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- Waste Management Signs Definitive Agreement for $1.94 Billion Divestiture of Wheelabrator Technologies, Inc. to Energy Capital Partners
HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jul. 29, 2014-- Waste Management, Inc. (NYSE:WM) has agreed to sell Wheelabrator Technologies Inc. (“WTI”) to an affiliate of Energy Capital Partners (“ECP”) for $1.94 billion in cash. - See more at: http://investors.wm.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=119743&p=irol-recentnewsArticle&ID=1952329&highlight=#sthash.ZYVb6mS7.dpuf
- RWA (CT) and SolarCity Commemorate Major Solar Installation (4/28/14)
“This solar photovoltaic system, one of the largest of its kind in Connecticut, will allow the Authority to be more efficient and lower our energy costs. These savings are passed on to our customers in the form of reduced rate increases,” said Larry L. Bingaman, the Regional Water Authority’s President and CEO.
- Maine DEP Commissioner Aho presents EPA Environmental Merit Awards to Four Maine Winners on Earth Day (4/22/14)
BOSTON- At the invitation from the federal Environmental Protection Agency, Maine Department of Environmental Protection Commissioner Patricia Aho presented the EPA’s annual Environmental Merit Awards to four Maine recipients
- State (CT) warns of pollution from residential wood-burning (12/16/13)
The state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection is encouraging residents to protect their health and that of their neighbors by limiting their exposure to pollution created from improperly burning wood.
- Duke Energy Renewables and Partners Complete Taunton Massachusetts Solar Project (9/4/13)
BERKLEY - Duke Energy Renewables, Integrys Solar, Canadian Solar Inc., and Community Energy Solar today announced the completion of a 3-megawatt (MW) AC solar power project in Berkley, Mass
- Maine Department of Environmental Protection Announces Food Scrap Recovery Program and Trainings (5/2/14)
The Sustainability Division at the Maine Department of Environmental Protection is offering free workshops to encourage the recovery of food scraps and the beneficial reuse of those materials either through composting, anaerobic digestion or other applications. 40 percent of Maine's municipal solid waste is organics and could be diverted from a landfill and beneficially reused.
- Fuels America Releases New Footprint Analysis (4/24/14)
The data are in: The Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) is driving billions of dollars of economic activity across America. This is the result of years of investment by the biofuel sector to bring clean, low carbon renewable fuels to market.
- Solar Extends Win Streak with Vermont Decision (3/25/14)
The Alliance for Solar Choice (TASC) today announced yet another win for rooftop solar: the Vermont Legislature voted to increase the state's solar net metering cap from 4% of a utility's peak load to 15%.
- SustainX Begins Startup of World’s First Grid-Scale Isothermal Compressed Air Energy Storage System (9/11/13)
SEABROOK, NH--(Marketwired - Sep 11, 2013) - SustainX, Inc., a leader in utility-grade bulk energy storage technology, has completed construction and begun startup of the world's first megawatt-scale isothermal compressed air energy storage (ICAES™) system.
- EPA Provides Additional $3.5+ Million for Brownfields Cleanups in New England (7/15/13)