Posted by Ken Gardner in Uncategorized on 09 21st, 2010 | No Comments

Green Building Council Presents World Gr...

If you ride public transportation, you may have noticed signs advertising World Green Building Week during your commute. This week, 21 different countries are hosting festivals and round table discussions to promote the environmental and economic benefits of green building. As part of the campaign, the World Green Building Council (WorldGBC) has released a report outlining the impact of building green. It points out that green buildings typically cost up to 5 percent more than standard buildings during construction, but can reduce waste output by 70 percent, water usage by...

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Posted by Ken Gardner in Uncategorized on 04 27th, 2010 | 1 Comment

Obama Calls for More Small Business Cont...

Source: Federal News Radio                        Author: Jason Miller President Barack Obama wants more accountability for how agencies are meeting federal small business contracting goals. The President today signed an executive order requiring federal chief information officer Vivek Kundra and federal chief technology officer Aneesh Chopra to develop a Web site to track agency progress in meeting all small business goals. He also signed an executive order to create a new Veterans Small Business Development, led by the Small Business Administration,...

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Posted by Ken Gardner in Uncategorized on 04 19th, 2010 | No Comments

Top Environmentalist Mulls Meaning of 40...

It’s Earth Week 2010 and the 40th anniversary of the first Earth Day held on April 22, 1970.   Source: Associated Press        Author: Mary Esch As a young lawyer, Pete Grannis helped organize the first Earth Day celebration in New York City a few months before he was hired to put teeth into enforcement at a new environmental agency created by then-Gov. Nelson Rockefeller. In 2007, after 30 years representing upper Manhattan in the state Assembly, Grannis came full circle to rejoin the Department of Environmental Conservation as commissioner. This week, he’s...

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