U.S. EPA Energy Star News

These ENERGY STAR certified container glass plants annually save 1.3 million Btus of energy, avoid about $7.5 million in energy bills, and prevent the emission of nearly 61,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent, equal to the emissions from the electricity use of more than 7,000 homes for one year.  

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Acting Regional Administrator, Stan Meiburg, today joined Congressman Bennie Thompson and a host of state and local officials at a news conference to announce the start of construction of a wastewater treatment system costing approximately $1 million in Bolivar County, Mississippi. Of the $1 million, Bolivar County received approximately $500,000 from EPA in addition to approximately $500,000 from the Department of Housing and Urban Development, Community Development Block Grant program.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Energy Star program has helped improve the energy efficiency of the auto manufacturing industry, which has cut fossil fuel use by 12 percent and reduced greenhouse gases by more than 700,000 tons of carbon dioxide, according to a recent report by the Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions at Duke University. The emissions reductions, which help to fight climate change, equal the emissions from the electricity use of more than 80,000 homes for a year.

Recognizing its leadership in efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions through energy efficiency, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has honored NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital with an ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year Award for Sustained Excellence in Energy Management, the energy program's highest honor. It is the fifth time the Hospital has been honored by the EPA — the most of any hospital in the country.