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EnviroBusiness News….May 2007

Buchanan Ingersoll acquires San Diego firm Two months after losing its San Diego office managing
partner, Buchanan Ingersoll said Thursday it has acquired seven-lawyer San Diego law firm Alhadeff & Solar.
Buchanan said it will maintain its four-lawyer office in Del Mar, Calif., as well as its new one in downtown San
Diego that opens officially Friday. The latest additions are led by partners Sam Alhadeff and Keith Solar, who
handle business law, litigation and water law matters, among others. Solar's practice revolves around water law
and in the tuna industry, with clients such as Basin Water Inc., South Pacific Tuna Corp., Chicken of the Sea
International and FCF Fishery Co. Alhadeff has a land-use and environmental law practice with clients such as
Beazer Homes, Lennar Corp., D.R. Horton. Inc., Standard Pacific Homes, Pulte Homes Inc./Del Webb and
Meritage Homes Corp. The acquisition comes after the April 3 departures of San Diego office managing partner
Daniel T. Pascucci, who also led the firm's California litigation practice, and intellectual property litigation
partner Andrew Skale for Boston's Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky & Popeo. Buchanan Ingersoll is based in
Pittsburgh. It has 80 lawyers in Philadelphia and 550 lawyers firmwide. Philadelphia Business Journal 5/31/07

NRG Energy, Inc. joins Chicago Climate Exchange NRG Energy, Inc. (NYSE:NRG) has joined the
Chicago Climate Exchange (CCX(R)), the world's first voluntary and legally binding greenhouse gas emissions
reduction, registry and trading program. NRG joins global companies such as Bayer Corporation, Ford, IBM
and Intel as a member. CCX is the world's first and North America's only legally binding rules-based greenhouse
gas emissions allowance trading system, as well as the world's only global system for emissions trading based
on all six greenhouse gases NRG news release 5/30/07

PSE&G to replace 1,300 vehicles with hybrids to help curb carbon emissions in New Jersey Public
Service Electric and Gas Company (PSE&G) today unveiled plans to reduce its carbon emissions by more than
81,000 tons by replacing 1,300 vehicles with hybrids and making changes in other areas of its corporate fleet.
During the next decade, the utility will invest in hybrid cars and light trucks, hybrid bucket truck prototypes,
electric-drives and alternative fuels in an effort to reduce global-warming emissions PSEG 5/29/07

West Windsor mayor joins planning commission Township Mayor Shing-Fu Hsueh, a professional
planner and engineer, has been appointed to the State Planning Commission, a division of the Office of
Smart Growth Trenton Times  5/25/07

Housing slump takes toll on builders Government data showing an unexpected surge in new home sales weren't much comfort to luxury homebuilder Toll Bros., which reported a 79 percent drop in second-quarter profits yesterday Star-Ledger 5/25/07

Middlesex Water Company hosts annual meeting of shareholders News release  5/24/07

Toll Brothers profit falls on housing downturn Luxury home builder Toll Brothers (NYSE:TOL - news)
on Thursday reported sharply lower quarterly net income, hurt by a downturn in the U.S. housing market.
Net income fell 79 percent, to $36.7 million, or 22 cents a share, in the second quarter ended April 30 from
$174.9 million, or $1.06 a share, a year earlier. The profit beat analysts' average expectation of 14 cents a
share, according to Reuters Estimates. Earlier this month, Toll had said it no longer expected to achieve the
quarterly and full-year forecasts it had provided in February. Its net income outlook for the second quarter had
been 43 cents to 57 cents a share. Reuters 5/24/07 

Phillips Lytle attorney speaks on new environmental regulation and brownfields John A. Orlowski,
an attorney with Phillips Lytle LLP, one of the region’s largest full service law firms, recently gave a presentation
titled “New Environmental Law Affecting Lenders: EPA’s All Appropriate Inquiry Standard.”  This presentation
was part of a continuing legal education program held in conjunction with the Banking Law Committee of the Bar
Association of Erie County, New York. The Banking Law Committee, chaired by Sharon Prise Azurin, a Phillips
Lytle attorney, monitors developments and changes in both federal and state law governing the activities of
financial institutions and serves as an educational forum for its members. Mr. Orlowski also recently spoke on
“Brownfield Law and Regulations in New York” at the Air and Waste Management Association’s 2007 Annual
Enrichment Training for Environmental Professionals conference. The event has evolved into the foremost
conference of its kind in Western New York and provides environmental professionals an opportunity to network
with key state environmental professionals as well as professionals from other New York businesses. All
conference proceeds go towards funding education and environmental scholarships for future professionals.
At Phillips Lytle, Mr. Orlowski counsels clients on the impact of environmental laws on real estate and business
transactions, property development and brownfield redevelopment, environmental compliance and litigation. 
He holds a J.D. from University at Buffalo School of Law, a M.B.A. from University at Buffalo School of
Management and a B.S. from State College of Environmental Science and Forestry at Syracuse University.
In addition to the American, New York and Erie County Bar Associations, Mr. Orlowski is also affiliated with
The Business Council of New York State, Inc. and the National Brownfield Association. Phillips Lytle is a
full-service law firm with seven offices across New York State in Buffalo, Albany, Chautauqua, Garden City,
New York City and Rochester 5/23/07

