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Selling Green in the Spec Office Market
Read the full story in Building Design and Construction. A growing number of speculative office developers are going to market with sustainable, high-performance buildings. But are tenants willing to pay more green for green space?
Posted in Green Building
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Marriott Golf Goes Green – 34 Courses To Meet 2008 Audubon Certification
Read the press release. Marriott Golf, one of the world’s premier golf operators, today announced new standards requiring 34 of the company’s managed golf courses throughout North America and the Caribbean to become Certified Audubon Cooperative Sanctuaries, by year end … Continue reading
Posted in Green Business, Sustainability
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This Year March Madness Means: NCAA Schools Cut Their Environmental Impact
Read the press release. Selections have been made, the bracket is set and the NCAA tournament is upon us. While you cheer for your teams during March Madness, Juice Energy Inc. wants you to keep in mind that some of … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change, Renewable Energy, Schools
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April 2008 issue of Biodiesel Magazine
The April 2008 issue of Biodiesel Magazine is now online. Highlights include: Plotting a Safe Landing in CHALLENGING TIMES Biodiesel Blossoms in the Sunshine State Feedstock Development and Sustainability The Fourth Hour Supercritical Methanol for Biodiesel Production Is Biomethanol in … Continue reading
Posted in Biofuels
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Second Annual Rachel Carson Sense of Wonder Intergenerational Poetry, Essay and Photography Contest
Read the press release. The U.S. EPA Aging Initiative, in partnership with Generations United and the Rachel Carson Council Inc., are inviting submissions for its Second Annual Rachel Carson Sense of Wonder Intergenerational Poetry, Essay and Photography Contest.
Posted in Awards & contests, Schools
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Wal-Mart 'Green Store' Cuts Energy
Read the full story in the Chicago Tribune. Wal-Mart Stores Inc. will open its latest generation of energy-efficient test stores this week with a Las Vegas Supercenter that uses new cooling technology to cut overall energy use by up to … Continue reading
Posted in Energy, Green Building, Green Business
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Plastic Easter Eggs Linked to Lead Paint
Read the full story in the Chicago Tribune. A chemistry professor who raised an earlier warning flag about toxic lead levels in toy jewelry didn’t have to look far for evidence of similar risks in Easter items such as plastic … Continue reading
Posted in Environmental Health
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OPINION: Bush's EPA hurts the environment, again
Read the full editorial from the Los Angeles Times. What do you do when the president behaves as if he is above science and the law? When it comes to environmental regulation, George W. Bush has repeatedly ignored both, and … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Policy
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Green Technology — Soliant Wins Environmental Award for Automotive Bright Film
Read the press release. Soliant LLC has been awarded the Global Plastics Environmental Conference (GPEC(R)) 2008 Achievement Award for “Enabling Technologies in Processes and Procedures” — for developing Fluorex(R) bright film. Fluorex(R) bright film is currently used on a variety … Continue reading
Posted in Awards & contests, Green Products
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Sink your teeth into green dentistry
Read the full story in Plenty Magazine. If you’ve ever sat in the dentist’s chair and wondered where all the latex gloves, chemicals, and x-ray films end up, or stopped to consider how much water and electricity the office uses, … Continue reading
Posted in Health Care Industry
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