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Green Smoke: Making the Earth and Wallets Greener One E-Cigarette at a Time
freeNewsArticles Story Summary: MIAMI, Fla. — To celebrate Earth Day, Green Smoke announced this week that a portion of all kits sales made on Earth Day will be donated to a ‘Green Charity.’ Green Smoke’s Earth Day donation is designed to help the environment and help smokers to go green. E-cigarettes are an alternative to tobacco cigarettes. In addition to being better for the overall environment and smokers, they are also easier on people’s wallets….
New Greenhouse Gas Reporting Rules Discussed at Environmental Training Program
freeNewsArticles Story Summary: CINCINNATI, Ohio — For those managers and supervisors who need an in-depth overview of today’s environmental regulations, Lion Technology Inc., the nation’s leading regulatory compliance training firm, will soon be presenting its Complete Environmental Regulations workshop in the area. Key topics include air quality, water quality, chemical controls, and waste management. Students will learn how to comply with new requirements, including new reporting responsibilities under the 261-page greenhouse gas rule….
The National Urban and Community Forestry Advisory Council (NUCFAC) Hosts Public Forum on A Comprehensive Look at Tropical Forestry
freeNewsArticles Story Summary: RIO GRANDE, P.R., July 15 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — The National Urban & Community Forestry Advisory Council hosted a groundbreaking public forum in Puerto Rico on June 18, 2008 at the Gran Melia Hotel. ‘We gathered more than 40 experts and citizens from Guam, Hawaii, Puerto Rico and other tropical islands to share ideas, best practices and research to help us advise the Secretary of Agriculture on urgent issues facing tropical urban forests,’ said Joe Wilson, NUCFAC Council Chair….
Episcopal Diocese Considers Selling Camp – Preservation Group Alarmed
freeNewsArticles Story Summary: APPLETON, Wis., May 28 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — According to a preservation group called PreserveCW, the Episcopal Diocese of Milwaukee, unless convinced otherwise, may sell an ecologically diverse camp property in Waushara County to commercial developers. Consideration of a sale has begun just five months after ceasing operation of Camp Webb at the Wautoma, Wisconsin property. Camp Webb had been a religiously-based camping program there since 1961….
Sedona Citizens Fight to Save Starry Skies
freeNewsArticles Story Summary: SEDONA, Ariz. – Aug. 17 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Over two hundred Sedona citizens overflowed City Hall Chambers on August 15, to plead with City Council members and the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) to preserve their renowned dark and starry skies. Led by Keep Sedona Beautiful, Inc. residents enlightened their leaders ‘on alternatives to putting up 76 sodium light poles that would add to global warming and cancer, while turning this magnificent town into a Las Vegas strip,’ according to Native Voices Foundation co-chair, Suzy Chaffee….
Sedona Becoming Hope for Generations – You Don’t Have to Buy a Hybrid to Make a Difference
freeNewsArticles Story Summary: SEDONA, Ariz. – June 18 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — America’s Red Rock Cathedral is becoming a Green Model of Hope for Earth’s children. ‘To keep Sedona healthy and enhance global cooling, our community is taking bold measures,’ said Green Sedona founder Matthew Turner, a 34 year old environmental scientist. ‘Turner offers simple natural solutions which raise the green bar for his Generation X, plus Y and Z,’ said Suzy ‘Chapstick’ Chaffee, co-chairman of the partnering Native Voices Foundation….
Senators, Environmentalists, Forestry Experts from Across the Nation Share Groundbreaking Input on Catastrophic Storms and Urban Forests
freeNewsArticles Story Summary: BILOXI, Miss. – June 18 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — The National Urban & Community Forestry Advisory Council (NUCFAC) hosted a groundbreaking public forum in Biloxi, Mississippi on June 6, 2007 at the Mississippi Coast Coliseum and Convention Center. ‘We gathered more than 40 experts and ordinary citizens from around the country to share ideas, best practices and first-person accounts.’…
Public Forum on Catastrophic Storms and Urban Forests
freeNewsArticles Story Summary: BILOXI, Miss. – May 29 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — The National Urban and Community Forestry Advisory Council (NUCFAC) announces a public forum in Biloxi, Mississippi on June 6, 2007 at the Mississippi Coast Coliseum and Convention Center. ‘Speak Up, Plan & Protect’ Audio Media Briefing on May 30, 2007….
Celebrities Endorse ‘Refunds for Good’ Web Site to Recycle Phone Tax Refunds to Help Stop Global Warming
freeNewsArticles Story Summary: WOODBRIDGE, Conn. – Mar. 19 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — ‘Global warming, air pollution, over-population – these are daunting challenges that we all face – but there is a solution. Here’s your chance to make a difference,’ says Ed Begley, Jr. on the new Refunds for Good website: refundsforgood.org. Thirteen Nobel Peace Prize Laureates, such as the Dali Lama and Bishop Tutu also support this campaign….
Emission Control Technology Destroys 91-percent of Methyl Bromide in Commercial Demonstrations
freeNewsArticles Story Summary: BRIDGEPORT, N.J. – Oct 18 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Value Recovery Inc., an environmental technology company, announced the results of its most recent emissions control demonstration for instantaneously destroying Methyl Bromide. Value Recovery proved the destruction of 91% of methyl bromide emissions from fumigation operations using its new breakthrough technology that employs a non-hazardous, water-based scrubbing system….