEMONSTRATION FLEET OF ETHANOL-FUELED HYBRIDS HITS THE ROAD WASHINGTON, DC, June 14, 2007 --/WORLD-WIRE/-- After months of rigorous testing, Ford Motor Company's demonstration fleet of ethanol-fueled hybrids is ready to conquer the streets. The first three of Ford's E85 Escape Hybrids were delivered today to the Department of Energy, the Renewable Fuels Association (RFA) and the Governors' Ethanol Coalition (GEC). A RED LETTER DAY FOR RED AND PINK CORALS AT CITES THE HAGUE, The Netherlands, June 13, 2007 --/WORLD-WIRE/-- Delegates attending the 14th Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) today approved a proposal offered by the United States to list red and pink corals (Corallium spp.) on Appendix II of the Convention. ECOSA INSTITUTE ANNOUNCES SUMMER SUSTAINABILITY WORKSHOP Intensive Program to Focus on Permaculture and Water design PHOENIX, Arizona June 13, 2007 --/WORLD-WIRE/-- Author and permaculture expert Brad Lancaster and sustainable-landscape designer Andrew Millison will lead an intensive permaculture and water design workshop to be offered by the Ecosa Institute July 9 through Aug. 3. SEACOLOGY'S TOP 10 TIPS TO SAVE THE WORLD'S ISLANDS BERKELEY, CA, June 12, 2007 --/WORLD-WIRE/-- With vacation time rapidly approaching, many people's thoughts turn to islands. Seacology, the world's premier non-profit organization with the sole purpose of preserving island environments and cultures, is pleased to provide our top 10 tips to enable travelers to enjoy islands while helping to preserve them. PRINCE SULTAN INT’ PRIZE FOR WATER INTRODUCES THE 3RD ROUND (2006-2008) RIYADH, Saudi Arabia, June 12, 2007 --/WORLD-WIRE/-- A special new Creativity Prize, worth more than a quarter of a million dollars, has been added to the awards available to researchers in the Water Resources sector under the Prince Sultan Bin Abdulaziz International Prize for Water 2006-2008. FEGACE MANAGEMENT CORP. MAKES INVESTMENT TO COMPLETE FUNDING OF BRONZEOAK BIOETHANOL PROJECT IN PHILIPPINES DARIEN, CT, June 11, 2007 --/WORLD-WIRE/-- The FE Global/Asia Clean Energy Services Fund L.P. and the FEGACE Asia Sub-Fund L.P. finalized their investment in Biofuels Resources Inc. (BRI), a company established to construct ethanol plants in the Philippines. COURAGEOUS MOMS TO SCALE SHASTA FOR BREAST CANCER PREVENTION SAN FRANCISCO, CA, June 11, 2007 --/WORLD-WIRE/-- For most mothers of small children, Mother's Day was a day of well-earned relaxation and recuperation. Not for Johanna Malen and Rachel Swain. Instead, these Bay Area moms spent the weekend scaling rocks using crampons and ice axes and learning how to self-arrest after headlong slides down a mountain face. TROUBLED WATERS FOR SHARKS ON WORLD OCEANS DAY THE HAGUE, The Netherlands, June 8, 2007 --/WORLD-WIRE/-- Delegates attending the meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) today failed by a narrow margin to adopt landmark protections for two globally threatened shark species. US FORCED TO BACK OFF ON BOBCATS THE HAGUE, The Netherlands, June 8, 2007 --/WORLD-WIRE/-- Delegates at the ongoing meeting of the Conference of the Parties to CITES in The Hague, Netherlands, today overwhelmingly rejected an American proposal to remove the bobcat (Lynx rufus) from protection under the CITES Appendices. The proposal was defeated by a majority of more than two to one. CITES MOVES SPEEDILY TO PROTECT SLOW LORIS THE HAGUE, The Netherlands, June 8, 2007 --/WORLD-WIRE/-- Parties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species worked rapidly this morning to increase global protection for the slow loris, an endangered primate found in tropical and subtropical forests in Southeast Asia. CITES ABLAZE OVER TIMBER THE HAGUE, The Netherlands, June 7, 2007 --/WORLD-WIRE/-- Despite proclaiming that endangered and threatened tree species would be a high priority at CITES (The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora), delegates to this crucial conference failed to place Spanish Cedar on Appendix II of the Convention, which would have appropriately increased trade controls for international commerce in the species. HAWAI'I GEOTHERMAL ENERGY - CLEAN, STABLE, ALWAYS AVAILABLE HONOLULU, HI, June 7, 2007 --/WORLD-WIRE/-- For just short of 15 years, Puna Geothermal Venture (PGV) has supplied clean, safe and sustainable electrical energy -- and energy diversification -- to Hawaii Island, the Big Island of the chain. Puna Geothermal is provider of about 20 percent of the electricity for the island's businesses and residents. UN CONFERENCE STANDS FIRM AGAINST WHALE TRADE THE HAGUE, The Netherlands, June 6, 2007 --/WORLD-WIRE/-- Less than a week after the International Whaling Commission (IWC) voted to uphold its moratorium on commercial whaling, Parties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) today rejected an effort by whaling nations to undermine a related ban on international trade in whale products. QUANTUM SHIFT TV AND PERCY SCHMEISER PRESENT A GLOBAL WARMING SOLUTION TO THE LEADERS OF OUR WORLD CALGARY, AB, June 5, 2007 --/WORLD-WIRE/-- New Online Video: SOIL: The Secret Solution to Global Warming. Canadian farmer Percy Schmeiser makes the case: shifting existing subsidies to sustainable farming practices could offset greenhouse emissions 10% to 20%. UN CONVENTION REACHES COMPROMISE ON MAHOGANY THE HAGUE, The Netherlands, June 4, 2007 --/WORLD-WIRE/-- The Standing Committee of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) took initial but tentative steps today to address Peru's ongoing failure to comply with the Convention in protecting mahogany (Swietenia macrophylla) and ensuring the long-term viability of the species.

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