Natural Health Magazine Selects Top Green Companies
In its May 2009 issue, Natural Health magazine will honor the greenest companies of 2008. The “Natural Health Green Choice Awards” will identify large, multinational companies with tremendous reach and influence that are implementing substantial, green initiatives and inspiring others to do the same. Actor and environmental activist Ed Begley, Jr. will be a [...]
Teamsters Want Better, Greener Jobs
Teamsters General President Jim Hoffa spoke to a crowd of 2,500 who attended the Good Jobs, Green Jobs National Conference in Washington on February 4th and said he intends to step up with labor and environmental allies to create more green jobs in the United States and to make certain those green jobs are also [...]
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Wal-Mart Donates $5.7 Million to Support the Creation of Green Jobs
The Wal-Mart Foundation just announced plans to award the U.S. Conference of Mayors and Veterans Green Jobs various grants which will total $5.7 million dollars to support the creation of green jobs in the United States. This spring, six grants will be awarded to non-profit organizations which will assist training people for green jobs. [...]
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Making Green Jobs Good Jobs
Did you know that Wednesday, February 4th, is Green Jobs Advocacy Day on Capitol Hill? Today, Senate Finance Committee member Debbie Stabenow (D-Michigan) and House Energy and Commerce Committee member Jay Inslee (D-Washington), are scheduled to join Laborers’ International Union general president Terence O’Sullivan, Sierra Club political director Cathy Duvall, and clean energy business [...]
Disneyland Implements Programs to Reduce Emissions
As part of its ongoing commitment to the environment, Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California, recently announced two environmental initiatives which help reduce carbon dioxide emissions. The tourist resort is using compressed natural gas to fuel the guest trams and recycled cooking oil to power its Disneyland Railroad steam trains and Mark Twain riverboat. The [...]
Eco-friendly Deliveries Are Better
It’s a combination of doing something good for the environment and likewise addressing the growing inflation in our country today. For groceries or even food deliveries, establishments can do well by making use of bicycles or natural means of serving customers and worrying less of fuel costs and adding to the pollution woes we find [...]
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