William Levis to become president of PSEG Power Levis to remain as Chief Nuclear Officer as four
others receive new nuclear executive posts. Public Service Enterprise Group (PSEG) announces the election
of William Levis as president and chief operating officer of PSEG Power, its wholesale energy business, as
of June 20. He will succeed Frank Cassidy, who is retiring after eight years as head of the subsidiary, which
includes PSEG Nuclear, PSEG Fossil and PSEG Energy Resources & Trade PSEG  5/23/07 

PPL’s utilities tops in class in national study of customer satisfaction Utilities get highest marks in
combined gas, electric group. For the seventh consecutive year, PPL Corporation’s (NYSE: PPL) Pennsylvania-
based utilities ranked highest in customer satisfaction among combined electric and gas utilities in the
American Customer Satisfaction Index PPL news release 5/21/07

Once-troubled Allegheny Energy makes the grade After four years in the investment junkyard, Allegheny
Energy Inc. has returned to investment grade. Credit rating firm Standard & Poor's earlier this month upgraded
the company's rating from BB+, a junk bond rating, to BBB-, the lowest investment grade level. The outlook is
stable. The road to investment grade wasn't easy for the Greensburg-based company, which supplies electricity
to customers in Pennsylvania, Maryland, West Virginia and Virginia Pittsburgh Business Times 5/21/07

New Western Pennsylvania Conservancy head named  The Western Pennsylvania Conservancy on
Friday named Thomas D. Saunders president and CEO, nine months after Dennis McGrath abruptly stepped
down. Most recently Saunders was community development director for the city of Gainesville, Fla., for the
past 10 years. Last November, McGrath announced he was resigning due to family circumstances. He had
joined WPC in April 2005 after more than 20 years with the Nature Conservancy. Since its founding in 1932,
the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy has protected more than 212,000 acres of natural lands in
Pennsylvania, restored watersheds and saved natural habitats for a diversity of uses. It has been responsible
for the founding of six state parks, including Ohiopyle, Laurel Ridge, McConnell's Mill, Moraine, Oil Creek
and Erie Bluffs. The WPC also preserves Fallingwater, the home designed in 1935 by Frank Lloyd Wright
for Edgar J. Kaufmann in Mill Run, Pa. Pittsburgh Business Times  5/14/07

PPL’s Holtwood hydroelectric plant and fish lifts welcome the public PPL Corporation’s Holtwood
hydroelectric plant and fish lifts will be open to the public for tours from 9-11:30 a.m. Saturday (5/19) during
the height of shad migration season. “PPL’s Holtwood hydroelectric plant is an important energy source for
the region and has provided clean, renewable energy for nearly 100 years,” said N. Christian Porse, senior
engineer in charge of the Holtwood plant. “We welcome the public to come view how we operate the plant
and manage the surrounding lands to meet high standards of environmental stewardship.” Visitors will get
an insider’s view of the plant’s operations, watching as water from the Susquehanna River spins t he plant’s
giant turbines to create electricity. The open house will also include tours of Holtwood Dam’s fish lifts — the
largest operating fish lifts in the United States. PPL built the lifts to move migrating American shad over the
dam during their annual spring spawning migration. In operation since 1997, the lifts have moved hundreds
of thousands of shad as they swim upriver to return to their natural spawning grounds. The migration usually
begins in April and lasts until June, depending on river flows and water temperatures. The tours are free and
open to the public. Group size is limited and registration is required. For more information, registration or
directions, contact Karen Ament at 717-284-4651 or ekament@hotmail.com. PPL Corporation (NYSE: PPL)
headquartered in Allentown, PA., controls more than 11,000 megawatts of generating capacity in the United
States 5/14/07

