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Southern Company issues report on climate change actions
Southern Company, one of the nation's largest producers of energy, released climate change and increasingly stringent requirements related to other emissions from its power plants.
2003 Toxics Release Inventory shows continued decline in chemical releases
EPA's 2003 Toxics Release Inventory (TRI), issued shows that the amount of toxic chemicals released into the environment by reporting facilities continues to decline, with total reductions of 42 percent since 1998 and a six percent decrease from 2002 to 2003.
$75.9 million in Brownfield grants announced
Communities in 44 states will share more than $75 million in U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Brownfields grants to help revitalize former industrial and commercial sites, transforming them from problem properties into community assets.
Ten U.S. corporations pledge greenhouse gas cuts
Caterpillar, Frito-Lay, Xerox, Staples, and the Gap are among 10 corporations pledging to reduce greenhouse gas emissions as part of EPA's Climate Leaders - a voluntary program that works with companies to measure greenhouse gas emissions and set aggressive, long-term emissions reduction goals.
FirstEnergy receives national award for tree-care program
FirstEnergy, on behalf of its seven electric utility operating companies, has been named a Tree Line USA utility by the National Arbor Day Foundation in cooperation with the National Association of State Foresters. It is the seventh year in a row that FirstEnergy has received this award for excellence in vegetation management practices.
EPA honors climate and stratospheric ozone protection
Coca-Cola, McDonalds, 3M, American Electric Power, Cinergy, and the cities of Boulder, Colo., and Syracuse, N.Y., are among the 25 individuals, teams, organizations and companies from around the world that EPA will recognize for outstanding efforts to protect the Earth's climate and stratospheric ozone layer. The award recipients have demonstrated ingenuity, leadership and public purpose by achieving reductions of ozone depleting and heat-trapping gas emissions.
Restaurants join fight for clean air: ABF producing clean fuel from used restaurant oils
American Biofuels, LLC (ABF), 35% owned by Green Star Products, Inc., announced it is producing biodiesel at its Biodiesel Plant in Bakersfield, California, from used restaurant waste oils.
DuPont refrigerant expert receives U.S. EPA Climate Protection Award
Martin Drigotas, DuPont Automotive Refrigerants manager, was awarded the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Climate Protection Award for his role as a founder of the Improved Mobile Air Conditioning Cooperative Research Program (IMAC). Launched in April 2004, the IMAC research program is an ambitious collaborative effort to deliver dramatic increases in the energy efficiency and substantial reductions in greenhouse gas emissions.
AEP honored with EPA 2005 Climate Protection Award
American Electric Power is being recognized by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) with a 2005 Climate Protection Award for demonstrating ingenuity, leadership and public purpose in its efforts to reduce greenhouse gases.
FPL Energy begins commercial operation of Weatherford Wind Energy Center
FPL Energy, LLC, a subsidiary of FPL Group, announced it has begun commercial operation at its 106.5-megawatt (MW) Weatherford Wind Energy Center, located near Weatherford, Oklahoma, and plans to expand the project by 40.5 MW.
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