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Tetra Tech Awarded $243 Million National Guard Bureau Environmental Engineering Support Services Contract
Tetra Tech, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTEK) announced today that it signed a multiple-award contract with a $243 million ceiling to support the National Guard Bureau. Tetra Tech will provide Environmental Engineering Professional and Technical Support Services at various Air National Guard and the Army National Guard bases within the continental United States and surrounding territories. The contract ...
By Tetra Tech
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WBCSD welcomes decision to award Nobel Peace prize for efforts to combat climate change
Geneva, 12 October 2007 - The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) warmly welcomes the decision by the Norwegian Nobel Committee to award the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and former US Vice-President Albert Arnold (Al) Gore, Jr. 'for their efforts to build up and disseminate greater knowledge about man-made climate change, ...
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Developing energy grids which are economically profitable, socially accepted and environmentally sound
2nd European Grid Conference: Towards socially accepted and environmentally sound grids – Practical experiences across Europe Ladies and Gentlemen, Honourable Members, Commissioner Oettinger, It is a pleasure to be here with you today. I would like to thank the Smart Energy for Europe Platform and Renewables Grid Initiative for providing this opportunity to reflect on how we can develop ...
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Tetra Tech Wins Three GSA OASIS Contracts
Tetra Tech, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTEK) announced today it has been awarded three indefinite delivery indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contracts with the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA). The One Acquisition Solution for Integrated Services (OASIS) contracts are designed as vehicles to address all federal agencies’ needs for a full range of service requirements that integrate multiple ...
By Tetra Tech
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Motorola Publishes 2009 corporate responsibility report
Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT) today published its 2009 Corporate Responsibility Report, highlighting actions the company has taken on social, accountability and environmental initiatives to innovate for a smarter world. 'Motorola technology is improving people's lives, solving problems and making communities, governments and businesses more efficient and more connected,' said Karen Tandy, senior ...
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Senior Obama Administration Officials to Join Governor Brown, Mayor Garcetti, Other Leaders in L.A. for Climate Task Force Meeting
On Thursday, February 13, senior Obama Administration officials, including White House Council on Environmental Quality Chair Nancy Sutley, White House Director of Intergovernmental Affairs David Agnew, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy and U.S. Department of Energy Deputy Secretary Daniel Poneman will join California Governor Jerry Brown, Los Angeles Mayor Eric ...
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Africa Week, 12-16th October
The theme for 2015 is “Agenda 2063 and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development: Moving from Aspirations to Reality” in the context of the 70th anniversary of the founding of the United Nations. The Office of the Special Adviser on Africa (OSAA) aims, to promote and mobilise international support for African Union (AU)’s Agenda 2063 and its First Ten-Year Implementation ...
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Veresen`s SMART Idea
Last week Training Specialist Steph DiRaddo conducted our largest in-house user training session with client Veresen Inc, which owns and operates energy infrastructure assets across North America. The training stretched over two days and brought Veresen plant managers from their eastern facilities together with the Alberta-based project team here at Intelex headquarters in Toronto. Veresen is ...
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Bechtel Launches Long-Term Sustainability Targets
Bechtel, a global leader in engineering, procurement, and construction, recently announced a set of ambitious long-term targets to increase the company's contributions to global sustainability. The goals and targets are part of Bechtel's ongoing and comprehensive strategy to further integrate sustainability within the company. "How we plan and execute projects today has a profound impact on the ...
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Mainstream gets EU funding to carry out €2.8 million seabed survey for Energy Bridge export project
Mainstream Renewable Power has been awarded funding of €1.4 million by the European Commission to cover half the costs of conducting a survey of the seabed in the Irish Sea to investigate the best route for the cable which will transport electricity from wind farms in Ireland to the UK’s National Grid. The survey is planned to be carried out in 2014 and 2015 in line with ...
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House overwhelmingly approves Keystone XL pipeline
The House overwhelmingly passed a bill on Friday authorizing the Keystone XL oil pipeline, despite a renewed pledge by the White House to veto the legislation after a Nebraska court removed a major obstacle. The House voted 266-153 to approve measure, with 28 Democrats voting in support. It was one of the first pieces of legislation considered by the Republican-controlled Congress and the 10th ...
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DNV launches global recommended practice for shale gas risk management
DNV, an independent foundation with the purpose of safeguarding life, property and the environment, has launched recommended practice (RP) for the entire life cycle of shale gas extraction, based on risk management principles, industry best practices and standards. The objective is for the RP to form the foundation for future development of a globally recognized standard for safe and sustainable ...
By DNV GL
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Trendspek to go global after successful $6.3 million Series A raise
Australian real asset modelling innovator, Trendspek, has announced the successful completion of its Series A round, raising $6.3 million, led by leading real asset technology investment house, Taronga Ventures. Trendspek’s leading Precision Asset Intelligence (“PAI") software, provides asset management tools for the property, energy and infrastructure sectors, including the creation ...
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Tetra Tech Awarded $55 Million USEPA Pollution Prevention Program
Tetra Tech, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTEK) announced today that it has been awarded a contract valued at up to $55 million to continue its support for high priority pollution prevention programs, including evaluating innovative technologies and providing research and development support to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) Office of Research and Development, ...
By Tetra Tech
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Climate change is an economic issue, say European finance ministers
Tackling climate change is an economic as well as environmental issue. The key challenge will be to ensure that the transition to a low-carbon economy is handled in a way that is consistent with EU competitiveness, sound and sustainable public finances and that contributes to the growth objectives of the Lisbon Strategy for Growth and Jobs, concluded the EU economy and finance ministers at the ...
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IEA initiates dialogue on the energy-security impacts of climate change
A select group of companies from the energy and manufacturing sectors met with officials from the International Energy Agency<http://www.iea.org/> today for the first time for an exploratory discussion on the threats to energy systems from climate change. The meeting, which had been scheduled for several months, comes a week after Hurricane Sandy caused tens of billions of dollars' worth ...
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IBM and World Environment Center to Lead New Corporate Sustainability Council of Major Companies
IBM (NYSE: IBM) and the World Environment Center (WEC) today announced the formation of the Innovations in Environmental Sustainability Council, comprised of leading global companies that will explore how innovation in business process and technology can enable strategic solutions to major sustainability challenges involving materials, energy, water, infrastructure and logistics. Charter ...
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New publication by Piraeus Bank on climate change and business opportunities in Greece
In the framework of the European project climabiz carried out by Piraeus Bank in cooperation with WWF Greece and the consultancy Facets, a study was completed titled “Climate Change and Business Opportunities”. This study was prepared by Facets, and it is part of Piraeus Bank’s strategy for promoting green business as the major sustainable development perspective for Greece. ...
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Tetra Tech awarded $20 million environmental management contract for the expansion of miami harbor
Tetra Tech, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTEK) announced today that it has been awarded a $20 million contract, with option years for an additional $3.5 million, with the Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company, LLC to perform environmental management services and provide construction oversight as part of the Miami Harbor Construction Dredging Project. Tetra Tech’s scientists will provide environmental ...
By Tetra Tech
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Tetra Tech Wins $700 Million USAID Natural Resource Management Contract
Tetra Tech, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTEK) announced today that it has been awarded a $700 million contract to provide technical services to the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) in supporting sustainable, long-term management of natural resources through the Restoring the Environment through Prosperity, Livelihoods and Conserving Ecosystems (REPLACE) program. This is a multiple-award ...
By Tetra Tech
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