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International Ultraviolet Association (IUVA) Members Present Awards to UV Innovators at World Congress 2013
The International Ultraviolet Association (IUVA) recently held a World Congress with the International Ozone Association in Las Vegas, NV. During the conference, the IUVA made some distinguished awards to UV scientists, engineers, industry leaders and students. - October 24, 2013 - International Ultraviolet Association
Cortney Thompson of Green House Data Selected to Participate in NSF International’s Joint Committee to Develop Environmental Standard for Computer Servers
New NSF standard to specify material, energy consumption, lifecycle and corporate responsibility requirements for computer servers. - October 22, 2013 - Green House Data
Hot Bambú Charcoal – Sustainable Grilling
Maya Bamboo, makers of Hot Bambú charcoal, bring a sustainable choice in the grilling market with a charcoal that has no chemicals, fillers, or trees. The world’s consumption of grilling charcoal, made from wood, leads to clear-cutting, loss of natural resources, and soil erosion in... - October 22, 2013 - Maya Bamboo
Ribbon Cutting Ceremony Planned for Emerald Necklace Tot Park and Trail at Newly Renovated Pixley Park in City of Maywood
October 23rd from 10am-11am, Amigos de los Rios, the City of Maywood, and First5LA and Supervisor Gloria Molina–County First District invite the local community to attend a Ribbon Cutting “Re-Opening Ceremony” of Pixley “Bunny” Park, Maywood, CA. - October 17, 2013 - Amigos de los Rios
EMLab P&K Microbiologist Discovers New Species of Ellisembia Fungus, Published in Mycotaxon
Microbiologist from EMLab P&K’s Phoenix microbiology laboratory discovers new species of fungus in southwestern Florida. Peer-reviewed article about Ellisembia mercadoi sp. nov. is published in Mycotaxon. - October 15, 2013 - EMLab P&K IAQ Laboratory
Dr. Vernon Burrows Has Recently Been Recognized by The Global Directory of Who's Who Publication
Dr. Vernon Burrows, of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, has recently been recognized by The Global Directory of Who's Who for outstanding contributions and achievements in the field of Plant Breeding. About Dr. Vernon Burrows Dr. Burrows is recognized as both a national and international authority on oat... - October 14, 2013 - Global Directory of Who's Who
Amazing Spaces® Storage Centers is Recognized by Mayor Parker a Valuable Partner in the New DROPoff Houston e-Waste Recycling Program
Local self storage facilities partner with the City of Houston and GREENspot DROPoff to accept residents' electronic waste free of charge to be responsibly recycled thereby keeping dangerous materials out of landfills and streams. - October 11, 2013 - Amazing Spaces Storage Centers
To Resilient, Sustainable Cities Buro Happold Principal to UN-Habitat: Good Urban Development is Key to Resilient, Sustainable Cities
Craig Schwitter, PE, principal at international engineering firm Buro Happold, spoke at the UN General Assembly on Friday, October 4, as part of World Habitat Day. Schwitter’s presentation focused on ways to strengthen the urban fabric of New York and other cities to make them more resilient... - October 10, 2013 - Buro Happold
BlueTech® Research Launches BTR 6.0 Online Water Technology Intelligence Platform
BlueTech® Research, an independent water technology market intelligence firm, has launched BlueTech® 6.0, the company’s cornerstone online water technology intelligence platform. - October 09, 2013 - BlueTech Research
HEVO Power's High Tech Manhole Cover Charges Electric Vehicle Adoption
HEVO Power's wireless electric vehicle charging technology selected as SAFE Emerging Innovation Semi-Finalist. - October 08, 2013 - Integrated Solar Technology
Organic and Environmental Products is Now Open for Business
The solutions offered by Organic and Environmental Products includes all-natural treatments for health, MSM, aquarium care, composting, chelation, odor control, mold removal, and much more. - October 07, 2013 - Organic and Environmental Products
Imagine Science Films Artist Mara G. Haseltine's Live Performance of "La Bohème: A Portrait of Today’s Oceans in Peril" with Advanced Screening of "Invisible Oceans"
Internationally renown environmental Artist Mara G. Haseltine invites the public to a groundbreaking live performance of "La Bohème: A Portrait of Today’s Oceans in Peril" and advance screening of "Invisible Oceans" with artist and director Emily Driscoll. Taking... - October 04, 2013 - Mara G. Haseltine
Harness the Carbon Reduction Benefits of Trenchless Construction with PW Trenchless Ltd
In trying to demonstrate the benefits of Trenchless PW Trenchless has been working on the link between trenchless construction and low carbon emissions. It’s for this reason that more municipalities are now adopting trenchless technologies within their work. Trenchless construction has been... - October 04, 2013 - P.W. Trenchless Construction Inc.
