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Green Building & Business
Going green, getting clean
Mar 1, 2010Ashley Gebb, Marysville-Yuba City Appeal Democrat
Cleaning is pretty simple for Ericka Pelechowicz.
Two months ago, the Yuba City resident traded in her bleach and chemicals for peroxide, vinegar and baking soda. Her 2-year-old cleaning business continues to boom after she made the switch to green cleaning.
"I don't want to poison the families I clean for," she said. "You cannot ignore the facts when you realize what are really in cleaning products — carcinogens, mutations, toxins."
Valley businesses like 'green' tax break plan
Feb 20, 2010E.J. Schultz, Fresno Bee
SACRAMENTO -- Hoping to spur job creation, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is proposing a corporate tax break that could potentially siphon millions of dollars from the beleaguered state treasury.
And although Democrats typically cringe at such ideas, they are taking a close look at the sales tax exemption because it targets the environmentally friendly "green economy."
Smucker's warehouse gets prized LEED gold certification
Feb 17, 2010Laura Urseny, Chico Enterprise Record
CHICO — Topped with more than 1,000 photovoltaic solar panels, a new distribution warehouse for Smucker Natural Foods' in south Chico has been awarded LEED gold certification.
Lodi vintners on vanguard of eco-friendly innovation
Jan 9, 2010Jordan Guinn, Lodi News-Sentinel
"Waste not, want" not is more than just an adage to Lodi winemakers.
For the past several years, vintners around town have made a conscious effort to reduce their energy consumption through more advanced farming techniques, conservation efforts and state-of-the-art technology. Here is what some local winemakers and winery owners had to say about their efforts to reduce their energy usage and water consumption.
Ryan Leeman, winemaker, Van Ruiten Winery
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