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Green buildings, jobs, and subsidies
In case you missed it in the flurry of announcements and news timed for release around GreenBuild in November, a recent study from Booze Allen and the USGBC finds that green building will support nearly 8 million jobs and generate $554 billion dollars for the US economy over the next four years. Faces of GreenPages: Mountain Rose Herbs
Shawn Donnille September 2009 — Fair Trade, Zero-Waste, Local and Organic Mountain Rose Herbs, Eugene, OR
Green Pages: Maggie's Organics (Aug 09)
If you’re a long-time Green American, you probably already know Maggie’s Organics as the pioneering organic-clothing manufacturer that in the late-90s helped create “The Fair Trade Zone” — a sewing cooperative providing fair-labor employment to seamstresses in Nueva Vida, Nicaragua, an area ravaged by Hurricane Mitch.
House Climate Bill: Mixed Results
Green America recognizes the passage of the American Clean Energy and Security Act (ACES) as an important step forward towards the comprehensive approach needed to reduce climate emissions and increase clean energy usage in the United States, but more is needed. Here's a look at what's good and what needs improvement in the new climate bill. What's Good:
New advancement in wind energy tech.
The Baker Wind Turbine is a major breakthrough in wind energy technology. The super quiet, Low Pressure Turbine is enclosed and 100% bird and people safe which allows the turbine to be installed and operated in close proximity to people. This eliminates the need for long transmission lines because the electricity is consumed close to where the electricity is generated.
Fair Trade Day of Action TODAY, 6/23!!
Take Action: The "Black Liquor" Loophole
Calling all Green Americans! An alternative fuels credit should be a good thing, right? Using taxpayer money to discourage consumption of fossil fuels should ultimately bring benefits back to all of us--unless, of course, there is a loophole.
Take Action: The Credit Card Crisis
Have you ever known somebody trapped in a spiral of credit card debt?
We’ve all seen it happen, right? The cardholder works and works to meet
their payments, but while contending with high interest rates, hidden
fees and shifting terms, the best they can do is chip away at their
balance – or worse, watch their debt continue grow.
Green Economic Conversion
Green Economic Conversion in San Diego KEEP The BEET is about to
Complete your holiday shopping: the New
Hot off the presses, it's the 2009 National Green Pages™. 

Featuring more than 3,000 green businesses, the National Green Pages™ is the first and only screened directory of socially and environmentally responsible businesses. Turn to the searchable online version at
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