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SACRAMENTO, Jan. 13 (UPI) -- California's new green-leaning building code would reduce the state's greenhouse gas emissions substantially, a state environmental board said.
The statewide building code adopted this week would cut greenhouse emissions by 3 million metric tons by 2020, the California Air Resources Board estimated.
New codes require energy audits for buildings over 10,000 square feet and mandates 50 percent of construction site waste go to recycling, LegalNewsline.com reported Wednesday.
The code mandates plumbing strategies that reduce indoor water usage and use of eco-friendly paints. The code also allows for local governments to push the standards higher if they choose to do so.
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said the code adopted by the Building Standards Commission was a "first-in-the-nation mandatory green building standards code (that) … lays the foundation for the move to greener buildings constructed with environmentally advanced building practices that decrease waste, reduce energy use and conserve resources."
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VIENNA, Feb. 10 (UPI) --
Oil prices were expected to trend higher as an improved U.S. economy and geopolitical risk in the Middle East weigh on markets, OPEC said.
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Feb. 10 (UPI) --
The last three of 18 new and upgraded F-16 fighter jets from the United States arrived in Pakistan, a report by the Indo-Asian News Service said.
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For the first time since the condo crash of 2007, Florida median existing condo prices came roaring back 2011, rising by a hefty 5 percent on a quarter-to-quarter basis....
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Doubts about the euro are not subsiding, new leadership or not, rescue plan or not.
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