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Press Releases from EPA:
- U.S. EPA Recognizes Raley’s Supermarket Efforts to Keep Planet Cool – Third Raley’s Store on West Coast to receive GreenChill gold-level certification
- U.S. Department of State: North American Proposal to Phase Down Use of HFCs (Hydrofluorocarbons) Under the Montreal Protocol (PDF) (1 p., 25 KB)
- Sprouts Farmers Market, Whole Foods, and Hill Phoenix Chill for the Environment
- Sprouts Farmers Market, Fresh and Easy, Raley’s Family of Fine Stores, Whole Foods, Supervalu, and Hill Phoenix Chill for the Environment
- Grocers and Refrigerator Companies with New England Presence Chill for the Environment
- Food Lion, Hill Phoenix, Sweetbay, Whole Foods, and Supervalu Chill for the Environment
- EPA Recognizes Supervalu, Inc., for Achieving Emissions Target as Part of GreenChill Program
- Sweetbay Supermarket Helps Keep Ice Cream , Planet Cool with GreenChill Partnership
- EPA Helps Supermarkets Save Money, Reduce Greenhouse Gases
- EPA Honors Climate and Ozone Layer Protection Award Winners
- EPA Proposes First National Reporting on Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Press Releases from GreenChill Partners: 
- Hill PHOENIX receives ‘Distinguished Partner Award’ from U.S. EPA’s GreenChill Advanced Refrigeration Partnership (PDF) (2 pp., 54 KB)
- Food Lion LLC Receives Distinguished Partner Award from EPA
- Giant Eagle Receives Three Awards from U.S. EPA’s GreenChill Advanced Refrigeration Partnership (PDF) (2 pp., 23 KB)
- Raley’s New Partner Award from EPA’s GreenChill Advanced Refrigeration Partnership
- Jewel-Osco Opens New “Green” Store In Chicago’s Marshfield Plaza Shopping Center (PDF) (2 pp, 40.6 KB)
- Environmentally Progressive New Price Chopper Opens in Colonie NY
- Fresh & Easy Joins EPA’s GreenChill Advanced Refrigeration Partnership (2 p., 195kb)
- Hussmann’s New Protochill Reduces Refrigerant Charge, Saves Energy (PDF) (1 p., 27kb)
- Raley’s Strikes Gold with Greenest Store Yet
- Dover Corporation: Hill PHOENIX Receives 2009 EPA Ozone Layer Protection Award
- Organic Valley Joins the EPA’s GreenChill Partnership
- Kysor//Warren Produces First NHS – Narrow Horizontal Slimline R-407A Refrigeration Rack
- Raley’s Press Release: Raley’s Joins the EPA’s GreenChill Advanced Refrigeration Partnership (PDF) (2 pp., 49kb)
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General News:
New Partner News
- Food Product Design: Sprouts Commits to Reducing Refrigerant Emissions
- Supermarket News: R.I. Independent Joins GreenChill, Wins Award Massachusetts Grocery Store Sets New National Environmental Benchmark
- Supermarket News: Sweetbay Joins EPA’s GreenChill
- Progressive Grocer: Fresh & Easy Joins EPA Advanced Refrigeration Partnership
- Supermarket News: Fresh & Easy Joins GreenChill
- CSR Wire: Organic Valley Joins the EPA’s GreenChill Partnership
- Environmental Leader: Raley’s Joins EPA’s GreenChill Refrigeration Partnership
- Supermarket News: Raley’s Joins EPA’s GreenChill Program
Partner News
- Reuters: Giant Eagle Honored with Green Grocer Award for Environmental Practices by Progressive Grocer Magazine
- Progressive Grocer: Mass. Star Market 1st to Achieve Platinum GreenChill Certification
- Business Journal: Raley’s to open its first Tracy store
- Supermarket News: Food Lion Store with CO2 Refrigeration System
- Progressive Grocer: McQuades’s Marketplace Earns GreenChill Gold Certification
- Long Island Press: Local Supermarkets Win GreenChill Awards
- Environmental Protection: Grocers Get GreenChill Awards for Lower Refrigerant Use
- Progressive Grocer: Whole Foods Recognized for Conscious Building, Operational Initiatives
- Sprouts enters Austin market, more sites on drawing board
- Fresh Plaza: Six Supermarkets receive EPA GreenChill Awards for reducing use of ozone depleting greenhouse gases
- NewsChannel34: Price Chopper Supermarkets singled out by EPA for Environmental Excellence
- The Business Review: EPA Honors ‘green’ Colonie Price Chopper
- Supermarket News: Giant Eagle Leads GreenChill Award Recipients
- Fresh Plaza: US: Giant Eagle leads GreenChill award recipients
- The Business Review: EPA honors ‘green’ Colonie Price Chopper
- Progressive Grocer: EPA GreenChill Awards: Giant Eagle Nabs Three; Raley’s Takes New Partner Award
- Food Equipment News: Food Lion LLC Unveils Ozone-friendly Refrigeration Technology
- GreenBuilings: New Hannaford Supermarket is First to Achieve LEED-Platinum Green Rating
- Reuters: Greener Produce In a Green Platinum Supermarket
- Environmental Leader: Hannaford Bros., Food Lion Add LEED Prototype Stores
- The State: Color new Northeast Food Lion green
- Supermarket News: EPA Applauds Jewel-Osco Store
- ACHR News: Hill Phoenix Acquisition
- Progressive Grocer: Sprouts to Open Ft. Collins Colo., Store This Week
- Progressive Grocer: Price Chopper Debuts Prototype Green Supermarket
- The Crozet Gazette: Harris Teeter Opens “Greenest” Grocery on East Coast in Crozet
- NBC29: First Eco-Green Harris Teeter in Crozet
- 19News: Crozet Harris Teeter Opens
- California Grocer: California Grocers Turn Green to Gold (PDF)