Salmon Watch Reconnects with Alumni After 20 Years
Now celebrating its 20th anniversary, the Oregon-grown environmental-education program has started a Facebook campaign to reconnect with its thousands of alumni. - October 03, 2013 - World Salmon Council
True Nature Foundation Starts International Project to Bring Back the Aurochs
The True Nature Foundation has launched a project to bring back the Aurochs; the Uruz Project. Uruz is the old Germanic word for Aurochs and seems fit for a project that has the goal to recreate the mighty wild cattle that roamed throughout Europe until four centuries ago. - October 03, 2013 - True Nature Foundation
Company Provides New Vent Mist Elimination System Meeting EPA Requirements
In response to the EPA setting new air quality regulations for stationary engines, JB Systems offers the HILCO® Vent Mist Elimination System to meet these new requirements. - October 01, 2013 - JB Systems
CICS to Run Free Webinar on Mandatory Carbon Reporting
Following the announcement that Mandatory Carbon is now law and will come into force on 1 October 2013, CICS will be running a free webinar - "Mandatory Carbon Reporting - What You Need to Know." Taking place on Thursday 24 October at 3pm (UK time), the webinar promises to demystify Mandatory Carbon Reporting (MCR). - September 29, 2013 - Complete Integrated Certification Services Ltd
RECON Climbs Higher on ENR’s Top 200
RECON has once again been named in the 2013 Engineering News-Record (ENR) Top 200 Environmental Firms. Ranking #64 this year, RECON rose 18 spots. RECON also moved up to #14 in the Top 30 All-Environment Firms list and is again in ENR’s list of Top 20 Hazardous Waste Contractors. - September 25, 2013 - Remedial Construction Services, LP
Coppinwood Golf Club Recognized for Environmental Excellence
Coppinwood Golf Club of Goodwood, Ontario has been designated as a Certified Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary by Audubon International. - September 25, 2013 - Audubon International
Appalachian Trail in Pennsylvania Protected from Racetrack Development
The culmination of a decade-long battle, the prevention of the Alpine Rose racetrack is a major triumph for the Appalachian Trail Conservancy. - September 22, 2013 - Appalachian Trail Conservancy
Dr. Pawel Woelke Attends Prestigious NAE Frontiers of Engineering Symposium
Eighty-one of the nation's brightest young engineers were chosen to attend this year’s National Academy of Engineering event. Woelke leads a Weidlinger team set to launch unprecedented fracture-quantification software. - September 21, 2013 - Weidlinger Associates, Inc.
