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IGPN NEWSLETTER [Issue 15]
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ICLEI Launches 3 Unique Websites
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ICLEI Europe announced the launch of three unique websites to help support public authorities in implementing sustainable procurement:
- The Sustainable Procurement Resource Centre
- The Procura+ Sustainable Procurement Campaign website
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HEADLINES
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- Green cars in spotlight at waning Japan auto show
- E.P.A. Issues Limits on Mercury Emissions
- Biomass and Electricity
- A Photographic Blast From the Past
- Organic? Yes. Sustainable? Not Always.
- Economic fallacies: is it time to work more, or less?
- Green Gifts for Every Occasion
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GREEN PURCHASING NEWS AROUND THE WORLD
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Green cars in spotlight at waning Japan auto show
Green cars rolled into the spotlight at the Tokyo auto show as Japan's automakers look to fuel efficient technology to reinvigorate growth after tough times.
E.P.A. Issues Limits on Mercury Emissions
News Releases from US E.P.A. Headquarters
New York Times, Environment
US E.A.P Cleaner Power Plants
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards, the first national standards to protect American families from power plant emissions of mercury and toxic air pollution like arsenic, acid gas, nickel, selenium, and cyanide.
Biomass and Electricity
New York Times, Environment
New York Times, Environment
New York Times reporter Matthew L. Wald writes about biomass technology.
A Photographic Blast From the Past
Flickr
New York Times, Environment
In January 1972, the Environmental Protection Agency asked nearly 100 freelance photographers to roam the country in the pursuit of a single goal: documenting “the environmental happenings and non-happenings” of the decade.
Organic? Yes. Sustainable? Not Always.
New York Times
New York Times, Environment
New York Times, Environment
Organic produce from Mexico often ends up in an energy-intensive global distribution chain that takes it as far as New York and Dubai, United Arab Emirates, producing significant emissions that contribute to global warming.
Economic fallacies: is it time to work more, or less? News headline 3
Juliet Schor explains the economic logic of a shorter working week.
Green Gifts for Every Occasion
The Daily Green's gift guide features the season's best green gifts.
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