Green Economic Development

NEW YORK, NY--Brookfield Properties and GrowNYC celebrated the opening of the World Financial Center Greenmarket, a community market featuring ten local farmers from New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania.

Verizon Wireless has announced the opening of the company's new state-of-the-art green store in the Bank of America Tower, located at One Bryant Park in Manhattan. Developed and constructed by The Durst Organization, the Bank of America Tower has received Platinum Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification designated by the United States Green Buildings Council (USGBC).

NEW YORK, NY / PORTLAND, OR--Professionals everywhere are increasingly conscious of the trend toward sustainable business models - and that this trend is likely here to stay. Implementing green practices and reducing an organization's carbon footprint, however, poses a challenge for many companies simply because they lack the tools and support to make and maintain the change. With the launch of ecoAnalyze, that is no longer the case within the legal industry. ecoAnalyze is a premier consultancy that specializes in assisting law firms nationwide in reducing their environmental impact

MORRIS TOWNSHIP, NJ/WILMINGTON, DE-- Honeywell and DuPont have announced a manufacturing joint venture to produce a new refrigerant for use in automotive air conditioning systems. The new refrigerant has 99.7 percent lower global warming potential (GWP) than the current refrigerant.

HOUSTON, TX/SEATTLE, WA-- Waste Management, Inc. and MicroGREEN Polymers, Inc. has announced a strategic investment as part of a Series B round of financing that generated a total of approximately $6.9 million from Waste Management, Seattle-based WRF Capital, Northwest Energy Angels and other private investors. This round of funding will enable MicroGREEN to increase engineering, sales and marketing staff, and expand its commercial production capabilities for a wide range of consumer products.

MONTEREY, CA--CTB/McGraw-Hill, a leading provider of PreK - 12 and adult education assessment solutions, announced that the company's Corporate Headquarters in Monterey has received the Green Business Certificate from the Monterey Bay Area Green Business Program. 

NEW YORK, NY-- CORE Club and Greenjets Incorporated are proud to announce their partnership as part of the CORE Access Travel Program. As part of the program, CORE members will have the ability to reserve seats on private jets through Greenjets private jet service while remaining environmentally and fiscally responsible.

ALBANY, NY--In the last six months, four companies have located their operations and three have expanded their operations at STEP, which is owned by the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA)

DALLAS, TX -- Lockheed Martin has been awarded a $3.5 million contract to develop the Integrated Smart-BEAR Power System (ISBPS) for the U.S. Air Force. The Basic Expeditionary Airfield Resources (BEAR) program equips U.S. forces with lightweight, air-transportable assets used to establish mobile air bases

DALLAS, TX--PepsiCo and Paul Quinn College have inaugurated the PepsiCo Food for Good Farm at Paul Quinn College with the farm's first planting.