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Maine Indoor Air Quality Council has put together a "Compilation of Resources for Management of the Indoor Environment During the COVID-19 Epidemic:"
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Global GreenTag Launches the World’s First Modern Slavery Transparency Declaration
“The time has come for Modern Slavery to be removed from history,”
-Mary-Lou Kelly, Global GreenTag, Managing Director
The Global GreenTag Modern Slavery Tran
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The Massachusetts Clean Energy Center has launched a new program to support the development of clean energy companies in MA. The Massachusetts Clean Energy Vocational Internship Program
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So my son wants a new rug for his room, and we need a new rug in the basemet, preferably a thick one since this is going in a room a band practices in, and they want to keep the sound from bouncing a
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Microsoft Pledges to Go Carbon Negative by 2030 Including a $1 Billion Climate Innovation Fund
Microsoft took an impressive climate leadership position this week when the company announced a promise to remove all of the carbon the company has ever put in the atmosphere directly or by consumptio
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Google's Henderson, Nevada Data Center to be Powered by a $1 Billion Solar Farm
Google’s new data center in Henderson, Nevada will be powered largely by a $1 billion solar farm. The project is one of the largest corporate solar deals signed in the US, and maybe t
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Arizona Public Service Company (APS) Announces a Commitment to Carbon-Free Energy Production by 2050
Arizona Public Service Company (APS) CEO Jeff Guldner announced that the company will produce all electricity from carbon-free sources by 2050 and will produce 45% of power from renewable sources by 2
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Chicago's Willis Tower Goes LEED Platinum
Chicago’s Willis Tower, formerly known as the Sears Tower, is now the largest US building to achieve the USGBC’s LEED Platinum rating. At 1451 feet tall, the building was the world&r
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Did You Know that Consumer Funding for Electric Vehicles has been Reinstated in Massachusetts?
Great news: Rebates for electric vehicles have been reinstated in Massachusetts!
Rebates for electric vehicles have been reinstated in Massachusetts! For the next two years, at least $27
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Rhode Island is the First US State to Commit to 100% Renewable Energy by 2030
In her annual State of the State speech to lawmakers, Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo signed an executive order this month calling for an end to fossil fuel reliance by 2030. The action make
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Minneapolis City Council Approves “Home Energy Score" Requirement for Real Estate Transactions
Home energy data collection is now a part of required Truth in Sale of Housing (TISH) evaluations in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The data is used to generate an Energy Disclosure report to be used i
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The Nine-Line Foundation has partnered with the Golden Isles Veterans Village to build a new development of tiny homes for homeless veterans in Brunswick, Georgia. Between 30 and 40 homes will b
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The World’s First LEED Zero Water Certification
The USGBC has on August 14th, 2019, certified the first LEED Zero Water to the Eurobusiness, a commercial office building located in Curitiba, Brazil. The building had already achieved the Platinum ce
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Ensuring high ventilation rates to dilute CO2 and other gases that cause negative effects on humans should be a priority in commercial and industrial buildings, but that is not always the case. I
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City Buildings in River Falls, Wisconsin are now Powered with 100% Renewable Energy
On January first and after years of effort to cut dependence on fossil fuel use, River Falls Wisconsin “flipped a switch” to power all city buildings with 100% renewable energy. This
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How the Living Building Challenge Moves the Green Building Industry Forward
Being an intern at RateItGreen.com, I learned a lot of vocabulary and catchy names along the way. The things that really stuck out to
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Sustainable Job Opportunity - The National Housing Trust, State Policy and Equity Advocate
Position Summary:
This is an exciting opportunity for a coalition-builder interested in working at the intersection of affordable housing policy, environmental policy, and racial equity. The State
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Sustainable Job Opportunity - NeighborWorks: Director, Healthy Homes and Communities
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NeighborWorks launched the Healthy Homes and Communities Initiative in 2014 to advance efforts at the nexus of health, housing and community development. Through this initiative,
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Position Summary: The Sustainability Manager, reporting to the Associate Director, utilizes a change management framework with members of the University community to drive implementation of major
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Sustainable Job Opportunity: Harvard University, Sustainability Manager
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Position Summary: The Sustainability Manager, reporting to the Associate Director, utilizes a change management framework with members of the University communit
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Global GreenTag Upgrades CarbonRATE™ Embodied Carbon Product Certification Program
CarbonRATE™ - a unique peer reviewed Embodied Carbon Product Certification Program - has been re-launched under the Global GreenTag International Certification Standard. According to Daniel A. H
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Sustainable Job Opportunity: Clean Energy Policy Internship with U.S. Department of Energy
Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education is currently accepting applications for the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) Science, Technology and Policy
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Sustainable Job Opportunity: Project Director, A Better City
Project Director, A Better City (ABC)
The applicant will manage A Better City’s Transportation Dividend Implementation Plan under a two year Barr Foundation grant, a multi-faceted project on
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Sustainable Job Opportunity: Stormwater Training Coordinator, Audubon, RI
Summary: The Audubon Society of Rhode Island (Audubon) is seeking a qualified candidate to oversee the launch of the Providence Stormwater Innovation Center at Roger Williams Park (Innovation Center).
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Sustainable Job Opportunity: Director, Federal Electricity and Utility Policy - NRDC
Position Summary:
NRDC is seeking an experienced advocate and power sector expert to advance their work on federal electricity and utility policy (electric and gas). This position will be focu
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