Across The Wire

1. The Circle Foundation And XPRIZE Partner To Design An Incentive Competition To Alleviate Fine Dust Pollution
   8/15/2019

   XPRIZE, the global leader in designing and operating incentive competitions to solve humanity’s grand challenges, is collaborating with The Circle Foundation to begin designing an incentive competition in clean air, focused on improving the global fine dust pollution problem

2. FloWater, Ending Single-Use Plastic Water Bottle Pollution By Decentralizing Water Purification, Lands Spot In Top 500 On Inc. 5000 List Of America’s Fastest-Growing Private Companies
   8/15/2019

   Having eliminated over 125 million plastic water bottles since its launch and on target to hit one billion bottles saved by 2022, FloWater recently announces its ranking in the top 500 on the annual Inc. 5000 list.

3. Low-Carbon, Neste MY Renewable Diesel™ Now Available In Oregon
   8/15/2019

   With climate change at the forefront of the global conversation, Neste, the world's largest producer of renewable diesel fuel, is making reducing CO2 emissions more accessible to fleet owners in Oregon

4. Cleveland-Cliffs Highlights Its Contribution To Clean Steelmaking Through Its New Environmental Website
   8/14/2019

   Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. announced recently that it has launched a new environmental section on its corporate website

5. Carnival Corporation's AIDA Cruises First Cruise Line To Earn Blue Angel Award For Environmentally Friendly Ship Design
   8/14/2019

   Carnival Corporation & plc (NYSE/LSE: CCL;NYSE: CUK), the world's largest leisure travel company, today announced that AIDAnova from its popular German brand AIDA Cruises is the first-ever cruise ship to be awarded the prestigious Blue Angel certification for excellence in environmentally friendly ship design

6. 'Cool It' Campaign: Groups Take Aim At Walmart’s Massive Refrigerant Leakage Problem
   8/13/2019

   Green America, the nation’s leading green economy organization, has announced a new campaign to call on Walmart, one of the world’s largest retailers, to reduce its hydrofluorocarbon (HFC) emissions

7. SoCalGas And Electrochaea Announce Commissioning Of New Biomethanation Reactor System Pilot Project
   8/13/2019

   Southern California Gas Co. (SoCalGas) and Electrochaea today announced the commissioning of the nation's first scalable biomethanation reactor system at the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) Energy System Integration Facility in Golden, Colo

8. New Energy Blue Buys Inbicon's Low-Carbon Fuel Technology
   8/12/2019

   NewEnergyBlue acquired exclusive rights to Inbicon bio-conversion technology throughout the Americas and will first employ it to turn North Dakota wheat straw into a high-value, carbon-neutral automotive fuel

9. PUR Sends Team Of Scientists To Newark, NJ
   8/12/2019

   PUR Water Filtration, a Helen of Troy Limited (NASDAQ, NM: HELE) business with over thirty years as a leader in the water filtration industry, announced today that it sent a team of its top scientists to Newark, New Jersey, less than 24 hours after being contacted about potential water quality concerns there. The PUR team is working closely with local authorities to understand the situation, assist with the establishment of testing protocols for additional

10. Gap Inc. Signs Renewable Energy Agreement With Enel Green Power To Achieve 2020 Emissions-Reduction Goal, Sets Course For 100% Clean Energy By 2030
    8/9/2019

    Global apparel retailer Gap Inc. recently announced that it has signed a 90 Megawatt (MW) virtual power purchase agreement (VPPA) for the Aurora Wind Project with Enel Green Power North America, marking one of the largest offsite renewable energy contracts by an apparel retailer