- The Petaluma Post: Raley’s Petaluma One of Nation’s “Greenest” Supermarkets (PDF)
- Supermarket News: Harris Teeter to Open LEED, GreenChill-Certified Store
- Trading Markets: Hill Phoenix Receives 2009 EPA Ozone Layer Protection Award
- Environmental Leader: Whole Foods Overhauls Energy Savings Program
- CNNMoney: Whole Foods Market Announces Alternative Energy Investment, Energy Savings with New Store Designs, Existing Store Retrofits
- Charlotte Business Journal: Harris Teeter to open LEED store
- Petaluma360: New Raley’s store to open next week: Color it green
- Sacramento Business Journal: Fantastic Sams seeks franchisees to grow its presence in region
- The Sacramento Bee: Raley’s to open green grocery on Earth Day
- RFFRetailer: Raley’s New Petaluma Store Receives Gold-Level Certification from EPA’s GreenChill Partnership
- Supermarket News: Raley’s Store Gets EPA’s Gold-Level Certification for Advanced Refrigeration
- Greener Buildings: California Raley’s Receives the EPA ‘GreenChill’ Gold Rating
- Progressive Grocer: Raley’s to Open its Greenest Store on Earth Day
- Raley’s: The Green Scene
- Dallas Business Journal: Whole Foods Opens Lakewood Location
- Supermarket News: Whole Foods gets GreenChill Silver-Level Certification
- Building Design and Construction: Cub Foods Goes for LEED Gold with New St. Paul Grocery Store
The GreenChill Partnership
- Solutions for energy star: GreenChill from EPA for Grocers
- Evergreen: Bob Vance, Vance Refrigeration
- R744: GreenChill Partnership includes 6,500 stores in 47 states
- Contracting Business News: GreenChill Program Now in 47 States
- Chain Store Age: EPA’s GreenChill Partnership expands to 6,500 stores
- Environmental Leader: GreenChill Supermarkets Reduce Emissions 8.5% in 2008
- GreenBiz: Supermarkets Line Up to Put Refrigerant Emissions on Ice
- YouTube: Brighter Living: GreenChill
Refrigeration Technology
- ACHR News: Compact Chiller Goes Shopping
- ACHR News: Emerson Approves Alternative Refrigerants
- Hydrocarbons21: Waitrose develops R290 refrigerant for new and refitted stores
- ACHR News: Solar Cooling for a Cold Storage Facility
- ACHR News: Ice Breaker: Evaporative Superheat Explained
- ACHR News: The Green Solution for Big Box Cooling
- ASHRAE: Carbon Dioxide in North American Supermarkets (PDF) (9 pp., 2.2 MB) Read more at www.ashrae.org
- Webwire: More Food Markets Using Dow Performance Fluids for Secondary Loop Refrigeration
The Green Movement
- Las Vegas Sun: Good energy-related jobs fueled by stimulus
- US DOE: Treasury, Energy Announces $500 Million in Awards for Clean Energy Projects
- The New York Times: Some Buildings Not Living Up to Green Label
- Progressive Grocer: 10,000 Retail Stores to Shutter by End of Year
- Progressive Grocer: Retailers Have Become Green Innovators: Study
- Progressive Grocer: Will Going Green Help or Hurt Your Operations?
- Sustainable Food News: Major Retailers to Converge for Sustainability Summit
- GreenBiz: New EPA Web Portal Features Green Resources for Retailers
- Ecopreneurist: How Green Is Your Grocery Store?
- Supermarket News: Study: Retailers Need to Better Communicate Green Messaging
- Progressive Grocer: Sustainable Solutions: It’s Not Easy Being Green
- Supermarket News: Retailers Cutting Energy Use in Stores
- Supermarket News: Times and Trends – A Snapshot of Trends Shaping the CPG and Retail Industries
- Progressive Grocer: Sustainable Differentiation
- Scientific American: Top 10 Myths about Sustainability
- Deseret News: Grocery Stores Look to Cut Waste and Be More “Green”
- Progressive Grocer: 8 Out of 10 Consumers Buying Green, Despite Battered Economy: Study
Regulatory Information
- Reuters: EPA to Exempt Small Business from Greenhouse Rule
- Slate: What Ever Happened to the Ozone Layer
- Supermarket News: Michigan Encourages Grocery Development
- White House: North American Leaders’ Declaration on Climate Change and Clean Energy
- The New York Times: Montreal Protocol Eyed as Weapon in Fight Against Climate Change
- Guardian.co.uk: IPCC chief: Benefits of tackling climate change will balance cost of action
- The Washington Post: Chemicals That Eased One Woe Worsen Another
- BBC News: US House Supports Emissions Bill
- UN: Scientists warn of growing threat to global warming from unchecked gases
- UNEP: Action on HFC Gases ‘Low Hanging Fruit’ Opportunity to Compbat Climate Change Says UN Environment Chief
- ACHR News: Legislative Brewing for HFC
- Environment & Energy Daily: CLIMATE: Waxman bill would accelerate HFC reduction (2 pp., 35kb)
- The New York Times: EPA Clears Way for Greenhouse Gas Rules
- Science Daily: Climate Change and Atmospheric Circulation Will Make For Uneven Ozone Recovery
- The New York Times: EPA holds trump card in U.S. emissions debate
- EE News: White House begins review of EPA endangerment proposal
- Bloomberg: Nations Start to Agree on Paying for Climate Pledges
- Reuters: World Wants Tough 2050 Climate Cuts, Split on Path
- Science Daily: Global Warming May Delay Recovery Of Stratospheric Ozone
- EPA: Proposed Mandatory Greenhouse Gas Reporting Rule
Additional GreenChill Partnership news and press releases will be posted here as they become available.