To: ENVIRONMENTAL EDITORS Contact: James Hill of Stratacomm, +1-202-289-2001, jhill@stratacomm.net
CHESTER, Pa., Nov. 9, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Covanta Energy Corporation, an internationally recognized owner and operator of Energy-from-Waste and renewable energy projects, is pleased to announce the release of its Community Outreach and Environmental Justice Policy. Prepared in response to the need to ensure all communities, especially communities which are disadvantaged, have a fair and just opportunity to participate in the decision making process in matters impacting their local environment, this policy codifies the efforts that Covanta has already undertaken in the communities in which it has or will have facilities. The new policy provides a tangible commitment by Covanta to engage fully with these local communities, to reduce discharges and minimize emissions and to do this in a m...
... Division, Office of Business and Community Innovation, Office of Policy, Economics and Innova...
SAN FRANCISCO, April 21 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Just in time for Earth Day, Blue Shield of California is launching a new Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Web site. The site includes information on Blue Shield's corporate governance, commitment to greening company processes, community involvement, and advocating for universal health care to improve access to quality care. The new Web site is viewable at: www.blueshieldca.com/socialresponsibility. As a not-for-profit, mission-driven health plan, we care about the communities we serve and believe that a healthy California starts with socially responsible business practices," said Bruce Bodaken, chairman and CEO of Blue Shield of California. "That's why we've made corporate citizenship a priority and have taken steps to align our b...
... reduce its carbon footprint and its environmental impact by implementing energy efficiency measures,...
This grant is unique in that it extends beyond outreach and education," said Dr. Bryan Alsip, project director for the San Antonio Healthy Kids, Healthy Communities initiative and Metro Health assistant director. "We have joined forces with non-traditional public health partners with the goal of implementing effective community health interventions through sustainable policy and environmental changes. This approach gives the community additional resources, making it easier for individuals to adjust their daily practices and to make healthier decisions. Healthy Kids, Healthy Communities is a $33 million national program and RWJF's largest investment to date in communitybased solutions to childhood obesity. With nine leading sites chosen in late 2008, the program now spans 50 communitie...
To: TRANSPORTATION EDITORS Contact: Ana Baptista of Ironbound Community Corporation, +1-973- 342-6065
Test it, study it, figure out how to clean it - but still drink it. That's the range of reactions raining down from community leaders, utilities, environmental groups and policy makers in reaction to an Associated Press investigation that documented the presence of pharmaceuticals in major portions of the nation's drinking water supplies. There is no wisdom in avoidance. There is wisdom in addressing this problem. I'm not suggesting that people be hysterical and overreact. There's a responsible way to deal with this - and, collectively, we can do it," said Washington-based environmental lawyer George Mannina.
Shelly Johnstone and Peggy Linton recently represented Healthy Kids Healthy Communities of DeSoto, Tate and Marshall counties, along with Alderman Harvey Payne of Holly Springs, at the annual meeting in Milwaukee. HKHC is a national program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and the Community Foundation of Northwest Mississippi received a four-year grant to work on policy and environmental changes that affect healthy eating and active living in the tri-county region through the Get A Life! initiative to prevent childhood obesity.
If enacted into law, this legislation would require the secretary of Health and Human Services to develop a "Community Play Index" to measure the policy, programmatic, or environmental barriers preventing communities from promoting and participating in physical activity. Most notably for NRPA members, this legislation would fund grants to state health departments, enabling them to work in partnership with community-based coalitions, including local park and recreation departments, to increase the spaces available for physical activity, expand the opportunities for kids and adults to participate in quality play, and raise the knowledge and awareness about the importance of 60 minutes of activity every day.
In a continuing effort to reduce the number of rats in New York City, the Health Department today announced the launch of the Rat Information Portal - a one-stop resource website for New Yorkers' rat prevention needs. The new site, available at www.nyc.gov/rats provides easy access to information on how to control rats on properties and in communities. The portal was developed with the help of the city's Department of Information, Technology and Telecommunications (DoITT) and with support from the New York City Council and the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Environmental Public Health Tracking Program. Rats are an unfortunate and inevitable part of city life, but we all share responsibility for tackling the problem," said Dan Kass, Assistant Commissioner for Envir...
... for Environmental Surveillance and Policy. "The portal helps all of us - tenants, landlords,, community leaders, business owners and pest control professi...
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