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Owens Corning Named a Partner in the Environmental Protection Agency's Green Power Partnership (PR News Wire )

Thu, 15 May 2008 21:28:00 GMT

TOLEDO, Ohio, May 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Owens Corning (NYSE: ) today announced that it has been named a partner in the Environmental Protection Agency's Green Power Partnership, a voluntary program that encourages organizations to buy green power as a way to reduce the environmental impacts associated with purchased electricity use. "We are pleased to be a partner...

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Aperture Technologies Joins Forces with the Environmental Protection Agency to Address Strategies for Implementing a Green Data Center (PR News Wire )

Wed, 14 May 2008 13:00:00 GMT

... EPA: Manages the ENERGY STAR Product Specifications Development Team, part of the US EPA's Climate Protection Partnership Division. He has been with the EPA over the past 10 years. Steve Yellen, Aperture Technologies, Inc.: With over 20 years of extensive marketing and technology experience, Yellen has authored numerous white papers and technical articles, and has frequently spoken at...

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Hawtin Jorgenson Architects (Jackson, Wyo.) recognized for green building excellence (Environmental Protection Agency)

Thu, 15 May 2008 23:10:30 GMT

Design for Davey Jackson Elementary School among 46 award-winning projects nationwide (Denver, Colo. - May 15, 2008) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has recognized Hawtin Jorgenson Architects for the design of the Davey Jackson Elementary School in Jackson, Wyo

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Illinois Requires Green Cleaners In Schools (Chicago news)

Thu, 15 May 2008 18:29:40 GMT

The Green Cleaning Schools Act, which took effect on May 9, requires that schools use only cleaners that are certified as green and meet U.S. Environmental Protection Agency guidelines.

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EPA Proposing Stormwater Construction General Permit (Environmental Protection Agency)

Thu, 15 May 2008 18:00:21 GMT

(5/15/08) The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to reissue its stormwater Construction General Permit for a two-year time period. The permit would apply where EPA is the permitting authority which is in five states, most territories, and most Indian country lands

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City of Valley, AL to Receive EPA Funds for Community Revitalization (Environmental Protection Agency)

Thu, 15 May 2008 18:33:08 GMT

(Atlanta, Ga. –May 15, 2008) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will recognize the City of Valley on Friday, May 16, 2008 in Valley, Ala

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Burlington County Site Taken Off Superfund List (Environmental Protection Agency)

Thu, 15 May 2008 18:11:35 GMT

(New York, N.Y.) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has completed cleanup work at the Tabernacle Drum Dump Superfund site in Tabernacle Township, Burlington County, New Jersey, and the site has been deleted from the National Priorities List (NPL) of hazardous waste sites

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EPA fines Arizona company $18,500 for asbestos school violations (Environmental Protection Agency)

Thu, 15 May 2008 16:46:19 GMT

(05/15/08) SAN FRANCISCO -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently fined Portable Practical Education Preparation, Inc., $18,500 for alleged violations of the Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act. The company holds charters for 12 Arizona charter schools

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National Aquarium group selected for EPA grant (Environmental Protection Agency)

Thu, 15 May 2008 14:51:53 GMT

BALTIMORE (May 15, 2008) -- Funding from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's brownfields program will help the National Aquarium's Center for Aquatic Life and Conservation clean up a 13-acre site here along the Patapsco River

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Agriprocessors In Postville: Bad News (Mainstream Iowan)

noreply@blogger.com (Mainstream Iowan) — Thu, 15 May 2008 11:39:00 GMT

- Agriprocessors Are Bad Corporate Citizens - Bad Managers Plus Illegal Workers Equals = BAD PRODUCT Polluters AUGUST 2006: The company agrees to pay $603,086 to settle a complaint by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Federal prosecutors had accused the owners of discharging pollutants into Postville's city water treatment system. Unsanitary SEPTEMBER 2006: The U.S. Department...

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Tips to improve gasoline mileage (Deseret Morning News)

Thu, 15 May 2008 07:00:00 GMT

The U.S. Energy Department and the Environmental Protection Agency suggest many ways to improve gasoline mileage. Here are some; a more complete list is available at www.fueleconomy.gov

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Outdoor watering smarts (Denver Post)

editor@denverpost.com (The Denver Post) — Thu, 15 May 2008 03:45:36 GMT

Save Me ...: According to the Environmental Protection Agency, the average American uses 100 gallons of water a day — enough to fill 1,600 drinking glasses.

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Earth Day is a Great Time Not Only to Assess Our [Derived Headline] (Red Orbit )

Thu, 15 May 2008 02:00:21 GMT

By Helen Bennett Harvey Earth Day is a great time not only to assess our accomplishments protecting the air, water and land, but also to look at what other steps can be taken each day to protect families and the environment, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

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OEPA, Holmes Can't Reach Settlement (Red Orbit )

Thu, 15 May 2008 02:00:13 GMT

By NICK SABO By NICK SABO Staff Writer MILLERSBURG -- The second day of a trial where the state alleges Holmes County officials did not fulfill the requirements of a consent agreement was suspended for a while Tuesday to provide the county and the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency an opportunity reach a settlement.

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Wyden blasts EPA for refusal to address city's sewer reconstruction (The Portland Business Journal )

Wed, 14 May 2008 21:20:47 GMT

Sen. Ron Wyden has criticized the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for refusing to meet with Portland city officials to discuss a sewer reconstruction program.

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Raking through sludge exposes a stink (British Journal of Pharmacology)

Wed, 14 May 2008 17:13:51 GMT

Environmental Protection Agency scientists accused of fabricating data about health effects of fertilizer.

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EPA Redesignates Kewaunee County, Wis., To Attainment of Smog Standard (Red Orbit )

Wed, 14 May 2008 17:00:19 GMT

To: STATE EDITORS Contact: William Omohundro of U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 5, +1-312-353-8254, omohundro.william@epa.gov CHICAGO, May 14 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- U.S.

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EPA and Erie County Team Up Again to Reduce Pollution from School Buses (Environmental Protection Agency)

Wed, 14 May 2008 16:26:19 GMT

(Buffalo, N.Y.) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that it has awarded $173,997 to Erie County's Department of Environment and Planning to install equipment that will cut pollution on 62 school buses in three school districts. EPA Regional Administrator Alan J

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Boxer, Whitehouse Seek Answers from EPA on Mary Gade Resignation (YubaNet.com)

Wed, 14 May 2008 15:51:35 GMT

Senate Environment and Public Works Committee chairman Barbara Boxer (D-CA) and Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) are asking the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for answers about the circumstances surrounding the resignation of Mary Gade, formerly EPA's regional administrator for the Midwest.

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Spears Receives InterRegs Standards & Regulations Award (Business Wire)

Wed, 14 May 2008 12:00:00 GMT

DETROIT--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Matthew Spears, a mechanical engineer with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in Ann Arbor, Mich., has been selected to receive the Society of

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