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ALEXANDRIA, VA (MARKET WIRE) The Sanitation Districts of Los Angeles County (LACSD) will receive the prestigious Public Education Award from the Water Environment Federation (WEF), an international not-for-profit technical and educational water quality organization. The award will be presented during ceremonies at WEFTEC(R).08 -- WEF's 81st annual technical exhibition and conference -- next month in Chicago, Ill.

Homeland Security Capital Corp.’s environmental remediation division has won a $2.4 million contract from the Department of energy to provide decontamination services.

ARLINGTON, WA (MARKET WIRE) OutBack Power systems S.L.U., a wholly owned subsidiary of OutBack Power systems, Inc., announced today the opening of its new office and warehouse in Barcelona, Spain, establishing a presence to meet ongoing demand from European, African and Middle Eastern markets. OutBack Power will execute technical support, service, sales and product distribution from this office.

LEAGUE CITY, TX (MARKET WIRE) Senscient elected John S. Filla to Chairman of the Senscient Board of Directors in a meeting of the company directors on August 6, 2008. Filla has over 15 years of global experience in the field of instrumentation and controls, with a focus on Health, Safety and Environmental (HSE) applications. Filla is also active in the funding, M&A activities and management of several other early-stage companies where he provides guidance on a broad spectrum of strategic, financial and operational matters.

HENDERSON, NV (MARKET WIRE) energy Quest, Inc. ("EQI") (OTCBB: EQST), an emerging leader in alternative energy and the development and production of hydrogen-enriched alternative fuels in an environmentally responsible manner, today announced the signing of a Letter of Intent (LOI) with CO.F.A.M.M. (COFAMM) of Romentino, Italy. The letter sets forth the basic terms and conditions under which EQI expects to enter a definitive purchase agreement for the construction and installation of 500 tons per day of MSW (municipal waste) to 20 MW Power gasification plant.

Alastair Dorward has stepped down as president and CEO of Method Products, the San Francisco-based natural cleaning products company he has led since 2001.

FRAMINGHAM, MA (MARKET WIRE) Computerworld, the Voice of IT management, today announced 20 Finalists for its inaugural "Best Practices in Green IT" Awards Program. From this prestigious field, the top Honoree in each category will be announced at a Gala Dinner and Awards Ceremony on September 18 during Computerworld's Green IT Symposium, taking place Sept. 17-18, 2008 at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center in National Harbor, Md. Specifically, each category Honoree and remaining Finalists will be acknowledged with an award on stage during the ceremony.

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM (MARKET WIRE) Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report related to the Plastic industry industry is available in its catalogue.

EMYVALE, PE (MARKET WIRE) Eco-friendly clothing site FashionandEarth.com announced today it is submitting its entire operations from products to supply chains for independent evaluation of its carbon footprint. This initial assessment of the green clothing retailer will provide a quantitative measure to serve as a baseline for improvements in the eco-friendly clothing site's efforts to become a zero impact corporation.

BARRIE, ON (MARKET WIRE) Winning Brands Corporation (PINKSHEETS: WNBD) (FRANKFURT: WMU) (www.WinningBrands.ca) reports that sales of Winning Colours Stain Remover to Mexican consumers have started following the company's announcement in May 2008 that Clark Hardware of Laredo, Texas would carry the popular new eco-responsible stain remover into this market. Several stores in the Mexican cities of Acuna and Reynosa now have Winning Colours Stain Remover on the shelf and operations there are underway. Preliminary results from introducing Mexican consumers to Winning Colours are sufficiently positive that Clark will now