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GLOBAL GREEN USA APPLAUDS ELIMINATION OF VX STOCKPILE IN INDIANA
August 11, Washington, DC - Global Green USA, the US national environmental affiliate of Mikhail Gorbachev's Green Cross International, today applauded the work of the Chemical Materials Agency (CMA) of the US Department of Defense, which announced the neutralization of the final container of deadly VX nerve agent at Newport, Indiana.
Dr. Paul Walker, Director of Global Green USA's "Security and Sustainability Program," stated that "the successful elimination of the 1,269 tons of VX nerve agent over the past 39 months represents a major, historic step forward in protecting American citizens, removing a potential target for terrorist attack, and fulfilling our legal obligations under the international Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) to abolish our total declared chemical weapons stockpile of 31,500 tons by 2012." "However," he added, "the Bush Administration and the US Congress have failed to adequately fund the safe destruction of chemical weapons in both the US and Russia today, thereby delaying the process for a decade or more and potentially undermining the global ban on this whole class of weapons of mass destruction."
GLOBAL GREEN JOINS WITH RECOVERY SCHOOL DISTRICT AND NEIGHBORHOOD TO CREATE FIRST MODEL FOR GREEN SCHOOL BUILDING
New Orleans - July 17, 2008 - Global Green USA has contributed $300,000 plus technical expertise to fund the transformation of the Andrew H. Wilson Elementary School into the first offical Model Green School, raising the bar for community rebuilding standards. Partnering with the Recovery School District, Global Green USA will rebuild and apply LEED Silver status green renovations to the school building that sustained severe damage due to levee failures after Hurricane Katrina.
On Thursday, July 17 at 2:00 p.m., a groundbreaking event will be held on the campus of the Wilson School to kick-off the important community alliance formed between Global Green USA, the Andrew H. Wilson Elementary School, the Broadmoor Improvement Association (BIA) and the Recovery School District (RSD) for redevelopment with a focus on modeling the latest in green, sustainable building.
ALFRE WOODARD, NORMAN LEAR, ARIANNA HUFFINGTON, ED BEGLEY, JR., RHONA MITRA JOIN GLOBAL GREEN USA TO CELEBRATE ACHIEVEMENTS OF ENVIRONMENTAL LEADERS
Los Angeles, CA - June 12, 2008 - Global Green USA will be presenting its 12th Annual Millennium Awards honoring leading innovators for their extraordinary environmental contributions on Saturday, June 14th at the Fairmont Miramar Hotel in Santa Monica.
Alfre Woodard will host the event, which recognizes those whose lives and livelihood embody Global Green USA’s mission of fostering a global value shift toward a sustainable and secure world.
“As our communities grapple with the global and local threats posed by climate change, it is exciting to be reminded of some of the extraordinary initiatives that individual, corporate and government leaders are pioneering to help create and implement solutions to global warming,” said Global Green USA President and CEO Matt Petersen. “These honorees demonstrate that smart solutions to global warming exist, are economically viable and provide invaluable health and environmental benefits to our communities.”
RUSSIA TAKES ANOTHER STEP FORWARD IN WMD THREAT REDUCTION
Washington, DC - June 12, 2008 - Global Green USA, the U.S. affiliate of Mikhail Gorbachev’s Green Cross International, welcomes the official opening of Russia’s fourth major facility for the destruction of its chemical weapons arsenal and urges safety and transparency as destruction gets underway. The facility, located near Leonidovka in the Penza Oblast (350 miles SE of Moscow), holds 6,885 metric tons of VX, sarin, and soman nerve agents, about 17% of Russia’s declared chemical weapons stockpile.
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