Another accolade was bestowed on the CINEMA 3D Smart TV lineup in December when the 55LA6900 model earned an Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) from Underwriters Laboratories Inc.
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Brian leads cross-departmental, tactical management plan teams working on environmental improvement -- in the areas of: engagement, alternate funding, utility conservation, waste reduction and recycling, fleet emissions reduction, green purchasing and sustainable development -- leading the district's indoor air quality program recognized by the United States Environmental Protection Agency as a National Model of Sustained Excellence.
To determine the dirtiest cars on America's roads, we looked at data from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for all 2011-model-year vehicles.
With that in mind, the Environmental Defense Fund, Southwestern Energy and other progressive gas producers and environmental groups are working to develop a model regulatory framework for safe drilling that can serve as the foundation for better operations.
What surprised me is that no model currently quantifies this relationship between environmental pollutants and lung health.
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There's another little problem with the Omega Protein business model: It has enemies in the environmental sector.
Perhaps this shock will give rise to a new economic model in the West in which liberty and environmental sustainability have measurable value, to counteract our current infatuation with material wealth.
But soon after, I developed a novel mathematical model which can be used by doctors and environmental specialists to quantify the effect of the pollutants on the lung function as measured by the peak expiratory flow rate-- which is essentially how much a person can breathe out in one breath.
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I'm one of a number of researchers at NOAA who are working on ways to combine all of the environmental, radar and other weather data into a computer model that will attempt to predict when the tornado will develop and how strong it will be as much as an hour in advance.
But it could also serve as a model for finding a responsible balance between energy and environmental concerns.
Axeon has worked closely with Jaguar Land Rover South Africa to produce an all-electric version of its iconic Defender model for use in game parks, minimising both environmental and noise pollution.
The Environmental Protection Agency estimates the 85-kilowatt-hour battery in the Model S Broder tested has a range of 265 miles.
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The recent recession and a growing environmental awareness have joined forces with our connected society, creating an economic model that is both very old and wonderfully new.
"If we can be a model for how to be a successful company while reducing our environmental footprint, then that's going to make a much bigger impact, " Smith says.
On the other, the model legislation requires that benefit corporations report on their overall social and environmental performance and make them available to the public, using a third-party evaluator.
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Leith Sharp, director of the school's "Green Campus Initiative, " says the secret to its success is a business model that encourages Harvard's departments and schools to turn their environmental projects into financial savings.
The European economic and social model needs to change, but not so much so that social and environmental issues take a backseat to economic growth.
With climate policy in disarray here in the United States as well, leading environmental organizations and progressives would do well to look to our friends in Australia for a new model to move away from compromised and politically unsustainable emissions trading and toward major public investments in clean energy innovation and infrastructure to create a prosperous clean energy economy.
As environmental concerns become ever more prevalent, some architects are moving away from the glass, steel and concrete model of modern city building.
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