Boston Medical Center's Path to Going Carbon Neutral
Boston Medical Center is on pace to become the first hospital in New England to go carbon neutral upon completion of its building...
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Allison Stalker
May 4, 20161 min read
Philadelphia Prison Systems Receives Special Recognition from the EPA
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded special recognition in April to the City of Philadelphia for the Philadelphia Prison...
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Allison Stalker
Sep 30, 20142 min read
Obama Designates Massive Marine Reserve
Last week, President Obama designated the world’s largest marine reserve in the Pacific Islands. The reserve will cover 470,000 square...
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Allison Stalker
Aug 5, 20141 min read
PA DEP Extends Fuel Vehicle Rebate Program
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) announced that the Alternative Fuel Vehicle Rebate program is being...
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Allison Stalker
Feb 18, 20142 min read
Alternatives to Rock Salt
Many areas of the country have seen record levels of snow fall this winter and from my window in Philadelphia, it doesn’t seem like an...
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Allison Stalker
May 21, 20132 min read
Turning Food Waste into Electricity
The Kroger Co., a California based grocery chain, has plans for a new method of dealing with the huge amount of food waste grocery stores...
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Allison Stalker
Apr 23, 20132 min read
Sustainability for Hospitals
The American Hospital Association (AHA) has revamped its website created to help hospital facilities meet their sustainability goals. The...
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Allison Stalker
Nov 13, 20122 min read
Earth 911 – Recycling Resource
As climate change continues to be a serious problem that requires immediate attention, it is at times difficult to know how you as an...
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Josh Shkrab
May 7, 20122 min read
The CHEFS Tool Measures Carbon Footprints In Dining Services
How large is the carbon footprint of your cafeteria or dining area? Now you can accurately measure the amount of greenhouse gas...
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Josh Shkrab
Apr 30, 20124 min read
Sustainability and The Healthier Hospitals Initiative
The Healthier Hospitals Initiative (HHI) is an industry wide movement designed to incorporate the principles of sustainability into...
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Josh Shkrab
Oct 11, 20112 min read
Green Remediation: The Sustainable Approach to Hazardous Waste Site Cleanup
My name is Josh Shkrab and as a new Environmental Intern at EES, I would like to provide a brief summary of my background. I moved from...
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Heather Cummings
May 17, 20111 min read
Energy Efficiency Projects Save AT&T Millions
EES has posted a number of blogs regarding sustainability initiatives, and how quickly they can improve a company’s bottom line. Last...
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Heather Cummings
May 6, 20111 min read
Key Industrial Material, Now Greener
Weijie Ji, Chak-Tong Au, and colleagues claim they discovered an environmentally friendly way to produce acrylic acid, which is used in...
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Heather Cummings
Apr 8, 20112 min read
Brownfields 2011 – Sustainability Conference
Earlier this week the Pennsylvania Convention Center hosted Brownfields 2011, a sustainability conference hosted by the EPA and ICMA. ...
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Heather Cummings
Feb 7, 20112 min read
President Obama on “Winning the Future”
President Obama spoke at Penn State, University Park last week. The president focused on energy innovation, and the implications of such...
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Heather Cummings
Feb 4, 20111 min read
Goodbye Plastic Waste
A significant amount of household plastic ends up in landfills each year. This is due in part to our own laziness, but also due to the...
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Heather Cummings
Jan 25, 20111 min read
Sustainability in Health Care
Last Friday our president, Tom Petersen, presented a speech regarding sustainability in health care to more than twenty Hospital Fire...
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Heather Cummings
Dec 21, 20102 min read
College Sustainability Report Card 2011
Fall semester just concluded, but students are not the only ones receiving grades. GreenReportCard.org is the only independent...
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Heather Cummings
Dec 7, 20103 min read
Food, Antibiotics & Public Health: A Call to Action
Last week EES attended Food, Antibiotics & Public Health: A Call to Action in Healthcare, a speaking engagement in Philadelphia, Pa. The...
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Heather Cummings
Nov 23, 20102 min read
The Eagles Go Green
In an announcement late last week, the Philadelphia Eagles shared their plan to attain energy independence from fossil fuels. The...
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