Environmental issues

Persefoni Named Among America's Top GreenTech Companies 2024 by TIME and Statista

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Tuesday, March 5, 2024
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TEMPE, Ariz., March 5, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Persefoni AI Inc., a leading Climate Management & Accounting Platform (CMAP) for enterprises and financial institutions, today announces its recognition as one of America's Top GreenTech Companies 2024 by TIME and Statista.

Key Points: 
  • TEMPE, Ariz., March 5, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Persefoni AI Inc., a leading Climate Management & Accounting Platform (CMAP) for enterprises and financial institutions, today announces its recognition as one of America's Top GreenTech Companies 2024 by TIME and Statista.
  • Persefoni ranked eighth in the Carbon Solutions category and among the highest SaaS software solutions overall.
  • Persefoni ranked eighth in the Carbon Solutions category and among the highest SaaS software solutions overall.
  • This comprehensive research, which scrutinized more than 4,600 companies, evaluated participants on three critical dimensions: Positive Environmental Impact, Financial Strength, and Innovation Drive.

UNLV William F. Harrah College of Hospitality Students Reveal Top Three Trends from Specialty Food Association 2024 Winter Fancy Food Show

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Thursday, February 22, 2024
Deli, Research, Las Vegas Convention Center, Specialty Food Association, Bolero, Family, UNLV, Salmon, University, Dean (education), SFA, Coffee, Hospitality, Show, Twix, Environmental issues

NEW YORK, Feb. 22, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The Specialty Food Association hosted eight graduate students and three professors from the University of Nevada Las Vegas (UNLV), William F. Harrah College of Hospitality during the 2024 Winter Fancy Food Show.

Key Points: 
  • NEW YORK, Feb. 22, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The Specialty Food Association hosted eight graduate students and three professors from the University of Nevada Las Vegas (UNLV), William F. Harrah College of Hospitality during the 2024 Winter Fancy Food Show.
  • Featuring more than 1,000 companies and thousands of products from around the world, the Specialty Food Association (SFA) Winter Fancy Food Show ran from January 21-23 at the Las Vegas Convention Center.
  • The Winter Fancy Food Show Junior Trendspotters identified three top trends exemplified by many exhibitors at the Show.
  • The SFA 2024 Winter Fancy Food Show Junior Trendspotter Panel was composed of nine UNLV William F. Harrah College of Hospitality participants, under the guidance of Professor Lema and Seyhmus Baloglu, Ph.D.

Spot Coolers: Precision Cooling Solutions for Every Environment

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Monday, February 19, 2024
Water supply, Emergency, Atmosphere, Refrigeration, Climate, Heat, Water, Air conditioning, Environmental issues, Environment

WACO, Texas, Feb. 19, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- The #1 Best Guide to Spot Coolers

Key Points: 
  • Spot coolers: Precision cooling where it's needed most, offering efficiency, portability, and cost-effectiveness in climate control.
  • Spot coolers, portable air conditioners, or cooling units represent a compact and mobile approach to cooling specific areas or equipment.
  • Unlike traditional central air conditioning systems, which cool entire buildings indiscriminately, spot coolers offer precision cooling exactly where it's needed most.
  • Efficiently providing localized cooling, spot coolers offer benefits such as precision cooling, portability, energy efficiency, cost-effectiveness, and versatility.

QIAGEN earns ACT Label for new eco-friendlier QIAwave products and achieves first My Green Lab Platinum certification

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Thursday, February 15, 2024
ACT, Senior, Research, Platinum, QGEN, Targets, QIAGEN, Risk, Accountability, Certification, Science Based Targets initiative, MSCI, Sample, Science, GHG, Environmental issues

These new kits are the QIAwave RNA Plus Mini Kit and QIAwave DNA/RNA Mini Kit that are used in labs around the world.

