going green, definition of

This is an economic incentive-based alternative to command-and-control regulation. In an emissions trading program, sources of a particular pollutant (most often an air pollutant) are given permits to release a specified number of tons of the pollutant. The government issues only a limited number of permits consistent with the desired level of emissions. The owners of the permits may keep them and release the pollutants, or reduce their emissions and sell the permits. The fact that the permits have value as an item to be sold or traded gives the owner an incentive to reduce their emissions.

• Top Ten Going Green Tips & Tricks
  Top ten green tips and tricks you can do to be Green and more Eco friendly in your day to day life.

• Google’s Net Zero Plans Are Going Up in Smoke
  In 2017, Google declared it had reached “100% renewable energy for our global operations.”
• Politco: Hospitals Turning into ‘Climate Change Fighting Machines’ – Limiting water with ‘timers for operating room sinks’ – ‘More Earth-friendly drugs’ – Reducing ‘anesthetic gas’ – ‘Decarbonize U.S. health care’
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• New fashionable outdoor-wear from recycled plastic.
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• Green Web Hosting: How does it work and what are the benefits?
  Green web hosting is a simple, inexpensive step businesses can take to reduce the environmental impact of their websites. This is how it works...
• VIDEO: The Inhabitat Editors Chat About Sustainability With YOU!
  WHAT’S NEXT IN GREEN TECH? WHY IS GREEN SO EXPENSIVE? WHAT DOES THE FUTURE HOLD FOR INHABITAT? These are the questions that you asked us back in October 2009, as we harnessed the power of the interwebs to bring you our first live webcast where...
• 5 Mistakes Businesses Make Trying to Go Green
  If you’ve been shopping, watching TV or surfing the web at all, you’ve undoubtedly noticed all of the companies taking their products and services green...
• 5 Mistakes Businesses Make While Trying to Go Green
  If you’re reading Inhabitat, you’re no doubt aware of how popular the ‘green’ trend has become. Businesses have finally started to realize that the environmental movement is here to stay, and that there is money to be made in...