James Johnston, P.E. Elected President of ASFE PMK Group, Inc. with offices in Cranford, Farmingdale
& Marlton, NJ, is pleased to announce that James Johnston, P.E., P.P., R.B.P. is the new President of
 ASFE/The Best People on Earth, a not-for-profit association of "earth- engineering" firms.  Established in 1969,
ASFE (Associated Soil and Foundation Engineers) develops programs, services, and materials its member
firms use to enhance the quality of their business practices and thereby "prosper through professionalism."
Member firms provide professional "earth-engineering" services; i.e., geotechnical, environmental and civil
engineering; infrastructure and infrastructure security design; geology, biology, ecology, and archeology;
brownfields revitalization; construction and program management; and construction materials engineering and
testing.  All member firms' technical activities are under the full-time control of an individual who is legally and/
or ethically bound to hold paramount public health, safety, and welfare. ASFE membership is also available to
individuals who are full-time faculty members, consultants to ASFE member firms, and professionals whose
employing organizations are ineligible for member-firm participation. Inaugurated at ceremonies during ASFE's
annual meeting in Hawaii, Johnston is the 37th individual to serve as ASFE's President and Board of Directors
Chair.  Johnston chairs the Board of Directors of PMK Group, a consulting and environmental engineering firm
headquartered in Cranford, NJ.  He also serves as the PMK Executive Vice President responsible for the firm's
strategic and client management functions. Johnston joined PMK in 1986, soon after receiving Bachelor of
Science and Master of Science degrees from Rutgers University.  Since then he has designed and managed
numerous projects involving the assessment and remediation of contaminated sites, as well as brownfields
and landfill redevelopment.  He often serves as an expert witness and frequently consults with planning and
zoning boards throughout New Jersey. 5/14/07

Environmental attorney inducted into NJBA Associates Hall of Fame Andrew B. Robins, an
officer and shareholder at the law firm of Giordano Halleran & Ciesla, was inducted into the New Jersey
Builders Association’s (NJBA) Associate Hall of Fame at the NJBA Industry Awards
luncheon held during the Atlantic Builder’s Convention in Atlantic City on April 19,
2007. The Associate Hall of Fame Award recognizes associate members for their
sustained, dedicated quality service to the association and community. Robins, a
member of the firm’s Environmental Law Practice Area, focuses on resolving issues
relating to environmental issues including: regulatory compliance, cost recovery
litigation and transaction negotiation and risk analysis. His background includes
a wide variety of environmental and brownfield redevelopment matters. Robins is
a frequent lecturer and author of articles and treatise sections in his practice area.
He received his law degree from Rutgers University School of Law, Newark, and
his bachelors degree from the University of Pennsylvania. 5/14/07

Company that pays store credits for recycling gets funding RecycleBank says it has received
$13.M million in a first-round venture-capital financing from RRE Ventures LLC and Sigma Partners. The
Philadelphia-based company plans to use the money to expand the number of geographic areas in which
it offers its program, which rewards consumers for recycling by providing them with RecycleBank dollars
they can use to receive discounts from participating retailers and product manufacturers. RecycleBank
was founded with seed money from Columbia University's Eugene M. Lang Center for Entrepreneurship
and since has financed itself through strategic partnerships. Philadelphia Business Journal 5/9/07 

Toll Brothers counsel Liu leaving for Xerox Toll Brothers senior vice president, general counsel
and corporate compliance officer Don Liu said Wednesday that he will be leaving the company and the
Philadelphia area to take a similar position with Xerox Corp. in Stamford, Conn. Liu has spent the past
15 years as an in-house counsel of three different companies, serving as general counsel of two of them.
He has spent the past two years with Horsham, PA., homebuilder Toll (NYSE:TOL). In 1999, Liu became
the only Asian-American general counsel of a Fortune 500 company -- he is now one of six -- when he
joined Ikon Office Solutions. Prior to Ikon, he was vice president and deputy chief legal officer for Aetna
U.S. Healthcare. Philadelphia Business Journal 5/9/07

SJI earnings jump 63% under new measure South Jersey Industries’ income from continuing
operations fell 12 percent to $27.2M for the first quarter, or 13 percent to 92 cents per share.
 “Economic earnings,” however, increased 63 percent to $38.4M, and earnings per share were up
 60 percent to $1.30 AC Press 5/9/07

Middlesex Water Company Announces First Quarter Results Middlesex Water Company
(Nasdaq:MSEX), a provider of water and wastewater and related services in New Jersey and Delaware,
today announced that operating revenues for the quarter ended March 31, 2007 increased $0.8M, from
the same period in 2006. News release 5/9/07 

Land Trust adds trustees The Hunterdon Land Trust Alliance board of trustees recently appointed
three new trustees to provide strategic direction for the group's growing land conservation efforts.
The new trustees are Rose Hanley of Bethlehem Township, Jan Holms and Mark Titus, both of
Lambertville Courier News 5/7/07

