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Share on FacebookMay 7, 2013
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April 15, 2013
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Eco-Ideas from Toronto’s Green Living Show
It seemed a bit smaller and emptier this year, much like the green movement in general. Continue reading
Share on FacebookApril 4, 2013
by Alice Henly
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NBA Teams Play Green In Celebration of Green Week 2013
Alice Henly, Research Fellow, New York
The NBA stands alone as the only major professional sports league in the world to host an annual weeklong celebration of environmental stewardship—NBA Green Week, April 4th to 12th. The leagu… Continue reading
April 4, 2013
by Allen Hershkowitz
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NBA’s Green Week Is Unique
Allen Hershkowitz, Senior Scientist, NYC and throughout the world
The National Basketball Association’s Green Week is globally unique in all of professional sports: No other league or team dedicates an entire week every year to ed… Continue reading
December 27, 2012
by Kaid Benfield
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Can the good work of Kansas City’s Green Impact Zone be sustained?
Kaid Benfield, Director, Sustainable Communities, Washington, DC
Three years ago, Kansas City’s metropolitan planning organization, the Mid America Regional Council, designated a disinvested urban district of some 150 bloc… Continue reading
October 1, 2012
by Kaid Benfield
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Retrofitting inner-city neighborhoods for energy efficiency
Kaid Benfield, Director, Sustainable Communities, Washington, DC
I’m in Boston today, meeting with the Codman Square Neighborhood Development Corporation, Talbot North Triangle Neighbors United, the Local Initiatives Suppo… Continue reading
July 10, 2012
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NYC Schools Cut Food Waste by Composting
Teaching children healthy eating habits is one thing, but what about teaching them healthy disposal habits? Americans discarded nearly 34 million tons of food waste in 2010, according to the Environmental Protection Agency. When five New York City parents saw how much food waste was being hauled out of local schools and tossed into landfills, [...] Continue reading
Share on FacebookJune 21, 2012
by Alisa Valderrama
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Rio+20: What’s love got to do with it?
Alisa Valderrama, Finance Analyst, New York
Rio +20: What’s love got to do with it?
The City of Brotherly Love, of course, The City of Philadelphia!
Key folks from the City of Brotherly Love are in Rio right now, utilizing the Rio… Continue reading
December 20, 2011
by Frances Beinecke
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NRDC’s Green Gift Guide: Holiday Presents that Help Restore the Earth
Frances Beinecke, President of NRDC, New York City
As the holidays draw closer, the pace of the season tends to accelerate. Between traveling, cooking, shopping, and party planning, most of us get caught up in a hectic swirl of festivit… Continue reading
November 17, 2011
by Reduce
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The Green Festival Aiming for Zero Waste
Can a two-day festival with thousands of attendees and hundreds of exhibitors go zero waste? That’s exactly what Green America and Global Exchange are trying to achieve with the Green Festival, the green living events that the two nonprofits organize throughout the country in cities like New York, Chicago, Washington, D.C. and Los Angeles. Back [...] Continue reading
Share on FacebookOctober 14, 2011
by Amanda Maxwell
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Latin America Climate, Energy, & Environmental News 10/09 – 10/14/2011
Amanda Maxwell, Latin America Advocate, Washington, DC
Chile
Chile’s green house gas emissions have risen above neighboring countries and OECD member countries, according to a recent report by the Jaime Guzmán Foundat… Continue reading
October 6, 2011
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NRDC News, NRDC News Team, NRDC Offices Worldwide
Frances Beinecke said, “Voting against clean air puts polluters before people and endangers kids,” in a Washington Post article about an advertising campaign raising awarenes… Continue reading
September 22, 2011
by Peter Lehner
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Empire State Building and Tony Malkin Recognized as Leaders in Energy Efficiency
Peter Lehner, Executive Director, New York City
Last week the Empire State Building received the LEED Gold certification from the U.S. Green Building Council. The award confirms what so many of us already know: This iconic skyscraper ha… Continue reading
September 22, 2011
by Bob Deans
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Clean Energy Jobs Mean American Progress
Bob Deans, Associate Director of Communications, Washington, DC
Poor Darrell Issa.
Just nine months after his fellow House Republicans became captives of the tea party gang, he seems to have forgotten the difference between propaganda a… Continue reading
September 20, 2011
by Bob Deans
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Green Jobs Grow Strong in Hard Times
Bob Deans, Associate Director of Communications, Washington, DC
House Republicans are using the failure of Solyndra, the solar panel maker, to launch a political broadside, attacking President Obama and his visionary program to promote … Continue reading
June 20, 2011
by Deron Lovaas
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Cities Leading the Way: The Mayors Climate Protection Awards
Deron Lovaas, Federal Transportation Policy Director, Washington, D.C. Mayor Annise Parker of Houston, TX, and Mayor Elizabeth Tisdahl of Evanston, IL, won top honors at the 2011 Mayors’ Climate Protection Awards (sponsored by Walmart) on Friday…. Continue reading
Share on FacebookMay 25, 2011
by Kaid Benfield
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Knowing when it’s green: A Citizen’s Guide to (LEED for) Neighborhood Development
Kaid Benfield, Director, Sustainable Communities & Smart Growth, Washington, DC
If you are like most of us, you have wondered whether or not a proposal for new development in your community was a good idea, whether it was environmentally f… Continue reading
March 7, 2011
by Kaid Benfield
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Assembling the green facts to support preservation
“The reasons for preserving our existing building stock aren’t strictly cultural and sentimental; preservation should be understood as a land-use tool and as an economic tool that can be used to build denser, more attractive … Continue reading
Share on FacebookMarch 7, 2011
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The Airport of the Future
When you think of airports and air travel, “environmental responsibility” probably isn’t the first phrase to come to mind, but San Francisco International Airport‘s $383 million renovation may change how the air travel industry works. SFO’s renovated second terminal – set to re-open April 14 – is slated to become the nation’s first airport terminal to [...] Continue reading
Share on FacebookJanuary 12, 2011
by Heather Allen
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The ‘Green Economy’ and Earth Summit 2012: Why fast-growing mega-cities with challenges of poverty and hunger may hold the key to a sustainable future
Preparations for Earth Summit 2012 are heating up. The international Summit to be held in May of 2012 in Rio de Janeiro is anticipated to draw leaders from around the world for a meeting on the future of sustainable development, and the eme… Continue reading
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