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Links tagged “conservation”
- St. Francis hires energy overseer (8/5/14)
Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center in Hartford has hired a New York City contractor to monitor all energy use of the 617-bed acute care facility.
- Research: Shoppers who bring reusable bags to supermarket change their buying habits (4/27/14)
A Harvard study indicates that shoppers reward themselves with junk food.
- Westport firm launches new environmental paper (4/15/14)
Westport-based FutureMark Paper Group has launched the first 100 percent recycled paper to work with high-end corporate marketing materials and magazines.
- Massachusetts to spend $5M planting urban trees (4/5/14)
BOSTON — Massachusetts is planning to spend $5 million planting trees in urban neighbors to help reduce energy use by lowering heating and cooling costs for residents and businesses.
- First Wind partners with environmental coalition to form $700,000 land conservation fund (2/18/14)
PORTLAND — Industrial wind developer First Wind announced Tuesday that it has partnered with a coalition of not-for-profit organizations dedicated to preserving the Appalachian Trail to create a $700,000 land conservation fund.
- Net-zero energy homes a growing Maine trend (5/13/14)
Rising fossil fuel prices and the falling cost of renewable energy spark an interest among Mainers.
- Vassalboro’s Duratherm has found green by going ‘green’ (4/22/14)
A Vassalboro manufacturing company has gone “green” by banishing oil, opening the windows at night and feeding its workers fresh organic beef from a small herd of cattle raised behind the factory, the company president told a group of business leaders on Earth Day
- Environmental Journal: Putting a value on Providence’s 415,000 trees (4/12/14)
A recently released study found that Providence’s trees, which cover nearly a quarter of the city, are worth $582 million and provide $4.7 million in annual environmental benefits.
- Concord, EPA program aim to help residents save water (4/5/14)
In an effort to help Concord residents save water, the city’s General Services Department has partnered with an Environmental Protection Agency program called WaterSense.
- North Anson’s Carrabec students pledge to reduce waste from plastic bottles, help environment (1/18/14)
Students at Carrabec High School in North Anson took a pledge to stop buying plastic water bottles and reduce waste at their school.