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Green America Applauds President’s Appointment of Richard Cordray, First Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Thursday, 05 January 2012 17:49 Business & Financial Services - Green America
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Green america logoWASHINGTON, Jan. 04- Consumers and small businesses achieved an important victory today with President Obama’s appointment of Richard Cordray to direct the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). The CFPB was created despite immense opposition from Wall Street and from many Republicans who then also blocked the process for nominating the bureau’s first director. By making a recess appointment, the President has solidly affirmed his commitment to protecting American households and small businesses from predatory and deceptive financial products and services.

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Green America: Southern Company Rated Worst of Seven Major U.S. Utilities

Tuesday, 24 May 2011 17:14 Business & Financial Services - Green America
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WASHINGTON, D.C., May 24  - On the eve of Southern Company (NYSE: SO) holding its annual meeting of stockholders in Pine Mountain, GA., the nonprofit Green America released a report today ranking the major U.S. power producer as "the United States' most irresponsible utility."

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Sprint Launches Mobility Solution for a Better Planet

Tuesday, 19 April 2011 13:33 Business & Financial Services - Green America
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SAN FRANCISCO and OVERLAND PARK, Kan. , Apr. 18- For those who are dedicated environmentalists or just interested in finding some simple yet meaningful ways to begin living a greener life, Sprint (NYSE: S) has a new mobile solution built just for them. Sprint today announced its newest Sprint ID pack - the Green ID pack - which offers an unmatched eco-friendly Android™ experience, delivered right to one's fingertips, on select Sprint devices.

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Green America Urges Support for Treasury Department's CDFI Fund

Thursday, 07 April 2011 17:44 Business & Financial Services - Green America
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WASHINGTON, D.C., Apr. 05- Green America, a national marketplace solutions organization founded in 1982, with over 120,000 individual and 4,000 business members nationwide urges Congress to support appropriations for the Treasury Department's CDFI Fund for FY2011 and 2012 that meet, or exceed, the $247 million allocated in 2010.

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Build It Up, West Virginia Summer Program Wins Green America’s Green Grants Award

Friday, 30 July 2010 17:04 Business & Financial Services - Green America
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WASHINGTON, Jul. 29- Green America, a national nonprofit green-economy organization announced the winners of its first-ever "green grants" contest: Build It Up, West Virginia Summer Program received the top prize of $2,500, while three other green projects (Habitat for Humanity of Mahoning County, the New Orleans Society for Conservation Biology, and Vertical Harvest of Jackson Hole), each received a runner-up prize of $1,000 apiece.

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Coal Ash, Environmental Risks to Dominate Southern Company Annual Meeting

Tuesday, 25 May 2010 19:15 Business & Financial Services - Green America
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WASHINGTON, D.C., May. 25- With Southern Company's annual shareholder meeting tomorrow, and with two resolutions on the ballot focusing on risks from the company's environmental practices, there is rising pressure on Southern Company to take action to improve its environmental record in relation to coal ash and other matters.

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