Archive for February, 2008

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Eco-Friendly Companies Team Up With Green Businesses

MORRISVILLE, N.C. – Environmentally friendly companies are teaming up with other green businesses to increase the positive impact they have on the earth.”Being green is in our DNA,” said John Replogle, Burt’s Bees CEO.
Replogle said his company was built on an environmentally friendly way of doing business.  He says if you are a green company, [...]


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NBC17 Go Green: Green Funerals


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Making Fireplaces Efficient & Cleaner

Warmer days are ahead, but the cooler nights remain. Those colder nights sometimes just make people want to fire-up the fireplace and snuggle up with your loved one. But while you’re doing so, take some extra steps to ensure your not losing more energy. Motherearthnews.com has an article that provides steps and tips you can use [...]


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Gov. Easley Announces Green Business Grant Program For Small Business

RALEIGH, N.C.–  Gov. Mike Easley announced Friday that small business owners would be able to apply for the new North Carolina Green Business Fund grants.  According to a press release, the grants will help small businesses become more eco-friendly.  The grants will allow small businesses and entrepreneurs to produce green and alternative energy technologies.  The [...]


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Making Your Own Green Cleaning Solutions

Finding the right cleaning product to clean your home and that’s safe for the environment is a hard task. But care2.com has an article written by Annie B. Bond, author of Clean and Green that has a huge list of make-at-home cleaners.
On Bond’s list of necessary supplies, include baking soda, washing soda, vinegar, tea tree [...]


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Raleigh Man Sees The Green In Green Economy


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How Much Are Politicians Receiving From Oil Companies?

Now that the 2008 Presidential Election is upon us, it’s time to consider who we will vote for as our next president. Voters take all sorts of factors into consideration to make their decision. But one website makes it easier for you to find out which politicians receive contributions from oil companies, and exactly how [...]


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Neighbors Say NIMBY To Windmills

RALEIGH, N.C. — A couple that wants to build three electricity-generating wind turbines in rural North Carolina is facing opposition from neighbors.
The neighbors say the windmills would create noise and disrupt the scenery of their coastal community.
Nelson and Dianna Paul of Raleigh have asked the North Carolina Utilities Commission for permission to build the Golden [...]


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Go Green For Valentine’s Day

The day of love is just around the corner, and stores are stocking their shelves with all sorts of Valentine’s Day goodies. But if you’re trying to go green and help save the environment, finding gifts for your loved one that are unique, memorable, but most of all, eco-friendly is tough. Flowers are the number one [...]


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Apex Business Promotes Green Building

By NBC17
RALEIGH, N.C. – A business out of Apex is saying out with the old and in with the green.
“We try to do everything we can as were doing the renovations process to bring in green building practices,” said business owner Paul Murphy.
Murphy, with TeamHomeBuyer.com, says their goal is to modernizing the neighborhoods in a [...]