Key Points: 
  • These new kits are the QIAwave RNA Plus Mini Kit and QIAwave DNA/RNA Mini Kit that are used in labs around the world.
  • In awarding the ACT (Accountability, Consistency, and Transparency) labels, My Green Lab found that the two new QIAwave products had an up to 27% improvement in the Environmental Impact Factor when compared to the respective QIAGEN standard kits.
  • QIAGEN’s R&D lab for Sample technologies at its European operational headquarters in Hilden, Germany, has achieved the Platinum certification level in a review by My Green Lab.
  • QIAGEN has set a roadmap to have all of its Life Sciences labs at the Hilden site certified by My Green Lab.

Robbins LLP Urges EAF Shareholders to Seek Legal Counsel Prior to the March 25 Lead Plaintiff Deadline

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Monday, February 12, 2024
Electrode, GrafTech, SAN, Business operations, Government, Health, Particulates, Public expenditure, Sustainable development, Graphite, LLP, EAF, Environmental issues, Environment, Medical device

For more information, submit a form , email Aaron Dumas, Jr., or give us a call at (800) 350-6003.

Key Points: 
  • For more information, submit a form , email Aaron Dumas, Jr., or give us a call at (800) 350-6003.
  • What Now: Similarly situated shareholders may be eligible to participate in the class action against GrafTech International Ltd. Shareholders who want to act as lead plaintiff for the class should contact Robbins LLP.
  • Plaintiffs must file their lead plaintiff papers by March 25, 2024.
  • A lead plaintiff is a representative party acting on behalf of other class members in directing the litigation.

Ormat Secures Approval for PPA Amendments Between Its Puna Geothermal Venture and Hawaiian Electric

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Monday, February 12, 2024
EIS, PGV, Electricity, PPA, RENO, Environmental issues, Partnership, Renewable energy

RENO, Nev., Feb. 12, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Ormat Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: ORA), a leading renewable energy company, announces Hawai’i Public Utilities Commission’s (HPUC) approval of two final amendments to the Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) between its subsidiary, Puna Geothermal Venture (PGV), and Hawaiian Electric. This landmark decision enables PGV to contribute up to an additional 8 megawatts (MW) of clean, dispatchable renewable power to Hawai’i Island, elevating the contract maximum capacity to 46 MW, with a minimum contracted capacity set at 30 MW. The approval follows PGV’s completion and submission of its final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for operations in Puna, Hawai’i. The EIS was a condition set by the HPUC for approval of an amended and restated PPA that was submitted to the HPUC in December 2019.

Key Points: 
  • Amended and restated PPA secures fixed energy rate, PPA extension and project expansion
    RENO, Nev., Feb. 12, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Ormat Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: ORA), a leading renewable energy company, announces Hawai’i Public Utilities Commission’s (HPUC) approval of two final amendments to the Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) between its subsidiary, Puna Geothermal Venture (PGV), and Hawaiian Electric.
  • The approval follows PGV’s completion and submission of its final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for operations in Puna, Hawai’i.
  • The EIS was a condition set by the HPUC for approval of an amended and restated PPA that was submitted to the HPUC in December 2019.
  • Doron Blachar, CEO of Ormat Technologies said, “Ormat is pleased to extend and expand our partnership with Hawaiian Electric and continue demonstrating our ability to support the state’s energy needs.

California Resources Corporation to Combine with Aera Energy

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Wednesday, February 7, 2024
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California Resources Corporation (NYSE: CRC) today announced the signing of a definitive merger agreement to combine with Aera Energy, LLC (Aera) in an all-stock transaction.

Key Points: 
  • California Resources Corporation (NYSE: CRC) today announced the signing of a definitive merger agreement to combine with Aera Energy, LLC (Aera) in an all-stock transaction.
  • The transaction values Aera at approximately $2.1 billion, inclusive of Aera’s net debt and certain other obligations1, and is expected to be immediately accretive.
  • On behalf of CRC, we look forward to working with our new colleagues at Aera.
  • The combined company will own interests in five of the largest oil fields in California with opportunities to increase oil recovery.

