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Georgia-Pacific's Big Island Facility Earns Its First EPA ENERGY STAR® Certification for Energy Efficiency

3BL Media

July 16, 2024 /3BL/ – Georgia-Pacific's Big Island containerboard facility in Virginia earned its first EPA ENERGY STAR® Certification for energy efficiency this year. The EPIs measure a plant’s energy performance and compare it to that of similar plants nationwide, generating an ENERGY STAR® score on an EPA scale of 1 to 100.

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Three Key Changes to TSCA This Year

3BL Media

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) through the Toxic Substance Control Act (TSCA) have made significant changes to legislation to collect chemical related data imported/exported and used within US based industry processes.

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Koch Industries Earns 2022 ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year Award for Energy Management

3BL Media

Koch”) today announced that it has earned the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) ENERGY STAR® Partner of the Year Award for 2022. ENERGY STAR award winners lead their industries in the production, sale, and adoption of energy-efficient products, homes, buildings, services, and strategies; it is the highest honor bestowed by the EPA.

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How AMD Is Advancing Energy Efficiency for IT Users

3BL Media

8/12/2014 and 3DMark® 2011 P-Score and Cinebench R15 nT. Estimates of CO 2 reduction and tree seedlings grown based on the EPA greenhouse gas equivalencies calculator [link] gov/energy/greenhouse-gas- equivalencies-calculator. 25x20 program tracked against ENERGY STAR Rev 6.1 Results may vary with drivers and BIOSes. requirements.

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MetLife Earns 2022 Energy Star® Partner of the Year 'Sustained Excellence' Award

3BL Media

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. MetLife has been a member of the EPA Green Power Partnership since 2011, procuring green energy for 100% of MetLife’s domestic energy, with over 87,000 MWh of green power usage in 2020. DESCRIPTION: NEW YORK, June 2, 2022 /3BL Media/ - MetLife, Inc. Department of Energy.

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Progress made but too many still falling short, says EA on environmental performance of water and sewerage firms

Envirotec Magazine

Since 2011 the EA has used the Environmental Performance Assessment (EPA), which rates each company in England from 1 star to 4 star, for performance on environmental commitments such as pollution incidents and treatment work compliance.

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The North American Development Bank emerges as financier of renewable energy in the U.S.-Mexico Border Region

Renewable Energy World

EPA under its Border Environment Infrastructure Fund and administered by the bank. The first renewable energy project was approved in 2011 and since that time, a total of 33 solar and wind energy projects have been supported by the bank. Between 1994 and 2020, the bank provided or committed to provide a total of about $2.9

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