National Environmental Partnership Summit
October 20, 2008
National Environmental Partnership Summit
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Mercury Export Ban Signed into Law
October 15, 2008
Tuesday, October 14, 2008 the White House signed into law S. 906, the “Mercurcy Export Ban Act of 2008″. This law will prohibit the transfer of mercury by Frederal agencies, bans U.S. export of mercury, and requires the Department of Energy to designate and manage a mercurcy long-term disposal facility. On October 1, 2008, NPPR Executive Director, Jeffrey Burke, wrote President Bush on behalf of NPPR and it’s members to sign the ban into law. Here is the letter sent to the White House mercury-export-ban-letter-from-nppr.
U.S. Department of Energy: Office of Energy Effieciency and Renewable Energy
July 8, 2008
NPPR is an Allied Partner with the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE). A key element of the EERE program, Allied Partners represent shared, voluntary commitments to promote energy efficiency and renewal energy technologies.
Pollution Prevention Resource Exchange
July 8, 2008
NPPR has signed a Partnership Memorandum of Agreement with the Pollution Prevention Resource Exchange (P2Rx), a consortium of eight (8) regional pollution prevention information centers. By sharing principles and common understandings, NPPR and P2Rx have agreed to work together at the national level to increase resources available to P2 program, share information, increase utilization of services, and explore further opportunities for collaboration.
