Green
Counties get recycling boost
Governor Spitzer announces that $26 million will be distributed to various New York counties in waste management and recycling programs
A new college environment
Colleges through Hudson Valley are raising awareness, offering new classes, and encouraging students to "go green."
Slick oil that goes away
Green Earth Technologies of Stamford has released the results of tests conducted by an independent research firm showing the company’s newest...
Environment ups presence on ledgers
A new survey suggests six in 10 Connecticut businesses are tightening their environmental policies, up from just under half a year...
Q&A for the corner office
This week, Tom O’Brien, principal of O’Brien Architecture L.L.C. in Mount Kisco, N.Y., talks about construction in the energy-conscious 21st century.
New brownfield law approved
A revamped brownfield program was agreed to last week by the state Legislature and Gov. David Paterson to provide more tax...
Development push prompts cities to create new environmental posts
Some cities in the county are taking a look at the “friendliness†of new developments by hiring what have become known...
Pitney Bowes thinks first, drives later
Pitney Bowes Inc. of Stamford has for the past two years developed major service initiatives to resolve customer issues more quickly...
How green was my pitch
In the past six months, Maria Perez’s clients have been requesting environmentally friendly devices such as solar-powered flashlights, staple-less staplers and...
‘Going green’ – not quite a stampede yet
The drive to reduce the carbon footprint of this nation’s much vaunted but highly polluting economy has been led by an...
Electric arc
Three alternative energy companies have applied for state funding to generate power sufficient for at least 28,000 homes in southwest Connecticut.
Mohonk Preserve key to economy, director says
A nonprofit environmental preservation organization may sound like the antithesis of a business entity, but the 6,700-acre Mohonk Preserve on the...
Ashforth to adopt energy-reduction plan for its properties
Stamford-based Ashforth Co. reportedly has become the first real-estate company based in Connecticut to adopt an energy-reduction program promulgated by BOMA...
How green is the valley?
Prospects for so-called green building business endeavors in the Hudson Valley and the New York metropolitan area have already blossomed into...
Eat my shorts
Cherie Ingraham of Brewster has combined 30 years experience working in the garment industry with her love of the environment.
