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Delta Dental Racks Up Savings with Varied Environmental Efforts

Posted by Environmental Leader on 12/11/2009

As part of its “green program initiative,” Delta Dental has stopped using disposable paper cups at its headquarters office, saving the company $30,000 annually. The company also has retrofitted light fixtures at its Mechanicsburg, Pa., location, which has yielded about $29,000 in ener ...

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‘Green’ Building Sector to Contribute $554B to GDP from 2009-13

Posted by Environmental Leader on 12/11/2009

While the green building industry added $173 billion to the U.S. gross domestic product from 2000-08, that’s just the beginning. From 2009 to 2013, that amount will more than triple to $554 billion, according to a new report from the U.S. Green Building Council and Booz Allen Hamilton.The r ...

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First Large-scale ‘Living Building’ to be Constructed

Posted by Environmental Leader on 11/11/2009

The Oregon Sustainability Center, which is being called the first large-scale “living building,” is projected to have a zero carbon footprint.The 12-story building, to be built in Portland, will generate its own energy on-site using solar photovoltaics and goethermal energy. The build ...

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As Congress Drags Feet on CO2 Regulations, EPA Moves Forward

Posted by Environmental Leader on 11/11/2009

The Environmental Protection Agency, as it promised it would do, is moving ahead to regulate carbon dioxide emissions in the absence of Congressional action, Reuters reports.When the EPA came out with its endangerment finding on CO2 and the Clean Air Act, the Obama Administration signaled to Cong ...

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Healthcare Sector Accounts for 8% of U.S. Carbon Footprint

Posted by Environmental Leader on 11/11/2009

The U.S. healthcare sector accounts for nearly a tenth of the country’s carbon-dioxide emissions, according to University of Chicago researchers. The research takes into account activities such as hospital care, scientific research and the production and distribution of pharmaceutical drugs ...

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