SONORO GOLD ANNOUNCES $1 MILLION PRIVATE PLACEMENT

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Tuesday, February 6, 2024
Environmental issues, Life, Offering, Unit, SGO, TSX Venture Exchange, Gold, PEA

VANCOUVER, Canada, Feb. 06, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Sonoro Gold Corp. (TSXV: SGO | OTCQB: SMOFF | FRA: 23SP) (“Sonoro” or the “Company”) announces a non-brokered private placement offering (the "Offering") consisting of up to 22,222,222 units (the “Units”) at a price of C$0.045 per Unit, for gross proceeds of up to C$1,000,000.  

Key Points: 
  • “THIS PRESS RELEASE, REQUIRED BY APPLICABLE CANADIAN LAWS, IS NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION
    VANCOUVER, Canada, Feb. 06, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Sonoro Gold Corp. (TSXV: SGO | OTCQB: SMOFF | FRA: 23SP) (“Sonoro” or the “Company”) announces a non-brokered private placement offering (the "Offering") consisting of up to 22,222,222 units (the “Units”) at a price of C$0.045 per Unit, for gross proceeds of up to C$1,000,000.
  • Each Unit will be composed of one Sonoro common share and one common share purchase warrant.
  • Each warrant will entitle the holder thereof to purchase one additional Sonoro common share for a period of three years from the closing of the private placement at an exercise price of C$0.07 per share.
  • The net proceeds from the Offering will be used to fund the ongoing development of the Company’s Cerro Caliche gold project in Sonora, Mexico as well as working capital.

EAF Class Action Alert: Robbins LLP Reminds Investors of Lead Plaintiff Deadline in GrafTech International Ltd. Class Action

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Tuesday, February 6, 2024
Class Action Lawsuit, Professional Services, Legal, Environmental issues, Graphite, Electrode, Particulates, GrafTech, Sustainable development, Government, Environment, Public expenditure, EAF, Business operations, Health, LLP, Medical device

Robbins LLP reminds investors that a shareholder filed a class action on behalf of all purchasers of GrafTech International Ltd. (NYSE: EAF) common stock between February 8, 2019 and August 3, 2023.

Key Points: 
  • Robbins LLP reminds investors that a shareholder filed a class action on behalf of all purchasers of GrafTech International Ltd. (NYSE: EAF) common stock between February 8, 2019 and August 3, 2023.
  • For more information, submit a form , email Aaron Dumas, Jr., or give us a call at (800) 350-6003.
  • What Now: Similarly situated shareholders may be eligible to participate in the class action against GrafTech International Ltd. Shareholders who want to act as lead plaintiff for the class should contact Robbins LLP.
  • A lead plaintiff is a representative party acting on behalf of other class members in directing the litigation.

EAF Class Action Alert: Robbins LLP Reminds Investors of Lead Plaintiff Deadline in GrafTech International Ltd. Class Action

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Thursday, February 1, 2024
Environmental issues, Graphite, Electrode, SAN, Particulates, GrafTech, Sustainable development, Government, Environment, Public expenditure, EAF, Business operations, Health, LLP, Medical device

SAN DIEGO, Feb. 01, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Robbins LLP reminds investors that a shareholder filed a class action on behalf of all purchasers of GrafTech International Ltd. (NYSE: EAF) common stock between February 8, 2019 and August 3, 2023.

Key Points: 
  • SAN DIEGO, Feb. 01, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Robbins LLP reminds investors that a shareholder filed a class action on behalf of all purchasers of GrafTech International Ltd. (NYSE: EAF) common stock between February 8, 2019 and August 3, 2023.
  • For more information, submit a form , email Aaron Dumas, Jr., or give us a call at (800) 350-6003.
  • What Now: Similarly situated shareholders may be eligible to participate in the class action against GrafTech International Ltd. Shareholders who want to act as lead plaintiff for the class should contact Robbins LLP.
  • A lead plaintiff is a representative party acting on behalf of other class members in directing the litigation.