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How to Build and Retrofit a Sustainable Home

Green Business Bureau

Building and Retrofitting a Sustainable Home. Whether you’re building from scratch or adding onto an existing home, there are a variety of green building materials and products on the market today to create your sustainable home vision. Eco-Friendly, Ethically-Sourced Building Materials. RECLAIMED LUMBER.

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Sustainable Facilities Forum 2023 Leadership Award Winners

Green Technology

Here are the categories for recognition at the May 2023 Sustainable Facilities Forum recently held at the Scottish Rite Masonic Center in Sacramento, California: State Building Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Local Government Pioneer (There were two awardees in this category for 2023.)

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How to Select a Sustainability Certification for Your Business

Green Business Bureau

Sustainability certifications are becoming increasingly important for businesses as global leaders, industry experts and the public are taking climate action. Certifications can be issued by government agencies, non-profits or private companies. Green building certifications. OVERVIEW OF SUSTAINABILITY CERTIFICATIONS.

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Texas Border Town Demands Stronger Action to Tackle Cancer-Causing Chemical Pollution

DeSmogBlog

For Edna Ibarra, it was the realization that with every breath her 11-year-old son was breathing in a little more of an industrial carcinogen that drove her to get involved in the fight against air pollution in Laredo, Texas. And her son isn’t the only child exposed to this risk. And Muller Elementary isn’t alone.

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How Fossil Fuels Are Being Used To Reduce Carbon Dioxide Emissions

R-Squared Energy

Today, we discuss the logistics of integrating LPG for cooking into the developing world, talk a bit about government programs that are pursuing this goal, and finally discuss some success stories around the world. Rapier: What are countries doing to encourage LPG, and how is LPG usage growing? Take Indonesia, for instance.

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Old bathhouses get new life via NPS adaptive reuse program

AGreenLiving

Since the springs are government-owned as part of Hot Springs National Park, she called the park superintendent to ask permission to use the water. ” Keeping that water safe requires daily monitoring by a team of hydrogeologists. government proclaimed the area a federal reserve. In 1832, the U.S.

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A Texas Community Is Being Bombarded by Cancer-Causing Benzene. State Officials Have Known for Nearly Two Decades

DeSmogBlog

The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, or TCEQ, has not told residents about the health risks they face. TCEQ documents obtained by Public Health Watch show that some of those early readings were double the level Texas considered safe at the time. Emerging research also connects it to diabetes and reproductive problems.