Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack highlighted improvements to school meals, a cornerstone of USDA's efforts to create a generational change to improve childhood nutrition. The Secretary also discussed efforts to create new partnerships with chefs around the country to positively impact the eating habits of children.
Biomass Secure Power Inc. (OTC:Pinksheet: "BMSPF") (the "Company") is pleased to provide shareholders with an update on the status of lease option at the Port of Greater Baton Rouge. The Company has set up a wholly owned subsidiary in the State of Louisiana to hold the pellet plant project, namely Biomass Power Louisiana L.L.C.
Biomass Power Louisiana L.L.C. effective March 1, 2013 has secured a six month option to lease the site on which they propose to build a pellet plant for a payment of $50,000. Plans are in place to build the plant in four phases over several years. The scopes for phase one will be released for tender April 2013 and construction is expected to commence summer 2013.
Phase one consists of three production lines each capable of producing 340,000 tonne per year of biomass pellets. When phase 1 is complete the company will have the capacity to produce one million tonnes of pellets per year.
Sunora Energy Solutions just completed a solar photovoltaic installation at the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Charter School for Science & Technology in New Orleans. The installation, donated by NRG Energy, Inc. (NYSE: NRG), Sunora Energy Solutions, and others was unveiled on Saturday, February 2ndand will provide hands-on solar energy education for the school's students, as well as solar power to help reduce the school's utility bill.
Every 60 minutes, the Louisiana coastline loses a football-field sized tract of land. As part of the upcoming Super Bowl XLVII in New Orleans, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will team up with the National Football League and the New Orleans Super Bowl XLVII Host Committee to bring national attention to this local issue and help revitalize wetlands in Louisiana.
Super Bowl Host Committee's Environmental Committee Initiatives Focus on a "Greener" Game, Fans and CommunityIt was the "greenest" game in Super Bowl history. The New Orleans Host Committee's (NOHC) Environmental Committee worked tirelessly for more than two years to implement a variety of environmental initiatives designed to "green" the game, the fans and the community of New Orleans.
Under a plea agreement accepted by a federal court, the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) will oversee the distribution of nearly $2.4 billion in settlement funds BP has agreed to pay to benefit natural resources on the Gulf Coast in the aftermath of the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
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