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BATH, ENGLAND -
New Guidance on REACH Requirements for
Substances in Articles published last week by the European Chemicals Agency
(ECHA) provides the backdrop for Philips new corporate REACH compliance program
for all suppliers to Philips lighting, consumer lifestyle and healthcare
businesses. Starting from August 2009 the REACH Candidate List of Substances of
Very High Concern (SVHC) will be updated every six months and the European
Chemicals Agency (ECHA) intends to add about 25 substances per year to the
list. Suppliers to Philips need to join BOMcheck, the substances declarations
web database developed by leading environmental consultants, ENVIRON.
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NEW YORK, NEW YORK - Validian Corporation (OTCBB: VLDI), a leader in the protection of
digital assets, outlined its approach to protecting sensitive
information and high value intellectual property from cyber-crime today.
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WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA - Leading global engineering firm bolsters WDBC efforts to promote design-build solutions for America’s infrastructure crisis -
The Water Design-Build Council announced today that Black & Veatch has become the Council’s newest member.
Founded in 1915, Black & Veatch is an innovative and highly respected engineering, consulting and construction company with the mission of Building a World of Difference®. An employee-owned company with more than 100 offices around the world, Black & Veatch is listed on the Forbes "500 Largest Private Companies in the United States” and specializes in infrastructure development in energy, water, telecommunications, federal, management consulting and environmental markets.
Dan McCarthy, President and CEO, will represent Black & Veatch on the Board of Directors. “As the newest member of the Water Design-Build Council,” McCarthy said, “we look forward to working with our fellow organizations to advance the use of design-build for water and wastewater projects. We think it is critical to educate the Obama administration, Congress, governors, mayors, and other municipal leaders about the value of design-build in addressing the urgent infrastructure issues we face as a nation.”
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WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA - Leading industry expert brings vision and urgency to a new era of Design-Build solutions -
The Water Design-Build Council (WDBC) announced today that Peter W. Tunnicliffe, P.E., DEE, DBIA, has been elected as their new President. Tunnicliffe, Senior Vice President of Camp Dresser & McKee Inc. (CDM), one of the world`s top global consulting, engineering, construction and operations firms, heads CDM’s design-build project development group.
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Posted by jgprimenews on Thursday, January 08 @ 19:55:09 EST (480 reads)
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WASHINGTON, DC -
To:
President-elect Obama
The
U.S. House of Representative
The
U.S. Senate
U.S.
Governors
The
Water Design-Build Council (WDBC) welcomes the incoming President and
is honored to pledge our whole-hearted support in helping him address
some of the most daunting economic and environmental issues ever
faced by a new administration.
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Posted by jgprimenews on Wednesday, December 17 @ 07:38:36 EST (506 reads)
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WASHINGTON, DC - The Water Design-Build Council recently completed a telephone survey of 24 municipal water utility executives who have undertaken design-build for their water or wastewater projects. Respondents to the “Survey of Municipal Clients for Design-Build of Water and Wastewater Systems” had, on average, slightly less than six years experience with design-build, a project delivery process which provides all of the services necessary to both design and construct a project through a single contracting entity. Using open- and closed-ended questions, the survey revealed a generally high level of customer satisfaction among respondents. To judge the success of their projects, the survey focused on four areas: schedule, budget, performance requirements, and design requirements. Respondents gave high marks for all four categories.
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Posted by jgprimenews on Sunday, December 14 @ 23:40:40 EST (371 reads)
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EMERYVILLE, CALIFORNIA - ENVIRON, a global environmental science, health, and sustainability consultancy, is pleased to announce the addition of several key air quality and noise staff in the Pacific Northwest.
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Posted by jgprimenews on Wednesday, October 01 @ 20:13:16 EDT (2084 reads)
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ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA - ENVIRON, a global environmental, health sciences, and sustainability consultancy, is pleased to announce the acquisition of Chicago-based Gustitus Group, Inc. ("Gustitus").
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Posted by jgprimenews on Wednesday, October 01 @ 20:09:43 EDT (647 reads)
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WASHINGTON, DC - The Water Design-Build Council announced today that The Haskell Company has joined the Council as an associate member. Founded in 1965, Haskell is a leader in the integrated design-build process, specializing in the general building and civil infrastructure markets. With corporate offices in the U.S. and Mexico, the Jacksonville, Florida-based company has annual revenues of more than $700 million.
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Newark, New Jersey - PSEG Global LLC and energy storage pioneer Dr. Michael Nakhamkin today announced they have formed Energy Storage and Power LLC (ES&P); a joint venture to exclusively market, license, support the development and supervise project execution of the second generation of Compressed Air Energy Storage (CAES) technology.
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CHICAGO. ILLINOIS - ORDINARY MIDDLE CLASS CITIZEN FIGHTS TO UNITE COUNTRY TO FORCE OUR
POLITICAL LEADERS TO SOLVE OUR ECONOMIC CRISIS THAT HAS BEFALLEN US ALL
IN OUR COUNTRY.
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Posted by jgprimenews on Wednesday, August 13 @ 14:26:38 EDT (618 reads)
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SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA - Joseph LaStella, President of Green Star Products, Inc., has written many editorials and participated in radio interviews in which he has forecasted with 85% accuracy and many years in advance the energy shortages, food shortages, global warming disasters, and economic turmoil that exist today, and other events that are yet to come.
