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Smart Water Management: A Low-Risk Green Initiative with a Fast Payback 05/08/2008
Source: GreenerBuilding News, 5/8/08. By gaining control over water use, companies help protect a precious resource, reduce runoff pollution and comply with new conservation legislation. Saving water also has a powerful multiplier effect by reducing the vast amount of energy expended in trans
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New issue of Energy Matters now available 05/07/2008
Source: U.S. DOE Industrial Technologies Program. Energy Matters, the Best Practices quarterly of DOE's Industrial Technologies Program, is now available online. The issue focus is Resources to Save Energy Now.
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SD: Spring Cleaning? School Chemical Cleanouts 05/07/2008
Source: South Dakota DENR, 5/7/08. The last bell has rung, books placed on shelves and chalkboards cleaned. While checking off your tasks on your end-of-the-year "To Do List", you may find yourself
penciling in the words 'get rid of old chemicals'. Whether you are a teacher of sciences, a
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MT: "Green Lights for Office Spaces" Workshop Scheduled in Bozeman 05/07/2008
Source: Montana DEQ, 4/30/08. In today's green-conscious world, business offices are getting the green light to install energy efficient and cost effective lighting. Architects, engineers, electricians, and other construction professionals are invited to attend the "Green Lights for O
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WY: DEQ Celebrates Greenhouse Gas Measurement Milestone 05/07/2008
Source: Wyoming DEQ, 4/2/08. As part of North America's largest climate change initiative, The Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) announces a new voluntary reporting standard, The Climate Registry's General Reporting Protocol, a comprehensive guideline outlining how gr
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UT: Pilot Project to Shed Light on Proper Disposal of CFLs 05/07/2008
Source: Utah DEQ, 5/7/08. Starting in May, six Ace Hardware stores in Utah will offer consumers free disposal of their spent fluorescent lights and mercury-containing thermostats as part of a pilot project funded by a nearly $50,000 grant from Environmental Protection Agency's (EP
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UT: Stay Tuned: What to Do with All the Old TVs 05/07/2008
Source: Utah DEQ, 5/7/08. As the nation switches to Digital TV in February 2009, there's a growing concern among many that millions of old analog TVs could end up in the trash. "Recycling is the best option," said Rusty Lundberg, branch manager with the Division of Solid and Hazar
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CO: Auto Emissions Tests More Stringent 05/07/2008
Source: Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, 5/5/08. Beginning today, cars and light-duty trucks in the seven-county Denver-metropolitan area will have a harder time passing enhanced emissions tests at Air Care Colorado testing facilities, operated by Envirotest, according to the Colorado Department of Publ
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MT: Easement Protects 7,500 Acres in Blackfoot Valley 05/07/2008
Source: New West Network, 5/3/08. A 7,500-acre expanse of land in the Blackfoot Valley, holding working agricultural lands, wildlife habitat and tributaries crucial to spawning cutthroat and bull trout, has been protected for perpetuity with a conservation easement.
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Biofuels: the Good, the Bad and the Unusual 05/02/2008
Source: RenewableEnergyWorld.com, 5/1/08. There are legitimate concerns about the sustainability of some biofuel sources and they have taken a lot of criticism. But it is important to put this in perspective, since, as is often the case, the truth probably lies somewhere in between the extreme vi
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EPA Proposes Stronger Air Quality Standards for Lead 05/02/2008
Source: U.S. EPA, 5/1/08. Today, EPA is taking steps toward revising the nation's air quality standards for lead for the first time in 30 years, proposing to dramatically strengthen the standards to reflect the latest science on lead and health.
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U.S. eyes shift away from corn ethanol 05/02/2008
Source: Christian Science Monitor, 5/1/08. America's love affair with corn-based ethanol is cooling -- at least in Washington.
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