Green Education Services Providing EPA Lead Certification Courses Nationwide

Green Education Services, a global green building education provider, is now offering the new EPA-mandated lead paint certification course for Certified Renovators. Â Beginning October 1, 2010, any contractor, renovator, painter, plumber, and other construction-industry professional must have this lead certification if they plan to work on residences or child-occupied facilities that were built …

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Green tide rises in Saanich

In the year since the Green Party’s Elizabeth May announced she was running in Saanich-Gulf Islands, the 56 year-old-party leader has been knocking on doors and attending just about every social and political function in the area.

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Study: Green Offices are More Productive

EAST LANSING, Mich. — A new study released by Michigan State University draws an evidence-based connection between environmentally friendly offices buildings and the productivity of office staff.
 
Titled “Effects of Green Buildings on Employee Health and Productivity,” the study examined two cases in the Lansing area where workers moved from a conventional office building to an environmentally friendly green facility. Workers claimed they called in sick less often and were more productive in the new sustainable environment.

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Terra-Gen Breaks Ground on Wind Farm

TEHACHAPI, Calif. — Terra-Gen Power recently broke ground on the Alta Wind Energy Center, located in the Mojave Desert about 75 miles north of Los Angeles, which will feature more than 600 wind turbines that will produce upwards of 1,550 megawatts of renewable electricity at the site.

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