Tag: Featured Story
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EcoWatch Joins Growing Number of B Corps
In addition to the launch of a redesigned website featuring three verticals—EcoNews, EcoLiving and EcoBusiness—and a green shopping cart, EcoWatch announces its standing as a Certified B Corporation. Wayne, PA-based nonprofit B Lab has certified more than 800 companies worldwide that voluntarily embrace social and environmental responsibility in their day-to-day decisions. Each firm must pass an…
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Air Pollution Causes Cancer, World Health Organization Says
It has been known for a while that air pollution contributes to heart disease and respiratory ailments. Today, the World Health Organization (WHO) added cancer to the list of health risks caused by air pollution. There’s sufficient evidence that exposure to outdoor air pollution causes lung cancer, WHO said in a press release. Particulate matter, a…
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‘World’s Most Affordable’ Solar Light
[caption id="attachment_308261" align="alignright" width="300"] Nokero’s lights are aimed at eliminating kerosene as a lighting source for the impoverished. Photo credit: Cheyenne Ellis[/caption] A Denver, CO firm began selling two solar LED lights this week, including one for $6 that the company believes is the most affordable in the world. Nokero announced the addition of the…
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Mexico Bans GMO Corn Effective Immediately
A Mexico judge has placed an indefinite ban on genetically engineered corn. Effective immediately, companies like Monsanto and DuPont/Pioneer will no longer be allowed to plant or sell their corn within the country’s borders. According to Environmental Food and Justice, Judge Jaime Eduardo Verdugo J. of the Twelfth Federal District Court for Civil Matters of Mexico City wrote…
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Top Companies Invested in Solar Energy Projects
Some of the leading retailers and manufacturers are atop the list of businesses that have installed the most solar energy in the U.S. in the last year. The Solar Energy Industries Association’s (SEIA) “Solar Means Business” report, released yesterday, shows that businesses, nonprofits and governmental entities have installed 1,000 megawatts (MW) of new photovoltaic (PV) solar projects…