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Are You Too Yellow to Go Green? (view article)

By Mark L. Johnson, AWCI's (Association of the Wall and Ceiling Industry) Construction Dimensions

Job Corps taps Green Advantage to help train nation's youth in green building

The National Job Corps Association (NJCA) is partnering with Green Advantage, Inc. to offer green construction trainings and certification to young workers at Job Corps’ 122 centers across the nation.  The agreement coincides with the Obama administration’s goals to stimulate the country’s economy, put hundreds of thousands of Americans back to work, and invest in America’s future with green jobs and technologies.

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Green Advantage was proud to be a partner of the

Environmental and Clean Energy Inaugural Ball

President-elect Obama’s nominee for Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Lisa Jackson, and new Chair of the White House Council on Environmental Quality, Nancy Sutley, were among the participants representing a wide range of environmental and clean energy interests at the Environmental Inaugural Ball on January 20, 2009.  This black-tie event, which is the sixth consecutive Inaugural Ball focusing on these important issues, was held at the Sequoia Restaurant complex in Georgetown (3000 K Street) on January 20, 2009 from 8:00 pm until 12:00 am.

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Green Advantage® Announces
New Chief Operating Officer And General Counsel

Marc A. Nichols, Esq., has been appointed Chief Operating Officer and General Counsel for Green Advantage. 

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Available Environmental Interventions Could Save Millions of Lives

GENEVA - One quarter of the global disease burden in adults is related to environmental risk factors that could be modified with existing interventions, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said in a new report Friday. And in the case of children, environmental factors are involved in more than one-third of the disease burden, said Carlos Corvalán, coordinator of WHO's department of public health and environment and co-author of the report.

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Footloose and Carbon-Free

It's frustrating to feel you're part of the problem when you want to be part of the solution. But there isn't much choice in a fossil-fuel driven world. Unless you practice a severe form of back-to-nature self-sufficiency, you contribute to global warming, like it or not.

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Green Movement Sweeps U.S. Construction Industry

A growing demand for building projects that use environmentally friendly and energy-efficient materials has spurred a green movement in the construction industry. An estimated $10 billion of "green buildings" are in the process of construction this year in the United States.

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A 'Green Roof' Movement to Counter Pollution

Rain runoff from roofs of buildings across the United States adds to the pollution of lakes and streams and can overburden sewage systems and storm drains. But more of those roofs are turning "green." There's a push under way to grow plants on the tops of buildings to capture rainwater and air pollutants.

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