Latest press releases in Environment

KTGY Names Keith Labus & Ken Ryan New Shareholders
Award-winning KTGY GROUP, INC., Architecture and Planning, has named two new shareholders in the company’s Irvine office: Keith Labus, Principal of Studio 6; and Ken Ryan, Principal of the Community Planning and Urban Design Studio. Labus has been associated with KTGY since 2002 and offers the clientele 13 years of award-winning planning and design experience in the areas of high density market rate and affordable residential and mixed-use projects. With over 20 years of experience, Ryan has served as a leader guiding the design and implementation of a wide variety of complex high profile projects throughout the United States. Ryan joined KTGY in 2007 and currently heads up KTGY’s Community Planning and Urban Design Studio providing expertise in master planned communities, urban design, mixed-use/regeneration, resort/recreation, strategic planning and entitlement services.

Launch of West Texas BioEnergy, Inc.
West Texas BioEnergy, Inc., was launched by Jon C. Hall, Chairman and CEO, to provide a pilot program for the manufacture of biodiesel from waste cooking oil and renewable local oil-containing agricultural products.

Vegetarian Shoes and Bags Announces Summer Product Line with Focus on Preserving the Environment
Because the environment is a continued concern for vegans, Vegetarian Shoes and Bags’ spring and summer line is not only high in fashion, but will also help maintain our planet’s natural resources.

Longest Walk 2 – a Spiritual Walk for Survival from Alcatraz to D.c.
On Feb. 11th, Longest Walk participants embarked on a 5 month journey from San Francisco to Washington, D.C. arriving on July 11th. The Longest Walk south route is being led by AIM co-founder Dennis J. Banks. It is an extraordinary grassroots effort on a national level to bring attention to the environmental disharmony of Mother Earth, sacred site issues, and to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the original longest walk.

New, Green Quilt Pattern Offers Opportunity to Reuse and Recycle
Bless This Child Designs has created an opportunity for those who live a green lifestyle to create their own family heirloom.

Triple Diamond Energy Announces Commencement of the McClure-Diamond No.1 Project
Triple Diamond Energy announces the start of a four well drilling program in Garvin County in Oklahoma’s Hoover Field.

4ecotips Helps to Fight Global Warming
The website www.4ecotips.com provides an important insight into how governments, industry and commerce, education, society and individuals around the world are making their contribution to reducing the threat of CO2 emmissions and Global Warming

Queen of Green Deflates Today's Green Hype and Puts Greenwash Out to Dry
An interview with pioneering environmental advocate, Debra Lynn Dadd

Are We Unknowingly Being Affected by Electrical Pollution?
Russ Allen speaks out about the negative health effects electrical pollution has on living creatures

KTGY Names Lalaine Tanaka as Principal to Lead Firm’s Hospitality Division
Lalaine Tanaka has joined KTGY GROUP, INC., Architecture and Planning, as principal in the company’s Irvine office. Tanaka will lead KTGY’s Hospitality division. With over 20 years of architectural design experience, Tanaka has been extensively involved with the direction and design of award-winning hospitality, commercial/mixed-use, and resort planning projects throughout the United States. Prior to joining KTGY, Tanaka served as design director for nine years at a major Orange County architectural firm where she was instrumental in developing the company’s acclaimed hospitality design studio and portfolio.

Britons ‘Taking Notice’ Of Green Home Improvements
Britons are increasingly looking to make eco-friendly improvements to their home, new research shows.

Bob Pitchford Joins Purex International As Head of Sales & Marketing.
Armed with a wealth of industry experience Bob Pitchford has joined specialist fume extraction company Purex International Ltd as Head of Sales and Marketing.

Consumer Demand for Green Practices Changing the Business of Home Improvement Contractors
Pristine Home Solutions, a Massachusetts home improvement contractor serving Middlesex and Worcester County, says that increasing demand for eco-friendly home solutions will further influence consumer buying decisions in the home improvement industry in 2008.

In 2007 in the United States Alone, 870,984 Confined Animals Died in Preventable Fires
I keep records on media reports of barn fires and the animals lost in those fires. The financial and emotional losses are tremendous, but there is information available to prevent nearly every fire and much of that information is posted on my website, at no charge, for anyone wanting to protect the animals in their care--whether for economic or emotional reasons.

Loft Insulation ‘Cost Effective’ In Reducing Utility Bills
Insulating property could play a major part in homeowners lowering their utility bills, an industry expert suggests.