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Taipei 101 To Be World's Tallest Green Building

inhabitat.com | Bridgette Meinhold | Posted 11.09.2009 | Green

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Taipei 101, famous for being one of the world's tallest buildings, is set to get some major eco-upgrades in an effort to save money, reduce its impact...

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Bernie Madoff Serves Sentence In Green, LEED-Certified Federal Prison

Mother Nature Network | Stephanie Rogers | Posted 08.17.2009 | Green

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Bernie Madoff didn't want to go to Butner Federal Prison, located in a quiet suburban area outside of Durham, N.C. He would have preferred Otisville, ...

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NYC's Greenest Buildings (SLIDESHOW, POLL)

The Huffington Post | Cara Parks | Posted 09.08.2009 | New York

Read More: Bank of America Building, Slidepoll, Hearst Tower, Visitor and Administration Center, The Empire State Building, Green Building, 11 Times Square, Queens Botanical Garden, Leed, The Visionaire, LEED Certification, Morrisania Homes, Greenest Buildings New York, The Riverhouse, Green Technology, Sustainability, New York News

New York doesn't get much credit as an environmental oasis, but the city is a leader when it comes to green buildings. From low-income housing in the ...

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Anyone Listening? -- My Green Home Building Experience

Tom Schey | Posted 05.13.2009 | Green

Read More: Green Building, LEED Certification, Green Construction, Leed, Green Living, Green News

We will come out of this economic mess, but the environment does not need to be on hold. At least for the time being, we should incentivize the heck out of people's buying decisions.

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Smart Growth: Three Simple Steps to Help the Economy and the Planet

Bill Shireman | Posted 02.14.2009 | Business

Read More: The Internet, Cell Phones, Wind Power, Economy, Green, Renewable Energy, Cars, Jobs, Obama Administration, Pollution, Green Energy, Facebook, Income, Internet Servers, Solar Energy, Green Technology, Electric Cars, Waste, Green Growth, LEED Certification, Low-Carbon Energy, Technology, Energy, Twitter, Leed, Carbon Emissions, Computers, Web, Petroleum, Tax Reform, Stimulus, Barack Obama, Financial Growth, Software, Economic Stimulus, Savings, Business News

Taxes aren't just too high, they're too dumb. Whenever we put a tax on something, we get less of it. Yet, incomprehensibly, we continue to tax the things we want more of.

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Why I Live in a Green House

Lisa Sharkey | Posted 12.27.2008 | Green

Read More: Green Living, LEED Certification, Green Design, Healthy Home, Green Parenting, Eco-Conscious, Green News

I suffered three miscarriages. As a journalist, my investigative skills took over: I tried to figure out what it was about me, or my environment that was causing the repeated pregnancy loss.

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Greening Hollywood: Ecopreneur Deirdre Wallace's Ambrose Hotel

Paige Donner | Posted 11.18.2008 | Green

"In building the hotel, we just made really smart choices. Not necessarily thinking, 'Oh, this is a green choice,' but thinking this makes sense on an economic level."

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