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Press Release: Final AB 32 Scoping Plan Contains Key Improvements
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Derek Walker, (410) 980-0939-c, dbwalker@edf.org
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(Sunnyvale, CA – October 14, 2008) The California Air Resources Board’s (CARB) revised final scoping plan for implementing the Global Warming Solutions Act (AB 32) contains important improvements from the original plan, according to Environmental […]
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Press Release: Environmental Defense Fund Partners with Wal-Mart to Cut Global Shopping Bag Waste
(New York - September 25, 2008) Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) will serve as Wal-Mart’s (NYSE: WMT) environmental partner in the Global Plastic Shopping Bag Waste Reduction Commitment that the retailer announced today at the Clinton Global Initiative Annual Meeting. EDF will help […]
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