Appalachian Trail Conservancy Celebrates 3rd Annual Family Hiking Day
Held on National Public Lands Day, Family Hiking Day is an initiative developed by the ATC to introduce families to the A.T. and the benefits that come from spending time outdoors. - September 21, 2013 - Appalachian Trail Conservancy
A New Site Development, Renewable Energy, Construction Management Company Has Arrived in Denver - Five Star Companies, LLC
Five Star Companies, LLC is a unique and diversified veteran-owned company, focused on superior customer satisfaction in Construction Management (Traditional and Renewable Energy) and Civil/Site Development - emphasizing the LEED principles while promoting renewable energy concepts. - September 20, 2013 - Five Star Companies, LLC
Pinnacle Ozone Releases the World’s Most Energy Efficient Ozone Generator Technology
Pinnacle Ozone Solutions, LLC announces the release of its newest QuadBlock® Generation II (Gen II) ozone technology. The event marks the introduction of the world’s most advanced and reliable ozone generation system, offering customers substantially lower total energy costs, and lower... - September 20, 2013 - Pinnacle Ozone Solutions, LLC
Waste King Wins a Further Gold Recycling Award
Waste King, the specialist collections, clearance and recycling company, has won a second Gold Award from the National Recycling Stars Scheme. It won its first Gold Award from the Scheme last year and, in 2011, it won a Silver Award. The scheme, run by E2B Pulse, the UK carbon reduction network,... - September 20, 2013 - Waste King
Bald Head Island Joins Audubon International’s Sustainable Communities Program
Bald Head Island in North Carolina becomes the 13th community to join Audubon International's Sustainable Communities Program. - September 20, 2013 - Audubon International
Internationally Renown Environmental Artist Mara G. Haseltine Shows Her Open Studio Work "La Boheme a Portrait of Today's Oceans in Peril"
For this occasion the artist's studio will mimic the complex world that the artist sees when she is looking through the microscope. Bathed by black lights, the plankton inspired sculptures gleam in exquisite contrast with the rough plastic they cling to. Viewers will enter into a world where the fantastical forms of plankton and pollution form a dramatic portrait of today’s microscopic ocean. A minuscule world threatened by pollution. - September 19, 2013 - Mara G. Haseltine
The Skajaquoda Group Prepares to Expand with New Headquarters
The Skajaquoda Group recently moved their headquarters from Claymont, Delaware to a much larger building in Clarkfield, Minnesota. The new headquarters will house Skajaquoda and their research facility. The relocation to a larger building will be a valuable asset for growth in the market and the... - September 19, 2013 - Skajaquoda Group
IEEE OnlineGreenComm 2013 to Hold Third Annual Event from October 29 - 31
Fully-Virtual, Three Day Conference to Host More Than One Dozen Sessions Devoted to Next Wave Green Communications & Energy Saving Technologies. - September 19, 2013 - IEEE Communications Society
Trenchless Pipe Installation Services of PW Trenchless Enable Firms to Reduce Environmental Effects of Construction Work
Helps improve environmental factors of projects. - September 15, 2013 - P.W. Trenchless Construction Inc.
Sand Ridge Golf Club Celebrates Fifteen Years of Audubon International Certification
Sand Ridge Golf Club was recently re-certified as a Signature Sanctuary by Audubon International. Sand Ridge registered in the Signature Program in 1998 and recently passed its sixth on-site review. The golf course is the only private club in the state of Ohio to earn and maintain its certification... - September 11, 2013 - Audubon International
Environmental Data Resources Will Sponsor The ENFOS Experience
Environmental Data Resources (EDR) Will be a Sponsoring Company at the Fourth Annual ENFOS Experience. - September 11, 2013 - ENFOS, Inc.
More Than Fifty Waste King Waste Pods Now in Use
More than 50 commercial customers of Waste King - the specialist collection, clearance and recycling company based in Hemel Hempstead – are now using the company’s waste pods to segregate and remove their waste. This is in preference to using skips in which to put the waste. - September 11, 2013 - Waste King
Source-Omega Powers New Omega-3 Mini Softgel with Medical DHA for Transversal Applications
United States premium algae oil omega-3 manufacturer Source-Omega today launches its POWER OMEGA™ medical DHA (docosahexaenoic acid) bulk food supplement, made with oil derived without using solvent variants during extraction. The new filled capsule formulation is priced for international... - September 10, 2013 - Source-Omega
Bethlehem Authority Partners with Rentricity to Finance In-Pipe Hydropower Projects
Rentricity Inc., the in-pipe hydro energy recovery Company, executed a letter of agreement with the Bethlehem Authority in Pennsylvania to explore, finance and develop multiple small, in-pipe hydropower sites within the Authority’s water system. The agreement follows similar agreements with... - September 10, 2013 - Rentricity Inc.
