In keeping up with our Healthy Home division of  THE GREEN PROJECT of LONG ISLAND Americans spend some $1 billion each year on products designed to combat fleas. Many of these products do their jobs handsomely, but two of the most egregious chemicals widely used in flea collars, tetrachlorvinphos and propoxur, have been shown to cause damage to our brains and nervous systems, and are known human carcinogens. Residues containing these chemicals can stay on a pet’s fur—and wha...

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Greenfest 2010 will be held on Saturday, October 16, 2010 (raindate will be October 23, 2010) from 12 - 6 PM at Kennedy Plaza, Long Beach, New York. If you are interested in becoming a vendor or sposor please download the accompanying Greenfest 2010 Medi Kit.If you have any questions please contact Joe Sinnona at 516.897.2700.You can download the Greenfest 2010 Media Kit by right clicking the GreenFest2010MediaKit.pdf link, or the Read More link, and select 'Save Target As' to download. ...

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The status of PACE (Property Assessed Clean Energy) funding has recently been put on hold by an interpretation of the rules for selling loans to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. PACE funding has worked in many areas across the country and several states have designed new programs to use "stimulus bill" funds to set up these PACE revolving loan pools.   Enter Fannie and Freddie! The secondary mortgage market giants FNMA and FHLMC on May 5, 2010, issued Lender Letters to all of the mortgage ba...

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The practice of retrofitting buildings with simple, environmentally friendly technology like more-efficient boilers and better-quality windows has been around for years, but there is little research on how much energy these changes actually save — and by extension, how much money they can save landlords and lenders. Chester Higgins Jr./The New York Times Gary Hattem and Sam Marks, president and vice president of the Deutsche Bank Americas Foundation. In an effort to supply that in...

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The City of Long Beach was not the first to oppose the proposed Liquified Natural Gas Island that they want to build miles from Long Beach's seashores. The Green Project is adamantly opposed to this because there isnt a value to this project that would produce sustainable energy. That is it! If you are for this project, consider the following: The impact to the ocean floor, the fishlife, the constant polutting of our shores, there is no benefit to this project in the areas of jobs or revenue fo...

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THE GREEN PROJECT OF LONG ISLAND & THE CITY OF LONG BEACH PRESENT GREENFEST 2010. Saturday October 16, 2010 12-6pm

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WASHINGTON -- Whirlpool Corp.'s Maytag unit is recalling about 1.7 million dishwashers because of a fire hazard. The Consumer Product Safety Commission, which announced the recall Thursday, says the company, part of Whirlpool Corp., has received 12 reports of electrical failures in the dishwasher heating element that led to fires and damage. One kitchen fire caused extensive damage, the agency said. No injuries have been reported. The recall includes Maytag, Amana, Jenn-Air, Admiral, Ma...

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