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Walgreens Contributes to Sustainability in Chicago by Opening Its First LEED Registered Drugstore in IllinoisWalgreens Contributes to Sustainability in Chicago by Opening Its First LEED Registered Drugstore in Illinois Logan Square store is “green from the ground up” and designed to educate and save resources DEERFIELD, Ill.--( BUSINESS WIRE )--Walgreens, the nation’s largest drugstore chain, ...
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Green Pods for Showers and Bike Parking | A Distinctive WorldAbout the size of a parking space for one car, the Green Pod comes in two configurations: one with a single shower and changing room along with 10 lockers and parking for as many bicycles, and the other with double those facilities.
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Sears Tower Reaches for Heights of Efficiency With $350 Million Retrofit : SustainablogThe Sears Tower loomed large during my childhood in the Chicago suburbs. I remember when it opened in 1973. We took a special trip downtown to see it. According to my aesthetics as a seven year old, it wasn’t very elegant and I preferred the John Hancock Tower with its swanky restaurant on the ...
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Green Prosperity: How Clean-Energy Policies Can Fight Poverty and Raise Living Standard in the United States :EnviroKnowReturn to the EnviroKnow Homepage for Today's News Headlines and our Latest Stories Green Prosperity: How Clean-Energy Policies Can Fight Poverty and Raise Living Standard in the United States Via NRDC : This June 2009 report finds that investments ...
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Biopolymers: biodegradable, renewable, sustainable, carbon neutral and - compostable! | CleanTechies Blog - CleanTechies.comBiopolymers: biodegradable, renewable, sustainable, carbon neutral and - compostable! Are we ready for a biobased industry? That’s the question the Biopolymer Symposium 2009 wants to address. The use of biopolymers is growing, and an increasing number of applications to commercialize these ...
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Connecticut and Massachusetts Could Get EV Charging Network : Gas 2.0Connecticut and Massachusetts Could Get EV Charging Network Published on April 9th, 2009 Hey, hold on a just a minute Chicago , San Francisco and Portland . Connecticut and Massachusetts want in on your race to be the country’s EV hotbed. Northeast Utilities wants to build a 575-outlet ...
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the Last Gas Station « Energy Around the World in 7.5 MinutesDuring the early part of my research, before I left Chicago I went to 9 different gas stations 3 urban, 3 suburban and 3 rural. I stayed at each for 4 hours, watching from adjacent parking lots. I timed the customers who were there to buy gas from the time they got to the pump till the time ...
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Beets in the Hoodforget organic and locally grown food—in America's poorest urban neighborhoods, it's hard to find any affordable fruits and vegetables at all. Six grocery stores serve South Los Angeles' population of 688,000. West Oakland has no supermarkets, but close to 60 liquor stores. But thanks to former ...
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Transit Money Shows Urgency of Making Trains Cool AgainAs part of the stimulus spending spree, Amtrak gets $1.3 billion, and high speed rail projects will receive $8 billion. This investment in infrastructure and new projects shows that the Obama administration and the new Congress are committed to rail and transit. (Having a president who lived in ...
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Barron's OnlineEATURES AIN A host of ways to cash in on the effort to reduce greenhouse gases. CHANGE IS IN THE AIR. PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA'S inauguration Tuesday should revive environmental initiatives that wilted under his predecessor. One of the most important is "cap and trade," a market-based system ...
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