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SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA - Green Star Products, Inc., (OTC: GSPI) announced today that research
institutes, universities and commercial companies from five continents
have agreed to join Green Star"s global algae testing program.
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SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA - Green Star Products, Inc., (OTC: GSPI) announced that a major
breakthrough has been achieved which substantially increases the algae
growth rate of certain strains of microalgae.
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WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA - The American Eagle Day resolution (S. Res. 583) was introduced in the
U.S. Senate on June 5, 2008 by Senators Lamar Alexander (R-TN) and
Robert Byrd (D-WV). The national effort was spear-headed but the
non-profit American Eagle Foundation (AEF) of Pigeon Forge, Tennessee,
headquarted at Dollywood.
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WASHINGTON, DC - May 6, 2008 – Design
and construction markets related to environment, infrastructure, and
facilities began to slow their rate of growth in 2007, and growth
rates are expected to decline still further in 2008, according to the
20th annual State-of-the-Industry Report delivered by
management consultants Farkas Berkowitz & Company to an
invitation-only conference of CEOs from leading architectural,
engineering, and construction firms.
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Posted by jgprimenews on Wednesday, May 21 @ 09:19:06 EDT (2623 reads)
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CIUDAD COLON, COSTA RICA - America Session 2008." As Global Majority Executive Director, Cameron
Hunter, describes, "The threat of global climate change and degradation
of natural resources has spawned a new set of environmental conflicts.
Increasingly, this competition for dwindling natural resources
necessitates that decision-makers be equipped with the tools to resolve
these types of conflicts. This is what we aim to do in our upcoming
Latin America training seminar."
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SAN RAFAEL, CALIFORNIA - Organic Style Ltd., the fast-growing eco-luxury internet retailer,
announced today the acquisition of Coyuchi, Inc., an eco-luxury brand
for premium Organic and Fair Trade cotton bed and bath products.
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SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA - The Spring issue of Organic Style magazine
(http://www.OrganicStyleMag.com) highlights visionaries who have taken
courageous, inspiring action in pursuit of humanitarianism and
environmental justice.
The cover story features Julia Butterfly Hill who lived – for 738 days
– in an ancient redwood tree to save it from the lumber mill. Now,
Hill's non-profit Engage Network works with groups across the nation on
building community and undertaking social and environmental action, to
help them, as Hill says, "at finding their own trees."
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SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA - CLEANWELL'S KEY INGREDIENT INGENIUM™ REPRESENTS MAJOR INFECTION CONTROL
BREAKTHROUGH -- RECENT STUDIES SHOW CLEANWELL PRODUCTS KILL MRSA, E
COLI AND SALMONELLA
CleanWell is the only Triclosan-free antibacterial soap. The recent
studies and articles about toxic antibacterials found in many everyday
soaps and cleaners have scientists and consumers alarmed about the
long-term health consequences (www.newsweek.com/id/105588 and
http://www.breastcancerfund.org). The toxic, hormone-disrupting
chemicals Triclosan and Triclocarban are found in over 76 percent of
all liquid soaps and 26 percent of bar soaps as well as many other
products including toothpaste, deodorants, and plastics.
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Posted by jgprimenews on Tuesday, April 15 @ 15:21:20 EDT (3464 reads)
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WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA - On April 15, 2008, in Houston, Texas, 17 senior executives from firms
advising municipal water utilities met to discuss the evolving
private-sector role in helping municipal water and wastewater utilities
face the challenges of the 21st century. Sponsored by the Water
Partnership Council, an organization of the leading providers of
operational services for municipal water and wastewater treatment
systems, the workshop was organized to advance private-sector efforts
to provide municipalities with more effective management consulting,
engineering, legal, and operational services.
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NEW YORK, NEW YORK - In his new book "THE MYSTERIOUS RECEDING SEAS" Richard Guy puts forward
conclusive proof that our planet earth is expanding. He concludes that
the expansion process makes seas recede from shorelines worldwide. Guy
states that sea level datum is the misleading factor in the Isostatic
Rebound theory. "Both Seas Level Datum and Isostatic Rebound are myths:
Guy states "they do not exist".
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WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA - “With concerns about climate change mounting, the era of coal-fired
electricity generation in the United States may be coming to a close,”
says Lester R. Brown, President, and Jonathan G. Dorn, Staff
Researcher, of Earth Policy Institute, in a recent release, “The
Beginning of the End for Coal: A Long Year in the Life of the U.S. Coal
Industry”.
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ORLANDO, FLORIDA - RezHub.com, an online travel agency who became both a pioneer and
leader in Green Travel with the launch of their Green Travel Hub
website, breaks ground again today with the integration of a
revolutionary green travel search. With the kick-off of their new
travel search, RezHub.com becomes the first travel site in history to
incorporate Green Score ratings and information in every hotel search.
Travelers now have a quick and easy way to learn about environmentally
friendly lodging options, without having to spend extra time
researching and reserving their trips at multiple websites.
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LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - Low Impact Living.com, the largest green home improvement site online,
has launched a groundbreaking new Household Environmental Impact
Calculator and rating system. These tools will help Americans
understand their environmental impacts and chart a course to a more
eco-friendly home and lifestyle. (Please see the calculator at
www.lowimpactliving.com)
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