Hovnanian's loss wider than forecast Hovnanian Enterprises said today that its fiscal second-
quarter loss will be wider than previously forecast after selling fewer homes amid still-tepid demand
in the housing market. Hovnanian, which builds upscale houses in major markets like Florida, Arizona
and California, expects to report a net loss of 45 cents to 50 cents a share Daily Record 5/4/07 

PSEG announces first quarter 2007 results Public Service Enterprise Group (PSEG) today
reported income from continuing operations for the first quarter of 2007 of $335M or $1.32 per share
as compared to $208M or $0.83 per share for the comparable period in 2006.  Excluding merger-related
costs of $5M or $0.02 per share, PSEG reported operating earnings of $213M or $0.85 per share for
the 2006 first quarter.  Losses on discontinued operations of $6M or $0.02 per share reduced net
income for the first quarter of 2007 to $329M or $1.30 per share and lowered net income for the first
quarter of 2006 by $5M or $0.02 per share to $203M or $0.81 per share PSEG  5/4/07

Sunoco doubles first quarter profit Sunoco Inc. said Wednesday its first-quarter net income
more than doubled largely because of a $90M after-tax gain. The Philadelphia oil refiner and gasoline
retailer earned $175M, or $1.44 per fully diluted share, in the quarter, up from $79M, or 59 cents per
fully diluted share, in the same quarter a year earlier. Sunoco's $90M gain related to the prior issuance
of limited partnership units of Sunoco Logistics Partners LP (NYSE:SXL) to the public. Sunoco
(NYSE:SUN) owns 43 percent of the Philadelphia-based pipeline and terminal operator, which it spun
off in 2002. Sunoco's revenue in the quarter was $9.3B, up from $8.6B. Chairman and CEO John G.
Drosdick said Sunoco's results for the quarter were hurt by a $520M project at its Philadelphia refinery
Philadelphia Business Journal 5/3/07

Koppers' profit a first-quarter record Koppers Holdings Inc. set a first-quarter record for profit, the
company said Thursday. The maker of chemical-coated railroad ties and carbon pitch for the aluminum
industry (NYSE:KOP) reported net income of $10.5M million for the quarter ending March 31, 2007, on
a sales increase of $56.5M. The company's quarterly sales increase represents a 21.3 percent improvement
over the company's first quarter 2006 results Pittsburgh Business Times 5/3/07 

Allegheny Energy finalizes contract for scrubber project at Fort Martin Power Station Allegheny
Energy, Inc. (NYSE: AYE) today announced that it has signed an agreement for engineering and construction
work related to the installation of flue gas desulfurization equipment (scrubbers) at the coal-fired Fort Martin
Power Station. The company said the scrubbers will reduce sulfur dioxide emissions by about 95 percent
and significantly reduce mercury emissions at the facility, located six miles north of Morgantown, W.Va.
Under the agreement, The Babcock & Wilcox Company will provide the absorber vessel equipment and
ancillary equipment for the scrubbers. The company said the Fort Martin project is a continuation of its
overall environmental improvement program, which includes commitments to invest approximately $1.4B
to reduce emissions over the next few years 5/3/07

TerraCycle fires return salvo at Scotts Miracle-Gro TerraCycle, the Trenton, NJ startup plant
food company that is being sued by industry giant Scotts Miracle-Gro, is not backing down. The 4-year-
old company that prides itself on its environmentally friendly business practices fired back at Scotts in
court papers yesterday, alleging Scotts engages in questionable practices Trenton Times 5/3/07 

SWEP adds two new board members The Society of Women Environmental Professionals (SWEP)
of Greater Philadelphia is pleased to announce the addition of two new members to its Board of Directors. 
SWEP welcomes Susan G. McDowell and Deborah L. Shuff.  McDowell is an Environmental Scientist/
Ecologist who has been with the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for  17 years. 
She has worked primarily in the Mid-Atlantic Regional Office designing and conducting community-based
initiatives aimed at reducing environmental health risks on a local level.  Shuff is an attorney who has been
practicing with Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP since 2002 in the fields of environmental law and toxic torts.
She has handled a variety of federal, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania actions involving environmental issues,
including groundwater contamination, soil contamination, natural resource damages, and landfill issues. 
Notably, she successfully opposed class certification in an alleged contaminated drinking water case in
which the contaminants of concern were TCE, PCE, and mercury, the proposed class was approximately
80,000 individuals, and the requested remedy was medical monitoring calculated at more than one billion
dollars. A non-profit organization, SWEP of Greater Philadelphia was formed in 1995 as a resource for
women environmental professionals in the Philadelphia region. Morel information about the organization
can be found at www.swepweb.com.  5/3/07