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How 5 communities across the US are seeking environmental justice

GreenBiz

Several houses near her home remain vacant. It's also home to the highest rates of lead poisoning among children in the city. Right now, over in North, you can't name 10 Black businesses — they ain't there," she said. "If I went and got my wife from the hospital and brought her with our child to our new home.".

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Greentown Labs, Saint-Gobain, and MassCEC Announce the Healthy Buildings Challenge Startup Participants

Greentown Labs

The Healthy Buildings Challenge received 99 applications from 15 countries, representing a range of innovations in building materials, coatings, and envelope systems, as well as digital platforms, monitoring, and supplemental technologies. Somerville, Mass., With its headquarters in Somerville, Mass. billion in funding.

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‘I’ve quit drinking the water’: What it’s like to live next to America’s largest coal plant

Grist

Without Tony Bowdoin’s grandfather, Georgia Power might never have come to the quiet town of Juliette. The central Georgia hamlet, just off the Ocmulgee River and a little over an hour’s drive south of Atlanta, is mostly known as home to some of the state’s best shoal bass fishing. Scherer Power Plant.

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What Is ISO 14000? Certification Checklist and Challenges

Green Business Bureau

ISO 14000: Sustainable business design using environmental management systems (EMS) ISO 14000 gives the framework, requirements, and standards for the implementation of an effective company-wide environmental management system (EMS). Like SSIR and HBR, the Green Business Bureau sees the leaders that seek a sustainable business world.

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In West Virginia, Plan to Clean up Radioactive Fracking Waste Ends in Monster Lawsuit

DeSmogBlog

The facility, called Clearwater, was built by the Denver, Colorado-based oil and gas extraction company, Antero Resources, and an affiliate of Veolia, the multinational French waste, water and energy management company. Analyses of the water produced with the gas commonly show elevated levels of salinity and radium,” a 2011 U.S.

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Carbon to Value Initiative Leaders Urban Future Lab, Greentown Labs, and the Fraunhofer USA TechBridge Program Announce Formation of the Carbontech Leadership Council

Greentown Labs

The C2V Initiative is supported by the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority ( NYSERDA ) and the Consulate General of Canada in New York. The CLC’s corporate leaders will represent diverse industries that have made formal commitments to reducing carbon emissions in their core businesses and beyond.

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Is Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade destroying the environment?

AGreenLiving

Yet, it’s questionable whether the organizer’s efforts to recapture and recycle the helium after the event is effective. Having said that, even at an extraordinary price tag, the amount of helium used equates to a small percentage of usage for a single day in the country. Read more:Â .