The E2/P2 Intern Program is a nonregulatory, summer program designed to link top-level engineering and environmental sciences with business and industry. Collaboration focus on projects to reduce energy use, emissions and wasters, benefitting the company bottom line and the Kansas environment. Students work with a technical advisor from Pollution Prevention Institute and a host company to research E2/P2 projects that reduce or eliminate -
Energy use
Air emissions
Hazardous and solid wastes
Water contaminants
Employee risks
E2/P2 interns research effective waste-reducing solutions which help companies reduce operating costs, regulatory compliance burdens, and their environmental footprint. Through these projects, students gain hands-on experience in an industrial setting plus an understanding of pollution prevention strategies as value-added options for problem solving and environmental management.
http://www.sbeap.org/intern-program
Wednesday, April 4, 2012
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
Helpful Website Links to GO GREEN!
Thursday, February 2, 2012
GET INVOLVED!!
As of 2012, there are several opportunities to be involved on river projects:
•River clean-ups are scheduled to raise public awareness in regard to the
Arkansas River. The annual "River Trash Round Up" occurs each spring.
•The River City WRAPS (Watershed Restoration and Protection Strategy)
•The Wichita Initiative to Renew the Environment (WIRE)
The Arkansas River is our Kansas river and we all will continue working together to keep it an excellent community resource.
Friday, January 6, 2012
Denver named the "Most Electric Vehicle-Ready Cities"
Denver was named today as one of the “most electric vehicle-ready cities” in the United States by Ford. Ford said the city has developed a plan to allow quick turnaround for private individuals or businesses to obtain permits to install vehicle charging stations. Denver is participating in a U.S.-China “EcoPartnership” sponsored by the U.S. Department of the Treasury. The partnership includes the city of Denver, Ford Motor Company, the city of Chongquing, and Chang’an Motors. This partnership has, according to the Treasury Department, “the potential to significantly advance the global development of electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles.”
Six New US-China EcoPartnership Members
Secretary Clinton To Praise Announcement of Six New U.S.-China EcoPartnerships on May 10
Notice to the Press
Office of the Spokesman
Washington, DC
May 9, 2011
On May 10, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton will deliver opening remarks at a signing ceremony for six new U.S.-China EcoPartnerships, taking place alongside the third annual U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue (S&ED), at the Department of State.
Secretary Clinton will speak at approximately 9:30 a.m. Chinese Minister Xie Zhenhuas will speak on behalf of the Chinese government. Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs Dr. Kerri-Ann Jones and the Secretary’s Special Representative for Global Intergovernmental Affairs Reta Jo Lewis will also attend the ceremony.
The event is open to credentialed members of the media. EcoPartnerships representatives will be available for pull aside interviews after the ceremony.
Pre-set time for video cameras: 8:45 a.m. from the press filing center in the Exhibit Hall at the Department of State.
Final access time for journalists and still photographers: 9:10 a.m. from the press filing center in the Exhibit Hall at the Department of State.
Established under the Ten Year Framework on Energy and Environmental Cooperation (TYF), the EcoPartnerships program formally links U.S. and Chinese stakeholders to work on clean energy and sustainable development. Through seven existing partnerships, stakeholders are already sharing best practices on preventing air pollution, protecting water resources, rebuilding after natural disasters, developing electric vehicles and wind energy technologies, and safeguarding natural habitats.
Following Secretary Clinton’s opening remarks, a memorandum of understanding will be signed between six new EcoPartnerships:
- Case Western Reserve University (Cleveland, OH) with the China National Off-shore Oil Corp – New Energy Investment Co, Ltd. (Beijing, China)
- Duke Energy (Charlotte, NC) and the city of Charlotte, NC, with ENN Solar Energy Group (Langfang) and the city of City of Langfang (China)
- The State of Utah with Qinghai Province (China)
- Center for Climate Strategies (Washington, DC) with Global Environmental Institute (Beijing, China)
- United States Business Council for Sustainable Development (Austin, TX) with China Business Council for Sustainable Development (Beijing, China)
- Purdue University (West Lafayette, IN), the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, and Oak Ridge National Laboratory (Oak Ridge, TN) with the Chinese Academy of Sciences; Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research (Beijing, China), Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences (Beijing, China), and Institute of Applied Ecology (Shenyang, China).
PRESS CONTACT:
U.S. Department of State
Office of Press Relations
(202) 647-2492
What is an EcoPartnership?
EcoPartnerships are voluntary arrangements that stem from the U.S. - China Ten Year Energy and Environment Cooperation Framework established at the fourth meeting of the U.S. - China Strategic Economic Dialogue. The framework was developed to address the challenges of environmental sustainability and climate change with one objective being the initiation of EcoPartnerships between like-minded organizations in U.S. and China.
In December of 2008, the City of Wichita, Kansas and Wuxi, China entered into an EcoPartnership agreement.
The Wichita-Wuxi EcoPartnership specifically focuses on the exchange of best practices regarding clean air and water on a municipal and industrial levels, and is managed by the Kansas World Trade Center.
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