Topic: Washington, DC
Interested in learning more about the green movement, stepping into the community, finding out about the latest products, innovations, and ideas, or simply getting a little eco inspiration? In Washington DC and San Francisco in 2010, and adding Chicago, Seattle, New York, ...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency provides millions of dollars in grants every year to help community rehabilitate brownfields, which are abandoned industrial or commercial sites. Restoring brownfield sites can remove potentially harmful contaminants or pollutants, as well as improve development in surrounding ...
Starting a green business can be a gratifying project as well as a lucrative one. The Ecosystem Marketplace seeks to work on the local level and bridge the gap between the suppliers and consumers of green and eco-friendly services. Ecosystem Marketplace. gov ...
In any given year, some days stand out as touchstones for an industry, and for clean tech. As the seventh annual Renewable Energy Finance Forum (REFF)-Wall Street opened at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in midtown Manhattan, Wall Street itself was beginning one of ...
Twenty five years ago, when hundreds of families fled their homes in Love Canal, an upstate New York suburb built on 21,000 tons of toxic chemicals, the scandal became a turning point for the environmental movement. Thanks to new public awareness, government ...
Environmental groups sue in Washington, D.C., over BLM plan allowing Wyoming drillingFive environmental groups have filed a lawsuit challenging a long-range U.S. Bureau of Land Management plan that will guide oil and gas development over a vast area in south-central Wyoming.The groups ...
As the capital of the United States, Washington DC is the home of many famous attractions such as The White House, the Lincoln Memorial and the Washington Monument. Washington DC is also the home of green organizations like the U.S. Green Building ...
NEXT time you reach for the toilet roll, consider this: 60 million rolls of toilet paper are flushed away in Europe every day. In a report last week, the Worldwatch Institute in Washington DC highlighted the wastage of paper in rich and ...
Hovnanian shares rise; homebuilder agrees to pay $1 million to resolve pollution allegationsShares of Hovnanian Enterprises spiked to a 52-week high a day after the homebuilder settled with the government for $1 million over alleged Clean Water Act violations.The government's complaint alleged ...
With billions of dollars being invested in green technologies, a movement is growing to create thousands of green jobs in Washington, DC. Washington DC is striving to lead the way in developing new green jobs training and career development programs across the ...
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