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The Netherlands invests in new Global Climate Adaptation Centre to help countries cope with warming climate
The Netherlands will host a new Global Centre of Excellence to help countries, institutions and businesses to adapt to a warming climate with the support of the Japanese government and UN environment programme (UNEP). The project is gear… more...
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0 replies | 3503 views | Posted on: 02/16/2017 | Last updated: 02/16/2017
EPA Methane Cut - New Regulations, and Resistance
The EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) has recently finalized a new methane rule that will see heavy regulations implemented into the gas and oil sectors. Methane emissions, a greenhouse gas that traps heat 86 times more effectively than… more...
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0 replies | 2803 views | Posted on: 06/19/2016 | Last updated: 02/13/2017
United States Department of Agriculture BioPreferred® Program
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1 replies | 540 views | Posted on: 02/08/2017 | Last updated: 02/10/2017
Clinton looks to California Regulators for Green Fuel Standards
Hillary Clinton is looking to find new ways to revamp the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS), a regulation that was created in 2005 to try and promote renewable energy fuels, in order to do this she has sought out advice from California regulato… more...
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0 replies | 1258 views | Posted on: 08/08/2016 | Last updated: 08/08/2016
California’s Efficient Permit Licensing Helps Residential Solar Expand
California has been leading the country in solar energy consumption and looks to continue this impressive achievement as it implements new progressive policies like “The Expedited Solar Permitting Act” (Solar Bill AB 2188) which was imp… more...
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0 replies | 1805 views | Posted on: 08/05/2016 | Last updated: 08/05/2016
The US Must Combat Food Waste Now
If you had to take a guess of how much food produced in America is wasted, what would it be? 5%? Maybe 15%? Believe it or not, 40% of all food produced in America is wasted according to a widely cited 2009 study, The Progressive Increase of… more...
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0 replies | 1994 views | Posted on: 07/05/2016 | Last updated: 07/05/2016
Mayor Bill de Blasio's Administration announces new program to help make buildings greener
The program is known as the NYC Retrofit Accelerator. The program will provide free technical assistance and advisory services to building owners. The intent is to aid building owners in using clean energy. Hopefully as a result greenhouse … more...
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0 replies | 763 views | Posted on: 09/30/2015 | Last updated: 10/01/2015
Get a Free Rain Barrel as a Syracuse Resident
Calling all residents of Syracuse, NY! Thanks to a generous grant through the Save the Rain Program, every homeowner in the City of Syracuse is entitled to a free Rain Barrel. A rain barrel is, as the EPA puts it, a system that collects… more...
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1 replies | 1943 views | Posted on: 06/16/2015 | Last updated: 06/16/2015
Massachusetts Green Communities
I recently was told about a government program in which municipalities can register as 'green communities' and gain additional funding and grants for installing green initiatives and renewable energy generation. The program guidelines c… more...
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0 replies | 1601 views | Posted on: 03/16/2015 | Last updated: 03/16/2015
Massachusetts Green Communities
I recently was told about a government program in which municipalities can register as 'green communities' and gain additional funding and grants for installing green initiatives and renewable energy generation. The program guidelines can … more...
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0 replies | 1110 views | Posted on: 03/16/2015 | Last updated: 03/16/2015
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