Saint Baba Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh Ji Insan & His Followers Will Clean Delhi on September 10, 2013
21st Mega Cleanliness Earth Campaign by Dera Sacha Sauda to Clean Delhi. - September 10, 2013 - dera sacha sauda
Afghan Association Festival Keeps Green with Waste King’s Help
Many people know of the UK’s current involvement in Afghanistan but less well known is the work that The Afghan Association does in this country to represent the interests of the UK’s Afghan community. In addition to providing an advice and referral service for Afghans, particularly in... - September 08, 2013 - Waste King
Washington Reservation Golf Learning Center Achieves Audubon International Re-Certification
Washington Reservation Golf Learning Center was recently re-certified as an Audubon International Signature Sanctuary. The learning center is the only facility in the state of Ohio to earn and maintain gold certification in the prestigious Audubon International Signature Program. To become... - September 08, 2013 - Audubon International
ATL LIMS Webcast: Asbestos Testing, Reporting and Management for Certified Laboratories
Accelerated Technology Laboratories, Inc. (ATL) will host the seventh in a series of complimentary webcasts on Wednesday, September 18, 2013, providing information on Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) for asbestos testing laboratories. - September 08, 2013 - Accelerated Technology Laboratories, Inc.
AECOM to Sponsor ENFOS Experience 2013
AECOM will be a sponsor at the upcoming ENFOS Experience conference, the only forum dedicated to the management of environmental liabilities. - September 06, 2013 - ENFOS, Inc.
Odyne Systems Expands Team to Support Growth Opportunities
New Staff Appointments to Support Delivery of Odyne Hybrid Systems for Medium and Heavy-Duty Vehicles Through a $45 Million Department of Energy Award - September 04, 2013 - Odyne Systems, LLC
WK Dickson Adds Senior Project Manager to Water & Wastewater Group
W.K. Dickson & Co., Inc. has announced another major addition to its water resources consulting group. The firm welcomed Benjamin “Jamie” C. Wright, Jr., PE to the firm this week. He is located in the Columbia, SC regional office and serves as a senior project manager. Jamie will... - September 04, 2013 - WK Dickson & Co., Inc.
New Solar Powered Sound Bird Deterrent
Bird-B-Gone, Inc. the leading manufacturer of effective, humane bird deterrents has added an exciting new product to their extensive line of bird deterrents. The Solar Bird Chase Sonic, a solar powered sound deterrent – plays recorded bird distress and predator calls to deter birds from large... - September 04, 2013 - Bird-B-Gone
Waste King Cleans Up After the Festival of Cricket
When it came to clearing up after a Cricket Festival, the organisers turned to Waste King, the specialist collection, clearance and recycling company based in Hemel Hempstead. - September 04, 2013 - Waste King
EMLab P&K Upgrades Android App with IAQ Pocket Guide for Clients of Environmental Testing Lab
EMLab P&K adds the IAQ Pocket Guide as a new feature in its Android app. The digital version of the IAQ Pocket Guide makes it easy and convenient for clients of environmental lab to access the popular, in-demand resource. - September 03, 2013 - EMLab P&K IAQ Laboratory
Completed Air Quality Testing Projects in the U.S. and Internationally by Environmental Source Samplers, Inc.
Recent updates to the EPA MACT Standards as well as air quality testing demands overseas have kept Environmental Source Samplers, Inc. busy during the summer months of 2013. ESS has completed a number of projects with more planned through the end of the year. - September 01, 2013 - Environmental Source Samplers, Inc.
Yoga Classes and Volunteer Opportunities on the Appalachian Trail
A yoga and stewardship hike will allow guests to relax their minds and bodies as they get in touch with nature and learn about volunteer and stewardship opportunities on the Appalachian Trail. - September 01, 2013 - Appalachian Trail Conservancy
LORD Corporation’s Richard L. McNeel Business Center Achieves LEED Gold Rating
U.S. Green Building Council Approves LORD Facility in Cary, N.C. for LEED Certification Based on Its Sustainability Features. - August 30, 2013 - Lord Corporation
GES Announced as a Sponsoring Company of the ENFOS Experience
Groundwater and Environmental Services will sponsor the fourth annual ENFOS Experience. - August 30, 2013 - ENFOS, Inc.
Bristol Bay Photography Exhibit Opens in Anchorage. Accompanying Silent Auction to Benefit Trustees for Alaska and Its Bristol Bay Efforts.
A collection of images captured in the Bristol Bay region of Alaska by Anchorage photographer Carl Johnson is being exhibited at Snow City Café in downtown Anchorage for the month of September 2013. Drawn from over 24,000 images captured during three years of fieldwork on a book project... - August 29, 2013 - Arctic Light Gallery & Excursions